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Listen free to Tuomas Holopainen Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge (Glasgow 1877, Into The West and more). 11 tracks (60:14). Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm. 'The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck' Cover of the collected edition published by Gemstone Publishing in 2005. Publisher First: Egmont Publishing - First US: Gladstone Publishing Publication date First: 1992-1994 (Egmont) - First US: 1994-1996 (Gladstone Publishing) Genre Adventure
Anthropomorphic animals Title(s) First: Anders And C:o (Egmont)
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First US: Uncle Scrooge (Gladstone Publishing)
285 - 296 Main character(s) Scrooge McDuck Creative team Writer(s) Don Rosa Artist(s) Don Rosa Letterer(s) Todd Klein (US edition)
Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge is the first solo album by Finnish songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, best known for his work in the symphonic metal band Nightwish.
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The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck ( Lo$ ) [1] is a serial of 12 comic book stories written and drawn by Don Rosa, lettered by Todd Klein (American editions), [2] first published by the Danish publisher Egmont in the magazine Anders And Co. from 199294 and later in English in Uncle Scrooge 285 through 296 (199496). The stories chronicle the in-universe biography of Scrooge McDuck before his introduction in 1947. The stories were later collected and published together in a single volume. Rosa later published additional stories which expanded on Scrooge's biography. These were released as The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion .
The story follows the main events of Scrooge's life between 1877 and 1947, including almost all references found in Carl Barks stories about Scrooge's life until 1947 but leaving some room for Rosa and other creators to add more details later. The comic also provides information on the backgrounds and origins of many characters related to Scrooge.
Don Rosa earned the Will Eisner Award for Best Serialized Story in 1995 for this work. [3] The trade paperback collection was also a top vote-getter for the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Reprint Graphic Novel/Album for 1997.After being out of print for several years with high demand, the book was reprinted under the BOOM! Studios label in two deluxe hardcover volumes.
The Finnish composer Tuomas Holopainen released a concept album based on the book, titled Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge . Don Rosa illustrated the cover artwork for the album. [4] Chapter list [ edit ]
Note: Chapters Zero, and all 'in-between' chapters with B or C added to the numbers are not included in the softcover collection in North America. These chapters were later reprinted in a separate book published by Gemstone, titled The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion . The 12 original chapters [ edit ] Part Chapter Title Pages Story code First publication in United States 1 The Last of the Clan McDuck 15 D 91308 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 285 The story takes place between 1877 and 1880. As a child, Scrooge comes in conflict with the Whiskervilles, earns his Number One Dime and heads for the United States on a cattle boat. 2 The Master of the Mississippi 28 D 91411 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 286 The story takes place between 1880 and 1882. Scrooge works for his Uncle Angus 'Pothole' McDuck and has his first encounter with Blackheart Beagle and his sons, the Beagle Boys. 3 The Buckaroo of the Badlands 15 D 92008 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 287 The story takes place between 1882 and 1883. Scrooge becomes a cowboy and winds up having to recover a prize bull for his boss Murdo MacKenzie, then meeting future President Theodore Roosevelt while doing so. Scrooge suggests that Roosevelt take up politics. 4 Raider of the Copper Hill 15 D 92083 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 288 The story takes place between 1883 and 1885. Scrooge takes some prospecting lessons from Howard Rockerduck and almost takes over the Anaconda Copper Mine of Butte, Montana from Marcus Daly. 5 The New Laird of Castle McDuck 15 D 92191 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 289 The story takes place in 1885. Scrooge returns to Scotland to save Castle McDuck from being bought by the Whiskervilles. 6 The Terror of the Transvaal 12 D 92273 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 290 The story takes place between 1886 and 1889. Scrooge goes to the South African Republic, where he first encounters Flintheart Glomgold. 7 Dreamtime Duck of the Never-Never 15 D 92314 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 291 The story takes place between 1893 and 1896. Scrooge goes to Australia and learns about the Dreamtime. 8 King of the Klondike 24 D 92514 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 292 The story takes place between 1896 and 1897. Scrooge finally goes to The Yukon, participating in the Klondike Gold Rush, and strikes some gold, but not before being kidnapped by crooked profiteer Soapy Slick. 9 The Billionaire of Dismal Downs 15 D 93121 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 293 The story takes place between 1898 and 1902. After becoming a billionaire, Scrooge goes back to Scotland only to realize that he doesn't really belong there anymore. 10 The Invader of Fort Duckburg 15 D 93227 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 294 The story takes place in 1902. Scrooge and his sisters move to Duckburg, Calisota, United States and meet the Duck family and the founding three members of The Junior Woodchucks. Scrooge has his first run in with the Beagle Boys since his riverboat days and is reacquainted to President Theodore Roosevelt. 11 The Empire-Builder from Calisota 24 D 93288 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 295 The story takes place between 1909 and 1930. Scrooge goes around the world making all kinds of business deals, notably including forcing the Voodoo tribe of sorcerer Foola Zoola off their land. In revenge, the sorcerer curses him to be constantly haunted by Bombie the Zombie. He returns to Duckburg and first meets his ten-year-old nephew Donald Duck, along with his twin sister Della Duck. On the same day, he loses contact with his family and becomes the richest duck in the world. 12 The Richest Duck in the World 16 D 93488 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 296 The story takes place in 1947 on Christmas Day. After 17 years of having lost contact with his family, Scrooge invites Donald and his grandnephews to Christmas dinner. He introduces them to his old Money Bin, and the new generation of Beagle Boys also introduce themselves. The additional 'in-between' stories [ edit ] Part Chapter Title Pages Story code First publication in United States 0 Of Ducks, Dimes and Destinies 15 D 91249 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 297 Magica De Spell travels back in time to 1877 to steal Scrooge's Number One Dime before he earns it. 3B The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark 24 D 98045 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 318 The story takes place in 1883. Scrooge imports some cattle to the Dutch East Indies (present Indonesia) aboard the Cutty Sark but encounters a thief and meets his old friend Ratchet Gearloose from his Riverboat days, who helps the Cutty Sark survive the eruption of Krakatoa. 6B The Vigilante of Pizen Bluff 24 D 96089 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 306 The story takes place in 1890. Scrooge returns to the United States and joins with Phineas Taylor Barnum, Angus McDuck, Geronimo, Buffalo Bill, and Annie Oakley in a mission of recovering money stolen from the Dalton Gang. 8B The Prisoner of White Agony Creek 33 D 2005-061 at Inducks The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion The story takes place in 1897. Scrooge takes Goldie O'Gilt to his property and makes her dig for gold. This was shown in the uncensored Barks-classic 'Back to the Klondike'. 8C Hearts of the Yukon 24 D 95044 at Inducks Walt Disney Giant 1 The story takes place in 1898. Scrooge is falsely accused of tracking mud in Dawson. He plans to clear his name by any means and thinks that Glittering Goldie O'Gilt is the one that framed him. 10B The Sharpie of the Culebra Cut 26 F PM 01201 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 332 The story takes place in 1906. Scrooge and his sisters, Matilda McDuck and Hortense McDuck, are prospecting for gold in Panama. Their search inadvertently interferes with the construction of the Panama Canal and President Roosevelt is on a mission to resolve this problem.
Scrooge McDuck timeline according to Rosa [ edit ]
1867: Scrooge was born in Glasgow, Scotland to Fergus McDuck and Downy O'Drake. He would have two younger sisters, namely Matilda McDuck (born in 1871) and Hortense McDuck (born in 1876).
1877: Scrooge, age 10, goes into business with a shoeshine kit that Fergus built for him, but his first customer fools him and pays him with an American dime (which was actually a plan of his father's). He keeps the dime he cannot spend as his symbol of success.
1880: Scrooge, age 13, emigrates to the United States. He first meets his uncle, Mississippi riverboater Angus 'Pothole' McDuck, and the Beagle Boys, a family of outlaws that remain his enemies for the rest of his life.
1882: His uncle retires and leaves his riverboat, named Dilly Dollar , to Scrooge, now 15 years old. The Beagle Boys destroy the riverboat in an act of revenge. Scrooge decides to try his luck in the American West and later in the year gets hired as a cowboy by cattle baron Murdo MacKenzie (an actual historical figure, one of the many that Scrooge met).
1883: Scrooge, age 16, becomes a miner searching for silver and copper.
1885: Scrooge's father calls his son back to Scotland on an important family matter. Just a week before he leaves he meets and befriends the millionaire Howard Rockerduck, who had become rich in the California gold rush of 1849. He also meets Howard's seven-year-old spoiled son John D. Rockerduck, who will grow up to become one of Scrooge's main rivals.
