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CITY LIGHTS Radioshow – Reconstructing JERRY GOLDSMITH
CITY LIGHTS AND KINETOPHONE PRESENT RECONSTRUCTING JERRY GOLDSMITH Rediscovering the majesty of his music through THE SALAMANDER, QBVII, HOUR OF THE GUN and THE RED PONY Special guests and interviews with composer & orchestrator Leigh Phillips producer James Fitzpatrick conductor & orchestrator Nic Raine Plus a special “Salamander-Kinetophone Suite” arranged by Leigh Phillips. Thanks to...
DEEP RISING – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
DEEP RISING Composed and Conducted by JERRY GOLDSMITH INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 278 Premiere release of complete original soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith for Stephen Sommers underwater monster picture starring Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Wes Studi, Djimon Hounsou. Paraphrasing composer: picture had elements of fun but was too graphic for adventure-style music in vein of King Solomon’s Mines or...
BORDER RUN – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
MovieScore Media travels to Latin America once again with the release of Border Run, the human trafficking thriller by Argentinean filmmaker Gabriela Tagliavini. The story follows in the trails of American journalist Sofie Talbert (Sharon Stone), looking for her brother Aaron (Billy Zane) in Mexico. Aaron had been working in the country in a relief organisation,...
NYDENION – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
MovieScore Media goes to outer space with the soundtrack release of the German independent science-fiction Nydenion. Written and directed by Jack Moik, the film takes place in the future where interstellar travel has been perfected, but the exploration of vast new lands naturally leads to devastating wars. Rick Walker (Moik) is a former fighter pilot turned...
CITY LIGHTS Radioshow: Reconstructing Jerry Goldsmith
City Lights and Kinetophone present: Reconstructing Jerry Goldsmith! Rediscovering the majesty of his music through SALAMANDER, QBVII, HOUR OF THE GUN and THE RED PONY Special guests: Composer & Orchestrator Leigh Phillips Producer James Fitzpatrick Conductor & Orchestrator Nic Raine. Plus a special “Salamander-Kinetophone Suite” arranged by Leigh Phillips. Thanks to Asier G. Senarriaga and...
HOUSE OF CARDS: SEASON 2 – Music From The Original Series
Varèse Sarabande Records will release the HOUSE OF CARDS: SEASON 2 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack as a 2 disc set digitally and on CD June 17th. The soundtrack features original score composed by Jeff Beal (MONK, BLACKFISH). Award-winning composer Jeff Beal scores HOUSE OF CARDS, the Emmy® and Golden Globe®-winning original series, starring Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright. The show debuted in February of 2013 as...
THE SIGNAL – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Varèse Sarabande Records will release THE SIGNAL Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, available digitally and on CD June 10, 2014. The soundtrack features the original score by Nima Fakhara (GATCHAMAN, EXISTS), who created and built three instruments for the film. “We wanted to achieve a certain sense mystery and tension throughout the film,” said Fakhara. “Our characters are being pulled and pushed in many directions so the music had...
REPORT 51 and LA RETE – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Following previous release of Across the River, MovieScore Media taps into the previously unexplored territory of contemporary Italian horror movies. Alessio Liguori’s Report 51 follows in the trails of four friends, who decide to move into the woodlands after they witness a strange sighting. What starts out as a fun adventure for a weekend turns...
CITY LIGHTS Radioshow: Best of 2014
City Lights and Kinetophone present the Best Scores of 2014! Airplaying Alexandre Desplat‘s scores (THE MONUMENTS MEN, GODZILLA, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL), THE DOUBLE by Andrew Hewitt, A PROMISE by Gabriel Yared, MALEFICENT by James Newton Howard, DIVERGENT by Junkie XL, Hans Zimmer in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 and WINTER’S TALE, CASTLEVANIA: LORDS OF SHADOW 2 by Oscar Araujo Sanchéz, BLACK SAILS by Bear McCreary,...
TEST – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Moviescore Media will release TEST Original Motion Picture Soundtrack digitally on June 3. 2014. The soundtrack features the original score composed by Welsh born composer Ceiri Torjussen (THE CANAL, BIG ASS SPIDER). TEST (winner of the 2013 Outfest, presented at the 2014 Berlinale) is a drama set during the 80s, and features a moodily...
NIGHT CROSSING – Composed and Conducted by JERRY GOLDSMITH
Intrada’s latest release revisits its first Disney project — the 1982 Jerry Goldsmith score to Night Crossing. Covering a dramatic range of ideas, Goldsmith’s score expresses both the menace and aggression of the East German locale and the soaring aspirations of two families hoping to escape from it. The score is one of Goldsmith’s busiest and throughout...
SHIVER – Original Score by RICHARD BAND
Shiver is an award-winning horror-thriller starring Danielle Harris (Hatchet II and III), Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers) and John Jarratt (Wolf Creek). The film follows the ordeal of Wendy Alden (Harris), a young secretary lacking in self-esteem who becomes the target of a savage killer but, somehow, finds the courage to fight back...
ACROSS THE RIVER – Music from the Motion Picture
Co-written and directed by Lorenzo Bianchini, Across the River (Oltre il guado) is a moody, meditative Italian horror film where one man’s quest for knowledge leads down a dark path of supernatural chills and scares. The story revolves around an ethologist working in the remote parts of a forest, trapping wild animals and mounting cameras...
RED KROKODIL – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Red Krokodil portrays on the big screen the story of a Krokodil-addict that suddenly finds himself alone in post-nuclear city reminiscing of Chernobyl, whose physical decay caused by the massive intake of drugs develops parallel to that of his inner world. This neorealist hallucinatory film by acclaimed visionary director Domiziano Cristopharo was inspired by an...
TRANSIT – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Transit tells the story of truck driver Martin (Clemens Schick) who is almost being dismissed since he fails to deliver his load on schedule even though he already exceeds the driving time required by law. Martin is totally exhausted, but he needs the job. Carrier Roland (Andreas Hoppe) grudgingly gives him one last chance. At a...
MY NIKIFOR – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
My Nikifor is a film about the Polish painter Nikifor Krynicki, who painted over 40,000 pictures – on sheets of paper, pages of notebooks, cigarette cartons, and even on scraps of paper glued together. Underrated for most of his life and achieving recognition as a primitivist painter in his late years. The soundtrack is the work...
Composer JULIAN WASS To Release Three Original Motion Picture Soundtracks
Tribeca Films presents THE BIG ASK available now on VOD Sony Pictures presents THE PRETTY ONE available on VOD June 3rd Snag Films presents LOST FOR LIFE available on VOD in June Composer, producer, instrumentalist Julian Wass will release three original motion picture soundtracks this summer; THE PRETTY ONE available June 3rd, THE BIG ASK released May 20th,...
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