NEW SCORE ASSIGNMENTS

David Newman – ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE SQUEAKQUEL

Alex Wurman – EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES

Marcelo Zarvos – BEASTLY

UPCOMING SOUNDTRACK RELEASES - Varèse Sarabande, Atlantic

Varése Sarabande – THE PRISONER (Rupert Gregson-Williams, TV, 2009, November 24th)
Atlantic – AVATAR (James Horner, December 8th)

LISBETH SCOTT'S NEW ALBUM AND VIRAL CAMPAIGN

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Lisbeth Scott’s latest album “Hope is a Thing” is set to be released on November 10th. In addition to eight other solo albums, Scott has been the featured vocalist on huge films, including but not limited to Passions of the Christ, Transformers, Narnia, Shrek, Munich, HBO’s True Blood series and upcoming on James Cameron’s Avatar. For more information on Scott and her upcoming shows on November 7th and 8th at Santa Monica’s Edgemar Center for the Arts as well as her November 20th show at Rudramandir in Berkeley, CA., visit http://www.lisbethscott.com./

In addition to this new collection of songs, Lisbeth has also launched a heartwarming viral campaign to raise money for the charity “Education Through Music LA”, collecting photos of children from all over the world who express what they hope for in today’s complicated world. See http://www.hopeisathing.com/ – and especially the “gallery” page which is set to her new cover of Lennon’s “Imagine”.

LICENSE TO THRILL MUSIC SIGNS COMPOSER TIM LARKIN

Independent Music Publishing Company Partners with Acclaimed Composer of "MYST V," "URU: Ages Beyond MYST," and Steven Spielberg's "MUNICH" TV Trailer

Las Vegas, NV - October 27th, 2009 - License To Thrill Music LLC (http://www.licensetothrillmusic.com/), an independent music publisher providing one-stop music synchronization and licensing for advertising, films, television, radio, movie trailers, video games and new media, today announced a music publishing partnership with Academy Award winner Tim Larkin. License To Thrill Music will represent original music by Tim Larkin available for use in advertising, film, TV and other media productions.

Tim Larkin's scores have garnered numerous awards, been performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at The Hollywood Bowl, and featured in trailers for films such as Steven Spielberg's Academy Award winning MUNICH. No stranger to the Academy, Tim was also the sound designer for the OSCAR winning animated short film THE CHUBBCHUBBS created by Sony Imageworks. Revered as composer for the ground-breaking MYST franchise, his ethnic and mystical music accompanies the beautiful virtual worlds of URU: AGES BEYOND MYST, MYST V and MYST ONLINE.

"We've been long-time admirers of Tim's innovative soundtracks," said Valerie Vickers, A&R/Licensing Manager for License To Thrill Music. "He brings a dynamic and diverse musical portfolio which complements our growing roster of award-winning musical talent."

License To Thrill Music offers a boutique roster of commercially-driven and imaginative-thinking music and artists that enables a company, brand or medium to enhance, inspire and transcend their messaging. The team behind License To Thrill Music has worked on platinum selling records, films, #1 hit singles and critically acclaimed album releases by some of the biggest names in music, spanning a period of over 25 years in the music business with innovative artists such as Bjork, The Cure, Kraftwerk and Happy Mondays, and a decade of interactive entertainment marketing for global markets promoting soundtracks from the world's top video game companies including Microsoft, Sony and Ubisoft. For more information please visit http://www.licensetothrillmusic.com/.

LATEST SOUNDTRACK RELEASES

EXTREME CLOSE-UP - James Horner (Intrada Signature Edition ISE1034) - 37:45
KNIFE EDGE - Guy Farley (MMS09022)
SHORE: COLLECTOR'S EDITION VOL. 1 - Howard Shore (Howe 1003)
TRIANGLE - Christian Henson, Dot Allison (MMS09023)
WHAT PRICE GLORY / FIXED BAYONETS! / DESERT RATS - Alfred Newman / Roy Webb / Leigh Harline (Intrada Special Collection Volume 113) - 54:19

NEW SCORE ASSIGNMENTS

Rolfe Kent – KILLERS

UPCOMING SOUNDTRACK RELEASES - Kritzerland, La-La Land

Kritzerland – October: BILLION DOLLAR BRAIN / THE FINAL OPTION (Richard Rodney Bennett / Roy Budd


La-La Land – October: NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (Barry De Vorzon), CHILD’S PLAY (Joe Renzetti)

