Happy holidays!

Dear friends, 

we would like to inform you that we'll be off 'till early May 2011 for the Easter Holidays. After that we'll be back with lots of energy and with new stuff. Until then, keep safe and merry. Have a great time. 

Cheers, 

Demetris Christodoulides @ scoremagacine

MYCHAEL DANNA and JEFF DANNA - Camelot

Original Television Soundtrack

CAMELOT

Music Composed by 

Mychael Danna & Jeff Danna

([500] Days Of Summer, Little Miss Sunshine, Capote)

In the wake of King Uther’s sudden death, chaos threatens to engulf Britain. When the sorcerer Merlin (Joseph Fiennes) has visions of a dark future, he installs the young and impetuous Arthur (Jamie Campbell Bower, Sweeny Todd), Uther’s unknown son and heir, who has been raised from birth as a commoner.  But Arthur’s cold and ambitious half-sister Morgan (Eva Green, Casino Royale) will fight him to the bitter end, summoning unnatural forces to claim the crown in this epic battle for control. These are dark times indeed for the new king, with Guinevere (Tasmin Egerton) being the only shining light in Arthur’s harsh world.  Faced with profound moral decisions, and the challenge of uniting a kingdom broken by war and steeped in deception, Arthur will be tested beyond imagination.  Forget everything you think you know … this is the story of Camelot that has never been told before.

Capturing all the pageantry, adventure and romance of the Arthurian legend is the original score composed by Mychael and Jeff Danna.

CAMELOT will begin airing on Starz on April 1.

Varèse Sarabande Catalog #: 302 067 089 2

Release Date: 05/03/11

TRACK LIST:

1.  Camelot Main Titles (1:35)  

2.  Kay’s Vision Of His Father (3:00)  

3.  Gawain And Arthur Duel (:56)  

4.  Justice Compared (2:55)  

5.  Coronation Of King Arthur (1:43)  

6.  Drowning Of Excalibur (3:50)  

7.  Lady Ector’s Funeral (1:48)  

8.  Riding To Camelot (1:25)  

9.  Sword Of Destiny (:39)  

10. Be My Light (3:20)  

11. Morgan And The Nun (:40)  

12. Arwen’s Tale Of The Fire (2:00)  

13. The Great Hall At Camelot (1:46)  

14. View From The Battlements (1:15)  

15. The Beach (2:56)  

16. The Nun Arrives (:55)  

17. Did They Spare Her? (3:09)  

18. Death Of Guinivere’s Father (2:26)  

19. Morgan’s Council (2:22)  

20. A Village Protected (1:56)  

21. Court At Pendragon (2:29)  

22. Souls Of The Departed (1:45)  

23. Merlin’s Story Of The Sword (1:52)  

24. Kay Arrives At His Father’s House (1:45)

GARRY SCHYMAN'S MUSIC FROM "BIOSHOCK" AND "DANTE'S INFERNO" LIVE IN CONCERT AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE

GARRY SCHYMAN'S MUSIC FROM "BIOSHOCK" AND "DANTE'S INFERNO" LIVE IN CONCERT AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE  

MONDAY, MAY 9th, 2011 at 7.30 PM

Presented by

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE

MEDIA COMPOSITION AND STUDIO ENSEMBLE

Elizabeth Sellers, Founding Director and John Buonamassa, Director

GUEST ARTIST: GARRY SCHYMAN (BioShock, Dante's Inferno)

PLAZA DEL SOL PERFORMANCE HALL

18111 Nordhoff Street, Los Angeles, CA 91330

FREE Admission, Tickets Required

Contact Ticket Office: 818-677-2488

NORTHRIDGE, CA - April 11th, 2011 - Garry Schyman's award-winning music from the video games BioShock, BioShock 2 and Dante's Inferno will be performed by the Media Composition and Studio Ensemble full orchestra at Plaza del Sol Performance Hall, California State University Northridge on May 9, 2011. The concert program also includes the first public performance of Schyman's Viola Concerto "Zingaro" (Second Movement) featuring renowned viola soloist Andrew Duckles.

