AMEO PRODUCTIONS TO DELIVER DYNAMIC ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORING FOR VIDEO GAME DEVELOPERS WORLDWIDE

AMEO PRODUCTIONS TO DELIVER DYNAMIC ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORING FOR VIDEO GAME DEVELOPERS WORLDWIDE

Award-winning composer Olivier Deriviere launches new music
production company with offices in San Francisco, Boston and Paris

San Francisco, CA, June 28th, 2010 - AMEO Productions, founded by brother and sister team award-winning composer Olivier Deriviere (Alone In The Dark, Obscure: The Aftermath), whose innovative soundtracks have been recognized by Billboard, G4TV and The New York Times, and project manager Marion Deriviere, is a new music composition and production company specializing in authentic original scores for video games. To ensure a truly immersive and enhanced gaming experience, AMEO creates dynamic, narrative-driven music with a unique identity and emotion adapted for each project. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Boston and Paris, AMEO Productions combines the celebrated talents of classically trained multimedia composer Olivier Deriviere working with renowned recording studios, world-class engineers and performers, as well as employing the latest software and custom library sounds. "AMEO was created to enhance the in-game music experience and quality," says Marion Deriviere, Co-Founder and President of AMEO Productions. "We are dedicated to producing unique musical identities for games using the best tools, performers, recording and mixing studios. Working closely with game development teams to satisfy their requirements and enhance their creativity, we offer world-class quality audio that fits various budgets and meets demanding deadlines." AMEO Artistic Director / Composer Olivier Deriviere has scored multiple animation, film and video game soundtracks including the critically acclaimed interactive scores for Alone In The Dark (Eden Games) and the Obscure video game series (Hydravision Entertainment). An alumnus of Berklee College of Music (Jazz & Film Scoring) and the National Conservatory in Nice (Composition & Orchestration), Olivier Deriviere has recorded with the GRAMMY® award-winning choir The Mystery of Bulgarian Voices, Boston Symphony Orchestra Quartet and Children Choir of the National Opera of Paris. His scores have also been performed by the Cannes Symphony Orchestra, Monte Carlo String Quartet, and Utrecht Metropolitan Orchestra and Choir ("Games In Concert"). AMEO President Marion Deriviere is an experienced technical engineer and project manager who previously held positions at Texas Instruments as Application Engineer and Customer Program Manager. Her musical background includes 8 years conservatory training for classical piano. Marion Deriviere manages business affairs, project management and client relationships for AMEO Productions. For more information on AMEO Productions please visit www.ameoprod.com.

JOHN POWELL - knight and day (2010) (cd)

From varese sarabande:

Pre-Orders are now being accepted. This CD will ship on or after 7/6/10.



Tom Cruise
Cameron Diaz

In the sexy action-comedy KNIGHT AND DAY, Tom Cruise is a covert agent sent on a mission he was never meant to complete, and Cameron Diaz is a woman caught between the agent and those he claims set him up. As their globetrotting adventure erupts into a maze of double-crosses, close escapes and false identities, they come to realize that all they can count on is each other.

Action score specialist John Powell (The Bourne Trilogy) is called to duty for another adrenaline-pumped workout.

20th Century Fox will open KNIGHT AND DAY nationwide on June 23.

Varese Sarabande Catalog #: 302 067 034 2
Release Date: 07/06/10

1. At The Airport (4:42)
2. Rough Landing (3:45)
3. Trouble On I-93 (4:06)
4. Running From Roy (2:21)
5. Hostage (3:34)
6. Car Ferry (1:34)
7. To the Island of Love (4:21)
8. In Austria (1:32)
9. Galley Fight (3:38)
10. Five Star (2:16)
11. June Spies (3:28)
12. He's A Spy (1:13)
13. Rooftops (3:20)
14. The Villa (2:27)
15. Reunion (4:26)
16. Bull Run (4:55)
17. Going To Cape Horn? Take a Jacket (3:07)

