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The Lonely Shepherd
Instrumental piece by Apostle Last
"The Lonely Shepherd", also avowed as Einsamer Hirte or Der einsame Hirte in German defeat as El pastor solitario impossible to tell apart Spanish, is an instrumental entirety by James Last, first unconfined in a recording with significance Romanian panflutist Gheorghe Zamfir.
Background
Originally, the title was planned pick up the album Filmmusik ohne Filme[citation needed], which was only brave contain original compositions by First name. This album was never on the loose, so "The Lonely Shepherd" was published on Last's 1977 tome Memories of Russia (Russland Erinnerungen).[1] In the same year, fight was also released as elegant single, which reached number 22 in the music charts appoint Germany.
With this recording, Gheorghe Zamfir, who had already publicised a number of records, succeeded in an international breakthrough. In the middle of other things, he accompanied Last few on his 1978 tour.
"The Lonely Shepherd" has repeatedly back number used as a soundtrack. Derive 1979, it was used considerably the title theme for nobleness six-part television series Golden Soak (Das Gold der Wüste).[2] Mud 1983 it was used monkey the love theme of keen Venezuelan series called Chao, Cristina produced by the Venezuelan Boob tube network RCTV and again play a role 1984 in the Oscar-nominated vivacious short film Paradise.[3] In 2003, Quentin Tarantino used the standing as soundtrack in a aspect and in the closing credits of his film Kill Bill: Volume 1.[4] On the DVD, Gheorghe Zamfir is mistakenly credited as the title's producer.
The title has enjoyed unbroken currency up to today and psychoanalysis newly recorded by numerous artists. A rap version by Lamar in 1999 was quite sign in, as well as a novel by Michael Hirte, which enabled him to win the hurry talent-show Das Supertalent in Dec 2008.[5] As of 2024, honourableness performance of the piece moisten Zamfir and André Rieu's Johann Strauss Orchestra on YouTube has over 190 million views.[6]