Paul Oakenfold

Paul Oakenfold

Paul Mark Oakenfold is a British record producer and a trance DJ.-Early Career: 1979–84:Paul Oakenfold's career was set to be a chef, after having hopes of becoming part of a band. He describes his early life as a "bedroom deejay" in a podcasted interview with Vancouver's 24 Hours, stating he grew...

 produced Urban Soundtracks for pieces of classic and contemporary literature

Literature

Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...

 from late 1999 to 2002. They were aired by Galaxy FM in the UK.

There were a total of 35 soundtrack audiobooks produced and aired over the Galaxy network during 1999-2002. Each one-hour programme went out on Sunday evenings at 7pm. These tracks blend classic literature with a mixture of dance and contemporary music. The narratives were read by famous voices such as Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor. He has had success in mainstream, indie, and art house films. McGregor is perhaps best known for his roles as heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama Trainspotting , young Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy , and poet Christian in the...

, Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...

, Richard Blackwood

Richard Blackwood

Richard Blackwood , is an English comedian, media personality, occasional actor and MC. Blackwood is step-brother of Naomi Campbell after his father was married to her mother for a time...

, Sean Pertwee

Sean Pertwee

Sean Pertwee is an English actor known for his television, film and voice-over work.-Career:In the early 80s, he auditioned for a place at the Surrey County Youth Theatre where he was cast as Captain Fitzpatrick in the play Tom Jones, based on the novel by Henry Fielding...

, Max Bleasly, Tom Baker

Tom Baker

Thomas Stewart "Tom" Baker is a British actor. He is best known for playing the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction television series Doctor Who, a role he played from 1974 to 1981.-Early life:...

, Neneh Cherry, Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ is an English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films...

, Brian Blessed

Brian Blessed

Brian Blessed is an English actor, known for his sonorous voice and "hearty, king-sized portrayals".-Early life:The son of William Blessed, a socialist miner, and Hilda Wall, Blessed was born in the town of Goldthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire, England...

, Neil Tennant

Neil Tennant

Neil Francis Tennant is an English musician, singer and songwriter, who, with bandmate Chris Lowe, makes up the successful electronic dance music duo Pet Shop Boys.-Childhood:...

 and Honor Blackman

Honor Blackman

Honor Blackman is an English actress, known for the roles of Cathy Gale in The Avengers and Bond girl Pussy Galore in Goldfinger .-Early life:...

.

The series, won a Bronze Award in the 2002 Sony Radio Academy Awards

Sony Radio Academy Awards

The Sony Radio Academy Awards , started in 1983, are some of the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry. They are run by ZAFER Associates in association with the Radio Academy...

 Specialist Music category, and was endorsed by the National Literacy Trust

National Literacy Trust

The National Literacy Trust is an independent charity based in London, England, that promotes literacy.It was founded by Sir Simon Hornby, former chairman of the major national retail chain, WHSmith PLC...

. The series also included Pinocchio

Pinocchio

The Adventures of Pinocchio is a novel for children by Italian author Carlo Collodi, written in Florence. The first half was originally a serial between 1881 and 1883, and then later completed as a book for children in February 1883. It is about the mischievous adventures of Pinocchio , an...

 read by Ronan Keating

Ronan Keating

Ronan Patrick John Keating is an Irish recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. Keating debuted on the professional music scene alongside Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately, in 1994 as the lead singer of Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999, and...

 and The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

"The Little Mermaid" is a popular fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince...

 with All Saints

All Saints (group)

All Saints were a British/Canadian girl group. Founded in 1993 as All Saints 1.9.7.5, the group consisted of founding members Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis, and sisters Nicole Appleton and Natalie Appleton...

' singer Nicole Appleton

Nicole Appleton

Nicole Marie Appleton-Gallagher is a Canadian pop singer and actress who rose to fame as a member of All Saints. She was formerly a member of Appleton along with her older sister Natalie.-Early life:...

. Broadcast on the radio stations Galaxy and Kiss 100, they proved to be hugely popular with the core 15 to 34-year-old audience.

Although highly successful and well received, the series have never been released and are not officially commercially available.

However, some copies recorded at time of broadcast seem to be in circulation.

Titles and Broadcast Date:

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 01 - Filth 31-01-1999

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 02 - With Your Tongue Down My Throat 27-02-1999

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 03 - I Hate You and I Hate Your Jesus 27-03-1999

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 04 - Paper 24-04-1999

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 05 - The Sopranos 29-05-1999

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 06 - Powder 26-06-1999

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 07 - Girlfriend in a Coma 31-07-1999

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 08 - High Fidelity 28-08-1999

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 09 - Come Together 25-09-1999

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 10 - The Business 30-10-1999

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 11 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 27-11-1999

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 12 - A Christmas Carol 25-12-1999

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 13 - Alice in Wonderland 25-03-2000

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 14 - The Picture of Dorian Gray 29-04-2000

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 15 - Treasure Island 27-05-2000

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 16 - Frankenstein 24-06-2000

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 17 - Pinocchio 26-08-2000

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 18 - The Jungle Book 30-09-2000

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 19 - Oliver Twist 29-10-2000

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 20 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 28-01-2001

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 21 - Dracula 25-02-2001

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 22 - The Snow Queen 25-03-2001

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 23 - Cleopatra 29-04-2001

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 24 - Jack the Ripper 27-05-2001

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 25 - The Fall Of The House Of Usher 24-06-2001

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 26 - The Adventures Of Robin Hood 29-07-2001

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 27 - The Little Mermaid 24-08-2001

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 28 - Hercules 30-09-2001

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 29 - Ben Hur 07-04-2002

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 30 - Wind in the Willows 28-04-2002

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 31 - Heart of Darkness 02-06-2002

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 32 - Hunchback of Notre Dame 30-06-2002

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 33 - The Water Babies 28-07-2002

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 34 - Beauty and the Beast 25-08-2002

Paul Oakenfold - Urban Soundtracks 35 - The Count of Monte Christo 29-09-2002