18861889: Scrooge, age 1922, searches for gold in South Africa. During his first year there he saves the life of a duck about his age named Flintheart Glomgold, though Scrooge learns his name more than half a century later. A little later they become bitter enemies, and remain as such for the rest of their lives. Glomgold later became the second richest duck in the world.
18891893: Scrooge, age 2226, returns to the United States to search for gold, most notably near Pizen Bluff, Arizona. He meets many famous historical figures but his search fails.
18931896: Scrooge, age 2629, goes to Australia to search for gold but his search again fails.
18961899: Scrooge, age 2932, searches for gold in the Klondike. During his years there he meets the saloon owner, singer and occasional thief 'Glittering' Goldie O'Gilt. He carries a love/hate relationship with her for the rest of his life. His search for gold succeeds.
1897: Scrooge's mother Downy O'Drake dies, aged 57, in Dismal Downs. Scrooge is now 30.
18991902: Scrooge, at 32, becomes a millionaire and buys a bank in Whitehorse, Yukon. He starts building a small financial empire; by 1902, at 35, he has become a billionaire.
1902: Scrooge, age 35, returns to Scotland intending to make Castle McDuck at Dismal Downs the heart of his empire, but he soon finds local culture too stagnant and decides to return to America. His sisters Matilda McDuck and Hortense McDuck go to America with him. Also in 1902, Scrooge's father Fergus McDuck dies, aged 67, in Dismal Downs. Scrooge, Matilda and Hortense are the last of the McDuck clan. Scrooge settles in the small village of Duckburg, Calisota, United States, which he chose as his home base.
19091930: While his sisters remain in Duckburg and run his empire, Scrooge, age 4263, travels the world expanding his empire in every continent.
1930: Scrooge, at 63, becomes the richest duck in the world, but a fight with his family leaves him with no contact with them for the next seventeen years. Note that during this year he met his ten-year-old nephew Donald Duck and his nephew's twin sister Della Duck for the first time. (It was possibly the only time Scrooge met his niece Della, ignoring the girl completely.)
1942: Scrooge, age 75, feels depressed and tired and decides to retire.
1947: Scrooge, age 80, meets his nephew Donald Duck, now age 27, as well as his grandnephews, Della's children, Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck. He decides to become active again and soon a circle of activities whirl around him as he attracts the attention of relatives, old and new enemies and friends.
1955: Scrooge, age 88, is reunited and reconciled with his sister Matilda, thanks to Donald (In the story 'A Letter From Home').
1967: According to Don Rosa's unofficial timeline, Scrooge McDuck died at the age of 100 years after a life of adventure. [5] [6] Historical figures appearing in the work [ edit ]
Several notable historical figures appear in the series:
The Dalton Gang
Murdo MacKenzie: cattle baron
John Philip Sousa (mentioned in The Dreamtime Duck of the Never-Never )
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Colonel Sam Steele Music Inspired By The Life And Times Of Scrooge Book Collected editions [ edit ] Collections Publication date Title Publisher Format Number of volumes Included content Reproduction ISBN INDUCKS link 1996 The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Gladstone Publishing Deluxe album
8.75 11.25 inches
223 286 mm 1 Chapter 1 - 12 Color ? [1] July 2005 - September 2006 The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck [7] [8] Gemstone Publishing Softcover
6.5 10.1 inches
165 257 mm 2 Vol .1 - Chapter 1 - 12
Vol. 2 - Companion chapters Color Vol. 1 0-911903-96-8
Vol. 2 1-888472-40-5 Vol. 1
Vol. 2 March 2010 - December 2010 The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck [9] [10] BOOM! Studios Hardcover
7 10.5 inches
178 267 mm 3 Vol. 1 - Chapter 1 - 6
Vol. 2 - Chapter 7 - 12
Vol. 3 - Companion chapters Color Vol. 1 978-1-60886-538-3
Vol. 2 978-1-60886-542-0
Vol. 3 978-1-60886-653-3 Vol. 1
Vol. 2
Vol. 3 June 24, 2015 [11] The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Artist's Edition [12] IDW Publishing Hardcover
14 22 inches
356 559 mm 2(3) Vol. 1 - Chapter 1 - 6
Vol. 2 - Chapter 7 - 12 Full color scans of original Black-and-white artwork Vol. 1 978-1-63140-301-9
Vol. 2 978-1-68405-384-1 Vol. 1
Vol. 2 April 9, 2019 - October 29, 2019 The Complete Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck [13] [14] Fantagraphics Books Hardcover
8.5 11 inches
216 279 mm 2 Vol. 1 - Chapter 1 - 12
Vol. 2 - Companion chapters
+ Last Sled to Dawson ,
The Dream of a Lifetime ,
Of Ducks and Dimes and Destinies ,
A Letter From Home Color Vol. 1 978-1-68396-174-1
Vol. 2 978-1-68396-253-3
Set (Vol. 1+2) 978-1-68396-254-0 Vol. 1
Vol. 2 References [ edit ]
The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck (Lo$, 12-part series) STP
Todd Klein 'Don Rosa and Uncle Scrooge', Retrieved 2019-06-04.
'Eisner Awards: Past Recipients: 1990s'. Comic-Con . Retrieved 2020-08-10 .
'Lords of Metal interview with Tuomas Holopainen'. lordsofmetal.nl . Retrieved 5 November 2013 .
Don Rosa's drawing of Scrooge's grave at the INDUCKS
Don Rosa's unofficial list of birth and death dates of the Ducks, Coots and McDucks
The Comics Journal review: The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Retrieved 2019-07-09.
Chapman reviews The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Retrieved 2019-06-03
CBR Comic Book Previews - The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion, Retrieved 2019-06-03.
Publishers Weekly, fiction book Review: The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Vol. 1, Retrieved 2019-06-03.
https://aeindex.org/reviews/don-rosas-the-life-and-times-of-scrooge-mcduck-artists-edition-vol-1/
Artists Edition Index review: Don Rosas The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Artists Edition, Volume One, Retrieved 2019-06-03.
You Don't Read Comics review The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Volume 1, Retrieved 2019-06-03.
The Comics Journal review: The Complete Life and Times of $crooge McDuck, Retrieved 2019-07-09. External links [ edit ]
The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck at the INDUCKS Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Life_and_Times_of_Scrooge_McDuckoldid=992836219'
Well, its strange. Its the second time I find myself in need to talk about music, and I havent written about music since well, since that Amanda Palmer thing in 2012, but it actually involved a graphic novel by Neil Gaiman, so Im not sure it even qualifies. Maybe this doesnt qualify either, since its music []
Well, its strange. Its the second time I find myself in need to talk about music, and I havent written about music since well, since that Amanda Palmer thing in 2012, but it actually involved a graphic novel by Neil Gaiman , so Im not sure it even qualifies.
Maybe this doesnt qualify either, since its music inspired by a graphic novel.
Sort of.
I remember it as if it was yesterday.
My papa took me to see the ancestral home of our clan.
The desolate castle on Dismal Downs, abandoned since the 17th Century,
now inhabited by no-one but golden eagles in its turrets and
ptarmigan grouse in the heather othe clan cemetery.
In this sight of former glody, of ochre grass and bracken,
sadness and hope, this is where I begin my story.
Rannoch moor, 1877, the eve of my 10th birtday
Stupiti, as Guccini would say. Vi vedo stupiti. What do you mean papa? Well, yes. If you are wondering, you probably arent familiar with the Life and Work of Don Rosa (who, Id like to repeat it once again, is not a priest).
As we all know, partially thanks to Claudio Bisio , ducks dont have fathers nor mothers. Nobody has kids. There are no brothers nor sisters (except for Huey, Dewey and Louie, but they are more like clones). The only exception seems to be Grandma Duck, who cant really be anybodys grandmother since she doesnt happen to have any kids, so there you go, you get headache just trying to figure it out, leave alone trying to explain it.
In this enormous, titanic mess created by the equally titanic strife not to cope with freudian issues, there stood a man and He stood tall. His name was Carl Barks. But we are not here to talk about him: were here to talk about the man who has been said to be hos heir. His name is Keno Don Hugo Rosa y Chico y Gonzales y Mendoza, better known as Don Rosa because comic books were small and his full name just didnt fit on the covers. He looks a little bit like Doc McBrown. And he must have been positively insane when, back in 1993, he took Carl Barks legacy and made an updated version of the Donald Duck Family Tree . Yes. I said Donald Duck and family . In the very same sentence. From that diagram, we can even learn that Donald Duck wasnt born before his egg and actually has a mother, some Hortense McDuck. We learn that Grandma Duck actually is a grandmother, and she is not uncle Scrooges sister (so he actually does have a reason to call her grandma like everybody else).
