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SOUNDTRACK: Xander in Africa — World on Fire

Welcome to Disc One of my Xander in Africa soundtrack, Xander in Africa: World on Fire.

I grant you (very readily) that not all of the songs are from Africa. The first disc has songs that are primarily in English. Disc Two (coming later this weekend) will have more world music on it.

The mix on this CD was specifically designed to have an overall mournful or meditative tone with bright splashes of optimism interspersed throughout the 18 tracks. These tracks were chosen to reflect a post-Sunnydale Xander attempting to make his way through the world for the first time without any safety net, a task made harder by the fact that he's still in mourning for everything he's lost. The bright splashes of optimism are external, the source being the Slayers and allies he picks up along the way. Harsher tracks are meant to evoke the struggle of trying to survive difficult conditions with little or no outside help. The disc ends on a vaguely hopeful note, with Xander both overwhelmed by his responsibilities, but vowing to keep fighting.

Finally, I would be remiss if I didn't give it up for

mara_sho who designed the gorgeous cover art for discs one and two.

Xander in Africa: World on Fire

1. Ashokan Farewell from Songs of the Civil War
Jay Ungar and Molly Mason with Fiddle Fever
[Support the Artist]
Instrumental.

2. The Unforgiven from Songs of the Unforgiven
Crash Test Dummies
[Support the Artist]
The rock that ships run up against,
No matter how they tack;
The murderers and the murdered ones
And the ones who don't come back.
Some are sinners, some repent, some are never done;
And then there's those like you and I:
The unforgiven ones...

3. Twilight from Be Not Nobody
Vanessa Carlton
[Support the Artist]
As the sun shines through it pushes away and pushes ahead
It fills the warmth of blue and leaves a chill instead and
I didn't know that I could be so blind to all that is so real
But as illusion dies I see there is so much to be revealed

4. Frozen [Edit] from GHV2
Madonna
[Support the Artist]
You only see what your eyes want to see
How can life be what you want it to be
You're frozen
When your heart's not open

5. Waiting for Life from Once on This Island
Original Broadway Cast
[Support the Artist]
Oh gods, oh gods
Let me fly
Send me to places
No one before me has been
You spared my life
Show me why
You get me to rise
Like a fish to the bait
And tell me to wait
Well, I'm waiting...
Waitng for
Life to
Begin!

6. Darshan from Bend It Life Beckham (Original Soundtrack)
B21
[Support the Artist]
Translation:
Girl, I've seen your presence this morning, today shall be a wonderful day.
Today the day will surely be wonderful
Today will be wonderful

7. La Ultima Hora from Cultura
Breed 77
[Support the Artist]
In a darkened place
Man without a face
Count on fingers the choices he could have made
Paint a picture of, view from up above, you
And soon he's painting in blood
And that man is me
La vida perdi
Now I'm casting a shadow in front of me
Now I've drained my heart so I no longer bleed

8. Salou Maana from Lazrag Saani
Cheb Mami
[Support the Artist]
No translation available.

9. The Mystic's Dream from The Mask and Mirror
Loreena McKennit
[Support the Artist]
The eyes declare a truce of trust
Then it draws me far away
Where deep in the desert twilight
Sand melts in pools of the sky
Darkness lays her crimson cloak

10. Dervishes from Beyond Words
Bobby McFerrin
[Support the Artist]
No translation available.

11. Mamma Will Provide from Once on This Island
Original Broadway Cast
[Support the Artist]
And the night will fall
All alone in the dark
You'll be terrified
But you will make it through
'Cause I am liking you!
And whatever you need Mama will
Provide!

12. The Lion Sleeps Tonight from Spike & Co: Do It A Capella
Mint Juleps/Ladysmith Black Mambazo
[Support the Artists]
In the jungle the mighty jungle the lion sleeps tonight
In the jungle the mighty jungle the lion sleeps tonight

13. Phansi Em Godini (Down the Mines)from Spike & Co: Do It A Capella
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
[Support the Artists]
No translation available.

14. Once in a Very Blue Moon from From a Distance: The Very Best of Nanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith
[Support the Artist]
There's a blue moon shinin'
When I am reminded of all we've been through
Such a blue moon... shinin'
Does it ever shine down on you?
You act as if it never hurt you at all
Like I'm the only one who's gettin' up from a fall

15. Hunger from Blackhawk Down (Original Movie Soundtrack)
Hans Zimmer/Baaba Maal
[Support the Artists]
Translation:
Life is getting harder on earth
Bloodshed grows and hunger is upon us
It's late in the night, the stars sparkle
I wake up suddenly because I cannot sleep

16. Effigy from Ophelia
Natalie Merchant
[Support the Artist]
I'm an effigy
A parody of
Who I appear to be
Put your flaming torches under me