More at: http://www.varesesarabande.com/details.asp?pid=vsd-302-067-034-2

HOWARD SHORE: "Twilight: eclipse"

Product Details

* Audio CD (June 29, 2010)
* Original Release Date: 2010
* Number of Discs: 1
* Format: Soundtrack
* Label: E1 Music

SOUND CLIPS:
http://www.amazon.com/Twilight-Saga-Eclipse-Howard-Shore/dp/B003JQZXW2/ref=pd_sim_m_4

Interview with KLAUS BADELT

"...dig a very deep hole, get your ego in there, put it underground for a while, and just work."
May 3, 2010

Interview with Klaus Badelt at the ASCAP EXPO in Los Angeles, April 2010.

ASCAP: Welcome, Klaus, thank you for being here. You had a panel earlier, tell me what your panel was about.

KB: I was at the panel of film composition and I think there’s a lot of song writers and writers here at ASCAP. I understand that many of them might be interested in how to create film music and I was probably supposed to say how this works, and if there was only one way in doing this I would have told you…

ASCAP: You actually went from being a programmer to being a film composer. What was your path?

KB: I actually started with film more than with music. I had a super 8 camera when I was ten, and I filmed my neighbor, and did all that before I had my first keyboard. So my love was always film and then music. That’s how it came together.

ASCAP: Tell me about the first film you ever worked on.

KB: I came to America 15 years ago and my first film I ever worked on was a $100 million production called “The Time Machine,” that was the first one I did under my name. You can imagine, I was a bit nervous.

ASCAP: How did that happen. How did you get that job?

KB: I was working at the time at the studio of a very famous film composer. He didn’t have time, and how things work that way when you have a mentor, he said: “You know, Klaus can do this.” And so I had to write all the major themes over night, play them to this fantastic producer [Walter F. Parkes] - he did all the Steven Spielberg movies. I was pretty intimidated.

ASCAP: At the time you were working with a mentor and that’s how you ended up getting a job. Is that something that you recommend to people who are interested in getting into the business?

KB: I think there are two main ways of doing this: One way is to either do the mentorship, try to get someone who is doing it. Ghost write, you know, dig a very deep hole, get your ego in there, put it underground for a while and just work - for someone else. The other way is to maybe go to film school, try to meet directors, young directors, do short films, and just do a lot of things on spec.

ASCAP: You kind of had a little trial by fire. Your first film was absolutely enormous. You worked on a lot of films since. Does it ever get any less intimidating?

KB: That’s a great question. Because the actual job is actually as intimidating as before. I have a lot of respect for the job. Writing doesn’t come easy for me. It’s really a big challenge. Like one writer, a script writer once told me, what you do is you pour gasoline all over yourself and then you burn yourself. And then you start feeling it, and you have to let go. You have to suffer, you have to torture yourself a little bit first. It’s not like, you pull out your guitar and have a great idea and you play that. Sometimes it works that way, but it’s a bit deeper often.

ASCAP: So when you’re about to start a new film, where do you start? How do you get inspired?

KB: I try to go behind what’s on the screen, it’s always about: What’s the story? Who are the characters? I think my responsibility is to make you feel for the character, and not score what you see. Because you see that anyway, sometimes you have to do all that too. I think that’s a big difference between writing songs free and writing songs or writing scores for film. You have to service, you have to create an emotion, you have to support something, at the same time writing something which has substance on its own.

ASCAP: Tell me, what’s your impression of ASCAP so far?

KB: I see ASCAP as a great melting pot, as a great opportunity for everyone to come together. I said before, I think ASCAP is my best publisher, they do the job of getting writers together, promoting, I love to write, and collaborate together on a score. Songwriters for example. ASCAP is a great opportunity for all the songwriters to come together and get to meet me and vice versa. You get a lot of synergy like that.

ASCAP: This is your first ASCAP Expo. How has the experience been so far?

KB: It’s quite a blast. I haven’t been here before. There are a lot activities. I like the support you see from all sides. Everybody is very very hungry for information.

ASCAP: And are you providing the information to them?