But I digress.
The main point is that yes, in order to undertake this journey with Don Rosa, you have to take back a little bit of that disbelief you suspended when you accepted that ducks were just uncles and nephews with each other.
And its not going to be like Don Rosa wont make use of cognitive estrangement (its still Disney, after all): bizarre things will happen and we will have to accept them, but meaningful things will be built as well. We will even learn what inspired a Finnish symphonic metal composer to write a concept album based on Scrooge McDucks extraordinary adventures.
Music inspired by The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck by Tuomas Holopainen
Maybe you are familiar with Nightwish . Maybe you like them. Maybe you dont. Personally, I am not overly fond of them: I find them palatable at best, with occasionally nice intellectual contamination when it comes to lyrics. But this will probably be the subject of another post. The point here is that I am not a fan of the band. And since I am not particularly competent when it comes to music, I had no idea that the author of this concept album was linked to Nightwish or, as someone would say, that he was the very mind and soul behind that Finnish band. I just knew he was a Finnish composer with a metal background and I was told that this work was interesting. So I started listening.
Glasgow 1877
The first track takes us back to what originally was the first story of the grand epic that is The Life and Times of Scrooge : The Last of the Clan McDuck , written in 1994 and set in Scotland between 1877 and 1880. Scrooge is a child from a poor family and cleans shoes in the streets. And we are greeted by the voice of old Scrooge himself (Alan Reid, Scottish as Scottish can be), starting his tale in words that stick very close to the original comic book, down to quoting it literally when it comes to describing Clan McDuck old manor.
I remember it as if it was yesterday.
My papa took me to see the ancestral home of our clan.
The desolate castle on Dismal Downs, abandoned since the 17th century,
Now inhabited by no-one but golden eagles in its turrets and
Ptarmigan grouse in the heather o the clan cemetery.
In this sight of former glory, of ochre grass and bracken,
Sadness and hope, this is where I begin my story.
Rannoch moor, 1877, the eve of my 10th birthday
The mood is evocative as if with an ancient fragrance, expecially when vocalist Johanna Iivanainen steps in, partially overlapping old Scrooge, singing as his mother Downy ODrake . Tha n sgeul ag aiseig bu brth / Toirt taic bho tiotain a tha gar deanamh mar a tha sinn .
Howls on the moor
Dreams of sailing all seas
Call of the hills
And a fiddle of farewell
Young scrooge is dreaming of sailing away, literally while the fiddle of farewell plays on top of a harp.
It is the very first story, ideally, where Scrooge earns his infamous first dime and vows never to be cheated again. Ambitious, hard working and proud, he hunts his familys legend: one of his ancestors, determined not to be robbed of his fortune just as Scrooge seems to be determined to earn one, once sealed his treasure into the old McDuck manor, accidentally sealing himself away with it (and this will be extremely important as a symbol of what old Scrooge risks himself, as we progress with the story). Young Scrooge explores the castle, but he doesnt find the treasure. What he uncoveres instead is a frode of his familys old nemesis, The Whiskervilles , who tricked the people into believing the castle was haunted. He also finds determination to make his own fortune, much to the satisfaction of the real McDuck ghost, disguised as an ordinary duck. Scrooge decides to go to America to earn his fortune. Thats the birth of a legend.
Into the West
Far, far into the night
Your calling guided you
Far, far across the dark
Horizon filled with red
And yearning of a childless ma.
Adventure and nostalgia kick in, in this second track. We have the farewell to Scotland, again with Johanna Iivanainen as Downy. We have the sound of a cowboy campfire, as
We are in Scrooges western period ( The Master of the Mississippi , The Buckaroo of the Badlands , The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark , Raider of the Copper Hill ) when he seeks fortune as a cowboy between Montana, Mississipi and the Dutch East Indies, he meets Blackheart Beagle (father of the Beagle bandits) and Theodore Roosevelt, he tries his hand at different business and trades, by earth and sea. Thats the Scrooge we will know. But he is not the Worlds Richest Duck yet.
Duel and Cloudscapes
Words are not the predominant part of this album, and many tracks are instrumental. Duel and Cloudscapes is one of them and, as the first track, its not inspired by a period of Scrooges life but by a single episode, a single story. The New Laird of Castle McDuck takes place in 1885 when Scrooge has become rich after selling his mine, and comes back home only to find it usurped by the infamous The Whiskervilles. As Odysseus, he has to reclaim it and he does so in an epic duel on the crenellated battlements of Castle McDuck, again with the aid of Sir Quackly McDuck, his ancestor. Again the advice coming from this old ghost gets Scrooge into trouble: theres a terrific storm and he falls into the moat, where he is hit by lighting and dies. In McDuck Heaven, his forefathers are playing golf on the clouds and decide to grant him another chance at life. Reviving in the moat, young Scrooge is drowning because of the heavy plate armour and he uses his first dime to unscrew its bolts. Victorious at last, he has to spend all his freshly earned money in order to save Castle McDuck but he will try his hand again at becoming rich, and nobody will be able to stop him this time.
Duel and Cloudscapes is about these feelings. Theres adventure and action above everything, cape et pe , and a touch of comedy when we find ourselves playing golf above the clouds. Theres Dismal downs . There are a father and a son, and a rainbow painted with a triumphant chorus.
Dreamtime
Knight and cowboy, shoe shiner and treasure hunter, sea captain and adventurer. Scrooge has led many lives and seen many places, always in search of gold. And when he is done with the old West, its not America he returns. Dreamtime refers to the time Scrooge spends in Australia during Dreamtime Duck of the Never-Never , after briefly visiting South Africa where he first meets his nemesis-to-be, Flintheart Glomgold , and goes straight to the core of the story: the didgeridoo . You cant have a story about Scrooge and Australia without mentioning the didgeridoo . Or John Philip Sousa. He is important as well. And Holopainen doesnt renounce any of them, quoting the latter and makng extensive use of the first in this oniric track in which it is well reflected the original atmosphere or acid-driven visions
It tells of Kakadu the dingo, he steals the crocodile egg from its nest!
But the great platypus chases Kakadu
and Irria, the black cockatoo, sends Bunyip, the water monster, after the egg thief!
Bunyip chases the dingo
and the great platypus finds the sacred egg, but loses his firstborn in the fight!
Scrooge finds and returns a giant opal, looses and retrieves his first dime, and is allowed to see his dream through the crystal eye . He sees the northern lights of Klondike, at last, and wanders off happily. While he disappears whistling over the horizon, his guide looks into the glass himself and sees Donald, Huey, Dewey and Louie. They are Scrooges second layer of dream, although he doesnt know yet.
Cold Heart of the Klondike
There we are. Its 1896, Klondike Gold Rush, and Scrooge is at the very heart of it. The notes of a lost love start to insinuate in the adventurous and epic melodies.
Charm of a dancehall girl
A true star of the north
Those precious 30 days.
A letter in the snow
Love lost yet always there
A burning need of life.
Whos this? Glittering Goldie OGilt. Scrooges lost love, never forgotten. The beautiful, strong willed, not-so-greedy-after-all and cunning Goldie. Shes the beating heart of this concept album, although we dont get to hear her voice in this track, yet. Instead, the narrator is voiced by that Tony Kakko already known for Sonata Arctica and Northern Kings , and in spite of his reknown hybris I have to admit that he passionately gives voice to this particular track, smoothing its banalities and bringing focus over the struggle at the core of the story. Its a story of pride (and prejudice). A story of regret and adventure, of cold and passion. And needless to say Still a Better Love Story than Twilight . By far.
Glittering Goldie is the hidden diva around whom this whole album revolves, and its unsurprising that Don Rosa chooses to draw her reflection in the moon, while sketching the cover of this album. As you might or might not know, you can learn if prople are fan of Don Rosa merely by asking them about Glittering Goldie and observe their reaction, although you might find yourself talking with a Duck Tales fan and well, thats where things get messy, since Goldie appears in the series in a much edulcorated Saint Valentines Day episode.
Lets just see whats what.