LATEST SOUNDTRACK RELEASES

17 AGAIN (Score) - Rolfe Kent (Silva 1294)
ASTRO BOY - John Ottman (Varèse Sarabande 302 066 989 2)
BANANAS / EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX *BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK - Marvin Hamlisch / Mundell Lowe (Kritzerland KR 20014-0)
BONE EATER - Chuck Cirino (BSXCD 8860)
CRIME IN THE STREETS - Franz Waxman (Varèse Sarabande VCL 0909 1099)
ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES - Jerry Goldsmith (Varèse Sarabande VCL 0909 1098)
GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST (Score) - Rolfe Kent (
GREEN LANTERN: FIRST FLIGHT - Robert J. Kral (La-La Land LLLCD 1106)
HALLOWEEN II (Expanded) - John Carpenter & Alan Howarth (AHICD 005)
I.Q. / SECONDS - Jerry Goldsmith (La-La Land LLLCD 1109)
MORRICONE CONDUCTS MORRICONE - Ennio Morricone (Singular SINGSP001)
TOXIC - Scott Glasgow (MMS09021)
THE VAMPIRE'S ASSISTANT - Stephen Trask (Varèse Sarabande 302 066 990 2)
A WALK IN THE SPRING RAIN - Elmer Bernstein (Varèse Sarabande VCL 0909)

'JUNO' COMPOSER CREATES AN UNIQUE HEALTHCARE PLAN

Mateo Messina Presents a “Symphony of the Superhero”, proceeds Benefit Seattle Children’s Hospital

Friday, November 6 at 7:00pm in Benroya Hall, Downtown Seattle

(Seattle, WA) – Grammy Award-winning composer, and founder/chair of The Symphony Guild, Mateo Messina, along with DJ Cut Chemist, violinist Lili Haydn, NW Symphony Orchestra, NW Chorale, Bells of the Sound, NW Boychoir, Batucada Brazilian Collective, John Curley and more join together to create “Symphony of the Superhero.” The benefit concert will be held on Friday, November 6 at Benaroya Hall in downtown Seattle (200 University St). Cocktails and a silent auction will take place at 7:00pm, followed by the concert beginning at 8:00pm. Tickets are available at: http://www.thesymphonyguild.org/ or by phone at: 1.800.838.3006. Proceeds from this concert benefit uncompensated care of Seattle Children’s Hospital.

Although he has not attained the mythical proportions of a Greek or Roman god, and is not “faster than a speeding bullet,” “Juno” composer (and Seattle native) Mateo Messina, is, in his own way, a superhero. He would be embarrassed to be labeled in such a way, but to the children whose lives he has changed through music at Seattle Children’s Hospital, he has a power greater than that of most mortals. For more than a decade, Messina has written a new symphony every year, which he performs at Benaroya Hall to raise money for families with children in the hospital.

Messina’s connection with the hospital began when the daughter of a friend passed away from a brain tumor. Not long after, in 1997, he started playing the piano in the hospital’s playroom. While there, several children joined in on piano duets and sang along. Messina returned the next week. And the next. And the week after that. He began writing checks from the proceeds of his concerts to help raise money for the hospital. He formalized his contributions five years later, creating The Symphony Guild. The Symphony Guild has since raised money for Uncompensated Care at Seattle Children’s Hospital. It allows families in need of assistance to get care for their hospitalized children, whether they are insured or not. Last year, his concert raised nearly $200,000. The funds raised each year places the Symphony Guild on the “Top 25 Fundraising Guilds” list at the hospital. Although Messina's music career has taken him to Hollywood California, he continues to play for the children during his monthly visits to his hometown of Seattle.

Seattle Children’s Hospital is ranked as one of the best children's hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report magazine, Children’s serves as the pediatric referral center for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho. Children’s is a private nonprofit providing excellent patient care with compassion and respect, and conducting cutting-edge pediatric research. Since they opened their doors in 1907, they have maintained their founding promise: to provide needed medical care to all children in their four-state region – regardless of a family's ability to pay. The need for such uncompensated care has risen dramatically in recent years. In 2001, they provided $24.9 million in uncompensated care. In 2008, the sum topped $86 million, and they expect to provide more than $100 million in uncompensated care in 2009 to families in need and to cover Medicaid payment shortfalls. For more info on Seattle Children’s Hospital please visit http://www.seattlechildrens.org/.

