1. CORAL ISLAND 00:03:01 A SWEEPING ORCHESTRAL CUE WITH POWERFUL, RHYTHMIC EXOTIC PERCUSSION AND SONOROUS STRING CHORDS UNDERPINNING A BEAUTIFULLY LYRICAL SOLO VIOLIN MELODY EVOKING A SPIRIT OF A TRUE BOYS-OWN ADVENTURE. IN CORAL ISLAND BY R.M.BALLENTYNE, THREE YOUNG BOYS ARE SHIP-WRECKED BUT SURVIVE TO BRAVE A MYRIAD OF ADVENTURES AND FACE EXTRAORDINARY DANGERS BUT IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SETTING OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC. THIS LUSH, EXQUISITE TRACK COMBINES HAND-DRUMS, STRINGS AND SOLO VIOLIN TO EVOKE GRASS SKIRTS AND GENTLY LAPPING WAVES.

5. WUTHERING HEIGHTS 00:02:41 A BEAUTIFUL AND LYRICAL MELODY EVOKES THE ROMANTIC WORLD OF EMILY BRONTE'S WUTHERING HEIGHTS WHERE PASSION, DUTY, BETRAYAL AND REVENGE ALL PLAY INTO THIS REMARKABLY DARK AND BEGUILING LOVE STORY SET AMIDST THE WINDSWEPT MOORS OF THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. PIANO SOLO, STRINGS, AND SOLO VIOLIN COMBINE TO PRODUCE THIS HAUNTING AND BEAUTIFUL PIECE WHICH RISES TO MAJESTIC HEIGHTS !

9. THE MABINOGION 00:02:58 A POWERFULLY AUTHENTIC, MELODIC AND EARTHY CELTIC CUE WITH STRONG RHYTHMIC, PAGAN DRUMMING AND CELTIC FOLK FIDDLE CONJURING UP A WORLD OF CELTIC MYTHS, GODS, KINGS AND BEAUTIFUL PRINCESSES AND EVOKING THE DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES FROM THE ABIDING ENIGMA WHICH IS DARK AGES WALES. THE VIOLIN IS ACCOMPANIED IN THIS STATELY YET QUIRKILY LIVELY MELODY BY MEDIAEVAL PERCUSSION AND WIND INSTRUMENTS WITH A BROAD SWEEP OF STRINGS.

13. THE NAKED APE 00:01:39 A CATCHY AND UPLIFTING MUSICAL DEPICTION OF DESMOND MORRIS' NAKED APE, AN EXTRAORDINARY TREATISE ON THE MINDS, BEHAVIOURAL HABITS, ACTIVITIES AND MANNERISMS OF HUMAN BEINGS CHALLENGING US TO COMPARE OURSELVES WITH ANIMALS.PIZZICATO STRINGS AND SYNCOPATION FROM THE RHYTHM SECTION SUPPORT SOLO VIOLIN IN THIS CHEEKY, FUN NUMBER.

20. THE RUSSIA HOUSE 00:02:43 A DARK AND MYSTERIOUSLY EASTERN EUROPEAN FLAVOURED CUE WITH PASSIONATE, ROMANTIC SOLO VIOLIN OVER DARK AND BROODING, RHYTHMIC GROOVES AND DRONING, AMBIENT SOUNDSCAPES, BRINGING TO LIFE THE ATMOSPHERE OF JOHN LE CARRE'S COLD WAR THRILLER AS MI5 AND THE KGB VIE FOR THE UPPER HAND IN THE NUCLEAR ARMS RACE IN A TANGLED TALE OF ESPIONAGE WHERE LOVE AND DEATH STALK THE STREETS OF MOSCOW. A COOL STRING UNDERSCORE, BASS GUITAR AND DRUMS WITH ECHOES OF BALALAIKA AND ZITHER SUPPORT THE VIOLIN IN THIS MYSTERIOUS AND ENIGMATIC CUE.

24. PETER PAN 00:02:25 A BEAUTIFUL AND MAGICAL EVOCATION OF J.M. BARRIE'S MASTERPIECE ABOUT THE BOY WHO NEVER GREW UP, WITH CAPTAIN HOOK AND HIS BAND OF PIRATES, WENDY AND THE CHILDREN AND TINKERBELL ALL PORTRAYED IN AN ORCHESTRAL FANTASY LED FIRSTLY BY A SIMPLE AND INNOCENT PIANO MELODY THEN BY A WONDERFULLY LYRICAL SOLO VIOLIN OVER GENTLE STACCATO STRINGS AND AN ETHEREAL BOYS CHOIR.

28. GORKY PARK 00:01:49 A MODERN, ORCHESTRAL DEPICTION OF MOSCOW'S DARK AND DANGEROUS UNDERWORLD TAKING INSPIRATION FROM MARTIN CRUZ SMITH'S GORKY PARK WHERE A WORLD-WEARY CHIEF INVESTIGATOR SEEKS THE TRUTH BEHIND THE CORPSES IN THE PARK - SOLO VIOLIN AND RHYTHMIC GROOVES OVER A DARK, AMBIENT DRONE.

32. CIDER WITH ROSIE 00:01:46 A PASTORAL AND MELODIC DEPICTION OF LAURIE LEE'S YOUTHFUL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL SET IN THE BEAUTIFUL ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE - NOT TO MENTION HAYSTACKS ! RURAL IDYLL IS EVIDENT IN THIS ELEGANT AND CAPTIVATING MELODY FROM THE SOLO VIOLIN WITH FULL ORCHESTRAL ACCOMPANIMENT.

36. KIDNAPPED 00:02:03 A SOLO FIDDLE OVER A DRONING HURDY-GURDY AND SUSTAINED LOW BASS BRING TO LIFE THE DANGER AND ADVENTURE OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON'S NOVEL WHERE THE HERO IS RESCUED FROM KIDNAPPERS BY FOLLOWERS OF BONNIE PRICE CHARLIE AND THEIR FLIGHT ACROSS SCOTLAND'S WILD HIGHLANDS WHILST EVADING THE REDCOATS. LONELY FIDDLE WITH ECHOES OF THE CLAN PIPERS TAKE US BACK TO 1746.

39. TOM SAWYER 00:02:38 IN MARK TWAIN'S NOVEL, YOUNG TOM MANAGES TO GET INTO AND OUT OF TROUBLE ALL THE TIME. IF ONLY HE DIDN'T HAVE TO PAINT THE PICKET FENCE! EVEN THE IDYLLIC BANKS OF THE MISSISSIPPI ARE AN ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND. STRING ORCHESTRA, PIZZICATO STRINGS AND ETHEREAL AMBIENT SYNTHS. THIS DELIGHTFUL AND DANCELIKE CUE TAKES US BACK TO THE OLD DEEP SOUTH.