Track 1 of the Song of the Stag playlist: Prelude by Tide Lines

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While working on big picture edits of Song of the Stag, I listened to A LOT of Scottish music. I’ve loved Tide Lines for a long time, but something about being elbow deep in the world of Storran cast the song ‘Prelude’ in a totally new light. Suddenly I was getting snapshots of images: bleeding heather, a running girl, a single drop of melted pewter, and I just knew I had to make a book trailer. Luckily, the guys over at Tide Lines were kind enough to let me licence the track, and I spent the restless months between edits and book release filming a trailer. In my head, the song became the book’s unofficial theme tune. It’s a slow, cinematic build with lyrics that feel like folklore; a bittersweet memory of days gone by, and a reckless optimism for the future. To me, that is everything Song of the Stag represents.

“All the wishes of our memories

Are reaching out before us now

I recall the days when we were free

There’s a yearning in our chorus now”