17. Snow on the Sahara from Snow on the Sahara
Anggun
[Support the Artist]
But to stand with you in a ring of fire
I’ll forget the days gone by
I’ll protect your body and guard your soul
From mirages in your sight
Lost out in the desert
You are lost out in the desert

18. World on Fire from Afterglow
Sarah McLachlan
[Support the Artist]
The world's on fire and
It's more than I can handle
I'll tap into the water
(Try and bring my share)
I try to bring more
More than I can handle
(Bring it to the table)
Bring what I am able

All downloads are good for a minimum of 30 days from MegaUpload
Cover art by

mara_sho

Download Tracks 1—6 and track listing (Zipped File): MegaUpload

Alternate Download if MegaUpload does not work for you: ShareBigFile (Instructions: First, click the "Friendly" button. Then click on the file name to download. Do not click delete when you're done downloading.)

Download Tracks 7—12 and cover art (Zipped File): MegaUpload

Alternate Download if MegaUpload does not work for you: ShareBigFile (Instructions: First, click the "Friendly" button. Then click on the file name to download. Do not click delete when you're done downloading.)

DownloadTracks 13—18 (Zipped File): MegaUpload

Alternate Download if MegaUpload does not work for you: ShareBigFile (Instructions: First, click the "Friendly" button. Then click on the file name to download. Do not click delete when you're done downloading.)

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Ooooh, interesting musical choices there! :)

Hope you enjoy the tunes!

I was a little worried that it was too dorkalicious.

Whoo hoo! I knew there was a reason I checked my FL one more time before moving on to other things!

I'm looking forward to listening to this. I've got the Spike & Co. disc, but I think those are the only two tracks I've heard before. New music! New music!

Of course, I've got about a dozen bankruptcy paperworks to do over the next 8 days, including two tomorrow (later today now), so I'm not sure when exactly I'm going to listen. Maybe in the car going back and forth to work...

Thanks for all the effort putting this together!

Disc Two (the last disc) is coming in either Saturday night or Sunday during the day.

I so adore the Spike & Co. disc. Totally dug the PBS special when they showed it back in the day.

A test ran this on someone at work, and they said both discs were surprisingly good to work and work out too. (Hunh.)

YES! YES!

((grab grab grab))

You did mention the Spike & Co disc today. :-)

I didn't want to say anything because I wasn't sure if I was going to be dropping this tonight.

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Downloading as we speak. But that's Jay Ungar.

Is fixed!

Bah. Dropped a letter. (*kicks iTunes*)

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ludditerobot.livejournal.com - 2005-10-08 17:33 (UTC) - Expand

Wonderful, thank you for the new music.

Enjoy! More comng later this weekend!

I'm not into Buffy, but you get infinite points for using Darshan.

Thanks. :-)

Oh my goodness!! You used Once On This Island!!! Such a great show! Good job!!

How much do I love that soundtrack?

I bought two cassette tapes because I had to replace it when the first one exploded from overplaying. Then I invested in the CD when tape two exploded.

Scary but true: I've never actually seen the play. I first heard the entire soundtrack on my local NPR station and fell in love with it on that basis alone.

I so want to see it someday. Hopefully someone will do a revival so I can.

Fabulous! thank you for the wonderful music, Liz. Something tells me I'll be listening to it a lot.
Love the cover art.

Thank

mara_sho for the cover art. Girl is way too talented.

Hope you enjoy the tunes. I'm still tweaking up the second CD (just a few tracks that need to get moved around), but I'm actually more pleased with CD 2 because it's mostly world music.

*fingers crossed that it goes over well*

Enjoy the tunes!

What an imaginative idea! Joy!

Thank you.

For my next trick, the second CD in the collection.

Very cool concept. Well-deserved kudos.

Thanks. *bows*

I'm even more pleased with the second CD I'll be posting tonight. It's a collection of world music that I've pulled from my collection (scary that I actually own most of the source CDs for it).

If you donwload, enjoy the tunes!

Ashokan Farewell! *LOVES ON*

God, that song is amazing.

The whole CD is amazing!

I've often bought soundtracks that were so effective in movies/documentaries and have been disappointed. I have to give Ken Burns and his people props for their song choices for this CD. Some of the tracks still move me.

But Ashokan Farewell? That never fails to get you right in the heart.

Yay! You posted it! I've been looking forward to the final cut since I got the preview. I'm really amazed at how much work you put into this and the variety of music you've included. You really know how to build up the mood and atmosphere perfectly.

*burning files to disk as we speak*

Do you mind if (once you've uploaded the second disk) I put the cover art on my graphics site with a link back to you?

Be my guest. :-)

still downloading the last section, but I'm digging it so far! Feels like there should be a movie to go with it. :)

This is why I was planning to write liner notes, because it was designed with a storyline in mind.

