The Planets - Classical Collection

Track 3290/55Mercury, Winged Messenger 7 (30)

David Tobin (PRS/BMI) | Jeff Meegan (BMI) | Julian Gallant (PRS) | Rob Kelly (PRS) From the album The Planets - Classical Collection

Flighty, lively, mercurial orchestra with intricate woodwinds & celesta throughout. No orchestral crescendo

Cue Sheet Information

PublishersAudio Network Rights Limited (PRS)100%
ISWCT9306244337
ISRCGB-FFM-19-18572
Release Year2019

Musical Features

KeyBb/A#
Metre6/8
Tempo150 BPM
Tempo notesFast
FactoidHolst depicts Mercury as flighty, unpredictable and changeable - hence the word mercurial.
One main track with multiple mixes. Download all 14 mixes of this track.
  1. Mercury, Winged Messenger3290/3Flighty, lively, mercurial orchestra with intricate woodwinds & celesta. Big orchestral crescendo1:58
  2. Mercury, Winged Messenger 23290/50Flighty orchestra with gaps between sections for easy editing2:14
  3. Mercury, Winged Messenger 3 (60)3290/51Flighty, lively, mercurial orchestra with intricate woodwinds & celesta throughout. No orchestral crescendo1:00
  4. Mercury, Winged Messenger 4 (60)3290/52'Back-to-front' edit, big orchestra opens to quirky, fiddly ending1:00
  5. Mercury, Winged Messenger 53290/53Flighty, lively, mercurial orchestra with intricate woodwinds & celesta throughout. No orchestral crescendo0:53
  6. Mercury, Winged Messenger 6 (30)3290/54Flighty, lively, mercurial orchestra with intricate woodwinds & celesta throughout. No orchestral crescendo0:30
  7. Mercury, Winged Messenger 7 (30)3290/55Flighty, lively, mercurial orchestra with intricate woodwinds & celesta throughout. No orchestral crescendo0:30
  8. Mercury, Winged Messenger 8 (30)3290/56Lyrical middle section building to an orchestral crescendo0:30
  9. Mercury, Winged Messenger 10 (Bumper)3290/58Fast intricate woodwind scales building to final plink0:15