Leonid Vorobyev’s band Leonid & Friends has revived the music of Chicago and many think they sound better than the original group. (See our earlier post on the band). But anyone who thought Leonid & Friends was just about the music of the band Chicago needs to change their thinking. Since first appearing on the global music scene five years ago with their incredible renditions of songs by Chicago, they have branched out into doing classics by other famous groups such as Ides of March and Earth, WInd & Fire.
Now, along comes another turning point for the incredible group of Russian musicians: a brilliant original piece of music written by the late Alexey Ashtaev, with lyrics written by Leonid and Roman Vorobyev. The above was arranged for the band and symphony orchestra by Alexey Ashtaev and Leonid Vorobyev.
Performed in the famous Mosfilm Studio, among the largest and oldest in Russia and Europe. Its output includes most of the more widely acclaimed Soviet-era films, ranging from works by Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Eisenstein (considered the greatest Soviet director), to Red Westerns to Akira Kurosawa’s co-production Dersu Uzala and the epic War and Peace.
With “The Speck of Dust” Leonid Vorobyev proves he is one of our most powerful modern directors. In these times, it is somewhat ironic that a Russian band is creating the most powerful music about freedom.
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Lyrics
Lyrics – Leonid Vorobyev and Roman Vorobyev
When you find yourself in (a) vicious cycle
Searching for some truth in useless titles
Seems so complicated
Too sophisticated
See the world created (is) just the speck of dust
Refrain:
There’s no time
There’s no place
Only spirit full of grace
You can sing
You can fly
Now you sure will never die
No more tears
No more pain
Cause’ you found yourself again
Shining light
On your way
To the total freedom
You had been a lone and wasteland rover
When you realized the game is over
Leave the false temptations
Free imagination
See the whole creation (is) just the speck of dust
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Music
Music – Alexey Ashtaev
Leonid Vorobyev – bass, producing, mixing, mastering, video-montage
Ksenia Buzina – lead vocal
Igor Dzhavad-Zade – drums
Sergey Kurmaev – synthesizer, backing vocal
Serge Tiagnyriadno (Kyiv, Ukraine) – synthesizer, backing vocal
Vasily Akimov – backing vocal
Danil Buranov – backing vocal
Andrey Zyl – trumpet
Maxim Likhachev – trombone
Oleg Kudryavtcev – tenor sax
Konstantin Kovachev – guitar
Rei Frometa – percussion
Special guests –
Cheynesh Baytushkina – overtone singing
Symphony Orchestra – various musicians
Conductor – Alexey Vereshagin
Gennady Papin – recording of the orchestra
Alexey Sedov and Kir Popov – video shooting
Special thanks to: Mosfilm Music Studios, CineLab SoundMix Studio, Gigant Record and TGmade Studio