The original inspiration for this story lies in a classic by Carl Barks, Back to the Klondike , where Scrooge returns to the Klondike only to find that his old spot in White Agony Creek is being usurped by a mysterious lady with a quite aggressive domesticated grizzly. This triggers a dive in Scrooges past, where we learn how he and Goldie originally met. Its one of the most controversial stories Barks ever wrote, with people being drugged, bar fights and violence: Scrooge is robbed by Goldie and, as a result, he kidnaps her and forces her to dig up gold in order to repay him. In a pure mix of Stockholm syndrome and reverse manipulation, the two form a bond: Goldie plans on robbing him again while growing fond of Scrooge, while he is both suspicious and enthralled by the maliard lady. When lawmen Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson, accompanied by Judge Roy Bean, arrive at White Agony Creek to rescue the girl, it turns out that she doesnt want to be rescued at all (and by the way they all are historical characters: Roy Bean even has his own Life and Times ). Their background is better told in Don Rosas masterpiece, The Prisoner of White Agony Creek , and its cover depicts this very moment, where Scrooge faces the lawmen. And in truth it doesnt have anything to learn from famous comic books covers such as Bob Oksner s cover for Lois Lane 128 or John Byrnes cover for Uncanny X-Men 137 . Hes better than Tex Dawson, for sure, and sexier than Conan the Barbarian. Shes more alluring than Emma Frost, slyer than Catwoman.
Cold Heart of the Klondike is a track that explores one side of this story, with hints to Hearts Of The Yukon (specifically that letter lost in the snow). Musically, its one of my favourite. The chorus in the background fits perfectly the atmosphere, percussions are a little banal but then again, its Nightwish after all. The pace is good, in a good alternance between a romantic melancholy and a dramatic chase. Its more epic, but in a way its less emotional than the following track: it explores their story as seen from the eyes of an ipothetical narrator, in contrast with the next track where the point of view is split between Goldie and Scrooge.
The Last Sled
If you are familiar with Don Rosas Life and Times of Scrooge Mcduck but not with its companion, you probably wont know which sled this is, as The Last Sled to Dawson is a story that wasnt originally included in the collection. It was published in Uncle Scrooge Adventures 5 , out on June 1st 1988, and it tells yet another story of uncle Scrooge going back to Yukon in search of memories and, specifically, of a sled he had lost long before. Again, the track hits perfectly the melancholic atmosphere of the story, with Holopainen quoting Don Rosa, quoting Robert W. Service .
Theres Gold, and its haunting and haunting,
its luring me on as of old.
Yet it isnt the gold that Im wanting so much as just finding the gold.
Its the great, big, broad land way up
Yonder!
Its the forest where silence as lease
Its the beauty that thrills me with wonder.
Its the stillness that fills me with peace.
(The Spell of the Yukon)
Again we find Alan Reid playing old Scrooge, as in track 1, whereas Glittering Goldie is played by Finnish vocalist Johanna Kurkela, also known for Sonata Arctica along with Tony Kakko.
And I have to admit that the song really is beautiful. Even if lyrics can get banal beyond embarassment, theres a genuine passion behind it, a love for this story, strong enough to overcome all faults. And while Scrooge recalls his days of the gold hunt, Goldie sings on top of him, recalling their time in White Agony Creek, with starlit sky and coffee beans . And a hint that Scrooges motto according to Don rosa, Fortuna Favet Fortibus , was in some way suggested by her. You might remember this and this.
The song chooses to focus exclusively on this, leaving out all the rest of the story (which has incredible adventures, a pig villain, balloons and iceberg rides). Indeed the treasure uncle Scrooge finds in his sled are his memories: his old coonskin cap and deerskin coat, his old coffee pot and skillet, his gold pan, pick and shovel. And, more important of all, a box of chocolates for Goldie: the reason he was returning. And chocolates are like memories: frozen in time, but still sweet.
Goodbye, Papa
Still, its not that time yet. Not in the album. We arent in the future looking back: we are still in that past, at a turning point of Scrooges life. He has lost Goldie. In The Billionaire of Dismal Downs , he returns to Scotland, he finds that he doesnt have anything there and decides to go to America for good. His father Fergus McDuck stays behind, and passes away as his chidren ride away. Its quite an unique page in the whole Duck history, as Don Rosa was the only one bold enough to write something like this. One of the most delicate death scenes in all history of comic books, probably.
To be Rich Music Inspired By The Life And Times Of Scrooge Characters
Upon arriving in Duckburg, the life of Scrooge McDuck starts his downfall. We see how Donalds parents meet, and how the money bin gets built, but Scrooge is focused on becoming the richest duck in the world and sees nothing else. The Empire-Builder From Calisota sees him traveling the world in search for wealth, and he has become ruthless: his sisters Hortense and Matilda leave him, he even burns to the ground an African village. When he comes back, he is scornful and short-tempered. He alienates his family and receives a kick in the ass by his young nephew Donald, in one of the best pages of the whole Life and Times .
This track, mostly instrumental, follows the drama and loneliness of this dark period in Scrooges life, with Goldies ghost always lurking upon him.
Silent night, silent years
The cold heart haunting still
Sleepless watch of the night
And her face on the moon
A lifetime of Adventures
The following track is the natural answer to the previous, and has strong connections with the most important Scrooge story of all times, where he meets his nephew Donald and grand-nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie. The Richest Duck in the World is staged twenty years after Scrooges hunt for richness and sees an old, tired and grumpy Scrooge, much similar to his Dickensian counterpart. The sleigh-bells create the opening of this track as Christmas sets the stage for the story: its Christmas eve, and Scrooge has his nephew coming in for dinner. Everyone else who might remember him is dead. He doesnt come out from his money bin anymore, and the people of Duckburgh dont even remember theres someone living inside that old, odd landmark on top of the hill. As many of Don Rosas stories, this story follows up closely on Carl Barks Christmas on Bear Mountain , published on December 1947, where Scrooge McDuck made his first appearance, and you just have to admire the beauty of the symmetry: Scrooges first story gets to be the last in The Life and Times and still it stays the first, as its the story where we learn how old Scrooge has recovered from his apathy and found again the will to live and have adventures. What is it to be rich? As he was saying, its not the gold so much as finding the gold. To be rich is to still remember, to treasure your first dime, to seek, to relive a memory. And, as uncle Scrooge tells Huey, Dewey and Louie when provocked into it, the only limits to adventure are the limits of your imagination. Therefore he returns the kick to Donald, he reopens the office, he gets back in business, because his greatest adventures are yet to come.
The music is soft as a discovery. Lyrics are whispered as if they were revealing a secret, and indeed they are. The secret of Scrooge McDucks true wealth.
The Bonus Track album contains two versions of this track: the original one and a single version , with minor musical arrangements, shorter lyrics and no Christmas bells at the beginning. Its usually considered the only commercial track, or at least the only track fit for the publics ears. Its the only track that has been broadcast on radio. Still, I dont understand why, since Cold Heart of the Klondike and The Last Sled could appeal to the public too.
Go Slowly now, sands of time
Now, that was a swell ending. It would have been a good ending for the album, too.
Still, Holopainen decides to follow in Don Rosas footsteps till the end. The end of uncle Scrooge, to be specific.
Now, Don Rosa has Scrooge die in 1967 as a supreme homage to Carl Barks, since that is the year of his masters retirement. Holopainen is satisfied in suggesting his death, by quoting Robert L. Stevenson s Requiem :
Here he lies where he longd to be;
Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.
Scrooge, voiced again by Alan Reid, asks the sands of time to be slow just a moment, since he has this last verse to pour. In a Rostandesque act, he fends off death for a moment while he writes his own epitaph and he takes one last moment to remember. Who is he remembering to dance with is just so simple a guess to make. Music Inspired By The Life And Times Of Scrooge Movie
Should Old Acquaintance be forgot,
and never thought upon;
The flames of Love extinguished,
and fully past and gone:
Is thy sweet Heart now grown so cold,
that loving Breast of thine;
That thou canst never once reflect
On old long syne. Music Inspired By The Life And Times Of Scrooge
Robert Burns is the last Scottish poet who gets quoted in this complex, sophisticated, ambitious album. Sophisticated and ambitious just as Don Rosas Life and Times was. Still, should all this not be enough for you to buy this album, the Bonus Track digital version comes with a sumptuous booklet which contains not only lyrics, but pictures and original sketches of the original stories by Don Rosa. The Castle of Dismal Downs. Scrooge in the old West. A beautiful Goldie. The last page of The Last Sled to Dawson . And the beautiful cover and back-cover, with Scrooge looking into a full moon that has Goldies face painted on it. If this still is not enough well, take a look at the deluxe edition. Oh, and my birthday is on February 3rd, in case you are wondering. Tagged Carl Barks Don Rosa Scrooge McDuck Tuomas Holopainen
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Listen free to Tuomas Holopainen Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge (Glasgow 1877, Into The West and more). 11 tracks (60:14). Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm. 'The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck' Cover of the collected edition published by Gemstone Publishing in 2005. Publisher First: Egmont Publishing - First US: Gladstone Publishing Publication date First: 1992-1994 (Egmont) - First US: 1994-1996 (Gladstone Publishing) Genre Adventure
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285 - 296 Main character(s) Scrooge McDuck Creative team Writer(s) Don Rosa Artist(s) Don Rosa Letterer(s) Todd Klein (US edition)
Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge is the first solo album by Finnish songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, best known for his work in the symphonic metal band Nightwish.
