Soundtrack News

[Talon Karrde]

NOBEL SON

(November 3, 2008- Los Angeles, CA) – Lakeshore Records will release the soundtrack for NOBEL SON, available via iTunes and Amazon Digital on September 30th and in stores on November 11th 2008. The soundtrack contains original music composed by Paul Oakenfold with songs by The Chemical Brothers, The Atari Babies, Groove Armada, and Spitfire.

The career of Paul Oakenfold reads like the résumé of a true Renaissance man. Born in London and formally trained as a chef, Paul’s early career includes stints as an A&R consultant (signing the likes of Salt N Pepa, DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith), a studio whiz (producing the Happy Mondays 1991 breakout album), and remix artist to the stars (re-working tracks by Madonna, Michael Jackson, U2, and The Rolling Stones among others). Today, Paul splits his time between traveling to the most exotic of locales as the world’s most famous DJ and ensconcing himself in a studio hard at work on his next musical project. He has also enjoyed success venturing into the world of composing for film, television, and video games. Noteworthy credits include music for the films Swordfish, The Matrix Reloaded, Die Another Day, Planet of the Apes, The Bourne Identity, Shrek II, and the James Bond-inspired video game Goldeneye: Rogue Agent.

Barkley Michaelson (Bryan Greenberg) is in a deep life rut. He’s struggling to finish his PhD thesis when his father, the learned Eli Michaelson (Alan Richman), wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Barkley and his mother Sarah (Mary Steemburgen), a renowned forensic psychiatrist, now have the ill-fortune of living with a man-eating monster whose philandering ways have gotten less and less discreet. As if Barkley’s word isn’t bad enough, on the eve of his father receiving the Nobel, Barkley is kidnapped and the requested ransom is the $2,000,000 in Nobel Prize money. Needless to say, Eli refuses to pay it and so starts a venomous tale of family dysfunction, lust, betrayal and ultimately revenge. In the words of Michael de Montaigne, the 16th Century philosopher, “There is more barbarity in eating a man alive than in eating him dead.” The film also stars Shawn Hatosy, Bill Pullman, Danny DeVito, Ted Danson, and Eliza Dushku.

Gimme Five Productions and Prama Corporation present an Unclaimed Freight Production, NOBEL SON in theaters on December 5, 2008. NOBEL SON original soundtrack on Lakeshore Records will be available via iTunes and Amazon Digital on September 30th and in stores on November 11th.

Track listing
01. Nobel Son – Spitfire
02. Just One Of Those Things (Brazilian Girls Remix) - Blossom Dearie
03. Let Me Be Real - Bad Apples
04. Feed Your Mind (Underworld Remix) – Oakenfold ft. Spitfire
05. Come Inside – The Chemical Brothers
06. Hum - Groove Armada
07. So Clear - Emjay and The Atari Babies
08. Thumb Time – Paul Oakenfold
09. Building Minis – Paul Oakenfold
10. Intro – Paul Oakenfold
11. Roasted Pig – Paul Oakenfold
12. Bumpy Flight Home – Paul Oakenfold
13. Screwing Around – Paul Oakenfold
14. Barkley’s Desire – Paul Oakenfold

[Talon Karrde]

COLD CASE

(November 3, 2008- Los Angeles, CA) – Lakeshore Records will release the first-ever soundtrack for the Emmy Award™ nominated television show, COLD CASE. Music plays an integral part in the hit CBS series, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Warner Bros. spawning a lot of discussion in fan groups and message boards on the internet. The Lakeshore Records soundtrack album features original music composed by Michael A. Levine, many of the tracks selected by the fans of the Look Again COLD CASE Forum. The recording will be available via iTunes and Amazon Digital on September 30, 2008 and in stores on November 11th.

Composer Michael A. Levine won the ASCAP Film and TV Music Award for five years in a row for his work on COLD CASE. His career is as eclectic as his background. Levine was born in Tokyo, raised in the Midwest and schooled in Canada (McGill University), the University of Wisconsin and Boston’s Berklee College of Music. Levine moved to New York City where his first job was playing violin on the streets.

Levine would leave the streets behind and began writing music for advertising, combining high-tech sound design with music. He earned the first of two Clio Awards for his work for Mitsubishi Eclipse combining Japanese flute, an operatic soprano, world percussion and electronically processed animal noises. In 1995 Levine would change careers again --scoring the short film CUPIDITY for Keith Thomson. The film would become an award-winning hit after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. Besides his TV and independent film work, Levine has served as support composer for Hans Zimmer (SHARK TALE, MATCHSTICK MEN), Harry Gregson-Williams (SHREK 2, VERONICA GUERIN), and Cliff Martinez (WONDERLAND, WICKER PARK).