KB (laughs): Well I can’t give anybody a recipe, but I love to talk about it.

ASCAP: Well thank you so much for being here.

KB: Thanks so much.

View the interview here.

HANS ZIMMER's score for the same-named, Christopher Nolan's new movie: INCEPTION (2010) (CD)

In a world where technology exists to enter the human mind through dream invasion, a single idea within one's mind can be the most dangerous weapon or the most valuable asset. 2010

1. Half Remembered Dream
2. We Built Our Own World
3. Dream Is Collapsing
4. Radical Notion
5. Old Souls
6. 528491
7. Mombasa
8. One Simple Idea
9. Dream Within A Dream
10. Waiting For A Train
11. Paradox
12. Time

More info as it becomes available so stay tuned. Here's the original link at sae, HERE.

Larry Groupe - Excelsius (2010) (cd)

From the composer's website:

"Excelsius" CD release is now available!

This is a collection of orchestral themes composed and conducted by Larry
Groupé recorded at Abbey Road with the London Philharmonic and choir!
Available now for purchase through Imperativa Records website;
click on link below. It is also available at the iTunes store.

Product Details Audio CD (March 30, 2010) Number of Discs: 1 Label: Imperativa Records

Sound clips and more info at amazon.com, HERE.

JOHN ADAMS - I am love (2010)

I Am Love (Italian: Io sono l'amore) is a 2009 Italian film by Luca Guadagnino set at the turn of the millennium in Milan. The film follows the fall of the haute bourgeoisie due to the forces of passion and unconditional love. The cast is led by Tilda Swinton as the main character Emma Recchi.

The film will premiere in the United States at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, and premiered in both the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto Film Festival.


Set in Milan’s upper classes, in the Art Deco villa of a family of great wealth, this is a film about repression and breaking free.

The Recchi family are winners to a man – although the women look a good deal less confident. At a formal lunch party, ailing scion Edoardo Sr (Gabriele Ferzetti) celebrates his birthday by passing the business on to his son, Tancredi (Pippo Delbono), and, unexpectedly, his grandson Edoardo (Flavio Parenti), the beloved heart of the family.

Tancredi’s wife, Emma (Swinton), a Russian émigré, is evidently not entirely at ease: they have another son, Gianluca (Mattia Zaccaro) and a daughter Elizabeth (Alba Rohrwacher) who is an artist, and, it is later revealed, a lesbian.

And, fatefully, during that same evening, Eduardo Jr introduces his mother to his friend Antonio (Edoardo Gabbriellini), a chef, with whom he plans to set up a business.

Later, Emma, facing an empty nest, takes a trip to Sanremo and encounters Antonio there, as Edoardo Jr struggles against his role in the business during a trip to London. Passions flare and tensions rise, and as one thing leads to another, the Recchi family soon realizes everything will change forever.

(wiki)

SCORE CD DETAILS:

Product Details
Audio CD (June 15, 2010)
Original Release Date: 2010
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Nonesuch

For more plus SOUND CLIPS, visit amazon.com HERE.

JOHN POWELL - knight and day (2010) (cd)

KNIGHT AND DAY
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Music Composed by John Powell


Tom Cruise
Cameron Diaz

In the sexy action-comedy KNIGHT AND DAY, Tom Cruise is a covert agent sent on a mission he was never meant to complete, and Cameron Diaz is a woman caught between the agent and those he claims set him up. As their globetrotting adventure erupts into a maze of double-crosses, close escapes and false identities, they come to realize that all they can count on is each other.

Action score specialist John Powell (The Bourne Trilogy) is called to duty for another adrenaline-pumped workout.

20th Century Fox will open KNIGHT AND DAY nationwide on June 23.

Varèse Sarabande Catalog #: 302 067 034 2
Release Date: 07/06/10

CARLES CASES - Eloise [cd]

ELOISE (CD)
Composed by: Carles Cases

Sample Tracks
Name	Number
Eloïse	01
Asia	02
Esbozos en carbón	03
Desenlace	06
Play All Tracks

1. Eloïse (06:43)
2. Asia (06:58)
3. Esbozos en carbón (05:56)
4. La madre (08:26)
5. Suite acuática (06:23)
6. Desenlace (09:52)
7. Cama sin cuerpo (07:59)

Total Duration: 52:17

Click HERE for the source.

