Aeone
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Aeone (pronounced ay-own) was born in 1959 in Liss, Hampshire as Vikki
Watson. Shortly after her birth the family moved to Emsworth - her
family still runs an antique shop in Petworth, Sussex - , where she
grew up. As a child she took song and dance lessons, and then went on
to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. At first, she
wanted to become an opera singer, but soon realized that her voice was
more suited to popular music.
Some very early success in the Eurovision Song Contest - winning fourth
place in Gothenburg, Sweden performing the 1985 UK entry "Love Is"
written with Jimmy Kaleth sent her packing to the United States and
full circle returning to her Celtic roots. She did very well in terms
of touring, television shows and live work, yet a difficult lifestyle
coupled with the commercial direction of the material drove her to
emigrate to the United States.
Initially teamed with writer/producer/engineer Jeff Silverman, in 1991
she released an 11-track debut album, entitled Window To A World, that
pioneered a blend of Celtic sounding music with a pop feel combining
fiddle, banjo and mandolin.
After releasing her debut album, she moved on to scoring for television
shows, composing for Witchblade, "Brother Sun, Sister Moon" on
Discovery, Santa Barbara and Team: Knight Rider. She also composed for
several movie trailers, including The Messenger, John Q, Behind Enemy
Lines, The Shipping News, Enough, Life Or Something Like It, Showtime
(film), Rat Race, Finding Forrester, Saving Silverman, Lucky Numbers,
Lovers Of The Arctic Circle, One Night At McCool's, At First Sight,
Down To Earth, Instinct (film) and Disturbing Behavior.
Then, in 1999, she released a special mp3-album, called Aeone (album).
Combining numbers from her debut album and several new ones, the album
became quite popular on mp3.com. A few months later, her second studio
album was released, The Woman's Touch. The album contains a broad range
of song styles, each with clear ethereal vocals, at times rising above
full ambient grooves. Ballads are offset by strong dance rhythms as
well as several highly accessible tunes. After the release, Aeone
picked up composing for a while before she started working on her third
album. In between she found the time to sing one of the title songs for
the TNT miniseries Mists Of Avalon, composing and writing the song I
Will Remember You Still. A year later, the third album, Point Of Faith,
was released.
Among the more remarkable happenings in her career, Aeone particularly
recalls her debut in Zimbabwe, when she sung one song and the band
played another, and a television appearance in which she was almost
flattened by the American heavy-weight pop singer Meat Loaf.
Watson. Shortly after her birth the family moved to Emsworth - her
family still runs an antique shop in Petworth, Sussex - , where she
grew up. As a child she took song and dance lessons, and then went on
to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. At first, she
wanted to become an opera singer, but soon realized that her voice was
more suited to popular music.
Some very early success in the Eurovision Song Contest - winning fourth
place in Gothenburg, Sweden performing the 1985 UK entry "Love Is"
written with Jimmy Kaleth sent her packing to the United States and
full circle returning to her Celtic roots. She did very well in terms
of touring, television shows and live work, yet a difficult lifestyle
coupled with the commercial direction of the material drove her to
emigrate to the United States.
Initially teamed with writer/producer/engineer Jeff Silverman, in 1991
she released an 11-track debut album, entitled Window To A World, that
pioneered a blend of Celtic sounding music with a pop feel combining
fiddle, banjo and mandolin.
After releasing her debut album, she moved on to scoring for television
shows, composing for Witchblade, "Brother Sun, Sister Moon" on
Discovery, Santa Barbara and Team: Knight Rider. She also composed for
several movie trailers, including The Messenger, John Q, Behind Enemy
Lines, The Shipping News, Enough, Life Or Something Like It, Showtime
(film), Rat Race, Finding Forrester, Saving Silverman, Lucky Numbers,
Lovers Of The Arctic Circle, One Night At McCool's, At First Sight,
Down To Earth, Instinct (film) and Disturbing Behavior.
Then, in 1999, she released a special mp3-album, called Aeone (album).
Combining numbers from her debut album and several new ones, the album
became quite popular on mp3.com. A few months later, her second studio
album was released, The Woman's Touch. The album contains a broad range
of song styles, each with clear ethereal vocals, at times rising above
full ambient grooves. Ballads are offset by strong dance rhythms as
well as several highly accessible tunes. After the release, Aeone
picked up composing for a while before she started working on her third
album. In between she found the time to sing one of the title songs for
the TNT miniseries Mists Of Avalon, composing and writing the song I
Will Remember You Still. A year later, the third album, Point Of Faith,
was released.
Among the more remarkable happenings in her career, Aeone particularly
recalls her debut in Zimbabwe, when she sung one song and the band
played another, and a television appearance in which she was almost
flattened by the American heavy-weight pop singer Meat Loaf.