Music from the children’s book by Dan Brown WILD SYMPHONY

1 Maestro Mouse ...... 0:31 12 Wondrous Whale ...... 1:53 2 Woodbird Welcome ...... 1:36 13 Cheetah Chase ...... 2:01 3 Bouncing Kangaroo ...... 1:29 14 Eager Elephant ...... 1:58 Include: 4 Clumsy track Kittens listing, ...... times, performer, 1:25 15 Ratcon Attack- ...... 1:50 ductor 5 The Ray ...... 2:01 16 Busy Beetles ...... 1:13 6 Happy Hippo ...... 1:26 17 Spiders On A Web ...... 1:44 Produced 7 Frogs by In ABob Bog Lord...... and Dan 1:33 Brown 18 Brilliant Bat ...... 2:03 Arrangement 8 Anxious Ostrich credit ...... - Karl Blench 1:47 19 Swan In The Mist ...... 3:11 9 The Armadillo Shell ...... 0:48 20 Cricket Lullaby ...... 2:19 No 10 full Dancing team Boarcredits ...... - too much 2:01 for the 21 backMaestro Mouse Reprise ...... 1:37 cover 11 Impatient Ponies ...... 1:43

2 WILD SYMPHONY Composed by Dan Brown

Produced by Bob Lord Performed by Zagreb Festival Orchestra Conducted by Miran Vaupotić

Orchestrator: Karl Blench Lead Recording Producer: Krešimir Seletković Recording Producer: Jeff LeRoy Lead Recording Engineer, Mixing Engineer: Jan Košulič Audio Director, Mixing Engineer: Lucas Paquette Recording Director, Engineer: Levi Brown Orchestra Director: Ivana Hauser Orchestra Manager: Tin Matijević Mastering: Adam Ayan at Gateway Mastering Studios Product Design: Brett Picknell, Ryan Harrison Publicity: Patrick Niland, Sara Warner, Emily Garcia

Recorded December 1-2, 2018, March 9-13, 2019, June 30, 2019, at Blagoje Bersa Concert Hall at the Music Academy of the University of Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia

All illustrations by Susan Batori

Publishing: Boosey & Hawkes Scores and parts available for rental and licensing at: www.boosey.com

© ℗ 2020 DGB MUSIC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 3 Dear Readers, Long before I wrote stories . . . I wrote music. My parents were both musicians and teachers, and I grew up practicing classical piano, singing in choirs, and attending LOTS of concerts. Music was a secret sanctuary for me as a child. It calmed me when I felt frustrated, was a trusted friend when I felt lonely, helped me express my joy when I was happy, and, best of all, sparked my creativity and imagination. Even now, I play piano every day— usually after I finish a long day of writing. Music is a kind of storytelling, and the twenty-one orchestral movements in Wild Symphony—combined with their accompanying poems and illustrations—all work together (like a code, of sorts!) to tell a story . . . and reveal a funny or interesting side of an animal’s personality. If you listen carefully, you might be able to find each animal hiding in the music. Even better, every animal in this book will share with you a simple moral . . . a fun collection of “secrets to life” that will help you on your way. I hope you have as much fun experiencing Wild Symphony as I had creating it.

Sincerely,

4 Dan Brown is the author of numerous #1 bestselling novels, including The Da Vinci Code, which has become one of the best selling novels of all time as well as the subject of intellectual debate among readers and scholars. Brown’s novels are published in 56 languages around the world with over 200 million copies in print.

In 2005, Brown was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by TIME Magazine, whose editors credited him with “keeping the publishing industry afloat; renewed interest in Leonardo da Vinci and early Christian history; spiking tourism to Paris and Rome; a growing membership in secret societies; the ire of Cardinals in Rome; eight books denying the claims of the novel and seven guides to read along with it; a flood of historical thrillers; and a major motion picture franchise.”