COLD CASE is a drama about Lilly Rush (Kathryn Morris), a dedicated female detective in the Philadelphia homicide squad, who finds her niche when she's assigned to "cold cases"--crimes that have never been solved. Previously, she used her instinctive understanding of the criminal mind on current murders. Now, she's interrogating witnesses whose lives and circumstances have since changed, making use of today's new science and finding fresh clues to solve cases that were previously unsolvable--all of which appeals to this smart, driven detective. She's also prepared for the consequences--that her work will open up old wounds and may lead suspects to commit new crimes.

“Every episode has a unique theme. As we get to know the victim, the theme deepens emotionally, climaxing at the murder scene that takes place just before the final montage,” describes Levine.

Although each episode jumps back in forth in time, Levine's music usually doesn't directly acknowledge the period, leaving that to licensed music. Levine says, "I see my role as providing timeless continuity - the sonic equivalent of the show's tagline, 'Hope lives...because the evidence never dies.' Like the cops on the show, my most important job is to be a voice for the victim."

In a show in which murder is never glamorized, but always presented as tragedy, being a voice for the victim usually means providing a near-operatic score for his or her death. And, as Executive Producer Jonathan Littman, says, "No one does death better than Michael Levine."

COLD CASE debuted in 2003 and stars Kathryn Morris, John Finn, Danny Pino, Thom Barry, Jeremy Ratchford, and Tracie Thoms. It airs Sunday nights at 9PM on CBS. The new season will begin airing on September 28th.

The COLD CASE original soundtrack on Lakeshore Records will be available on iTunes and Amazon Digital on September 30th and in stores on November 11, 2008.

[Talon Karrde]

BOLT

(November 7, 2008 -- Burbank, CA)- Walt Disney Records will release the original soundtrack for Walt Disney Pictures’ animated comedy adventure BOLT on November 18, 2008. The recording features score written by Grammy®-nominated composer John Powell (Happy Feet, Shrek) and two original songs: “I Thought I Lost You” performed by the film’s stars Miley Cyrus and John Travolta, and “Barking at the Moon” by Jenny Lewis.

Composer John Powell has written music for comedies (Hancock, Pluto Nash, Alfie, Mr 3000) and action films (Mr. and Mrs. Smith, X-Men: The Last Stand, Face/Off and the Bourne film trilogy). Some of his most beloved work has been for animated films (Happy Feet, Kung Fu Panda, Ice Age: The Meltdown). The British born Powell began originally trained as a violinist. In 1995 he founded a London based commercial music house before moving to the United States two years later. He is one of the best known former members of the Remote Control (formerly Media Ventures) team of composers, where he first teamed with Harry Gregson-Williams, his collaborator on several scores (Antz, Chicken Run, Shrek).



Currently, Miley Cyrus is in production on her third season of her hit TV series Hannah Montana. The special edition of her #1 album Breakout will also be released November 18. In the spring of 2009, Miley will release a book sharing her inspiring story, spanning from her Southern roots in Tennessee to the excitement of her record-setting triumphs in TV, music and film. Her feature film HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE is scheduled for release on April 10, 2009.

The golden-voiced singer songwriter front woman, Jenny Lewis co-founded the highly acclaimed Los Angeles based band Rilo Kiley, with whom she has released 4 albums. Her first solo album “Rabbit Fur Coat” was released in 2006, followed by “Acid Tongue” which was released earlier this year.

For super-dog BOLT (voice of JOHN TRAVOLTA), every day is filled with adventure, danger and intrigue—at least until the cameras stop rolling. When the star of a hit TV show is accidentally shipped from his Hollywood soundstage to New York City, he begins his biggest adventure yet—a cross-country journey through the real world to get back to his owner and co-star, Penny (voice of MILEY CYRUS). Armed only with the delusions that all his amazing feats and powers are real, and the help of two unlikely traveling companions—a jaded, abandoned housecat named Mittens (voice of SUSIE ESSMAN) and a TV-obsessed hamster named Rhino (voice of MARK WALTON) —Bolt discovers he doesn’t need superpowers to be a hero. Directed by Disney veterans Chris Williams and Byron Howard, BOLT is a hilarious, fun-filled, action-packed animated comedy adventure in Disney Digital 3-D.

BOLT opens in theaters on November 21, 2008. The BOLT Original Soundtrack will be in stores on November 18, 2008.

[Talon Karrde]

THE GUITAR

(October 27, 2008- Los Angeles, CA) – Lakeshore Records will release the soundtrack for THE GUITAR, available via iTunes and Amazon Digital on November 4th and in stores on November 11th. The soundtrack contains original music composed by David Mansfield (Transamerica, The Apostle, Heaven’s Gate) and songs by Jonny Savarino, Phoebe Jean Dunne, Alap Momin, Deb Montgomery, and two songs by The Everyothers.

