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The Road to Sparta

by Old House Playground

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    Many thanks to anyone and everyone who takes the time to listen to our music. We obviously hope you like it enough to download a part or all of it. As a special 'thank you' to anyone buying the whole album, there is an incredible Bonus Track, featuring all the music plus the poetry which was written especially for the film by the acclaimed American poet AE Stallings.
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Pheidippides 02:02
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Corinthos 00:59
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Arcadia 02:39
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Nemea 03:39
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Sparthlon can be a brutal race even to experienced runners like Dean Karnazes. This passage, with its 'tired cowboy' feel picks up an exhausted Dean as he battles to complete the final third of the race.
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(By Tryfon Lazos) Μες στη γη πρωί που έσπειρε λαχτάρα Καράβι η ύλη να μάθει να μπορεί Μάτι, αυτί εκτίστει, ακούει μα τραβιέται Δες που, σαν μπορεί, το κρύβει Και θα καίει ως τα μάτια Κάποιου ονείρου η τρομερή φωτιά Αλυσίδες και γινάτια Μία ζωή σπάς για να δεις γιατρειά Πάει να βρει μορφή και αν είναι και παιδέψει Ίσως πια τότε κάτι να ‘χει για να πει Η κραυγή του λύκου λίγο να ‘μερέψει Ν’ αφήσει το δόλιο να σκεφτεί Και γελά με την ψυχή του Που οι καιροί μοιάζουνε με κλουβί Γέλα μου, ομορφιά μου Μόνο με χορό σ’ αναμμένα κάρβουνα ξορκίζει το κακό

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The award-winning documentary The Road to Sparta tells the story of four runners, including the renowned Greek-American Dean Karnazes, as they take on the 246-kilometre (153-mile) Spartathlon - an ultra-marathon between Athens and Sparta.

The film draws on the history of the ancient runner Pheidippides and the Battle of Marathon in 490BC as well as the menace of the recent Austerity crisis.

The soundtrack was conceived on the road during the shooting of the film and plays a key role in creating mood and moment in the film.

It was writted and performed by Old House Playground, brilliantly produced and mixed by Clive Martin in Manchester, Paris and Athens.

"When I conceived the idea of the The Road to Sparta, the first phone call I made was to Tryfon (Lazos). I could hear the film before I could see it. I could sense his enthusiasm from the start. I said give me a Greek 'Paris, Texas' and they exceeded my expectations. The music is astonishing. I know I am biased but I am convinced that The Road to Sparta is the greatest Greek film music since Zorba."

Barney Spender, producer/director of The Road to Sparta .

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The Road to Sparta is dedicated to our wonderful friend, collaborator and muse Jacqueline Jones who never ended a day without a song on her lips and music in her heart .

Μας λείπεις αγάπη μου

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released April 26, 2021

Written and performed by Old House Playground (Tryfon Lazos, Andreas Venetantes, Jago Furnes)

Mixed, engineered and produced by Clive Martin

Album artwork: Vasileios Galoutzis

Ragged Rock artwork: Manos Arvanitis

The Gaffer: Barney Spender

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Old House Playground Manchester, UK

An Electric and twisted mix of Blues, Avant-garde and Roots with Greek folk influences, Old House Playground are a three-piece band based in Manchester UK.

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