STEVE WOOD: Greece - Secrets Of The Past

Steve Wood

Greece - Secrets Of The Past

© 2003 Steve Wood (837101147002)

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A beautiful sweeping blend of ancient and modern instruments with some of Greece's most renowned contemporary vocalists. This music won the 2006 Giant Screen Cinema Association award for best film score.

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Award winning composer Steve Wood (most recently the best score award for "Greece - Secrets of the Past" at the 2006 Giant Screen Cinema Association Awards - his fourth) once again puts many diverse elements together to create an evocative and gorgeous score that makes for wonderful listening. After producing two projects for noted Greek tenor Mario Frangoulis, Steve was thrilled to return to Athens to once again delve into the rich musical heritage of Greece. He was able to assemble an amazing ensemble of some of today's top musicians and singers. The results are emotional and, though exotic, speak a timeless and universal language.

Steve Wood has been scoring films with Greg MacGillivray for MacGillivray Freeman Films since Greg's surfing cult classic Five Summer Stories. Since then, he has worked on numerous IMAX® films. Steve worked with Sting on both "The Living Sea" and the Oscar Nominated "Dolphins", with George Harrison on the Oscar nominated "Everest", the Moody Blues on "Journey Into Amazing Caves, Lindsay Buckingham on "Adventures in Wild California" and Crosby, Stills and Nash on "Coral Reef Adventure", and has just completed working with Brian May of Queen on a new IMAX® Theatre film about the Alps.

Wood has had an extensive and varied career in the music business. He has toured the world playing live with Kenny Loggins (9 years as musical director), The Pointer Sisters, Michael McDonald, and many others. He has worked on music for many feature films and shared a Clio award with Stevie Wonder for their work on a Hansen's soda commercial .


Scoring giant screen films has allowed Wood to develop his interest in and knowledge of diverse ethnic music including Indonesian, Caribbean, Chinese, Tibetan, South American, African, Middle Eastern and Irish and Greek styles. He has also recorded folk music in Fijian locations. For the last several years, Steve has produced music extensively for Sony Classical, including two CDs of music with Mario Frangoulis and a CD with opera legends Salvatore Licitra and Marcelo Alvarez.

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  • Greece - Secrets of the Past
    author: MJ

    My husband and I hosted a club event where we went to see Greece-Secrets of the past on an Imax screen and then to a Greek restaurant. We had a great time. I fell in love with the beautiful vocals and instrumental music. I shared the movie with a friend of Greek ancestery and she absolutely loved it. I bought a dvd of the movie and a cd of the soundtrack for her birthday and bought copies for myself. The movie and soundtrack both are mesmerizing!

  • to taxidi mou eisai esy
    author: ngelak

    what a voice what a song ...i loveeeeeeee it

  • Greece Secrets of the Past
    author: S. B. Cossette

    It's amazing music, beautiful moment in harmony. I love it.

  • Greece-Secrets of the Past
    author: Jos.

    very very good music..love every moment of it

  • Filos
    author: Takis

    No Better Best! Best! Need More! Mr Wood 10 PLUS! Keep the Good Work i also. love the Bouzouki Alex Galas His Is The Best in the World Filakia Takis Kokotas

  • Mr
    author: Juan Bernal

    excelent album end Music

  • Greece-Secrets of the Past
    author: Mary Dague

    Love it. The music really grows on you.

  • Greece-Secrets of the Past
    author: Bernie

    I love this CD...It makes me want to visit Greece someday. I hope the artists will make another CD soon

  • GREECE-secrets of the past
    author: rose cuono

    beautiful...haunting....peaceful music..thanks

  • Greece Secrets of the Past
    author: Maryann Palm

    Suberb Absolutely wonderful I can't remember ever listening to music which carries me away. Unbelieveable! I am ordering another for a friend

  • Fantastic Soundtrack!
    author: Claire Stemp

    I have to admit that I've been listening to the "Greece - Secrets of the Past" CD almost constantly since I bought it. At first, I was attracted to the soundtrack because of instrumental tracks like "Eruption," but I've now grown to love the beautiful Greek vocal tracks as well. I think it's wonderful that this CD features such talented Greek artists. With the powerful vocals and the use of traditional instruments, I feel like I'm back in Greece again, soaking up the sun and all of that incredible history and culture!

  • Extraordinary
    author: Jim Langton

    One of the better film scores I had the occassion to purchase. Steve Wood's score reawakens all the beautiful imagry that was introduced by the outstanding IMAX film presentation. Do not hesitate to see the film and purchase this CD.