THE 2009 WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARDS WINNERS

FILM COMPOSER OF THE YEAR - Alexandre Desplat (THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, COCO AVANT CHANEL, LARGO WINCH, CHÉRI)

BEST ORIGINAL FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Alexandre Desplat)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG WRITTEN FOR FILM - “JAI HO” from ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ (A.R. Rahman, Gulzar and Tanvi Shah)
DISCOVERY OF THE YEAR - Nico Muhly (THE READER)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - Marvin Hamlisch

PUBLIC CHOICE AWARD - TWILIGHT (Carter Burwell)

SABAM AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG EUROPEAN COMPOSER - Christopher Slaski

NEW SCORE ASSIGNMENTS

Howard Shore – THE EDGE OF DARKNESS (Replacing John Corigliano)

Christopher Young – THE RUM DIARY

UPCOMING SOUNDTRACK RELEASES - Varèse Sarabande, Buysoundtrax

Varèse Sarabande – November: AMELIA (Gabriel Yared), THE FOURTH KIND (Atli Orvarsson)

Buysoundtrax – Imminent: MURDERERS AMONG US: THE SIMON WIESENTHAL STORY (Bill Conti), MORKELEG (Alan Howarth)

LATEST SOUNDTRACK RELEASES

THE 7 MAGNIFICENT GLADIATORS - Dov Seltzer (Intrada Signature Edition ISE1033) - 42:19

THE FIVE MAN ARMY - Ennio Morricone (FSMCD Vol.12 No.16)

HOUSE OF CARDS - James Horner (Intrada Special Collection Volume 111) - 59:18

JEREMIAH JOHNSON - John Rubinstein & Tim McIntire (FSMCD Vol.12 No.15)

NEW SCORE ASSIGNMENTS

Alexandre Desplat – THE GHOST

Howard Shore – THE HOBBIT

Dario Marianelli – AGORA

UPCOMING SOUNDTRACK RELEASES - Film Score Monthly, La-La Land, Kritzerland, MovieScore Media

Film Score Monthly – Iminent: JEREMIAH JOHNSON (John Rubinstein, Tim McIntire), THE FIVE MAN ARMY (Ennio Morricone)

La-La Land – October 12: I.Q. / SECONDS (Jerry Goldsmith)

Kritzerland - BANANAS / EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX* BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK (Marvin Hamlisch, November)

MovieScore Media – PANDORUM (Michl Britsch, October 20)

LATEST SOUNDTRACK RELEASES

BAARIA - Ennio Morricone (Image Music IMG 0201482) - 53:36

CHILDREN OF THE CORN (2009, TV) - Jonathan Elias (Varèse Sarabande 302 066 991 2) - 38:01

CONFESSIONE DI UN COMISSARIO DI POLIZIA - Riz Ortolani (GDM Club)

HEROES AND VILLAINS: ATILLA THE HUN / NAPOLEON - Daniel Pemberton (MMS09020)

IL SERPENTE (Expanded) - Ennio Morricone (GDM Club 7072)

JASPER - Florian Tessloff ($MMS09019)

MIO CARO ASSASSINO - Ennio Morricone (Digitmovies CDDM)

STAND BY ACTION: THE MUSIC OF BARRY GRAY - Barry Gray (Silva 1279)

TARAS BULBA - Franz Waxman (Kritzerland KR 20013-7)

ELIA CMIRAL SCORES 'FORGET ME NOT'

Premiering at Screamfest LA Film Festival Oct. 22 2009

(Los Angeles, CA)- Celebrated film composer, Elia Cmiral is scoring “Forget Me Not”, a mind-twisting horror movie, making a terrifying appearance at Screamfest Horror Film Festival 2009. Cmiral is well versed in the horror genre and has already won best musical score for the film “Splinter” at last year’s Screamfest. His new work, “Forget Me Not” focuses on a group of young and rowdy teenagers who have just graduated from high school; yet with celebration in the air, the vengeful spirit of a friend from their past decides to crash the party. Working with director Tyler Oliver, a musician himself, Cmiral brings emotion and feeling to this horrifying feature through his score, which tends to be much lighter than what is usually assumed for a horror film. Cmiral masterfully utilizes contemporary sounds, drum loops, guitar and bass into his works. The emotion of the movie shines through on the piano pieces which thematically reoccur throughout the film.

