In this unusual video journey, viewers become deep sea divers from the comfort of their own living rooms as we explore ocean depths, sea life, and the extraordinary interplay of motion, color and aquatic creatures. All of this is accompanied by the original and award-winning music version of Sandfloor Cathedral, Symphony No. 5, featuring the London Symphony Orchestra.
Together the visuals and the music draw us into a new world with whom we share our planet, a world where we leave our own mundane cares and burdens aside for a while and are transported into a realm of beauty, strength, fulfillment, and emotional quietude. Viewers typically report finding an experience of tranquility with body and mind finding an unusual level of peace. We are brought to what might be called the cathedral of the sea, or the Sandfloor Cathedral.
This is a program that grows on you, that you'll return to over and over and find therein a pleasant repose from the demand of daily life.
Composer/Artist: Lee Johnson
Featuring: London Symphony Orchestra / London Metro Voices / Atlanta Schola Canorum / The Young Singers of LaGrange
DVD Features: Language -- English / Dolby Digital 5.1 / Letterbox / Scene Selection
Bonus Material: Interviews with Lee Johnson, composer; Donald Tipton, director of photography; and Clay Powers, editor / Behind the Scenes video of the trips at sea / Bonus CD with original music soundtrack by Lee Johnson / Auto-play feature skips over the menu, though menu can be selected at any time
Lee Johnson is absolutely among the world's finest composers of the 21st century. His unique abilities to combine the vast tradition and expressive power of the classical world with selected elements from his time mark him as a true modern classicist. Equally comfortable as composer or conductor, he is able to draw out incredible poetic performances from the orchestra and from singers. In addition, his special flair for contemporary soloists makes for a vibrant combination of sound and musical energy in his compositions. Johnson has composed symphonies, operas, ballets, chamber and coral works, concerti, solo vocal music and more. He has also composed for multimedia and interactive technologies as well as award--winning short and experimental film. His music is broadcast globally and he has received many awards for his compositional output. Johnson's work with artists Clay Powers and Donald Tipton has spanned more than ten years. They formed the production company Kings Bishop Productions and have added a partnership with Erdenklang Musikverlag, CCn'C Records and Legacy Group Productions.- Package Dimensions : 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.88 ounces
- Director : Donald Tipton
- Media Format : NTSC
- Run time : 44 minutes
- Release date : July 3, 2007
- Studio : Vision Video
- Number of discs : 1