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The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck ( Lo$ ) [1] is a serial of 12 comic book stories written and drawn by Don Rosa, lettered by Todd Klein (American editions), [2] first published by the Danish publisher Egmont in the magazine Anders And Co. from 199294 and later in English in Uncle Scrooge 285 through 296 (199496). The stories chronicle the in-universe biography of Scrooge McDuck before his introduction in 1947. The stories were later collected and published together in a single volume. Rosa later published additional stories which expanded on Scrooge's biography. These were released as The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion .
The story follows the main events of Scrooge's life between 1877 and 1947, including almost all references found in Carl Barks stories about Scrooge's life until 1947 but leaving some room for Rosa and other creators to add more details later. The comic also provides information on the backgrounds and origins of many characters related to Scrooge.
Don Rosa earned the Will Eisner Award for Best Serialized Story in 1995 for this work. [3] The trade paperback collection was also a top vote-getter for the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Reprint Graphic Novel/Album for 1997.After being out of print for several years with high demand, the book was reprinted under the BOOM! Studios label in two deluxe hardcover volumes.
The Finnish composer Tuomas Holopainen released a concept album based on the book, titled Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge . Don Rosa illustrated the cover artwork for the album. [4] Chapter list [ edit ]
Note: Chapters Zero, and all 'in-between' chapters with B or C added to the numbers are not included in the softcover collection in North America. These chapters were later reprinted in a separate book published by Gemstone, titled The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion . The 12 original chapters [ edit ] Part Chapter Title Pages Story code First publication in United States 1 The Last of the Clan McDuck 15 D 91308 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 285 The story takes place between 1877 and 1880. As a child, Scrooge comes in conflict with the Whiskervilles, earns his Number One Dime and heads for the United States on a cattle boat. 2 The Master of the Mississippi 28 D 91411 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 286 The story takes place between 1880 and 1882. Scrooge works for his Uncle Angus 'Pothole' McDuck and has his first encounter with Blackheart Beagle and his sons, the Beagle Boys. 3 The Buckaroo of the Badlands 15 D 92008 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 287 The story takes place between 1882 and 1883. Scrooge becomes a cowboy and winds up having to recover a prize bull for his boss Murdo MacKenzie, then meeting future President Theodore Roosevelt while doing so. Scrooge suggests that Roosevelt take up politics. 4 Raider of the Copper Hill 15 D 92083 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 288 The story takes place between 1883 and 1885. Scrooge takes some prospecting lessons from Howard Rockerduck and almost takes over the Anaconda Copper Mine of Butte, Montana from Marcus Daly. 5 The New Laird of Castle McDuck 15 D 92191 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 289 The story takes place in 1885. Scrooge returns to Scotland to save Castle McDuck from being bought by the Whiskervilles. 6 The Terror of the Transvaal 12 D 92273 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 290 The story takes place between 1886 and 1889. Scrooge goes to the South African Republic, where he first encounters Flintheart Glomgold. 7 Dreamtime Duck of the Never-Never 15 D 92314 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 291 The story takes place between 1893 and 1896. Scrooge goes to Australia and learns about the Dreamtime. 8 King of the Klondike 24 D 92514 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 292 The story takes place between 1896 and 1897. Scrooge finally goes to The Yukon, participating in the Klondike Gold Rush, and strikes some gold, but not before being kidnapped by crooked profiteer Soapy Slick. 9 The Billionaire of Dismal Downs 15 D 93121 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 293 The story takes place between 1898 and 1902. After becoming a billionaire, Scrooge goes back to Scotland only to realize that he doesn't really belong there anymore. 10 The Invader of Fort Duckburg 15 D 93227 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 294 The story takes place in 1902. Scrooge and his sisters move to Duckburg, Calisota, United States and meet the Duck family and the founding three members of The Junior Woodchucks. Scrooge has his first run in with the Beagle Boys since his riverboat days and is reacquainted to President Theodore Roosevelt. 11 The Empire-Builder from Calisota 24 D 93288 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 295 The story takes place between 1909 and 1930. Scrooge goes around the world making all kinds of business deals, notably including forcing the Voodoo tribe of sorcerer Foola Zoola off their land. In revenge, the sorcerer curses him to be constantly haunted by Bombie the Zombie. He returns to Duckburg and first meets his ten-year-old nephew Donald Duck, along with his twin sister Della Duck. On the same day, he loses contact with his family and becomes the richest duck in the world. 12 The Richest Duck in the World 16 D 93488 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 296 The story takes place in 1947 on Christmas Day. After 17 years of having lost contact with his family, Scrooge invites Donald and his grandnephews to Christmas dinner. He introduces them to his old Money Bin, and the new generation of Beagle Boys also introduce themselves. The additional 'in-between' stories [ edit ] Part Chapter Title Pages Story code First publication in United States 0 Of Ducks, Dimes and Destinies 15 D 91249 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 297 Magica De Spell travels back in time to 1877 to steal Scrooge's Number One Dime before he earns it. 3B The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark 24 D 98045 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 318 The story takes place in 1883. Scrooge imports some cattle to the Dutch East Indies (present Indonesia) aboard the Cutty Sark but encounters a thief and meets his old friend Ratchet Gearloose from his Riverboat days, who helps the Cutty Sark survive the eruption of Krakatoa. 6B The Vigilante of Pizen Bluff 24 D 96089 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 306 The story takes place in 1890. Scrooge returns to the United States and joins with Phineas Taylor Barnum, Angus McDuck, Geronimo, Buffalo Bill, and Annie Oakley in a mission of recovering money stolen from the Dalton Gang. 8B The Prisoner of White Agony Creek 33 D 2005-061 at Inducks The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion The story takes place in 1897. Scrooge takes Goldie O'Gilt to his property and makes her dig for gold. This was shown in the uncensored Barks-classic 'Back to the Klondike'. 8C Hearts of the Yukon 24 D 95044 at Inducks Walt Disney Giant 1 The story takes place in 1898. Scrooge is falsely accused of tracking mud in Dawson. He plans to clear his name by any means and thinks that Glittering Goldie O'Gilt is the one that framed him. 10B The Sharpie of the Culebra Cut 26 F PM 01201 at Inducks Uncle Scrooge 332 The story takes place in 1906. Scrooge and his sisters, Matilda McDuck and Hortense McDuck, are prospecting for gold in Panama. Their search inadvertently interferes with the construction of the Panama Canal and President Roosevelt is on a mission to resolve this problem.
Scrooge McDuck timeline according to Rosa [ edit ]
1867: Scrooge was born in Glasgow, Scotland to Fergus McDuck and Downy O'Drake. He would have two younger sisters, namely Matilda McDuck (born in 1871) and Hortense McDuck (born in 1876).
1877: Scrooge, age 10, goes into business with a shoeshine kit that Fergus built for him, but his first customer fools him and pays him with an American dime (which was actually a plan of his father's). He keeps the dime he cannot spend as his symbol of success.
1880: Scrooge, age 13, emigrates to the United States. He first meets his uncle, Mississippi riverboater Angus 'Pothole' McDuck, and the Beagle Boys, a family of outlaws that remain his enemies for the rest of his life.
1882: His uncle retires and leaves his riverboat, named Dilly Dollar , to Scrooge, now 15 years old. The Beagle Boys destroy the riverboat in an act of revenge. Scrooge decides to try his luck in the American West and later in the year gets hired as a cowboy by cattle baron Murdo MacKenzie (an actual historical figure, one of the many that Scrooge met).
1883: Scrooge, age 16, becomes a miner searching for silver and copper.
1885: Scrooge's father calls his son back to Scotland on an important family matter. Just a week before he leaves he meets and befriends the millionaire Howard Rockerduck, who had become rich in the California gold rush of 1849. He also meets Howard's seven-year-old spoiled son John D. Rockerduck, who will grow up to become one of Scrooge's main rivals.