"This year we are thrilled to have Garry Schyman, award-winning composer for video games (BioShock and Dante's Inferno) as our guest. The concert will include music from Garry's video game scores performed live to picture."

Elizabeth Sellers, Founding Director, Media Composition and Studio Ensemble.

The Studio Ensemble is a lab band/orchestra for the Media Composition program at CSUN.  Their spring concerts feature full orchestra with both professional and student performers.  Previous guest artists have included David Newman (Ice Age) and Mark Watters (2002 Salt Lake Olympics).

The concert program features the following Garry Schyman music selections:

BioShock 2 Suite

"Bathysphere" - BioShock 2

"Pairbond" - BioShock 2 Theme

"Dancers On A String" - BioShock

"How She Sees The World" - BioShock 2

"Cohen's Masterpiece" - BioShock

"The Second Circle" - Dante's Inferno

"Storm of Lust" - Dante's Inferno

"Donasdogama Micma" - Dante's Inferno

"Bella's Secret Revealed" - Dante's Inferno

"The Queen of Hell" - Dante's Inferno

"Redemption" - Dante's Inferno

"Beatrice Taken" - Dante's Inferno

"Zingaro" (Second Movement) featuring soloist Andrew Duckles

"Eleanor's Darkness" - BioShock 2

Garry Schyman started his musical composition career after graduating from USC. Just out of the university he was then employed by the legendary Mike Post and Pete Carpenter organization where he worked on the team's roster of top rated series such as Magnum P.I. and The A-Team.

As creator of the music for the multiple award-winning video game BioShock

- winner of Best Original Score from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, Spike TV's Best Original Video Game Score Award, G4 TV's Soundtrack of the Year and Game Audio Network Guild Awards for Music of the Year, Best Interactive Score and Best Original Instrumental - Garry Schyman has emerged as one of the medium's foremost composers.

In BioShock you are a castaway in Rapture, an underwater Utopia torn apart by civil war. Caught between powerful forces, and hunted down by genetically modified "splicers" and deadly security systems, you have to come to grips with a deadly, mysterious world filled with powerful technology and fascinating characters. To immerse players in this captivating and haunting world Schyman crafted a combination of aleatoric elements, early 20th century writing, musique concrète, traditional tonal and late romantic styles. The score, recorded with a live orchestra at historic Capitol Studios in Hollywood, features solo violin, cello, and piano performances. 

Following the worldwide critical success of BioShock, Garry Schyman was assigned by Electronic Arts to create the hellish, dramatic score for Visceral Games' adaptation of Dante Alighieri's epic poem, Dante's Inferno. The orchestral score and chorus were recorded at the world famous Abbey Road Studios in London with the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Metro Voices Singers.

Download the Bioshock score here http://downloads.2kgames.com/bioshock/BioShock_Score.zip.

GUSTAVO SANTOALLLA - Les Yeux De Sa Mère (His Mother's Eyes)

LES YEUX DE SA MÈRE

(His Mother's Eyes)

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Music Composed by

Gustavo Santaolalla

(Brokeback Mountain, Babel, 21 Grams)

Mathieu Roussel is a novelist who once wrote an extremely successful novel. Since then, lacking inspiration, he has been forced to write unauthorized biographies under a pen name. His new target is Léna Weber (Catherine Deneuve) once a world-famous reporter and now a media icon anchorwoman on the leading French network. To reach out to her and to become her Personal Assistant, he uses his past relationship with her daughter, Maria Canalès (Géraldine Pailhas), a prima ballerina committed to her father’s political engagement in Spain. Trying to play daughter against mother for his book, he secretly starts seeing Maria again. Mathieu never imagined that by setting both of them up to dig for material for his book, he is going to find himself trapped. He will have no other choice than to eventually bring these two women who lost contact years ago closer. In doing so, he will also help Maria to reveal a long-kept secret.  Bruno, a 20-year-old boy living with his parents in Brittany, is not yet aware of all the consequences this story will have on his existence.

