Hourglass by Lifehouse

Album: Out of the Wasteland (2015)

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Lifehouse frontman Jason Wade got to fulfill a musical fantasy and work with legendary movie score composer James Newton Howard on this harmony-heavy track. He recalled to Artist Direct: "When I went into the studio, there was a big picture of Jennifer Lawrence on the screen. He was finishing up the new Hunger Games."

"I've been listening to his soundtracks since I was 18 or 19-years-old," Wade continued. "To get to collaborate with him and have my name next to his on a song credit was so cool. It was amazing. It was probably the highlight of the record."
The song was originally written by Lifehouse manager and co-producer Jude Cole along with James Newton Howard in the mid 1990s. Jason Wade told HMV.com: "I heard it a few years back and fell in love with it but it didn't have a title, so Jude asked me if I wanted to help finish the song. I said I'd love to. I put my vocal on the original demo, James loved it and played it for his wife and she loved it and wanted to be a part of recreating it. So we took elements of the demo and got to spend a couple of days with James and he did this amazing string arrangement. It's very complex and one of my favorites on the record."

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KatrinaOne of the most beautiful songs ever written. Jason Wade is pure joy with lyrics that transport you on a magical journey through the heart.. A harmonious celebration of love, the song pulls at every corner of your soul, and just like your first heartbreak, James Newton Howard’s creation will be unforgettable in the deepest most profound way.

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