Toby Tune releases album

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In a musical career now sprawling across six decades, Harley Toberman (aka Toby Tune) has always done things very much his own way.

Since writing his first song at the age of 12, to playing at hippie love-ins with his 60s ensembles, to his later career as a solo composer and performer in his own right, Toby Tune has ploughed his own furrow throughout.

His latest album, the third released under his current name, sees Toby Tune once again use his quirky take on life and music to push the boundaries of originality. The CD, ‘Coming Attractions’, is a medley of soundtracks for imagined movies. It is a collection of orchestral instrumentals that bring to mind the great soundtrack composers such as Ennio Morricone and Philip Glass.

The unusual nature of this project fits perfectly with Toby Tune’s history as a musician. His other works include a video he directed and produced called Doggie Adventure, which would go on to win awards, and a collection of archival stock music called ‘The Show Starts in 45 Minutes’: an album designed to provide a countdown for home movie screenings.

To say, therefore, that Toby Tune is an original is no exaggeration! One of his mid-‘60s recordings with the band The H.T.3 even preceded the advent of punk by more than a decade…

With the new album, a collection of brilliantly imaginative odes to the beauty of cinema, Toby Tune is likely to capture even more hearts, He admits that the appeal of the music will be niche, but that makes it all the more special for the lucky few who will be touched by its simple beauty.

Having semi-retired from his previous day job of running Toby’s Tunes recording studio, he has moved to Costa Rica with his wife and is finally able to devote his time to his twin passions of movies and music making.

‘Coming Attractions’ is the perfect example of how these two passions, combined with an endlessly inventive mind, can create original, uplifting and constantly surprising music.

This is an album that will have pride of place in many an offbeat record collection. And deservedly so.

‘Coming Attractions’ is available to buy on iTunes and all good download sites.