The son of a mathematics teacher and a church organist, Brown was raised on a prep school campus where he developed a fascination with the paradoxical interplay between science and religion. These themes eventually formed the backdrop for his books. He is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he later returned to teach English before focusing his attention full time to writing. He lives in New England with his yellow lab Winston.

www.danbrown.com 5 Q&A WITH DAN BROWN

Music plays such a prominent role in your life. short, fun composition that reflects that animal’s special 1 When and how did your passion for music begin? personality—and through an exciting new technology, each animal’s music accompanies the illustrations and poems to I grew up with . My parents were trained create a fully-immersive storytelling experience. musicians who chose not to have a TV, so instead I played piano, sang in choirs and went to lots of concerts. Music was a secret sanctuary for me as a child. It calmed me when I felt Wild Symphony has its own app to play music frustrated, was a trusted friend when I felt lonely, helped me 3 associated with each page. Why did you feel it express my joy when I was happy, and, best of all, sparked was important to include this feature and how my creativity and imagination. Even now, I play piano every does the app work? day—usually after I finish a long day of writing. I wanted to create a book that encouraged young people to experience the power (and fun!) of listening to classical music. Wild Symphony is your first picture book! Can Using augmented reality, the Wild Symphony book is able to 2 you tell us about it? perform “magically” the specific piece associated with each animal—whether that piece is upbeat and fun like “Bouncing As a child, I loved the picture books of Dr. Seuss with their Kangaroo,” reflective and calm like the “Wondrous Whale,” zany creatures and silly poetry. With Wild Symphony, I or zany and silly like “Dancing Boar” or “Busy Beetles.” The wanted to create a similar magical world of pictures and music is also easily accessible through various streaming poetry aimed at a new generation of young people, and I services so young people can listen anywhere and anytime also hoped to take it one step further. Wild Symphony is they like. Ideally, the book will help spawn a new generation very much a read-aloud picture book, but it also contains a of appreciation for classical music. surprising musical twist. For each of the animals in the sto- ry, I composed a unique piece of modern classical music—a

6 This is such a unique project. How did the What impact do you hope Wild Symphony will 4 idea originate? 6 have on young readers and families?

I have always enjoyed playing and composing music. Some We live in an age of headphones and earbuds, and music is of- years ago, I was out walking near a marsh and heard many ten experienced alone. My hope for Wild Symphony is that different kinds of frogs all singing together—croakers, families will choose to enjoy the music together, either while peepers, bullfrogs—and it sounded like a classical fugue reading the book or as fun background music while they’re do- to me. When I got home, I composed a little piece called ing other things. As a special treat, some families may choose Happy Frogs and wrote a poem to go with it. I loved that to attend one of the many live concerts of Wild Symphony that creative process so much that I just kept going. Twenty will be performed around the world. animals later, Wild Symphony was born!

What is the value in sharing music with kids at 5 an early age?

Exposure to music at a young age has been scientifically shown to stimulate creativity, focus, and emotional intelligence in young people. When I was an infant, my parents exposed me to enormous amounts of music (including while I was in the womb!), and I believe this experience helped stimulate my imagination and creativity, which became very important to me later in life.

7 BOB LORD | MUSIC PRODUCER Bob Lord is a producer, , , and the CEO of PARMA Recordings. Lord’s work was nominated in two categories for the 2020 GRAMMY Awards and in 2015 he was named one of Musical America’s “30 Professionals of the Year: Key Influencers.” With of , Bob co-produced the double album METHOD MUSIC by Lawrence Ball, released in 2012 on Navona Records and hailed by Pitchfork for its “wondrous, rippling, and startlingly tactile music.” As of this writing Lord has nearly a thousand recording and production credits on his resume including the 2016 release ABRAZO: THE HAVANA SESSIONS, one of the first projects recorded and produced by an American music company in Cuba following the loosening of diplomatic relations. www.boblordmusic.com

ZAGREB FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | PERFORMING ENSEMBLE The Zagreb Festival Orchestra was founded in 1989, comprised of the top classical performers in Croatia and formed with the intent to record a single album. That intent was fulfilled with OVERTURES, a record of composer Gioachino Rossini’s greatest operatic works conducted by the acclaimed maestro Michael Halász, a resident conductor at the Vienna State Opera for 20 years, and produced by six-time GRAMMY Award winner Martin Sauer. www.zagrebfestivalorchestra.com

MIRAN VAUPOTIĆ | CONDUCTOR “Dynamic and knowledgeable” Croatian conductor Miran Vaupotić has built a dazzling career in Europe and far beyond, working extensively with the top symphony orchestras and ensem- bles around the world. From concert halls to recording sessions, Vaupotić’s passion and experience has led musicians of all backgrounds to resounding success. www.miranvaupotic.com

8 KARL BLENCH | ORCHESTRATOR Karl Blench is an award winning composer and conductor who holds a DMA in composition from Rice University. His music has been performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Cuba. As a conductor he focuses mainly on music from the 20th and 21st centuries and frequently conducts premieres of new works throughout the country. He currently teaches in Houston, TX and is the Composer-In-Residence for the Axiom String Quartet.