The beautiful and compassionate guitar-based score was composed and performed by Academy Award® winner, Gustavo Santaolalla.

HIS MOTHER’S EYES premieres in France on March 23.

Varèse Sarabande Catalog #: 302 067 080 2

E.U. Release Date: 03/22/11

U.S. Itunes Release Date: 03/22/11

TRACK LIST:

1.     Les Yeux De Sa Mère (4:05)

2.     Retrouvailles (1:12)

3.     Bruno (2:44)

4.     La Lettre (1:55)

5.     Duo (6:03)

6.     Intimité (1:20)

7.     Intrusion (2:41)

8.     Le Sourire De Maria (1:23)

9.     Premiers Pas (:57)

10.   Mon Fils (Marnay / Cohen) (3:08)  Performed by Jean-Baptiste Lafarge

11.   Rendez-Vous (:46)

12.   Dans Les Yeux De Bruno (:59)

13.   Ma Mère (1:02)

14.   La Fuite Dans Paris (1:32)

15.   Chagrin (2:14)

16.   Je Me Souviens (1:07)

17.   Lena (:37)

18.   Chaos (2:02)

19.   Sous Le Regard De Mathieu (3:23)

HANS ZIMMER - ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ (cd) (2011)

Product Details

Audio CD (May 17, 2011)

Number of Discs: 1

Label: Disney

ASIN: B004V6MWE6

More here.

BRIAN TYLER - fast five, score album (2011)

Original Motion Picture Score

FAST FIVE

Music Composed by 

BRIAN TYLER

(Fast And Furious, Battle: LA)

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker lead a reunion of returning all-stars from every chapter of the explosive franchise built on speed in Fast Five. In this installment, former cop Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) partners with ex-con Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) on the opposite side of the law. Dwayne Johnson joins returning favorites Jordana Brewster, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Matt Schulze, Tego Calderon and Don Omar for this ultimate high-stakes race.

Since Brian and Mia Toretto (Brewster) broke Dom out of custody, they’ve blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom. As they assemble their elite team of top racers, the unlikely allies know their only shot of getting out for good means confronting the corrupt businessman who wants them dead. But he’s not the only one on their tail.

Hard-nosed federal agent Luke Hobbs (Johnson) never misses his target. When he is assigned to track down Dom and Brian, he and his strike team launch an all-out assault to capture them. But as his men tear through Brazil, Hobbs learns he can’t separate the good guys from the bad. Now, he must rely on his instincts to corner his prey…before someone else runs them down first.

Composer Brian Tyler is back with another fuel-injected turbo-charged score.

Universal Pictures opens Fast Five nationwide on April 29.

Varèse Sarabande Catalog #: 302 067 088 2

Release Date: 05/03/11

COMPOSERS UNITE FOR SIGNING CELEBRATING MEDAL OF HONOR 8-DISC SOUNDTRACK COLLECTION

APRIL 16TH AT DARK DELICACIES IN BURBANK

WHAT: In-store signing of the new Medal of Honor Soundtrack Collection Box-set.

WHO: Medal of Honor composers Ramin Djawadi and Christopher Lennertz

WHEN: Saturday, April 16 from 2-3 PM.

WHERE: Dark Delicacies Books and Collectibles, 3512 W. Magnolia, Burbank CA 91505     

WHY:
To celebrate the release of the Medal of Honor Soundtrack Collection, an eight disc box set showcasing Medal of Honor music by composers Michael Giacchino (UP), Ramin Djawadi (IRONMAN), and Christopher Lennertz (HOP).
Box set includes previously unreleased material from the videogame series, a 40-page booklet with track listings, and introduction by game creator, director Steven Spielberg.

Additional Information: Also in attendance will be composers Mark Islam (Crossing Over), Cliff Martinez (The Lincoln Lawyer), Stu Phillips (Battlestar Galactica), Scott Glasglow (Low), Ryan Shore (Jack Brooks Monster Slayer), and Jeremy Zuckerman & Ben Wynn (DC Showcase).
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Call Dark Delicacies at 1-818-556-6660 or visit http://www.darkdel.com/

Thanks to Ray Costa

TREVOR MORRIS - The Borgias (2011) (tv) (CD)

After Delerue and Illaramendi, Trevor Morris is the third composer to write for the BORGIAS universe. Check out the opening from the series, containing his music which will be soon released by Varese Sarabande (see info below). 