The teenage horror film does not take itself too seriously like many movies in this genre tend to do; instead it offers a highly entertaining and seriously scary experience with some unexpected twists. The original music has the typical horror flavors to get your heart racing yet also has a sweet, melancholic piano theme, and charming flashback cues which coolly contrast with distorted material for the atmospheric and chase scenes. With a young cast, a musical score that makes you shiver, and a plot that gets your heart racing, ‘Forget Me Not’ will leave every viewer looking over their shoulder as they exit the theater.

‘Forget Me Not’ is a new addition to the Screamfest Film Festival, the premier outlet for horror and sci-fi genres. This year Screamfest will be showcasing ‘Forget Me Not’ on October 22nd at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California. Screamfest began in 2001 by film producers Rachel Belofsky and Ross Martin in order to give horror and sci-fi filmmakers and writers a venue to have their work showcased within the industry. Many great films have come through this festival in the last 8 years, and ‘Forget Me Not’ is sure to be one of them.

No stranger to the world of horror and thriller movies, Elia Cmiral has scored films such as “Stigmata” and “Wrong Turn”. Born in Czechoslovakia, he attended the Prague Music Conservatory, where he studied composition and double bass. In 1989, he moved to America to attend USC's prestigious Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program, which led to him scoring his first American feature, “Apartment Zero”. Over the next decade, Cmiral continued building a reputation for himself, which lead to his scoring the successful “Nash Bridges” television series. In the last 10 years, Elia has written over two-dozen scores for independent films, TV and major studios.

RICHARD MARVIN SCORES 'SURROGATES'

Composer Richard Marvin reunites for the fourth time with Director Jonathan Mostow (“U571,” “Flight of Black Angel,” and “Breakdown”) for the sci-fi thriller "Surrogates." Marvin incorporates over 120 musicians, along with electronic elements, to create an epic dramatic score.

The film describes a near future where humans live in isolation and only interact through robotic bodies that serve as surrogates. When several humans are murdered after their surrogates are destroyed, a cop (Bruce Willis) investigates the crimes through his own surrogate. After a near fatal encounter, the cop's surrogate is destroyed and forces him to bring his human form out of isolation and unravel a conspiracy behind the crimes.

In addition to scoring "Surrogates," Marvin worked closely with director Curtis Hanson to write the music for the new fall series "Three Rivers."

THE FIRST DETAILS ABOUT JAMES HORNER'S 'AVATAR'

To no one's surprise, James Cameron's Titanic and Aliens composer, James Horner, is scoring the upcoming sci-fi epic Avatar, but Movie Score magazine offers up a few tidbits about it, including the fact that the movie will run nearly three hours.

Other revelations:

• The score will feature vocals in the Na'vi language.
• The score will include traditional orchestral elements, as well as electronic and acoustic rhythmic elements.
• The score will blanket the movie: "The film will run the better part of three hours, and there will likely be nearly as much score," Mike Knobloch, the executive vice president of Fox Music, told the magazine.

Also not surprising, the score is described as "epic." "It's a brilliantly unique blend of traditional and contemporary, electronic elements and spans the entire spectrum of attitude and energy—from bombastic action to the delicate, romantic discovery of a new world," Knobloch told the magazine.

Interestingly, the time Horner is being allowed to work on Avatar seems to be the complete opposite of Aliens, where Horner had 3 1/2 weeks to finish about 80 minutes of music.

Horner has been working on Avatar for more than a year and was doing pre-records and working on ideas with Cameron already back in June 2008. "The recording of the score has been an ongoing process for months and it's still in process. Electronic elements of the score are being recorded at a studio assembled specifically for this project. The orchestral component of the score is being recorded in groups of dates that started in June," Mike Knobloch explained, adding that the orchestral sessions are being held at the Newman Stage at 20th Century Fox.

Mike Knobloch explained that there "is a great deal of acoustic and electronic rhythmic elements driving the score and vocalists singing and chanting in the fictional Na'vi dialect. Horner is doing a brilliant job of creating music that transports us to another world, but supports the film using the traditional orchestral conventions to make a sound that's hugely cinematic."

Source: SCI FI Wire

UPCOMING SOUNDTRACK RELEASES - Varèse Sarabande

Varèse Sarabande - CD Club, 12/10/2009: ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES (Jerry Goldsmith), A WALK IN THE SPRING RAIN (Elmer Bernstein), CRIME IN THE STREETS (Franz Waxman), CHILDREN OF THE CORN (Jonathan Elias)

NEW SCORE ASSIGNMENTS

Nick Glennie-Smith – SECRETARIAT

Marco Beltrami - 13

Paul Cantelon – BETTY ANNE WATERS