18861889: Scrooge, age 1922, searches for gold in South Africa. During his first year there he saves the life of a duck about his age named Flintheart Glomgold, though Scrooge learns his name more than half a century later. A little later they become bitter enemies, and remain as such for the rest of their lives. Glomgold later became the second richest duck in the world.
18891893: Scrooge, age 2226, returns to the United States to search for gold, most notably near Pizen Bluff, Arizona. He meets many famous historical figures but his search fails.
18931896: Scrooge, age 2629, goes to Australia to search for gold but his search again fails.
18961899: Scrooge, age 2932, searches for gold in the Klondike. During his years there he meets the saloon owner, singer and occasional thief 'Glittering' Goldie O'Gilt. He carries a love/hate relationship with her for the rest of his life. His search for gold succeeds.
1897: Scrooge's mother Downy O'Drake dies, aged 57, in Dismal Downs. Scrooge is now 30.
18991902: Scrooge, at 32, becomes a millionaire and buys a bank in Whitehorse, Yukon. He starts building a small financial empire; by 1902, at 35, he has become a billionaire.
1902: Scrooge, age 35, returns to Scotland intending to make Castle McDuck at Dismal Downs the heart of his empire, but he soon finds local culture too stagnant and decides to return to America. His sisters Matilda McDuck and Hortense McDuck go to America with him. Also in 1902, Scrooge's father Fergus McDuck dies, aged 67, in Dismal Downs. Scrooge, Matilda and Hortense are the last of the McDuck clan. Scrooge settles in the small village of Duckburg, Calisota, United States, which he chose as his home base.
19091930: While his sisters remain in Duckburg and run his empire, Scrooge, age 4263, travels the world expanding his empire in every continent.
1930: Scrooge, at 63, becomes the richest duck in the world, but a fight with his family leaves him with no contact with them for the next seventeen years. Note that during this year he met his ten-year-old nephew Donald Duck and his nephew's twin sister Della Duck for the first time. (It was possibly the only time Scrooge met his niece Della, ignoring the girl completely.)
1942: Scrooge, age 75, feels depressed and tired and decides to retire.
1947: Scrooge, age 80, meets his nephew Donald Duck, now age 27, as well as his grandnephews, Della's children, Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck. He decides to become active again and soon a circle of activities whirl around him as he attracts the attention of relatives, old and new enemies and friends.
1955: Scrooge, age 88, is reunited and reconciled with his sister Matilda, thanks to Donald (In the story 'A Letter From Home').
1967: According to Don Rosa's unofficial timeline, Scrooge McDuck died at the age of 100 years after a life of adventure. [5] [6] Historical figures appearing in the work [ edit ]
Several notable historical figures appear in the series:
The Dalton Gang
Murdo MacKenzie: cattle baron
John Philip Sousa (mentioned in The Dreamtime Duck of the Never-Never )
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Colonel Sam Steele Music Inspired By The Life And Times Of Scrooge Book Collected editions [ edit ] Collections Publication date Title Publisher Format Number of volumes Included content Reproduction ISBN INDUCKS link 1996 The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Gladstone Publishing Deluxe album
8.75 11.25 inches
223 286 mm 1 Chapter 1 - 12 Color ? [1] July 2005 - September 2006 The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck [7] [8] Gemstone Publishing Softcover
6.5 10.1 inches
165 257 mm 2 Vol .1 - Chapter 1 - 12
Vol. 2 - Companion chapters Color Vol. 1 0-911903-96-8
Vol. 2 1-888472-40-5 Vol. 1
Vol. 2 March 2010 - December 2010 The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck [9] [10] BOOM! Studios Hardcover
7 10.5 inches
178 267 mm 3 Vol. 1 - Chapter 1 - 6
Vol. 2 - Chapter 7 - 12
Vol. 3 - Companion chapters Color Vol. 1 978-1-60886-538-3
Vol. 2 978-1-60886-542-0
Vol. 3 978-1-60886-653-3 Vol. 1
Vol. 2
Vol. 3 June 24, 2015 [11] The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Artist's Edition [12] IDW Publishing Hardcover
14 22 inches
356 559 mm 2(3) Vol. 1 - Chapter 1 - 6
Vol. 2 - Chapter 7 - 12 Full color scans of original Black-and-white artwork Vol. 1 978-1-63140-301-9
Vol. 2 978-1-68405-384-1 Vol. 1
Vol. 2 April 9, 2019 - October 29, 2019 The Complete Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck [13] [14] Fantagraphics Books Hardcover
8.5 11 inches
216 279 mm 2 Vol. 1 - Chapter 1 - 12
Vol. 2 - Companion chapters
+ Last Sled to Dawson ,
The Dream of a Lifetime ,
Of Ducks and Dimes and Destinies ,
A Letter From Home Color Vol. 1 978-1-68396-174-1
Vol. 2 978-1-68396-253-3
Set (Vol. 1+2) 978-1-68396-254-0 Vol. 1
Vol. 2 References [ edit ]
The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck (Lo$, 12-part series) STP
Todd Klein 'Don Rosa and Uncle Scrooge', Retrieved 2019-06-04.
'Eisner Awards: Past Recipients: 1990s'. Comic-Con . Retrieved 2020-08-10 .
'Lords of Metal interview with Tuomas Holopainen'. lordsofmetal.nl . Retrieved 5 November 2013 .
Don Rosa's drawing of Scrooge's grave at the INDUCKS
Don Rosa's unofficial list of birth and death dates of the Ducks, Coots and McDucks
The Comics Journal review: The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Retrieved 2019-07-09.
Chapman reviews The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Retrieved 2019-06-03
CBR Comic Book Previews - The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion, Retrieved 2019-06-03.
Publishers Weekly, fiction book Review: The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Vol. 1, Retrieved 2019-06-03.
https://aeindex.org/reviews/don-rosas-the-life-and-times-of-scrooge-mcduck-artists-edition-vol-1/
Artists Edition Index review: Don Rosas The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Artists Edition, Volume One, Retrieved 2019-06-03.
You Don't Read Comics review The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Volume 1, Retrieved 2019-06-03.
The Comics Journal review: The Complete Life and Times of $crooge McDuck, Retrieved 2019-07-09. External links [ edit ]
The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck at the INDUCKS Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Life_and_Times_of_Scrooge_McDuckoldid=992836219'
Well, its strange. Its the second time I find myself in need to talk about music, and I havent written about music since well, since that Amanda Palmer thing in 2012, but it actually involved a graphic novel by Neil Gaiman, so Im not sure it even qualifies. Maybe this doesnt qualify either, since its music []
Well, its strange. Its the second time I find myself in need to talk about music, and I havent written about music since well, since that Amanda Palmer thing in 2012, but it actually involved a graphic novel by Neil Gaiman , so Im not sure it even qualifies.
Maybe this doesnt qualify either, since its music inspired by a graphic novel.
Sort of.
I remember it as if it was yesterday.
My papa took me to see the ancestral home of our clan.
The desolate castle on Dismal Downs, abandoned since the 17th Century,
now inhabited by no-one but golden eagles in its turrets and
ptarmigan grouse in the heather othe clan cemetery.
In this sight of former glody, of ochre grass and bracken,
sadness and hope, this is where I begin my story.
Rannoch moor, 1877, the eve of my 10th birtday
Stupiti, as Guccini would say. Vi vedo stupiti. What do you mean papa? Well, yes. If you are wondering, you probably arent familiar with the Life and Work of Don Rosa (who, Id like to repeat it once again, is not a priest).
As we all know, partially thanks to Claudio Bisio , ducks dont have fathers nor mothers. Nobody has kids. There are no brothers nor sisters (except for Huey, Dewey and Louie, but they are more like clones). The only exception seems to be Grandma Duck, who cant really be anybodys grandmother since she doesnt happen to have any kids, so there you go, you get headache just trying to figure it out, leave alone trying to explain it.
In this enormous, titanic mess created by the equally titanic strife not to cope with freudian issues, there stood a man and He stood tall. His name was Carl Barks. But we are not here to talk about him: were here to talk about the man who has been said to be hos heir. His name is Keno Don Hugo Rosa y Chico y Gonzales y Mendoza, better known as Don Rosa because comic books were small and his full name just didnt fit on the covers. He looks a little bit like Doc McBrown. And he must have been positively insane when, back in 1993, he took Carl Barks legacy and made an updated version of the Donald Duck Family Tree . Yes. I said Donald Duck and family . In the very same sentence. From that diagram, we can even learn that Donald Duck wasnt born before his egg and actually has a mother, some Hortense McDuck. We learn that Grandma Duck actually is a grandmother, and she is not uncle Scrooges sister (so he actually does have a reason to call her grandma like everybody else).
