Latest Adam Young imagined filmscore released
THE GIGANTIC carved sculptures of four US presidents is the
inspiration to the latest imagined filmscore album release by Adam
Young. Said the composer, "The southeastern face of Mount Rushmore in
South Dakota's Black Hills National Forest is the site of four
gigantic carved sculptures depicting the faces of U.S. Presidents
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt. Led by sculptor Gutzon
Borglum, work on the project began in 1927 and was completed in 1941.
During that time, 400 workers carved the sculpture under dangerous
conditions, removing close to 500,000 tons of rock in order to create
the enormous carved heads, each of which reach a height of 60 feet. In
Borglum's original design, the four presidents were meant to be
represented from the waist up but insufficient funding brought the
carving to a halt after completion of their faces. This is my
interpretation of the construction of America's 'Shrine of
Democracy'."