ALAN SILVESTRI - the a team (2010)

Check out the following videos, courtesy of an FSM poster. It's Broll from the making of A-Team with selections from the score including Silvestri's rendition of the original A-Team theme (thanks to Erik Woods for the links).

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Info about the score can be found here at amazon.com

SOUND CLIPS here.

JAMES NEWTON HOWARD - the last airbender

Check this score out; it's a real winner, a very well-layered and clever orchestral score. The sound of it, the air it breathes is magical, right when the orchestra hits the very first notes. Its opening 2-3 cues and the closing 3 ones are absolute stunners and the ending piece in particular, "flow like water", will most probably let you in awe.

TRACKLISTING / SOUND CLIPS and more at amazon.com

A.R.RAHMAN's new score, "Raavan"

From the Composer of Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire (New Hindi Film / Bollywood Movie / Indian Cinema Music CD) [Import][Soundtrack]

Product Details

* Audio CD (April 30, 2010)
* Number of Discs: 1
* Format: Import, Soundtrack
* Label: T-Series

Track Listings
1. Beera (Vijay Prakash, Mustafa Kutaone, Keerti Sagathia)
2. Behene De (Karthik, Mohamed Irfan)
3. Thok De Killi (Sukhwinder Singh, Am'nico)
4. Ranjha Ranjha (Rekha Bharadwaj, Javed Ali, Anuradha Sriram)
5. Kili Re (Reena Bharadwaj)
6. Kata Kata (Ila Arun, Sapna Awasthi, Kunal Ganjawalla)

iNFO from [amazon.com]

Rahman may have grown by leaps and bounds over the years, working with some of the biggest names all over India and outside, but his finest scores still continue to be reserved for one person, Mani Ratnam. And for good reason too, considering the way Mani Ratnam has treated each of those songs in his movies. There are number of gems in the album, most notably being 'Ranjha Ranjha', 'Beera Beera' and 'Thok De Killi'. Go for it, this one is not to be missed as it has Rahman coming up with one of his best soundtracks in recent times. --platform47.com

With Raavan, the Mani Ratnam- Rahman duo are ready to take on the music world once again with rich compositions and Earthy feel to this modern tale set against the theme of a classic mythological story. With 6 songs and a mix of assorted singers like Vijay Prakash, Sukhwinder Singh, Rekha Bharadwaj, Ila Arun, Kunal Ganjawala and other noted artists, the album is a treat for Rahman fans. Starting with a tribal song, the CD combines this with an upbeat melody, a romantic melodious number, a fast paced song and ends with a folk number.

New MovieScore Media CD: BLACK DEATH (Christian Henson)

Set during the first outbreak of the bubonic plague in England, Black Death is a dark horror adventure movie that features a highly original score by Christian Henson. In his third collaboration with director Christopher Smith, Henson (whose scores for The Secret of Moonacre and Triangle are also available from MovieScore Media) has created a sonic world that fuses a modern approach to film scoring with a strikingly authentic sound. Using modern instruments, including a guitar quartet, and unusual playing techniques such as singing through a traditional tuba or playing the violin in a “primitive” viol-like style, Henson has created one of the most original film scores we’ve come across in recent time. Standout elements of the score is the contrast between relentless action and sparse melodic themes. A musical work filled with darkness, beauty and mystery. Not to be missed!

