CJ We Will Remember Them
December 27th, 2009 by CJ
On Sunday 1st November the recording of 'We Will Remember Them' took place at Abbey Road Studios with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Pipes & Drums from the Scottish Regiments. Artists on the track include Michael Bolton, Robin Gibb, Paul Rodgers, Paul Carrack, Hayley Westenra, Mica Paris, Lee Mead, Liz McClarnon, Natasha Hamilton, Kenney Jones, Mark Read, Carol Decker, Sam Brown, Nell Bryden and The Carmel Thomas Youth Choir.
Jim Cregan produced, and Cliff Masterson conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, in what was a remarkable full day session at Abbey Road Studios, which turned out to be the biggest one day session in Abbey Road's illustrious history, with 200 people taking part.
'We Will Remember Them' is an entirely Non Political benefit to say "Thank You" to all of our brave service men and women around the World who have served their Country for freedom and protection. It is reminiscent of the whole "We Are The World" days when musicians came together. This is the first time I can think of that these artists are coming together for the benefit of troops.
In the recent past we have all become aware of the plight our service personnel are enduring and the sad losses to so many families has become all too familiar to the general public via the media coverage. Alongside this we see tragic images of those sustaining horrendous injuries which have changed their lives forever…
The release of the track will raise funds to help & support the family's who have lost or suffered horrendous injuries in their Military service. In addition, the Anthem will also remember all our Service Men and Women from all past conflicts around the World.
All proceeds from the Downloads / CD sales in the UK, will be paid directly to Help for Heroes and The Royal British Legion.
A 30 man strong film crew filmed the recording of the track for a video which was Directed by Katya Faith (Adam Faith's Daughter). The completed video includes appropriate Military, non war or action and archive footage.
The Video is a very emotive piece of work which will serve to support the big media campaign.
'We Will Remember Them' Official Video
The track is now receiving a huge amount of World interest from Radio, Press and TV (SKY News, ITN, ITV, Channel 4 News, CNN etc….).
With SO much bad / sad news coming in daily, the music industry wanted to record something really special for the boys & girls of the Military around the World.
They are getting some amazing support for the track at the moment (including from the Military) and the track has even been played at the funerals of the servicemen who died recently during the conflict in Afghanistan. Please check it out on their site. You can download this song and two others from iTunes and Amazon as well.
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Dang – I must have been asleep at the wheel again! Just heard about this today – UGH!
What a moving video, CJ. Thanks for bringing this to our attention. It was beautiful.
This was my first time, too, to hear and see this. Thank you, CJ! I'm gonna post the link to it at some other online sites. I was so glad that kids were involved, too so they will also remember all of you.
Another very moving blog! Thank you for sharing.
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