  • very evocative we love it
    author: Mark of ROWEST

    My son (11 and an ancient greek scholar) saw the IMAX movie at the Albuquerque Natural History Museum and we both said we have to get the music! For me it brought me back to the Greek Isles when I visited 36 years ago ... ahhh ... for my son it brings even more life and energy to what he knows in his mind. I too have bought extras as gifts. Thanks

  • Magnificent -- one of the best soundtracks ever.
    author: Tanner

    Greece, Secrets of the Past is now playing at the Natural History Museum in Albuquerque. I loved the music right away, and after seeing the film for the third time(!), I finally wrote down the name of composer Steve Wood. With help from Google, I tracked down the CD at CD Baby and got copies for me and a visitor, a friend who often goes to Greece. Both of us love this magnificent soundtrack -- one of the best ever.

  • Absolutely Breathtaking!
    author: Karin

    I was so taken by this soundtrack when viewing the film at IMAX, I knew it was a CD that I must have. Thanks CD Baby for making this available, and affordable! This music is absolutely incredible, and makes me long to visit Greece!

  • beautiful music which makes me long to return to Greece
    author: Flora Carlson

    I have given three as gifts, and will need to order more.

  • Wonderful music, haunting and inviting!!
    author: B.Dibb

    Close your eyes and you are in Greece. I could listen to this music all day.

  • MAGICAL!!!!!!!
    author: Richard Hinkel

    I listen to this cd over and over while working on the computer, I hope to find the IMAX presentation on dvd soon. I could listen to this cd for the rest of my life and never tire of it!!!!

  • Moving!!
    author: George Diamantis

    Absolutely phenomenal! Music that is beyond description for Greeks as well as the rest of the world. Truly a masterpiece. I am amazed that Steve Wood is not Greek. The recording artists make me proud to call Greece HOME! Thank you for a wonderful experience.

  • Wonderful! The best of "Elena"
    author: BIBI

    Agapimo!!!!!! (I think it means I love it!!! Super!!!! Rgds from BIBI, Stockholm Sweden!!!! EX, (swedish) air hostess in a greek airline!

  • Amazing!!!
    author: K. Davis

    I fell in love with this soundtrack when I sawe the IMAX film and had to go home right away, track it down, and buy it. This CD is incredible, fantastic in every way!!!!

  • Elegant! Music captures the sights and sounds of the movie.
    author: Kia Portafekas

    The music is elegant. Captures the sights and sound of the movie. The music complements the journey with a visual, as well as an audio experience of the heart of ancient Greece.

  • Such beautiful music!
    author: Christina

    While watching the movie, my students and I fell in love with the music. I bought the soundtrack and play it during math class. It's one of the most requested. :)

  • Great CD
    author: Gen

    Great CD, the music is beautiful. A must-have CD!

  • AMAZING!!!! THE MUSIC IS ELECTRIGYING! IT TRANSPORTS ME.
    author: MARISOL LACAYO

    The whole cd is amazing! I first listened this music at the Imax Show of Greece, I loved it so much I had to ordered it! I'm going to Greece next week and it has been a great inspiration! I can't wait to finally get to this amazing place! the music is electrifying...it transports me!

  • Haunting music which captures the essence of Greece
    author: John Turner

    With a strong main theme tune this haunting music takes you to Greece and its islands. The overall production is excellent in all respects and once heard the music tends to stick in ones mind.

  • Music was great--love anything Mario Frangoulis sings
    author: Janice Wong

    The CD had a lot of Great Greek music... very rythemical and pleasant to listen to.. all the singers were great and the musicians did a great job....it was Indeed Great Greek Music...I would buy it again

  • Top 10 pick of the year
    author: Hood

    Well worth a listen. Even though you might not understand Greek, the message is still clearly presented through the beautiful mixture of the voices on the CD.

  • Amazing music
    author: Karen

    This is one powerful production filled with wonderful music that will move you. The singers are full of passion as well as every note that flows from the instruments. This is one to listen and take you to the beautiful beaches of Greece.

  • Amongst the best of music ever heard
    author: Harish Kashyap

    Music expresses the solace. I dont know greek but am feeling that I should learn greek after listening to this excellent master-piece. Every single song is great. I have decided to buy all Steve Woods cds and am advocating it to my friends too :). Thanks a million to Steve Wood and I look forward for more of his music.

  • beautiful music
    author: Beautiful

    i love greece and everything greek...this cd is amazing, a must have for anyone and everyone. everytime i listen to it, i enter a whole new world.

  • the music was betterthan the movie
    author: Howard Cramer

    I am a musician and a Greek history buff. I thought the music was better than the picture.

  • Amazing music - yperohi mousiki
    author: Nadia

    I watched the awesome movie at the IMAX theater in San Diego. My husband asked for the CD because he loves everything Greek! Every time I hear the music I close my eyes and see the blue of the Aegean. It feels good to be home!

  • Music allows you to experience some of Greece's beauty
    author: Michael Goettee

    I dreamed about Greece 10 years before I visited Athens and two of the Greek islands, Mykonos and Santorini. Some of the beautiful music I heard there I had to buy to bring back. Now, eight years later, Steve Wood's music allows me to drift back into the exquisite feeling of actually being there. This is the soundtrack for my memories now.