Original Television Soundtrack

THE BORGIAS

Music Composed by

TREVOR MORRIS

(The Tudors)

Oscar®-winning actor Jeremy Irons stars in the epic drama series as Rodrigo Borgia, the cunning, manipulative patriarch of the Borgia family who ascends to the highest circles of power in Renaissance-era Italy. The series is created and executive produced by Oscar®-winning director Neil Jordan (The Crying Game), who is directing the first two episodes.

THE BORGIAS is a complex, unvarnished portrait of one of history's most intriguing and infamous dynastic families. The series begins as Rodrigo schemes his way into the position of Pope, causing him, his two Machiavellian sons Cesare and Juan, and his scandalously beautiful daughter Lucrezia, to become the most powerful and influential family of the Italian Renaissance.

Composer Trevor Morris, fresh from four seasons on The Tudors, weaves a thrilling sonic tapestry for another notorious European family.

THE BORGIAS premieres Sunday, April 3rd with a special 2-hour pilot, only on SHOWTIME®.

Varèse Sarabande Catalog #: 302 067 091 2

Release Date: 05/17/11

ALEXANDRE DESPLAT - La Fille Du Puisatier (2011) (cd)

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

LA FILLE DU PUISATIER

Music Composed by

Alexandre Desplat

(Twilight: New Moon, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows)

One afternoon while cutting across the field to take lunch to her father, Patricia meets Jacques.  She is 18 and pretty, with the manners of a young lady; he is 26, a fighter pilot and handsome.  A bit of moonlight holds sway over their second meeting.  There won’t be a third — Jacques is sent to the front.

Patricia finds herself pregnant, and the boy’s rich parents cry blackmail.  Patricia and her father, the well-digger, are the only ones to welcome the infant with joy — a joy that Jacques’ parents soon begin to envy and want to share because Jacques is reported missing …

Academy Award nominee Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Queen) provides a beautifully pastoral score.  The CD also features Enrico Caruso’s performance of the song, “Core ‘Ngrato,” used so prominently in the film.

La Fille Du Puisatier opens in France on April 27.

Varèse Sarabande Catalog #: 302 067 085 2

E.U. Release Date: 04/27/11

 U.S. Itunes Release Date: 04/26/11

TRACK LIST:

1. La Fille du Puisatier (3:27)
2. Core ’ngrato — 1911 Recording (4:27)
3. Les Roseaux (3:13)
4. Rendez-Vous Manqué (2:24)
5. J’ai RÊvé D’Une Fleur (3:18)
6. A Travers Champs (3:09)
7. Core ’ngrato — Orchestral Version (4:29)
8. Départ Pour La Guerre (2:08)
9. L’Enfant (2:24)
10. Core ’ngrato — Cello Version (3:18)
11. La Solitude D’Amoretti (2:33)
12. La Fille Perdue (1:35)
13. Core ’ngrato — Orchestral Reprise (4:34)

HANS ZIMMER and JOHN POWELL - kung fu panda 2 (2011) (Cd)

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

KUNG FU PANDA 2

Music Composed by 

Hans Zimmer and John Powell

(Kung Fu Panda, How To Train Your Dragon, The Lion King)

In KUNG FU PANDA 2, Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five.  But Po’s new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu.  Po must look to his past and uncover the secrets of his mysterious origins; only then will he be able to unlock the strength he needs to succeed.

Kung Fu Panda 2 is directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and stars Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, James Hong, Gary Oldman, Michelle Yeoh, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Victor Garber.

Composing heavyweights Hans Zimmer and John Powell join forces for this new epic tale of a peace-loving panda and his friends.

DreamWorks Animation will open Kung Fu Panda 2 nationwide on May 26.

