Fierce Hearts

2014 soundtrack album by Katie Noonan

Fierce Hearts

Soundtrack album by

Katie Noonan

Released| 28 February 2014
Recorded| Sing Sing Studios
Genre| Rock music, pop, acoustic, folk rock, jazz
Label| Kin Music Australia / Universal Music Australia
Katie Noonan chronology
| Songbook
(2013)  | Fierce Hearts
(2014)  | Songs That Made Me
(2014)

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Fierce Hearts, or Fierce Hearts: the Music of Love-Song-Circus, is a soundtrack/studio album by Australian singer songwriter Katie Noonan, produced as the soundtrack to contemporary circus Circa's show Love-Song-Circus.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2014, the album was nominated for Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album, but lost to Gurrumul: His Life and Music by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu.[1]

## Background and release

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Love-Song-Circus is based on the stories of Australia’s first convict women. It combines folk instrumentation, string quartet, piano and Noonan’s voice with the three of Circa’s acrobats/aerialists.

Noonan was inspired by an exhibition at the National Museum of Australia called "Love Tokens". This collection contains 307 tokens dating from 1762-1856, most of them fashioned from the 1797 Cartwheel penny. These pennies proved perfect as tokens – they were cheap, made of a soft copper and were quite large – providing plenty of space for inscriptions. Convicts would engrave them with messages and images for the loved ones they had to leave behind.[2][3]

Noonan said, "As a woman and mother I felt deeply compelled to explore these stories. I soon discovered that the lives of the first female convicts is a part of our history that has been explored by few".[4]

Love-Song-Circus premiered at the 2012 Adelaide Cabaret Festival. It played again in Melbourne in 2013 and again in 2014 in Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.

## Reception

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Ali Burnie of Beat Music gave the album a positive review saying; "Fierce Hearts – The Music of Love-Song-Circus is folk music at its best. Noonan’s sublime vocals, piano and heartfelt songwriting combines seamlessly with The Gossamer String Quartet, ensuring that this album is a joy to listen to. Drawing us in from the very first track, this beautiful, yet at times very sad album is flawless from start to finish" [5]

## Track listing

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1. "Fierce Hearts Interlude 1" - 3:40
2. "Esther" - 4:26
3. "Leaden Hearts" - 6:33
4. "Fierce Hearts Interlude 2" - 1:33
5. "Jane" - 2:43
6. "Female Transport" - 4:00
7. "Fierce Hearts Interlude 3" - 3:32
8. "Janet" - 3:44
9. "Space Between Us" - 3:10
10. "Fierce Hearts Interlude 4" - 3:36
11. "Sweet One" - 4:46
12. "Louisa" - 3:55
13. "Leaden Hearts Reprise" - 2:03
14. "Ellen" - 3:26
15. "Mary" - 4:18
16. "Finale" - 4:46

## Credits

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* Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Resonator Guitar, Mandolin – Benjamin Hauptman
* Cello – Josephine Vains
* Double Bass – Zoe Hauptmann
* Engineer [Assistant] – Aaron Dobos
* Engineer, Mixed By – David Nicholas
* Performer – The Gossamer String Quartet
* Producer, Vocals, Piano – Katie Noonan
* Viola – Caleb Wright
* Violin [1st] – Sarah Curro
* Violin [2nd] – Monica Curro
* Written-By [Strings], Arranged By [Strings] – Stephen Newcomb

## Release history

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Region  | Date  | Format  | Label  | Catalogue

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Australia  | 28 February 2014  |

* CD[6]
* digital download[7]

| Kin Music Australia / Universal Music Australia | 3775715

## References

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1. ^ "ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack Cast Show Album". www.ariaawards.com.au. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
2. ^ "Love Song Circus". katienoonan.com. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
3. ^ "Convict women inspire Katie Noonan's Love-Song-Circus". www.smh.com.au. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
4. ^ "Katie Noonan - Fierce Heart". www.jbhifi.com.au. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
5. ^ "Katie Noonan : Fierce Hearts – The Music of Love-Song-Circus". www.beat.com.au. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
6. ^ "Katie Noonan - Fierce Heart". www.jbhifi.com.au. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
7. ^ "Fierce Hearts Music, Love songs". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 1 May 2016.

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Studio albums|

* Two of a Kind
* Before Time Could Change Us
* Skin
* Second Skin
* Blackbird: The Music of Lennon and McCartney
* Emperor's Box
* First Seed Ripening
* Songs of the Southern Skies
* Songbook
* Fierce Hearts (The Music of Love-Song-Circus)
* Songs That Made Me
* Transmutant
* With Love and Fury
* Songs of the Latin Skies
* The Sweetest Taboo

Extended Plays|

* Songs from the British Isles

Singles|

* "Time to Begin"
* "Page One"
* "Peace is My Drug"

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