But I digress.
The main point is that yes, in order to undertake this journey with Don Rosa, you have to take back a little bit of that disbelief you suspended when you accepted that ducks were just uncles and nephews with each other.
And its not going to be like Don Rosa wont make use of cognitive estrangement (its still Disney, after all): bizarre things will happen and we will have to accept them, but meaningful things will be built as well. We will even learn what inspired a Finnish symphonic metal composer to write a concept album based on Scrooge McDucks extraordinary adventures.
Music inspired by The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck by Tuomas Holopainen
Maybe you are familiar with Nightwish . Maybe you like them. Maybe you dont. Personally, I am not overly fond of them: I find them palatable at best, with occasionally nice intellectual contamination when it comes to lyrics. But this will probably be the subject of another post. The point here is that I am not a fan of the band. And since I am not particularly competent when it comes to music, I had no idea that the author of this concept album was linked to Nightwish or, as someone would say, that he was the very mind and soul behind that Finnish band. I just knew he was a Finnish composer with a metal background and I was told that this work was interesting. So I started listening.
Glasgow 1877
The first track takes us back to what originally was the first story of the grand epic that is The Life and Times of Scrooge : The Last of the Clan McDuck , written in 1994 and set in Scotland between 1877 and 1880. Scrooge is a child from a poor family and cleans shoes in the streets. And we are greeted by the voice of old Scrooge himself (Alan Reid, Scottish as Scottish can be), starting his tale in words that stick very close to the original comic book, down to quoting it literally when it comes to describing Clan McDuck old manor.
I remember it as if it was yesterday.
My papa took me to see the ancestral home of our clan.
The desolate castle on Dismal Downs, abandoned since the 17th century,
Now inhabited by no-one but golden eagles in its turrets and
Ptarmigan grouse in the heather o the clan cemetery.
In this sight of former glory, of ochre grass and bracken,
Sadness and hope, this is where I begin my story.
Rannoch moor, 1877, the eve of my 10th birthday
The mood is evocative as if with an ancient fragrance, expecially when vocalist Johanna Iivanainen steps in, partially overlapping old Scrooge, singing as his mother Downy ODrake . Tha n sgeul ag aiseig bu brth / Toirt taic bho tiotain a tha gar deanamh mar a tha sinn .
Howls on the moor
Dreams of sailing all seas
Call of the hills
And a fiddle of farewell
Young scrooge is dreaming of sailing away, literally while the fiddle of farewell plays on top of a harp.
It is the very first story, ideally, where Scrooge earns his infamous first dime and vows never to be cheated again. Ambitious, hard working and proud, he hunts his familys legend: one of his ancestors, determined not to be robbed of his fortune just as Scrooge seems to be determined to earn one, once sealed his treasure into the old McDuck manor, accidentally sealing himself away with it (and this will be extremely important as a symbol of what old Scrooge risks himself, as we progress with the story). Young Scrooge explores the castle, but he doesnt find the treasure. What he uncoveres instead is a frode of his familys old nemesis, The Whiskervilles , who tricked the people into believing the castle was haunted. He also finds determination to make his own fortune, much to the satisfaction of the real McDuck ghost, disguised as an ordinary duck. Scrooge decides to go to America to earn his fortune. Thats the birth of a legend.
Into the West
Far, far into the night
Your calling guided you
Far, far across the dark
Horizon filled with red
And yearning of a childless ma.
Adventure and nostalgia kick in, in this second track. We have the farewell to Scotland, again with Johanna Iivanainen as Downy. We have the sound of a cowboy campfire, as
We are in Scrooges western period ( The Master of the Mississippi , The Buckaroo of the Badlands , The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark , Raider of the Copper Hill ) when he seeks fortune as a cowboy between Montana, Mississipi and the Dutch East Indies, he meets Blackheart Beagle (father of the Beagle bandits) and Theodore Roosevelt, he tries his hand at different business and trades, by earth and sea. Thats the Scrooge we will know. But he is not the Worlds Richest Duck yet.
Duel and Cloudscapes
Words are not the predominant part of this album, and many tracks are instrumental. Duel and Cloudscapes is one of them and, as the first track, its not inspired by a period of Scrooges life but by a single episode, a single story. The New Laird of Castle McDuck takes place in 1885 when Scrooge has become rich after selling his mine, and comes back home only to find it usurped by the infamous The Whiskervilles. As Odysseus, he has to reclaim it and he does so in an epic duel on the crenellated battlements of Castle McDuck, again with the aid of Sir Quackly McDuck, his ancestor. Again the advice coming from this old ghost gets Scrooge into trouble: theres a terrific storm and he falls into the moat, where he is hit by lighting and dies. In McDuck Heaven, his forefathers are playing golf on the clouds and decide to grant him another chance at life. Reviving in the moat, young Scrooge is drowning because of the heavy plate armour and he uses his first dime to unscrew its bolts. Victorious at last, he has to spend all his freshly earned money in order to save Castle McDuck but he will try his hand again at becoming rich, and nobody will be able to stop him this time.
Duel and Cloudscapes is about these feelings. Theres adventure and action above everything, cape et pe , and a touch of comedy when we find ourselves playing golf above the clouds. Theres Dismal downs . There are a father and a son, and a rainbow painted with a triumphant chorus.
Dreamtime
Knight and cowboy, shoe shiner and treasure hunter, sea captain and adventurer. Scrooge has led many lives and seen many places, always in search of gold. And when he is done with the old West, its not America he returns. Dreamtime refers to the time Scrooge spends in Australia during Dreamtime Duck of the Never-Never , after briefly visiting South Africa where he first meets his nemesis-to-be, Flintheart Glomgold , and goes straight to the core of the story: the didgeridoo . You cant have a story about Scrooge and Australia without mentioning the didgeridoo . Or John Philip Sousa. He is important as well. And Holopainen doesnt renounce any of them, quoting the latter and makng extensive use of the first in this oniric track in which it is well reflected the original atmosphere or acid-driven visions
It tells of Kakadu the dingo, he steals the crocodile egg from its nest!
But the great platypus chases Kakadu
and Irria, the black cockatoo, sends Bunyip, the water monster, after the egg thief!
Bunyip chases the dingo
and the great platypus finds the sacred egg, but loses his firstborn in the fight!
Scrooge finds and returns a giant opal, looses and retrieves his first dime, and is allowed to see his dream through the crystal eye . He sees the northern lights of Klondike, at last, and wanders off happily. While he disappears whistling over the horizon, his guide looks into the glass himself and sees Donald, Huey, Dewey and Louie. They are Scrooges second layer of dream, although he doesnt know yet.
Cold Heart of the Klondike
There we are. Its 1896, Klondike Gold Rush, and Scrooge is at the very heart of it. The notes of a lost love start to insinuate in the adventurous and epic melodies.
Charm of a dancehall girl
A true star of the north
Those precious 30 days.
A letter in the snow
Love lost yet always there
A burning need of life.
Whos this? Glittering Goldie OGilt. Scrooges lost love, never forgotten. The beautiful, strong willed, not-so-greedy-after-all and cunning Goldie. Shes the beating heart of this concept album, although we dont get to hear her voice in this track, yet. Instead, the narrator is voiced by that Tony Kakko already known for Sonata Arctica and Northern Kings , and in spite of his reknown hybris I have to admit that he passionately gives voice to this particular track, smoothing its banalities and bringing focus over the struggle at the core of the story. Its a story of pride (and prejudice). A story of regret and adventure, of cold and passion. And needless to say Still a Better Love Story than Twilight . By far.
Glittering Goldie is the hidden diva around whom this whole album revolves, and its unsurprising that Don Rosa chooses to draw her reflection in the moon, while sketching the cover of this album. As you might or might not know, you can learn if prople are fan of Don Rosa merely by asking them about Glittering Goldie and observe their reaction, although you might find yourself talking with a Duck Tales fan and well, thats where things get messy, since Goldie appears in the series in a much edulcorated Saint Valentines Day episode.
Lets just see whats what.
