Long Way Down - Soundtrack To The TV Series From Real World Records
Long Way Down - Music from The Television Series
The soundtrack of an epic motorbike adventure from John O'Groats to Cape Town
Real World Records has been working closely with the Long Way Down production to provide the soundtrack to the journey. You can hear Real World music on the BBC 2 television series and this new double CD (as well as the accompanying DVD to be released on December 3rd by EMI). Drawing from the catalogue of outstanding artists - Geoffrey Oryema, Ayub Ogada, Joseph Arthur, Sheila Chandra, Adrian Sherwood to name but a few and introducing new tracks from Big Blue Ball and Sasha and BT, Ben Onono and The Boxer Rebellion and the specially recorded theme tune by Stereophonics, this is also an amazing musical journey.
Long Way Down: Created & executive produced by David Alexanian, Charley Boorman, Russ Malkin and Ewan McGregor
Long Way Down soundtrack produced by Jimmy Simak CD soundtrack compiled by Amanda Jones.
Track List
| Stereophonics | Long Way Down | ||
| Maryam Mursal | Somali Udiida Ceb (Som... | ||
| Geoffrey Oryema | Ye Ye Ye | ||
| Afro Celt Sound System | Shadowman | ||
| Joseph Arthur | Exhausted | ||
| Ben Onono | Blink | ||
| Adrian Sherwood | Majestic 12 | ||
| Martyn Bennett | Move | ||
| Spaccanapoli | O' Mare | ||
| Remmy Ongala | Dodoma | ||
| Ayub Ogada | Kothbiro | ||
| Abdelli | Adarghal (The Blind In... | ||
| Sheila Chandra | The Enchantment | ||
| Spaccanapoli | Santa Notte | ||
| Big Blue Ball | Whole Thing (Original ... | ||
| Dub Colossus | Azmari Dub | ||
| Maryam Mursal | Kufilaw (Take Care) | ||
| Zawose & Brook | Kuna Kunguni / The Bed... | ||
| The Boxer Rebellion | The Gospel of Goro Adachi | ||
| Thomas Mapfumo and The... | Marudzi Nemarudzi | ||
| Ghorwane | Majurugenta | ||
| Abdelli | Walagh (I Observe) | ||
| Hassan Hakmoun | Soudan Minitara (Bumba... | ||
| Hukwe Zawose | Sisitizo La Amani Duniani | ||
| BT & Sasha | Da-ka-ne | ||
| Geoffrey Oryema | Makambo | ||
| Afro Celt Sound System | Onwards | ||
| Bernard Kabanda | Nnankya | ||
| Musicians of the Nile | Zahrafat Al Sa'id (Rej... | ||
| Geoffrey Oryema | The River |
Long Way Down DVD
Also available from December 3 is the 2 disc DVD containing the complete 6 part BBC series and numerous extras including unseen and extended footage, map of route, exclusive photo gallery and much more. EMI - catalogue number VTDVD874.
The Album
Double CD released December 3rd. Thirty tracks follow the intrepid bikers on their journey south from John O'Groats to South Africa.
Artist Guide
Find out more about the artists whose music was specially chosen to feature on the Long Way Down television series, DVD and CD. Read the background to the musicians and buy digital downloads of tracks heard on the series.
- 50Hz
- Adrian Sherwood
- Afro Celt Sound System
- Ayub Ogada
- B'Net Houariyat
- Bafo Bafo
- Ben Onono
- Bernard Kabanda
- Big Blue Ball
- BT and Sasha
- Doreen Thobekile
- Dub Colossus
- Ebb
- Farafina
- Geoffrey Oryema
- Ghorwane
- Hassan Hakmoun
- Hossam Ramzy & His ...
- Hukwe Zawose
- Imbizo
- Joseph Arthur
- Martyn Bennett
- Maryam Mursal
- Musicians of the Nile
- Remmy Ongala
- Sheila Chandra
- Spaccanapoli
- Stereophonics
- Tama
- The Boxer Rebellion
- Thomas Mapfumo and ...
- Various Artists
- Zahar
- Zawose and Brook
Episode Guide
Catch up with what is happening to Ewan and Charley episode by episode and trace the music you can hear as the journey unfolds week by week.