1. Ancient China / Story of Shen (2:43)

2. Dumpling Warrior (1:19)

3. Inner Peace (2:26)

4. Musicians Village (1:20)

5. Save Kung Fu (3:41)

6. Daddy Issues (4:22)

7. Stealth Mode (4:04)

8. Gongmen Jail (2:40)

9. Rickshaw Chase (2:36)

10. Po and Shen / Face to Face (5:58)

11. More Cannons! (3:00)

12. Fireworks Factory (6:49)

13. Po Finds the Truth (5:04)

14. Invasion Begins (2:37)

15. Zen Ball Master (7:21)

16. My Fist Hungers For Justice (4:55)

17. Dumpling Warrior Remix (3:31)

Varèse Sarabande Catalog #: 302 067 092 2

Release Date: 05/17/11

Listen to the score here and here

CARTER BURWELL - Mildred piece (2011) (Cd)

Original Television Soundtrack

Kate Winslet is

MILDRED PIERCE

Guy Pearce    Evan Rachel Wood

Music Composed by

Carter Burwell

(True Grit, Twilight, The Blind Side)

Oscar® and Golden Globe winner Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road, The Reader) stars in the title role of the HBO® Miniseries presentation MILDRED PIERCE, along with Guy Pearce (The Hurt Locker, Memento), Evan Rachel Wood (HBO’s True Blood), Brían O’Byrne (Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead), James LeGros (Skateland, Mercy), Melissa Leo (Frozen River, The Fighter, HBO’s Treme), Mare Winningham (George Wallace) and Hope Davis (HBO’s In Treatment).  Directed by Todd Haynes (I’m Not There, Far From Heaven) from a script by Haynes and Jon Raymond, MILDRED PIERCE is the epic story of a proud single mother struggling to earn her daughter’s love during the Great Depression in middle-class Los Angeles. The five-part miniseries, produced in association with MGM, will follow the story laid out by James M. Cain in his 1941 novel of the same name.

Music plays an important role in MILDRED PIERCE.  The soundtrack album features the striking original score by Carter Burwell, as well as selections from the film’s operatic performances.

HBO® continues its proud tradition of important miniseries (John Adams, The Pacific, Band Of Brothers) with the five-part presentation of MILDRED PIERCE, premiering on March 27.

Varèse Sarabande Catalog #: 302 067 086 2

Release Date: 04/19/11

1.   Mildred Pierce Opening Titles (1:41)

2.   Milenberg Joys Performed by Glen Grey and The Casa Loma Orchestra (2:54)

3.   Hungry And Harried (3:46)

4.   Position Filled (2:38)

5.   I’m Always Chasing Rainbows Performed by Hal Kemp and The Carolina Club Orchestra (3:15)

6.   Mounting Monty (2:28)

7.   Self Assessment (1:40)

8.   Chopin: Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor Performed by Robin Freund-Epstein  (5:07)

9.   Ray Dies (3:00)

10. Mildred Pierce End Titles (1:54)

11. One More Time Performed by Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks (2:53)

12. Moving On (2:22)

13. Mildred’s Escape (3:02)

14. Rachmaninoff: Prelude Performed by Robin Freund-Epstein (1:41)

15. Away From You (3:55)

16. Delibes: The Bell Song from “Lakmé”

Performed by Dilber and The Estonia Opera Orchestra, Conducted by Eri Klas (8:19)

17. Amongst Graves (1:35)

18. Easy To Love Performed by Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks (2:49)

19. Veda’s Window (3:05)

20. The Big Night (2:09)

21. Bellini: Qui La Voce from “I Puritani” Performed by English Chamber Opera with Sumi Jo (4:11)

22. Blindsided (3:43)

23. I’m Always Chasing Rainbows Performed by Sumi Jo (1:29)

24. My Reverie Performed by Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks (3:28)

25. I Don’t Need You Either (2:34)

26. To Hell With Her (2:15)

27. Brought Home (:46)

cd cover

more info at: http://www.amazon.com/Mildred-Pierce-Various-Artists/dp/B004RPQSHS/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1302277696&sr=1-1

HANS ZIMMER, LORNE BALFE and others - CRYSIS 2 (2011) (CD)

Product Details

Audio CD (April 26, 2011)

Original Release Date: 2011

Number of Discs: 2

Format: Soundtrack

Label: La-La Land Records

For more click on the title.

