2001 Kurt Bestor & Sam Cardon – Innovators II – The Keeper Of The Flame

Innovators II – The Keeper Of The Flame is an album by Kurt Bestor and Sam Cardon.

Kurt Bestor (born 1958) is an American keyboardist and composer specializing in new-age, film scores, and jazz. He is known for his instrumental Christmas music similar to Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, some of which were featured on the Weather Channel during the holiday season in the 1980s and ’90s. His well-known songs are “Prayer of the Children”, “Mama Don’t You Weep”. He is also known for composing music for the 1993 movie Rigoletto, and for writing music for the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic games, as well as various official The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints videos.

Sam Cardon is a composer whose credits include 15 large-format films: Titans Of The Ice Age, Mummies, Mystic India, Texas, The Big Picture, Forces Of Nature, Lewis and Clark, The Legendary Journeys, Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure, Mysteries of Egypt, Olympic Glory, Whales, Building the Dream at Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California; Treasure of the Gods at Zion National Park, Utah and The Secret of San Francisco at Pier 39.

Tracks

1  The Shadow Catcher (Kurt Bestor, Sam Cardon) 4:36
2  Pas De Deux Éternelle (Kurt Bestor, Sam Cardon) 6:11
3  Rise (Kurt Bestor, Sam Cardon) 6:01
4  Perfectiune (Perfect) (Kurt Bestor, Sam Cardon) 5:17
5  Il Genio Ed Il Genie (The Genius And The Genie) (Kurt Bestor, Sam Cardon) 3:07
6  On Valkyrie Wings (Kurt Bestor, Sam Cardon) 3:46
7  Over Backwards (Kurt Bestor, Sam Cardon) 3:32
8  Donner In Den Ohren (All I Heard Was Thunder) (Kurt Bestor, Sam Cardon) 2:08
9 Sarajevo (Kurt Bestor, Sam Cardon) 5:44

Media

Musicians

PianoKurt Bestor
PianoSam Cardon
HarmonicaKurt Bestor
HarmonicaSam Cardon

Other Musicians

1 The Shadow Catcher

GuitarRich Dixon
ViolinSam Bigney
PercussionCliff Butter


2 Pas De Deux Éternelle

CelloEllen Bridger
ViolinIgor Gruppman


3 Rise

BassEric Wallengren
DrumsSimon Phillips
GuitarGrant Geissman
SaxAndy Suzuki
PercussionBrian Kilgore


4 Perfectiune (Perfect)

GuitarGrant Geissman
VocalsKaren Jacobson


5 Il Genio Ed Il Genie (The Genius And The Genie)

CelloEllen Bridger
PercussionBrian Kilgore


6 On Valkyrie Wings

TrumpetTony DeLorenzo


7 Over Backwards

PianoKurt Bestor
PianoSam Cardon
HarmonicaKurt Bestor
HarmonicaSam Cardon


8 Donner In Den Ohren (All I Heard Was Thunder)

ViolinIgor Gruppman


9 Sarajevo

BassEric Wallengren
PercussionBrian Kilgore
VocalsLinda Strawberry
VocalsJenny Jordan

Liner Notes

Effects – John Hancock (Track 8)
Recorded By, Mixed By – Michael Greene, Scott Wiley