Magic (The Sound of Arrows song)
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"Magic" is a song by Swedish duo The Sound of Arrows
from their debut album Voyage
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Shot in Spain
, in countryside two hours from Madrid
, Oskar Gullstrand explains that it is meant to be "childlike and youthful, and true to the song. When we were thinking about the video, Stefan and I first came up for about 200 ideas for a feature film. This is meant to be the trailer for that film."
vinyl 12", UK
Side A
Side B
The Sound of Arrows
The Sound of Arrows is a Swedish electronic music group consisting of Oskar Gullstrand and Stefan Storm, both from Gävle, Sweden..The video to "Nova", their major label debut single, was premiered on influential music blog Popjustice on 21st February 2011...
from their debut album Voyage
Voyage (The Sound of Arrows album)
Voyage is the debut studio album by Swedish electropop duo The Sound of Arrows, released in the United Kingdom on 31 October 2011.It was preceded by the release of the singles "Nova" on 25 April 2011 and "Magic" on 1 August 2011.-Critical reception:...
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Music video
In the video all adults disappeared and children live in their magic world.Shot in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, in countryside two hours from Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Oskar Gullstrand explains that it is meant to be "childlike and youthful, and true to the song. When we were thinking about the video, Stefan and I first came up for about 200 ideas for a feature film. This is meant to be the trailer for that film."
- Artist: The Sound of Arrows
- Title: Magic (GeffenGeffen RecordsGeffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...
) - Director: Andreas Ohman, Oskar Gullstrand
- Production Company: Naive ABNaïveNaivety , is the state of being naive—having or showing a lack of experience, understanding or sophistication. One who is naive may be called a naif.- Etymology :...
, The Look Films - Producer: Victor MartinVictor MartinVictor Martin was a Belgian sociologist, alumnus of Louvain Catholic University. During World War II he embarked on a spying mission in Germany for the Front de l'Indépendance Belgian communist resistance organization, bringing back the first reliable information about the fate of Jews deported to...
- DoP: Johan Holmquist
- Art Director: Gerardo Izquierdo
- Editor: Frederika Andersson, Andreas Ohman, Oskar Gullstrand
- Illustrator: Linus Kullman, Carl-Johan Listherby
- Animator: Jonas Lindman
- Compositing: David Nalci
Track listings
CD, UK- «Magic» – 3:17
- «Magic» (Instrumental) – 3:15
vinyl 12", UK
Side A
- «Magic»
- «Magic» (Tom Staar Remix)
- «Magic» (Chad Valley Remix)
Side B
- «Longer Ever Dream»
Personnel
- Mastered By – Nigel Walton
- Mixed By – Dan Grech-Marguerat
- Producer – The Sound of ArrowsThe Sound of ArrowsThe Sound of Arrows is a Swedish electronic music group consisting of Oskar Gullstrand and Stefan Storm, both from Gävle, Sweden..The video to "Nova", their major label debut single, was premiered on influential music blog Popjustice on 21st February 2011...
- Producer [Additional] – Henrik Von Euler, Richard X
- Written-By – S. Storm*