1.Pestilence
2. Lovers
3. Flaggelants
4. Marsh
5. Mercy
6. Banquet
7. France
8. Word
9. Departure
10. Brotherhood
11. Fireside
12. Necromancer
13. Company
14. Averil
15. Dalywag
16. Reunion
17. Ulrich
18. Flight
19. Osmund
20. Epilogue
21. End

Sound clips and more info:
http://www.moviescoremedia.com/blackdeath.html

CD distributed by Screen Archives Entertainment:
http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/14004

Album available for download from iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/black-death-original-motion/id372605947

Album available for download from MovieScore Media (320kbit mp3):
http://www.payloadz.com/go?id=1251740

MMS10011 • BLACK DEATH (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Music Composed by CHRISTIAN HENSON
Release date (download): May 25, 2010
Release date (CD): June 1, 2010

HOWARD SHORE's "TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE" score CD

http://www.amazon.com/Twilight-Saga-Eclipse-Various-Artists/dp/B003JQZXW2/ref=pd_sim_m_4

Product Details

* Audio CD (June 29, 2010)
* Original Release Date: 2010
* Number of Discs: 1
* Format: Soundtrack
* Label: E1 Music

FERNANDO VELASQUEZ - EL MAL AJENO (FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS) (CD)

EL MAL AJENO (FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS) (CD) Composed by: Fernando Velazquez

Sample Tracks
http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/13741/EL-MAL-AJENO-FOR-THE-GOOD-OF-OTHERS/

The new score by Fernando Velázquez (composer of “The Orphanage”). With the collaboration of the prestigious Symphonic Orchestra of Euskadi, Velázquez creates a careful and very precise score full of hypnotic and imaginative cadenzas, in some of Bernard Herrmann or James Newton Howard fantastic films scores way.

1. LA ESCALA DEL DOLOR 4:51
2. ¿DÓNDE LE HAN DISPARADO? 4:31
3. TÚ ERES MUCHO MÁS GUAPO 1:11
4. EL MAL AJENO 5:15
5. ENTONCES, ¿POR QUÉ SIGUE VIVA? 2:12
6. HA SIDO POR TU CULPA 4:19
7. ¿LE HAS PUESTO NOMBRE YA? 1:59
8. LO HE HECHO MUY MAL, ¿NO? 4:53
9. ÉL ME CURÓ 2:20
10. NO PUEDO PERDER A MI NIÑA 5:51
11. YA ME HAGO CARGO YO 5:34
12. PONLE EL QUE TÚ QUIERAS 2:49
13. FINAL 4:51
14. I WILL RUN 4:01

JAN.A.P.KACZMAREK - PASSCHENDAELE (1000 EDITION) (CD)

PASSCHENDAELE (1000 EDITION) (CD) Composed by: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek

http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/14000/PASSCHENDAELE-1000-EDITION/


1000 edition.

Polish composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek has created a powerful, beautiful and dramatic score for the Canadian film Passchendaele. Newly released on DVD and Blu-Ray, Kaczmarek's stunning score at last comes to CD in this special limited edition!

Set during the height of the First World War, Passchendaele tells the story of Sergeant Michael Dunne (Paul Gross), a Canadian soldier who is brutally wounded in France and returns home emotionally and physically scarred. While in the military hospital in Calgary, he meets Sarah (Caroline Dhavernas), a mysterious and attractive nurse for whom he develops a passionate love. When Sarah's younger, asthmatic brother, David (Joe Dinicol), signs up to fight in Europe, Michael feels compelled to return to Europe to protect him. Michael and David, like thousands of Canadians, are sent to fight in the third battle of Ypres, a battle against impossible odds, commonly known as "Passchendaele." It is a story of passion, courage and dedication, showing the heroism of those that fought in battle, and of the ones that loved them.

1. Passchendaele (6:16)
2. The Attack (2:06)
3. Separation (10:31)
4. Little Town (3:07)
5. Pain (2:54)
6. There Is A River … (4:54)
7. Frontline Moves 100 Yards (:59)
8. The Cross (2:25)
9. No Solution (7:25)
10. The War (5:35)

Listen to SOUND CLIPS, here.