MARCO BELTRAMI - soul surfer (2011) (cd)

Beltrami's score available on April 5th 2011

Madison Gate Records will be releasing Marco's score for the film, Soul Surfer, digitally on Amazon MP3 and iTunes April 5th. An Amazon OnDemand is to follow on April 18th. Soul Surfer from director Sean McNamara tells the story of a teenage surfer girl summons the courage to go back into the ocean after losing an arm in a shark attack. 

Tracklisting: 

1. Main Titles (2:36) 

2. Turtle Bay Surfing (2:!2) 

3. Fireworks (:35) 

4. Shark Attack (6:22) 

5. Alana Visits Bethany (1:20) 

6. Homecoming (2:01) 

7. Dark Day (3:40) 

8. Back in the Water (2:39) 

9. Trying to Get Out (2:06) 

10. Bethany and Dad (2:22) 

11. Phuket (1:22) 

12. Half Pint Boards (2:55) 

13. Hymn for Bethany (2:27) 

14. Welcome to the Nationals (1:31) 

15. Big Drum Competition (3:10) 

16. Paddle Battle (2:00) 

17. Bethany's Wave (3:28) 

18. Awards (2:00) 

19. Bethany Gives Thanks (1:24) 

SOUND CLIPS here.

CHRIS TILTON - Fringe season 2

Original Television Soundtrack

FRINGE

Season 2

Music Composed by

Chris Tilton

Return to explore the boundaries of a mysterious mythology that holds millions of viewers in its hypnotic grasp.  Season 2 of FRINGE contains worlds (and alternate worlds) of excitement complete with shape shifters, cryonic heads, belly-dwelling beasts and people who turn to ashes before our eyes.  But the overarching narrative takes three clandestine FBI agents — Olivia Dunham, Peter Bishop and Walter Bishop — through a mind-bending investigation of a parallel reality that threatens to destroy ours.  The impossible is here in a series that offers “the most satisfying, coherent story arc of any science fiction-flavored primetime drama” (Mike Hale, The New York Times).

Composer Chris Tilton returns from Season 1 and delivers a mysterious, poignant and beautiful score.

Season 2 of FRINGE is available on Warner Home Video DVD and BluRay.  Season 3 of FRINGE is currently airing on Fox.  

Varèse Sarabande Catalog #: 302 067 067 2

Release Date: 05/03/11

TRACK LIST:

1.   A New Day In The Old Town (1:44)  

2.   Good Ol’ Charlie (2:02)  

3.   The Coma-naut (5:27)  

4.   Hypnotic Suggestions (1:08)

5.   Observers Everywhere Everytime (2:13)  

6.   Love And Death On Observer Island (3:24)  

7.   What A Gas (4:34)  

8.   Forest Of Dreams (3:27)  

9.   Where Dunham Fears To Tread (1:55)  

10. The Building Theft (1:19)  

11. The Window Of Opportunity (3:13)  

12. Reiden Out To Madness (3:56)  

13. Doppelganger Up on Reality (2:52)  

14. Breach To The Choir (3:32)  

15. Olivia’s Cross To Share (:58)  

16. Over There (2:14)  

17. The Son Also Rises (2:04)  

18. Devastation Nation (1:12)  

19. Saved By The Belly (2:27)  

20. Haste Makes Wasteland (1:36)  

21. Quibbles And Fits (3:19)  

22. Doubled Over (2:17)  

23. Love In The Time Of Crossing Over (3:09)

24. Bells And Missiles (3:54)  

25. Give My Regards To Fraudway (2:17)

26. End Title Theme (Composed by Michael Giacchino) (:31) 

Bonus Tracks:  

27. Fringe 85 (Composed by J.J. Abrams) (:25)

28. Red Russian Down (1:35)  

29. Brown Betty Suite (9:09)