The original inspiration for this story lies in a classic by Carl Barks, Back to the Klondike , where Scrooge returns to the Klondike only to find that his old spot in White Agony Creek is being usurped by a mysterious lady with a quite aggressive domesticated grizzly. This triggers a dive in Scrooges past, where we learn how he and Goldie originally met. Its one of the most controversial stories Barks ever wrote, with people being drugged, bar fights and violence: Scrooge is robbed by Goldie and, as a result, he kidnaps her and forces her to dig up gold in order to repay him. In a pure mix of Stockholm syndrome and reverse manipulation, the two form a bond: Goldie plans on robbing him again while growing fond of Scrooge, while he is both suspicious and enthralled by the maliard lady. When lawmen Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson, accompanied by Judge Roy Bean, arrive at White Agony Creek to rescue the girl, it turns out that she doesnt want to be rescued at all (and by the way they all are historical characters: Roy Bean even has his own Life and Times ). Their background is better told in Don Rosas masterpiece, The Prisoner of White Agony Creek , and its cover depicts this very moment, where Scrooge faces the lawmen. And in truth it doesnt have anything to learn from famous comic books covers such as Bob Oksner s cover for Lois Lane 128 or John Byrnes cover for Uncanny X-Men 137 . Hes better than Tex Dawson, for sure, and sexier than Conan the Barbarian. Shes more alluring than Emma Frost, slyer than Catwoman.
Cold Heart of the Klondike is a track that explores one side of this story, with hints to Hearts Of The Yukon (specifically that letter lost in the snow). Musically, its one of my favourite. The chorus in the background fits perfectly the atmosphere, percussions are a little banal but then again, its Nightwish after all. The pace is good, in a good alternance between a romantic melancholy and a dramatic chase. Its more epic, but in a way its less emotional than the following track: it explores their story as seen from the eyes of an ipothetical narrator, in contrast with the next track where the point of view is split between Goldie and Scrooge.
The Last Sled
If you are familiar with Don Rosas Life and Times of Scrooge Mcduck but not with its companion, you probably wont know which sled this is, as The Last Sled to Dawson is a story that wasnt originally included in the collection. It was published in Uncle Scrooge Adventures 5 , out on June 1st 1988, and it tells yet another story of uncle Scrooge going back to Yukon in search of memories and, specifically, of a sled he had lost long before. Again, the track hits perfectly the melancholic atmosphere of the story, with Holopainen quoting Don Rosa, quoting Robert W. Service .
Theres Gold, and its haunting and haunting,
its luring me on as of old.
Yet it isnt the gold that Im wanting so much as just finding the gold.
Its the great, big, broad land way up
Yonder!
Its the forest where silence as lease
Its the beauty that thrills me with wonder.
Its the stillness that fills me with peace.
(The Spell of the Yukon)
Again we find Alan Reid playing old Scrooge, as in track 1, whereas Glittering Goldie is played by Finnish vocalist Johanna Kurkela, also known for Sonata Arctica along with Tony Kakko.
And I have to admit that the song really is beautiful. Even if lyrics can get banal beyond embarassment, theres a genuine passion behind it, a love for this story, strong enough to overcome all faults. And while Scrooge recalls his days of the gold hunt, Goldie sings on top of him, recalling their time in White Agony Creek, with starlit sky and coffee beans . And a hint that Scrooges motto according to Don rosa, Fortuna Favet Fortibus , was in some way suggested by her. You might remember this and this.
The song chooses to focus exclusively on this, leaving out all the rest of the story (which has incredible adventures, a pig villain, balloons and iceberg rides). Indeed the treasure uncle Scrooge finds in his sled are his memories: his old coonskin cap and deerskin coat, his old coffee pot and skillet, his gold pan, pick and shovel. And, more important of all, a box of chocolates for Goldie: the reason he was returning. And chocolates are like memories: frozen in time, but still sweet.
Goodbye, Papa
Still, its not that time yet. Not in the album. We arent in the future looking back: we are still in that past, at a turning point of Scrooges life. He has lost Goldie. In The Billionaire of Dismal Downs , he returns to Scotland, he finds that he doesnt have anything there and decides to go to America for good. His father Fergus McDuck stays behind, and passes away as his chidren ride away. Its quite an unique page in the whole Duck history, as Don Rosa was the only one bold enough to write something like this. One of the most delicate death scenes in all history of comic books, probably.
To be Rich Music Inspired By The Life And Times Of Scrooge Characters
Upon arriving in Duckburg, the life of Scrooge McDuck starts his downfall. We see how Donalds parents meet, and how the money bin gets built, but Scrooge is focused on becoming the richest duck in the world and sees nothing else. The Empire-Builder From Calisota sees him traveling the world in search for wealth, and he has become ruthless: his sisters Hortense and Matilda leave him, he even burns to the ground an African village. When he comes back, he is scornful and short-tempered. He alienates his family and receives a kick in the ass by his young nephew Donald, in one of the best pages of the whole Life and Times .
This track, mostly instrumental, follows the drama and loneliness of this dark period in Scrooges life, with Goldies ghost always lurking upon him.
Silent night, silent years
The cold heart haunting still
Sleepless watch of the night
And her face on the moon
A lifetime of Adventures
The following track is the natural answer to the previous, and has strong connections with the most important Scrooge story of all times, where he meets his nephew Donald and grand-nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie. The Richest Duck in the World is staged twenty years after Scrooges hunt for richness and sees an old, tired and grumpy Scrooge, much similar to his Dickensian counterpart. The sleigh-bells create the opening of this track as Christmas sets the stage for the story: its Christmas eve, and Scrooge has his nephew coming in for dinner. Everyone else who might remember him is dead. He doesnt come out from his money bin anymore, and the people of Duckburgh dont even remember theres someone living inside that old, odd landmark on top of the hill. As many of Don Rosas stories, this story follows up closely on Carl Barks Christmas on Bear Mountain , published on December 1947, where Scrooge McDuck made his first appearance, and you just have to admire the beauty of the symmetry: Scrooges first story gets to be the last in The Life and Times and still it stays the first, as its the story where we learn how old Scrooge has recovered from his apathy and found again the will to live and have adventures. What is it to be rich? As he was saying, its not the gold so much as finding the gold. To be rich is to still remember, to treasure your first dime, to seek, to relive a memory. And, as uncle Scrooge tells Huey, Dewey and Louie when provocked into it, the only limits to adventure are the limits of your imagination. Therefore he returns the kick to Donald, he reopens the office, he gets back in business, because his greatest adventures are yet to come.
The music is soft as a discovery. Lyrics are whispered as if they were revealing a secret, and indeed they are. The secret of Scrooge McDucks true wealth.
The Bonus Track album contains two versions of this track: the original one and a single version , with minor musical arrangements, shorter lyrics and no Christmas bells at the beginning. Its usually considered the only commercial track, or at least the only track fit for the publics ears. Its the only track that has been broadcast on radio. Still, I dont understand why, since Cold Heart of the Klondike and The Last Sled could appeal to the public too.
Go Slowly now, sands of time
Now, that was a swell ending. It would have been a good ending for the album, too.
Still, Holopainen decides to follow in Don Rosas footsteps till the end. The end of uncle Scrooge, to be specific.
Now, Don Rosa has Scrooge die in 1967 as a supreme homage to Carl Barks, since that is the year of his masters retirement. Holopainen is satisfied in suggesting his death, by quoting Robert L. Stevenson s Requiem :
Here he lies where he longd to be;
Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.
Scrooge, voiced again by Alan Reid, asks the sands of time to be slow just a moment, since he has this last verse to pour. In a Rostandesque act, he fends off death for a moment while he writes his own epitaph and he takes one last moment to remember. Who is he remembering to dance with is just so simple a guess to make. Music Inspired By The Life And Times Of Scrooge Movie
Should Old Acquaintance be forgot,
and never thought upon;
The flames of Love extinguished,
and fully past and gone:
Is thy sweet Heart now grown so cold,
that loving Breast of thine;
That thou canst never once reflect
On old long syne. Music Inspired By The Life And Times Of Scrooge
Robert Burns is the last Scottish poet who gets quoted in this complex, sophisticated, ambitious album. Sophisticated and ambitious just as Don Rosas Life and Times was. Still, should all this not be enough for you to buy this album, the Bonus Track digital version comes with a sumptuous booklet which contains not only lyrics, but pictures and original sketches of the original stories by Don Rosa. The Castle of Dismal Downs. Scrooge in the old West. A beautiful Goldie. The last page of The Last Sled to Dawson . And the beautiful cover and back-cover, with Scrooge looking into a full moon that has Goldies face painted on it. If this still is not enough well, take a look at the deluxe edition. Oh, and my birthday is on February 3rd, in case you are wondering. Tagged Carl Barks Don Rosa Scrooge McDuck Tuomas Holopainen