MARK THOMAS - flicka 2

FLICKA 2 (CD) Composed by: Mark Thomas

Sample Tracks
http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/13998/FLICKA-2/

We have worked with British composer Mark Thomas on several albums before (Shadows in the Sun, Back in Business, Tales of the Riverbank) – our fourth collaboration presents his wonderfully spirited, melodic and Americana-tinged score for Flicka 2, 20th Century Fox's sequel to the 2006 theatrical feature. This is Mark Thomas' third score for director Michael Damian, who is an accomplished musician himself and has a strong belief in the role of melody and the power of music in his storytelling. The Flicka 2 score features many tender moments where the solo guitar takes the lead over soft strings, but also darker orchestral music as well as big, sweeping thematic writing matching the grand vistas of the film's Wyoming setting.

1. Opening Titles 1:04
2. Time to Go 0:54
3. Saddle Up 1:31
4. Flicka Appears 1:29
5. Snake Bite 0:58
6. Carrie Nurses Flicka 1:20
7. Stampede 1:34
8. Flicka Recovers 1:53
9. Chores 2:45
10. Ranch at Night 1:25
11. Bonfire 1:22
12. The Diary 2:07
13. They Take Flicka 1:50
14. Carrie Reads to Flicka 1:19
15. Flicka Runs Away 0:59
16. The Search 2:13
17. See You In Court 1:03
18. Before the Show 0:19
19. The Show 1:54
20. Slaughterhouse 0:46
21. Use Some Help 1:34
22. Back to the Wild 2:35
23. Flicka Returns 2:33

ERIC SERRA - LES AVENTURES D'ADELE BLANC-SEC

LES AVENTURES D'ADELE BLANC-SEC (CD)
Composed by: Eric Serra

Sample Tracks HERE:
http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/13987/LES-AVENTURES-DADELE-BLANC-SEC/


1. L'Adèle - Catherine Ringer & Eric Serra
2. Hiéroglyphes
3. Ferdinand Titubant
4. Un Ptérodactyle Est Né
5. Inspecteur Caponi
6. Petrodak Attaque
7. Les Lettres De Zborowsky
8. J Comme Jardin
9. Mehara
10. Le Tombeau De Patmosis
11. La Malédiction De Wadjet
12. Dieuleveut Le Maléfique
13. Souvenir D'Adèle
14. Que Fait La Police ?
15. Appelez-Moi L'Intérieur
16. L'Oeuf Et Les Scientifiques
17. La Becquée
18. La Valse D'Adèle
19. Agathe
20. Un Etrange Invité
21. La Cellule
22. Crapodak A La Tour Eiffel
23. Nonna
24. L'Ogre De Garbarie
25. Marijo En Prison
26. Adèle Et Le Président
27. Crapodak Nelson Et La Baballe
28. L'Art Du Camouflage
29. Pterolovshak
30. Temps Mort
31. Trukenplum
32. Le Chemin De La Guillotine
33. Un Petit Tour De Ptérodactyle
34. Justin A La Chasse
35. Préparation Au Rituel
36. Rituel De Résurrection
37. Patmosis Et Coryza
38. Ma Soeur Ma Jumelle
39. Axidan
40. Jeanne Et Ferdinand
41. Une Nuit Au Louvre
42. Le Pharaon Et Le Sac En Toile
43. Le Bal Des Momies
44. Les Soeurs Blanc-Sec
45. Momies En Goguette
46. Le Bouquet
47. La Dame Au Chapeau Vert
48. Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Blanc-Sec
49. Adèle Blanc-Sec - Eric Serra & Thomas Dutronc

BRUNO COULAIS - babies

BABIES (CD) Composed by: Bruno Coulais
Sample Tracks HERE:
http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/13818/BABIES/


1. The Perpetual Self, or "What Would Saul Alinsky do?"
2. Baby
3. Les Bébés
4. Hattie
5. Moulins
6. Marie
7. Eveil Marie
8. Les Chutes
9. Le Jeu des Bébés
10. Berceuse
11. Premiers pas
12. La Toilette des Bébés
13. Sommeil de Hattie
14. Bayarjagal
15. Rèverie
16. Ponijao
17. La Marche des Bébés
18. Les Cheveux