But researching Africa up right is extremely time consuming and I couldn't get my hands around it like I wanted, especially with everything else going on in my life.

So, I figured after threatening to do it for 10 months, I might as well release the soundtrack into the wild.

Thanks - I look forward to playing them - looks fab.

Thanks. This CD is my "easing into it" CD. I didn't want to overwhelm everyone all at once with the world music.

I hope you enjoy it. :-)

I'm definitely downloading them all! This is fabulous. I'm not sure how much I'll like some of the songs, but I know I'll like a few of them and I'm so excited that 1) It's Xander! and 2) There is not ONE song on there that is a song that everybody uses.

And I am REALLY excited for the second installment... I love world music.

Very, very nice job.

The goal was to find songs that aren't generally used, so thanks for the comment on the uniqueness. :-)

The second CD is much more off the wall than this one. I guess I tend to view this one as more mainstream since most of the songs are in English. My issue is that only some of the songs have translations, so I've had to go by feel on some of it.

The only songs that I've seen recycled is 'World on Fire' and 'Frozen,' althought I've admittedly seen them on non-BtVS soundtracks (you'd think Sarah McLauchlan would sort of be a gimmie for BtVS, but I guess not this particular track).

I'm just downloading now. World on Fire itself is the only song I've heard before so I'm looking forward to listening. Thanks.

I hope you enjoy it. :-)

very cool soundtrack & cover art!

Disc Two just went up! :-)

WowWowWowWowWow!!!!

Thank you!

Just need to get my laptop hooked up somewhere in my building-site of a flat...

And fantastic cover art,

mara_sho!

The DLs are good for 30 days (minimum), which is why I chose MegaUpload for this one.

Actually, the links are good for 30 days after the last download, so if someone downloads the files on day 28, the links will be good for another 30 days after that.

So, it's actually not a rush to get either disc at this point. You've got a month.

House guests have gone and I now have unfettered access to PC. Thank god you didn't post this a week ago, chewing one's nails down to the quick is so unattractive.

The downloads are good for a minimum of 30 days, so there wouldn't have been a race before extinction.

Actually, the reaosn why I chose MegaUpload was because the links remain good for 30 days after the last download. So, if someone downloads three weeks from now, they're good for another 30 days. (Yay!)

It's scary, but Disc One has been DL roughly 100 times already and Disc Two has been DL roughly 50 times.

Interesting to see how you rearranged the songs from the draft you sent me several months ago! I'm downloading the whole thing again just to make sure I 1) don't miss anything and 2) get the songs in the right order. Thanks again for broadening my musical horizons!

I love the cover art;

mara_sho did a great job!

P.S. Remind me to extol the virtues of Anoushka Shankar and Vas/Niyaz next time I see you...

Duuuude, I wish I saw this sooner!

I could've burned you the discs. I'm doing a set for someone already. It would've been no trouble doing another set for you (even if I don't see you tomorrow, it's no big delivering them).

I think it's mostly the order that changed. More of the world music wound up on disc two (I think it works better) and I think two or three tracks were swapped out (not sure at this point). I know I ended up with one extra track than the one in your hands.

Let me know what you think.

I'll be downloading both mixes. I'm especially interested to hear disc 2 as I adore world music. Thanks!

Heeee! on the icon!

I hope you enjoy them as I much as I enjoyed making them (the odd hair-tearing episode aside).

I tried to download this but it just keeps taking me to the premium page after saying there are too many connections from my IP address. I'm not sure what they mean by that. Is it available anywhere else at all please? Like yousendit or filefactory by any chance at all?

I would love to listen to it!

I've uploaded all files for both CDs to an alternate download site called Share Big File.

Follow the instructions in my posts on LJ.

For some reason, FileFactory wouldn't work for me and YouSendIt was being twitchy about the uploads. Hopefully, the alternte site will help you get the files.

Thank you for making the effort to DL. :-)

And let me know if the new site works out.

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fickledame.livejournal.com - 2005-10-10 23:11 (UTC) - Expand

Ditto - either the "too many connections" error or just a blank page after the 45 second wait, both last night and this morning. I've had good luck with http://sharebigfile.com if you don't like yousendit.

Thanks to the link to Share Big File.

I've uploaded all files to it and you can download from there.

FileFactory wouldn't work for me and YouSendIt was being twitchy about uploading the files. Share Big File is awkward to use (for me), but it works.

The links are in my posts on LJ.

Let me know if you DL the files okay and let me know what you think of the tunes.

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singer-d.livejournal.com - 2005-10-10 20:43 (UTC) - Expand

I just randomly surfed in but this looks awesome! So... you're too cool for Toto then? ;)

Look forward to checking out your WIP sometime too.

Could you please reupload? Thank you.

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