对圣歌疯狂痴迷十多年之久的保罗. ·舒瓦兹始终延续着他的“魅力宣言”之路，将拉丁和圣歌元素揉合进这现代的音乐之中。 心境系列第三张专辑中保罗. 保罗·舒瓦兹超常发挥了自身特长与Lisbeth Scott激情有力的声音完美的结合了在一起。自“魅力宣言”第一张专辑起就能体会到Lisbeth Scott是一位很有特色的歌手，这就毫无疑于她会在“耶稣蒙难记”中赢得John Debney的赞誉了（John Debney：艾美奖配乐得主，即“耶稣蒙难记”影片的配乐大师）。轧轧的电子节奏声之后，Lisbeth Scott吟唱出拉丁圣歌"Christe Redemptor"（救世主耶稣基督）犹如对一位逝去爱人的祈祷，让人回想起她在首张CD中"Veni Redemptor Gentium"的成功演绎。Scott的声音如阳光般倾注入整张专辑，其中收录了衷心的祈祷“To You”以及类似于Abbess Hildegard（修女院院长希尔德加德）曲风般的“Somnium”。即使舒瓦兹对于远古的音乐有着很高的鉴赏能力，但对于他而言此专辑也如同开始探测一件古董一般。这就是为什么此专辑听起来如同浪漫主义意义上的新哥特式流行古典乐曲的大杂烩，有管弦乐作品("Lux Aeterna")、钢琴小提琴二重奏("Soledad")、福音圣歌以及格格不入的流行歌曲("Center of My Heart")来自于Celine Dion（席琳.狄翁）的专辑。这违背了保罗.舒瓦兹的初衷——完成自我突破为本专辑注入新鲜的血液。 Paul Schwartz has forged a signature sound and style in his sensuous blend of ambient dance grooves and sweeping orchestral grandeur. His latest release for Windham Hill – The Paul Schwartz Project’s highly anticipated Earthbound – is his first entirely self-composed recording, what he calls “a sensual work based on the imagery of the night.” The composer/producer’s first two recordings – his 1997 debut Aria and its sequel Aria 2 blend ambient dance grooves with live orchestra and recomposed snippets from familiar operatic pieces. The 2000 hit State of Grace featured more original material, combining some of these same elements with the influence of religious texts and hymns. After turning his eyes toward the heavens, Schwartz is back on terra firma with the beautifully eclectic Earthbound, a richly textured exploration of romantic love and heartfelt loss. Schwartz has in the past enjoyed creating albums with what he terms "stylistic smorgasbords," but on Earthbound aims for a deeper unifying musical experience. "All of the ideas revolve around things that happen at night," he says. "That's a big element running through many of these songs, along with the themes of loss. I was in a spiritual place after doing State of Grace, and was hunting around for unique ideas that would continue in that vein." His good friend Simon Crow, who wrote the lyrics for the title track on Earthbound, presented him with a poem by St. John of the Cross called 'Dark Night of the Soul.' "It's a poem about meeting one's Savior, but also can be interpreted as a sexy love poem, a hymn to a lover. That was the the matic link I used as a springboard to explore the different sides of night time, both the passionate and desolate."