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20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition

The soundtrack to Braveheart, composed by James Horner and released in 1995, is widely regarded as one of the most powerful and emotionally stirring film scores of the 1990s. Recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, the music plays a crucial role in shaping the film’s atmosphere, capturing both the grandeur and the heartbreak of Mel Gibson’s historical epic about the Scottish freedom fighter William Wallace.

Horner’s composition blends sweeping orchestral writing with distinctly Celtic instrumentation, including Uilleann pipes, tin whistles, flutes, and Celtic harp, to evoke the rugged landscapes and emotional intensity of medieval Scotland. The result is a score that feels at once intimate and epic — capable of underscoring both the tender love story between Wallace and Murron and the violent struggle for independence. The soundtrack is built around a handful of recurring melodic ideas, the most famous being the main love theme, first introduced in “A Gift of a Thistle,” and reprised throughout the film in various emotional contexts.

The music moves seamlessly between lyrical, melancholic passages and martial, percussive battle cues. Tracks such as “Wallace Courts Murron” and “Murron’s Burial” reveal Horner’s gift for heartfelt, nostalgic melody, while “The Battle of Stirling” showcases his mastery of rhythm, brass, and tension. The climactic piece, “Freedom / The Execution / Bannockburn,” unites the score’s emotional and thematic threads into an overwhelming finale that mirrors Wallace’s final cry for freedom and the continuation of his cause.

The original 1995 album features 18 tracks with a running time of around 77 minutes. The soundtrack earned nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and a BAFTA for Best Original Score, further cementing Horner’s reputation as one of Hollywood’s most gifted composers.

Musically, Braveheart represents a balance between traditional folk elements and symphonic grandeur. The score’s use of Scottish-inspired melodies, modal harmonies, and choral textures lends it a timeless, mythic quality, while its orchestral richness keeps it firmly within the realm of classic Hollywood epic scoring. It influenced a generation of film composers, including Hans Zimmer (Gladiator) and Harry Gregson-Williams (Kingdom of Heaven), who drew inspiration from Horner’s fusion of emotional intimacy and large-scale orchestral color.

To this day, Braveheart remains one of James Horner’s most celebrated works — a soundtrack that transcends its film to stand alone as a deeply moving piece of music. Its combination of romantic lyricism, cultural authenticity, and cinematic power continues to resonate with listeners, making it a cornerstone of both 1990s film music and modern orchestral composition.

Hisaishi is the revered Japanese composer whose work has become synonymous with the magical Studio Ghibli animations of director Hayao Miyazaki such as Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and My Neighbor Totoro.
Recorded in London by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the composer, its tracks are newly arranged by Hisaishi for symphony orchestra
The album includes additional high profile classical collaborators, including The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bach Choir, Avi Avital and Grace Davidsen.

Where To From by Hildur Gudnadottir, released 31 October 2025. This version of Where To From comes as a 1xLP.

Hisaishi is the revered Japanese composer whose work has become synonymous with the magical Studio Ghibli animations of director Hayao Miyazaki such as Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and My Neighbor Totoro.
Recorded in London by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the composer, its tracks are newly arranged by Hisaishi for symphony orchestra
The album includes additional high profile classical collaborators, including The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bach Choir, Avi Avital and Grace Davidsen.

Limited to 666 copies, randomly inserted color! Deluxe Gatefold LP with exclusive scholarly liner notes by Alvin Lucia! Full dynamic range 2022 remasters direct from the first generation analogue master tapes! Limited to 666 copies – 222 (randomly inserted) ‘Revelation Red’ LPs / 222 (randomly inserted) ‘Mark Of The Beast’ Splatter LPs / 222 (randomly inserted) ‘Final Night’ Black LPs! Behold...

The dark, etheric carnival of broken Nashville delights - Deathly Oracular Visions, Cuckolds, Wastrels, Chain Gang Laments and Fiery Apocalyptic Fever-Dreams. Sometimes grim, often beautiful - this extraordinary collection of knowns and unknowns, battered Opry legends and forgotten backwoods-poets and preachers features tales of Tenement Tragedies, Vengeful Vegetation, Proselytizing Playground Philosophies, Windswept Abandonment and Deathbed Confessions. Originally waxed in often penurious amounts, these Troubled Troubadours sing of Fatal Infidelities, Aching Hypocrisies, Deep Dark Depressions, Penal Punishments, Flaming Prophecies and Rapturous Revelations.

Years in the making – ‘Hillbillies In Hell’ (13) presents 16 timeless tribulations - a Lovecraftian clutch of Ancient Terrors, Sinful Seductions, Grinding Poverty, Debilitating Disfigurement, Hell's Eternal Maze of Hardships and God's Blazing Light of Redemption.

A misty shroud of marginal 45s - some of these sides are impossibly rare and are reissued here for the very first time. All for your cautionary listening pleasure.

•see Little Richard Miller witness THE Fire Came Down! •hear Dee Mullins declare I AM THE Grass! •attest to Eddie Noack's brutal final fate in Barbara JOY!

After a series of successful reworking of some of the earliest Shellac recordings of Beethoven's masterpieces by Deutsche Grammophon, Christian Löffler returns with a full album release by Shellac Reworks. At Parallels, we are presented with new compositional arrangements from Bach to Bizet, including his earlier recordings of Beethoven.

“It’s like SLEEP distilled.” That’s how Max Richter describes Sleep Circle, his new album marking the tenth anniversary of his landmark project SLEEP. Released on as a 3LP set on 180 heavyweight black vinyl, Sleep Circle is a hallucinatory 90-minute trip into the hypnagogic state – the liminal space between wakefulness and sleep in which dreams begin to take shape. The process of choosing Sleep Circle’s 24 tracks was informed by the insights Richter gained from live performances of an abridged version of his monumental opus. With its more intimate and focused approach to SLEEP, the new album highlights compositions such as “Dream 11 / Moth-Like Stars” and “Non-Eternal” in a structural arc that mirrors the natural 90-minute REM cycle. Recorded at Studio Richter Mahr in Oxfordshire, Sleep Circle showcases Max Richter’s unique ability to translate profound human experience into music, offering listeners a space to slow down and reconnect with their inner selves.

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