In the Wake of the Wind

In the Wake of the Wind
Studio album by David Arkenstone
Released 1991
Recorded October 1989-January 1991
Genre New age
Length 60:59
Label Narada
Producer David Arkenstone and Eric Lindert
David Arkenstone chronology

Citizen of Time
(1990)
In the Wake of the Wind
(1991)
The Spirit of Olympia
(1992)
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In the Wake of the Wind is an album by David Arkenstone, released in 1991. It is the first album in a trilogy that includes Quest of the Dream Warrior and Return of the Guardians. The music is based on a fantasy story contained in the booklet that tells of a strange wind called The Lion's Breath and a young man named Andolin who desires to vanquish it. This album contains some of Arkenstone's most evocative, varied, and sweeping compositions and arrangements, with frequent use of orchestral instruments. It reached #1 on the Billboard New Age chart and received a Grammy nomination. The track "Morning Sun on the Sails" is dedicated to Aaron Copland. Also, the first track on the album "Papillon (On the Wings of the Butterfly)" plays once every twenty minutes in the loop of songs played at Innoventions Plaza at Walt Disney World's Epcot. The Glassmen Drum and Bugle Corps, from Toledo, Ohio performed arrangements of Overture, Morning Sun on the Sails, The Lion's Breath, and Sailing as part of their 1993 field show for Drum Corps International, entitled, "A Voyage Through Imagination."

Track listing

  1. "Papillon (On the Wings of the Butterfly)" – 5:20
  2. "Dark Dunes" – 3:12
  3. "Not Too Far to Walk" – 4:13
  4. "Borderlands" – 5:36
  5. "The Rug Merchant" – 3:33
  6. "Firedance" – 3:55
  7. "The Southern Cross" – 5:21
  8. "Overture" – 3:51
  9. "The Stardancer" – 4:04
  10. "Morning Sun on the Sails" – 2:35
  11. "The Lion's Breath" – 3:18
  12. "Dances of Jankayla"
    • "The Marketplace" – 1:02
    • "The Gypsy's Veil" – 1:12
    • "The Festival" – 2:51
  13. "Discovery" – 3:26
  14. "Emerald Dream" – 1:55
  15. "Through the Gates" – 3:10
  16. "Sailing" – 1:48

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