SUSAN BATORI | ILLUSTRATOR Susan Batori is a Hungarian illustrator, graphic designer and a character design addict. She studied graphic design at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary. As an art director at DDB Advertising Agency, Susan designed many print ads, websites, posters, packages etc. for years. Then she noticed that drawing hilarious characters was much more fun. She likes to laugh with her boyfriend Robert and her cat Kamilla. They inspire her funny characters. She also loves creating new digital textures, reading, watching great movies, drinking coffee, walking in a forest or pampering herself with a good salted caramel ice cream. Since 2012, Susan has been working as a freelance children’s book illustrator. Humor is the one thing in her studio that she could not live without. www.susanbatori.myportfolio.com

PARMA RECORDINGS | PROJECT MANAGEMENT PARMA Recordings is a leading figure in the commercial production and curated promotion of sounds by today’s musicians. Since 2008, PARMA’s GRAMMY-winning team has produced over 900 commercial releases, with works ranging from Billboard-topping classical chamber music to Cuban jazz to experimental electronic works. Music from our distributed labels has been featured in settings and situations from CBS to Carnegie Hall, Microsoft to the Musikverein, and Nintendo to National Geographic, and the 2019 Navona Records release THE ARC IN THE SKY was nominated for a 2020 GRAMMY Award. www.parmarecordings.com

9 Q&A WITH BOB LORD, MUSIC PRODUCER OF WILD SYMPHONY

Can you tell us about the music production symphony is designed to be presented in its entirety and 1 process for the Wild Symphony score and how in sequence, but also as individual movements or in groups you and Dan collaborated throughout it? of movements - it’s all up to the performers. Sheet music is available for orchestras who would like to perform it, Dan is a natural musician, and his music has the same sense and Dan made sure that the music is playable by all skill of thrill and adventure as his writing. Having worked levels, from amateur community ensembles all the way up with him on numerous musical projects over the years, I to world-class professional orchestras. find he always has a clear compositional vision in mind—a story he is telling through melodies, chords, and rhythms. What has been your favorite memory of this 3 artistic endeavor, so far? In Wild Symphony, I helped Dan capture his vision and sound through the orchestra, recording his music in During the recording of Wild Symphony in the studio, we the studio with my ensemble and team, bringing these found ourselves nearing the end of a very long day with recordings to the listening public, and establishing live one more section to go—“Bouncing Kangaroo.” performances of the music with symphonies all over the world. We’re all familiar with Peter and the Wolf, and The The moment the ensemble began to play, something Carnival of the Animals, but orchestral music needs a new happened. Feet started tapping, bodies began swaying, and classic for children. I believe Wild Symphony is destined giggles were heard through the microphones. to become exactly that. The sheer enthusiasm and infectiousness of Dan’s music, of Wild Symphony is not just a book and audio, his own tunes and sounds, his own creativity, moved every 2 but sheet music as well, correct? single person there. I’m looking forward to the rest of the world experiencing it too. Yes, this is a true multimedia project! Our hope is to make the music from Wild Symphony accessible to people of all stripes, including listeners and performers alike. The 10 11 From the mind of #1 New York Times bestselling author DAN BROWN comes his picture book debut WILD SYMPHONY

Dan Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the worldwide publishing phenomenon The DaVinci Code, is renowned for exciting twists and turns, and now he has unleashed his latest surprise: Wild Symphony, the new illustrated children’s book and orchestral music. From the joyous rhythms of “Bouncing Kangaroo” to the mysterious melodies of “Wondrous Whale” to the hair-raising harmonies of “Brilliant Bat,” Wild Symphony tells the story of Maestro Mouse and his animal friends embarking on a journey of discovery and friendship.

Delightfully illustrated by artist Susan Batori, Brown’s debut children’s book offers pithy poetry with bits of life wisdom on every page and family-friendly sounds to delight the young at heart, and even a secret code with a learn more about WILD SYMPHONY or purchase the book at: special message. The story and music come together through www.wildsymphony.com the use of a smartphone app which, when held over a page of the book, plays the corresponding movement of Brown’s WILD SYMPHONY is a Random House Children’s Books book. For additional book recommendations, visit RHCBOOKS.com symphony. Mindful, humorous, musical, and uniquely entertaining, Wild Symphony offers a refreshingly real experience for our digital age.