  • Greek inspired music who will speak to anyone's soul
    author: Maria Karra

    Music that goes deep in the soul! Fascinating journey through the centuries with melodies that bring you along... Never Greek inspired music has touched so many international hearts before. Can't get enough. I can't stop buying for friends who ask for it.

  • Wonderful Listening Experience
    author: Jude

    Heard this beautiful music from the Imax Theatre in Sydney. Since ordering the CD we have played it non stop. I visited Santorini a few years ago, and the CD evoked wonderful memories.

  • Captivating!
    author: Margaret

    Like others, I fell in love with the music while watching the IMAX presentation. I purchased the CD within days and love it! Can a CD wear out from playing it over-and-over?!? :)

  • What? You haven't bought this CD yet? Hurry!
    author: wei nathan

    It was our honeymoon desitination. You'll love the IMAX movie and of course this sound track.

  • Great sound!
    author: Diana

    This CD was a gift to my husband for his birthday. We both love the music and are greatful to have it at home. Hopefully we can take a trip to Greece soon, this CD was so inspiring!

  • The greatest CD I've ever heard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    author: Patricia

    This is the most amazing CD I've ever heard! My mom is from Greece and she started to cry when she heard this music. A lot of memories came back. You want to hear it over and over! Great job!!!!!

  • I can't get enough of this beautifully composed CD!
    author: Toni Thiele

    My purchase resulted from seeing the IMAX movie during a school field trip. I just loved the movie and the music so much. Really I play this CD more than any other I have and it just brings me back to Greece. What beautiful music with great singers!

  • Fantastiko!!!
    author: Kostas!

    Fantastiko CD!!! Highly recommended!

  • Makes you want to go to Greece!
    author: Khoo Wunson

    Great album, evocative! Like many others, we all wanted one after seeing the IMAX movie. Bought it for my mom who loved the soundtrack.... now she wants to go to Greece!

  • I love this music; the cd is wonderful.
    author: Maria Archer

    This CD really captures the culture of Greece. The movie was so striking. After I saw it, I immediately went looking for the soundtrack. The music makes the IMAX come alive.

  • author: Monica

    I knew halfway through the movie that I had to have this CD! Even my children love it and will ride quietly in the car as they're transported to Greece. An excellent collection of time periods and styles that are all beautiful and soul stirring. A must-have for all music lovers.

  • Beautiful!
    author: Lisa

    This music is beautiful. It has the power to transport you to Greece. The IMAX movie was captivating.

  • Good Music and the artist have done justice
    author: Siromi

    The cd was very good and I cannot wait to see the movie when it comes to Toronto.As usual Mario Frangoulis came out very well in his singing along with Steve Woods's arrangements along with the other artists.I saw him in concert at Detroit last month and his singing was excellent he is a true ambassador of Greece.

  • An Evocative and Lilting Musical Journey!
    author: Madeleine Thal

    The awesome music on this CD transported me to a place I have never been! I am not Greek, but every time I listen to this music, it brings tears to my eyes. Well done - Bravo!

  • I LOVE IT!!!
    author: Madeleine G. Thal

    This soundtrack is awesome - Steve Wood has the incredible ability to capture the emotion and passion of the Greek culture. I am not of Greek culture, but I am passionate when it comes to music. It brought me to tears.

  • Wonderful!
    author: Louise Blais

    Very very good CD, what a delight! The music is fantastic. Bravo!

  • Incredible CD!
    author: Ivy

    I bought the CD after watching the IMAX and just loved the music and it is one of the CDs that you will never get tired of. A MUST BUY!

  • Incredibly evocative!
    author: Genevieve

    Once in a while, you come across a soundtrack so powerful and evocative that it becomes one of the main characters in a film. The soundtrack to Greece: Secrets of the Past accomplishes just that. You hear it once, and it stays with you. You find yourself humming it when you wake up, singing it in public places. You can't wait to hear it again. You eagerly await for your copy to come in the mail. And when it does, each track brings you back to that place, that moment, that feeling -- you're completely transported.

  • Fantastic piece of music and singers. Loved it.
    author: Karen Wilson

    The music from Greece is as awesome as it is beutiful. It has an exuberance and style to it that is Greece's own. Singers were fabulous on the songs they sang and all and all I give this cd a high rating of 5 stars being the best.

  • A Soul-Stirring Album
    author: Mike Soto

    I can scarcely imagine a more captivating album; quite a cohesive collection that entirely compliments the film.

  • A winner; fabulous CD!
    author: Charl

    Steve this is another winner! It is a fabulous CD! The music is mysterious, haunting and exotic....love, love, love it. The singers are wonderful and Mario Frangoulis is awesome as always. I am so looking forward to seeing the film! Thank you for delivering another great piece of sheer artistry!

