▁The ▁band ▁had ▁been ▁introduced ▁to ▁Ron ▁Ge es in ▁via ▁the ▁Rol ling ▁St ones ▁tour ▁manager , ▁Sam ▁C ut ler , ▁and ▁were ▁im pressed ▁with ▁his ▁composition ▁and ▁t ape - edit ing ▁capabilities , ▁particularly ▁W aters ▁and ▁Mason . ▁Ge es in ▁was ▁handed ▁the ▁completed ▁backing ▁tracks ▁the ▁band ▁had ▁recorded , ▁and ▁asked ▁to ▁compose ▁an ▁orch est ral ▁arrangement ▁over ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁it ▁while ▁the ▁band ▁went ▁on ▁tour ▁to ▁the ▁US . ▁Ge es in ▁described ▁the ▁compos ing ▁and ▁arr anging ▁as ▁" a ▁hell ▁of ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁work . ▁Nob ody ▁knew ▁what ▁was ▁wanted , ▁they ▁couldn ' t ▁read ▁music ▁… " ▁According ▁to ▁him , ▁Gil m our ▁came ▁up ▁with ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁mel od ic ▁lines , ▁while ▁the ▁pair ▁of ▁them ▁along ▁with ▁keyboard ist ▁Richard ▁Wright ▁worked ▁on ▁the ▁middle ▁section ▁with ▁the ▁cho ir . ▁When ▁it ▁came ▁to ▁recording ▁his ▁work ▁in ▁June ▁with ▁the ▁E MI ▁P ops ▁Orchestra , ▁the ▁session ▁mus icians ▁present ▁were ▁un im pressed ▁with ▁his ▁t endency ▁to ▁favour ▁avant ▁gar de ▁music ▁over ▁established ▁classical ▁works , ▁and , ▁combined ▁with ▁the ▁relative ▁difficulty ▁of ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁parts , ▁har ass ed ▁him ▁during ▁recording . ▁John ▁Al ld is , ▁whose ▁cho ir ▁were ▁also ▁to ▁perform ▁on ▁the ▁track , ▁had ▁experience ▁in ▁dealing ▁with ▁orch est ral ▁mus icians , ▁and ▁managed ▁to ▁conduct ▁the ▁recorded ▁performance ▁in