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Legend
Legend album cover, featuring actor Michael Praed as Robin of Sherwood.
Soundtrack album by Clannad
Released	April 1984 (1984-04)
Studio	Windmill Lane, Dublin, Ireland Trident, London
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	32:33
Label	RCA
Producer	Tony Clarke
Clannad chronology
Magical Ring (1983) Legend (1984) Macalla (1985)
Singles from Legend
"Robin (The Hooded Man)" "Now Is Here" "Scarlet Inside"

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Legend is a 1984 soundtrack album for the ITV television series Robin of Sherwood, by the Irish folk group Clannad. It is their eighth album. In 1985, this album won the BAFTA award for Best Original Television Music, making Clannad the first Irish band to win the award.

In August 2024, Clannad announced that they were releasing Legend (40th Anniversary) on 25 October 2024.

This extended' version is said by them to "6 panel digipak with 16-page booklet + 11 Previously unreleased Bonus Tracks.

Singles released

"Robin (The Hooded Man)", the title theme from the series, was released on a 7-inch single in 1984, featuring actor Michael Praed as Robin of Sherwood on the sleeve.

In addition, "Now Is Here" and "Scarlet Inside" were released as singles in their own right.

"Robin (The Hooded Man)" was re-released in 1986 as an "Extended Play Single" with a newly recorded version of the title theme and featuring actor Jason Connery on the sleeve. For this re-release, the B-sides include "Now Is Here", "Herne" and "Caisleán Óir" (as it appears on the album Macalla).

Alternate versions of songs

In addition to the tracks on Legend, which were used extensively in the series, music composed for the show was occasionally released elsewhere in different versions.

The introduction track to Clannad's Macalla album "Caislean Oir" appeared in an alternate version as incidental music in the series.

In 2003, Clannad albums from the Sony/BMG label were remastered and released with new cover art, and remixes as bonus tracks. For the 2003 Deluxe Edition of Legend, the bonus track was "Together We – Cantoma Mix".

On the 2005 release Clannad: Live in Concert, there were live performances of unreleased music including "Dance & Teidhir Abhaile Riu" from Series 1 and "Action" and "Royal" from Series 3 as part of a "Robin of Sherwood Medley".

Unreleased music

In a statement posted in November 2003 on their official web site, Clannad revealed that:

"there were several other pieces of music recorded for the 3rd series of Robin of Sherwood that were not included on the Legend album. Unfortunately no-one has been able to locate the master tapes of this music. The search is continuing and hopefully one day these recordings will be able to be released".

Both sets 1 and 2 of the European and North American Blu-ray releases of Robin of Sherwood have a "music only" track for many of the episodes. This allows listeners to hear music from all 3 series, including music that was not included on "Legend" and music recorded after the release of "Legend", to be heard on their own.

Music performed live

During the 1984 tour, the setlist included full live versions of "Lady Marian", "Now Is Here", "Robin (The Hooded Man)", "Scarlet Inside", "Herne", "Ancient Forest" and "Battles".

Since then, Clannad regularly includes a "Robin Of Sherwood Medley" in their setlist that typically includes the title song, and segments of "Lady Marian", "Herne" and "Ancient Forest", as well as the unreleased "Dance" from Series 1 and two songs from Series 3 entitled "Action" and "Royal" that have only been released on live albums including Clannad: Live in Concert (released in 2005).

Charts

Track listing

1. "Robin (The Hooded Man)" (Ciarán Brennan) – 2:48
2. "Now Is Here" (Pól Brennan) – 3:32
3. "Herne" (P. Brennan) – 5:08
4. "Together We" (P. Brennan) – 3:28
5. "Darkmere" (C. Brennan) – 1:59
6. "Strange Land" (P. Brennan) – 3:10
7. "Scarlet Inside" (P. Brennan) – 5:08
8. "Lady Marian" (C. Brennan) – 3:20
9. "Battles" (C. Brennan) – 1:01
10. "Ancient Forest" (P. Brennan, C. Brennan, Máire Brennan) – 2:59
11. "Together We – Cantoma Mix" (bonus track available only on 2003 Deluxe Edition) - 2:05

Singles

1. "Robin (The Hooded Man)"
2. "Now Is Here"
3. "Scarlet Inside"
4. "Robin (The Hooded Man)" EP (series three remix of theme tune)

Personnel

Band

• Máire Brennan – lead vocal, harp
• Pól Brennan – guitar, flute, tin whistle, keyboards, vocals
• Ciarán Brennan – double bass, synthesisers, guitar, vocals
• Pádraig Duggan – mandola, guitar, vocals
• Noel Duggan – guitar, vocals

Additional musicians

• James Delaney – keyboards
• Paul Moran – drums
• Pat Farrell – electric guitar
• Frank Ricotti – percussion

References

1. "Music Week" (PDF).
2. Legend at AllMusic
3. "Official CLANNAD Store".
4. "News". Archived from the original on 27 October 2014.
5. "Charts.nz – Clannad – "Legend"". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
6. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
7. "Clannad". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
8. "Top Selling Albums of 1985 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved 3 February 2022.

External links

• Legend on Clannad's official website

• Clannad albums
• Depictions of Robin Hood in music
• Television soundtracks
• 1984 soundtrack albums
• RCA Records soundtracks
• Albums produced by Tony Clarke (record producer)