Shackleton Music

So far, there are 15 songs in this musical storytelling series — each one tracing a step of the expedition, from hope to heartbreak to home.

Shackleton & The Endurance

Back to Front — Inside Out — A New Journey.

This project is a little different. We’re writing and releasing each song in the same order as the events in Shackleton’s book South — track by track, moment by moment — before the album’s even completed.

Each song dives into a different part of the journey: the courage, the storms, the cracking ice, the fear, and the fragile humour that kept the men alive. It’s not just about history — it’s about endurance, human spirit, and the thin line between hope and disaster.

It’s a bit wild, a bit nerve-racking, and it feels like we’re right there on the ice with them.

👉 Read the full story on the blog

The Lastest Release: Part 15

Shackleton Music | Blog Posts

Follow the Journey

Join us as we bring this story to life, track by track. Through the blog, you’ll get behind-the-scenes insights, updates, and first listens as we create this album in real time.

each of them confessed the same thing — it was as if someone else had walked beside them on that ice. Not imagined. Not dreamed. Felt.

The Music of Shackleton: Four Shadows, The Ghost Who Walked With Them

Shackleton, Frank Worsley, and Tom Crean made that final crossing together, exhausted, close to collapse, and long past anything the body should’ve tolerated. Yet afterwards, all three men admitted something quietly, almost shyly: They felt a fourth presence with them.

Tony Parker NESC

Nov 19

Tony Parker’s Music of Shackleton now features the restored voice of Captain Frank Worsley, bringing Shackleton’s Antarctic survival story to life. Available for streaming and exhibitions.

The Music of Shackleton: A Change of Course

Halfway through, something extraordinary happened. Using modern technology, I could access the real voice of Frank Worsley, captain of the Endurance. Not AI, not an actor—his actual recordings.

Tony Parker NESC

Aug 21

Shackleton: Frank Worsley's 800 Mile Ocean Tale

A Voice from the Ice: Frank Worsley’s 800-Mile Journey

A rare moment with Frank Worsley’s own voice, recounting the 800-mile open-boat voyage that saved the Shackleton expedition

Tony Parker NESC

Jul 31

The Journey of the James Caird — Shackleton Part 12

Track 12: The Journey of the James Caird Shackleton and five men set sail across 800 miles of brutal ocean in a tiny lifeboat, risking everything to save their crew. This track captures the fear, the fury of the sea, and the miracle of survival — told through shifting soundscapes and raw emotion.

Tony Parker NESC

Jun 21

Shackleton’s bold decision to risk everything, set to music.

The Music of Shackleton: Finding a Way Through Ice & Sound

A song that captures Shackleton’s impossible decision to risk everything and find a way through the world’s roughest seas.

Tony Parker NESC

May 20

Shackleton Music – Find a Way

Find a Way captures the moment Shackleton and his crew faced their toughest decision yet—risk everything on a desperate journey or face certain death on the ice.

Tony Parker NESC

May 8