  • Very enjoyable especially the vocal contributions
    author: John Hebditch

    Extremely well produced cd. I enjoyed the whole cd especially the vocal contributions and loved the singing of Mario Frangoulis especially.

  • Beautiful!!!
    author: Despina

    I listen to this and close my eyes, its just like I am back in Greece. Thanks for taking me home!

  • Very good but wanting more
    author: George Scordakis

    I listen to this CD at least once a day. The only problem is that it left me longing for more Greek stuff. Dish network is coming today for my Greek TV stations and my trip to Greece is less than 2 months away. Buying these CDs, as you can see, may lead to expensive addictions about Greece.

  • Wonderful listening pleasure!
    author: E. Rick

    After seeing the movie on Greece at the Reuben Fleet Museum in San Diego, I was inspired to purchase the CD. I was not disappointed. The music is fabulous!

  • Truly amazing I loved the whole CD and the music. Very enchanting
    author: Catherine Alexander

    The whole CD was arranged very beautifully and I enjoyed it very much. The music was very exotic and wonderful to listen to. All the singer plus Mario Frangoulis sounded fantastic. Thanks Warm Regards: Cathy Alexander(NH)

  • Awesome Soundtrack!
    author: Jillian Dailey

    I saw MacGillivray Freeman's "Greece Secrets of the Past" on Monday at the IMAX in Philadelphia. I sat through it going "This is such awesome and powerful music!" Right after the show I went to the gift shop and bought the soundtrack. I LOVE the soundtrack! Being a musician myself, I know the power of music, and this soundtrack captures and portrays the Greek Culture. A definent buy for all who are passionate about music!

  • author: Trish Hill

    This is a beautiful romantic album and the more I listen to it, the more I'm drawn to the music. I love all the singers, especially Mario Frangoulis.

  • A very impressive summary of three millenia of Greek Music!
    author: Demetrios Betsis

    Greece: Secrets of the Past took me to the mountains of Arcadia where I heard Pan's magic flute, to ancient ceremonies, to dances of my youth, to byzantine churches, to the rivers of my childhood and the boat trips on the Greek seas. It filled me with Greek light and the Aegean! Melody and Rythm combined in the best Greek way. The lyrics are of Seferis type, but the music is Alcaios, Sappho and Elytis. All in one. As a very old Greek who grew up in the Greek countryside and had ancient temples as my playground, I guess, I am biased. But this music made me happy. It is kind of summary for my whole life and the History of Greece. So well formulated that it brings me nearer Death with Dignity. Thank you Steve Wood. Demetrios Betsis

  • author: Rita Mazzella

    Steve Wood you are an award winning composer you make magic happen every time. I love Mario Frangoulis his voice never sounded so good. ALl the artists blend so well together I adore this CD and I am so happy that I found out about it from the International Mario Frangoulis site. I have met Mario numerous times and he truly is an amazing human being he is a beautiful artist!!!! The instumental music is dreamy and as others have said haunting and very exotic to me it makes me feel like I am on the Atlantis waiting for my Greek God poet intellectual man to come and take me away hahaha :))) My favorite songs are #10 #13 #2 #17. I really love Steve Woods work I hope he does another project with Mario on another awesome DVD like "Sometimes I dream" I have watched that DVD over and over!!!Its amazing how much work goes into a project like this with all the talented singers and all the instrumental people God bless you all because you all contributed to an oscar winning CD at its best!!!!! !! ALL my Love Rita Mazzella in NY :)))))))))

  • The best
    author: Mary Ellen

    I don't listen to it every day, I listen to it every hour. I am seeing the movie soon. Mario Frangoulis is magic and the other singers are great. The melodies just carry me away.

  • Beautiful and haunting
    author: Gina Walker

    I highly recommend this CD - It's beautihul from start to finish. You will long to visit Greece, and the Islands.

  • author: Dottie Berardis

    I loved this CD.Most beautiful music and arrangement.It is romantic and sensual .The orchestration was very exciting and baby should be proud.Can't help mentioning one of the singers,Mario Frangoulis-awesome.

  • The music is beautiful.
    author: Diane A

    The music draws you in. It is mysterious, exotic, peaceful all at the same time. I have listened to the CD every day since I got it. Steve Wood has produced another award winning score.

  • author: Konstantina Kotsonis

    The Cd is great. But i must say there is a typing mistake in one of the songs. In song number 10. the title should be To taxidi mou eisai esy, (you are my journey) instead To taxi mou eisai esy=you are my cab. Im greek and I know the difference. You might want to consider that and change it because somebody else might notice. Other than that everything else is great.

  • A fantastic CD. Even my 15 and 12 year old love it.
    author: Marina Beckley

    I've been playing my CD non stop. Everyone that hears it loves it! They've wanted the name of the CD so they can buy one.

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