ANGKOR Latest news: Mark is a winner of the 17th Annual USA Songwriting Competition (2012) with "Tuol Sleng". The song is featured on Mark's latest album "Angkor". The music on "Angkor" is inspired by places and events in Southeast Asia. All music is performed by the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra. Guest musicians, such as Grammy Award winning drum legend Dave Weckl (known especially for his work with jazz icon Chick Corea) and avant-garde cellist Arne Deforce, participate on "Angkor". --- Awards Winner of the 17th Annual USA Songwriting Competition (2012) with "Tuol Sleng" Finalist of the 17th Annual USA Songwriting Competition (2012) with "Angkor" --- CD Liner Notes With "Angkor", Mark Van Overmeire has composed a collection of eight symphonic impressions of Southeast Asia. These musical short stories are based on the composer's experiences while touring the region. The mysterious aura that hangs like a veil around the famous temple ruins of Angkor is evoked through a combination of gamelan sounds and an ethereal violin melody. Then, sounds of dance rhythms take us hundreds of years back in time to a Khmer celebration that might have taken place here. The brass section evokes the splendour and grandeur of the royal court. Suddenly, the atmosphere changes as the decline of the kingdom is expressed through menacing Japanese taiko drums and rising and fading tremolo strings, eventually disappearing into the mysterious atmosphere found in the beginning of the pi