Search - Phil Coulter :: Lake of Shadows

Fine soundtrack music

Jean E. Pouliot | Newburyport, MA United States | 08/20/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Phil Coulter's "Lake of Shadows" is a collection of easy-listening Celtic-y piano pieces that are simply and beautifully evocative. Coulter relies on short repeated motifs that start simply and eventually expand as pipes, bass and synthetic instruments are added. To my ear, this is precisely the kind of slow reflective music that are common in soundtracks for misty dramas about Ireland. Coulte also throws in renditions of well-known musical themes, such as "For Those In Peril On The Sea" and "The Flight Of The Earls". Fans of "Enya" will find his style familiar (as perhaps Coulter fans found of Enya).



Sweet and very nice, but probably won't find a place on my iPod."