A founding member of the platinum selling group Bruce Hornsby and The Range, David Mansfield was signed to his first record deal at 16 as part of the group "Quacky Duck And His Barnyard Friends". Two years later Mansfield joined Bob Dylan’s band, appearing on three of Dylan’s studio albums. Mansfield’s first foray into scoring for feature films was for the 1980 epic Heaven’s Gate which led to his four-film collaboration with Michael Cimino. Since then he has composed for a wide range of films including Transamerica, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (with T-Bone Burnett), Songcatcher, The Apostle, Year of the Dragon, and the Golden Globe winning made-for-TV movies Truman and A Streetcar Named Desire.

How would you behave if you had to confront your own mortality? Especially if you were young, in your twenties or early thirties, how would you react if you learned you had less than two months to live? These questions create the point of departure for Amy Redford’s whimsical fairytale The Guitar, a thoroughly engaging almost mythological allegory that is fueled by the exceptional performance of Saffron Burrows and executed with style by its director.

One morning Mel, a mousy, harried New Yorker with a thankless job and an even-less-appealing boyfriend learns that the tumor in her throat is cancerous; the diagnosis is terminal, so it seems that both her job and her relationship are kaput. Rather than lying down and dying then and there, she embarks on an endless spree, the kind of self-indulgent wish fulfillment that we have all fantasized about. The film, which is based on a true story, was written by Amos Poe.

Sony Pictures Classics presents THE GUITAR in theaters on November 7, 2008. THE GUITAR original soundtrack on Lakeshore Records will be available via iTunes and Amazon Digital on November 4th and in stores on November 11th.

[Talon Karrde]

SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK

(November 3, 2008- Los Angeles, CA) – Lakeshore Records will release the soundtrack for SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK, available via iTunes and Amazon Digital on October 14th and in stores on November 25th. The soundtrack contains original music composed by Jon Brion (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Magnolia).

Jon Brion received a Best Score nomination by the World Soundtrack Awards for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which was co-written by his Synecdoche, New York director Charlie Kaufman and that film’s director Michel Gondry. Brion is a singer, songwriter, composer, music producer and instrumentalist. He recently composed the scores for The Break-Up and scored and wrote songs for I Heart Huckabees. Additionally, Brion composed scores for Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch-Drunk Love (2001) and Magnolia (1999, Grammy nomination for Best Score), and Hard Eight (1996).

Highly in demand as a producer and studio musician, Brion has collaborated with such artists as Kanye West, Dido, Macy Gray, Rufus Wainwright, The Crystal Method, Jude Cole, Susanna
Hoffs, Sam Phillips, and EELS. In addition to his collaboration with top artists, Brion released his first solo album, “Meaningless,” in 2001.

SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK is the directorial debut of two-time Academy Award®-winning writer Charlie Kaufman (Adaptation, Being John Malkovich). “I love working with Charlie Kaufman,” described Brion. “He is one of my favorite creative people in the world. All of my experiences with him have been consistently great... This one has been no exception.”

Boasting an all star cast, SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK stars Academy Award®-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman, two-time Academy Award®-nominee Samantha Morton, Academy Award®-nominee Michelle Williams, two-time Academy Award®-nominee Catherine Keener, two-time Academy Award®-nominee Emily Watson, two-time Academy Award®-winner Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis, and Tom Noonan.

Theater director Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is mounting a new play. His life catering to suburban blue-hairs at the local regional theater in Schenectady, New York is looking bleak. His wife Adele (Catherine Keener) has left him to pursue her painting in Berlin, taking their young daughter Olive (Sadie Goldstein) with her. His therapist, Madeleine Gravis (Hope Davis), is better at plugging her best-seller than she is at counseling him. A new relationship with the alluringly candid Hazel (Samantha Morton) has prematurely run aground and threatens his new marriage to actress Claire (Michelle Williams). And a mysterious condition is systematically shutting down each of his autonomic functions, one by one.

Worried about the transience of his life, he leaves his home behind. He gathers an ensemble cast into a warehouse in New York City, hoping to create a work of brutal honesty. He directs them in a celebration of the mundane, instructing each to live out their constructed lives in a growing mockup of the city outside. The textured tangle of real and theatrical relationships blurs the line between the world of the play and that of Caden's own deteriorating reality.

“As far as the record is concerned,” described Brion, “if you’ve got a weird knot in your gut or some things you can’t let go of or return to, this may be the soundtrack for you.”

Sony Pictures Classics presents SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on October 24, 2008, and theaters nationwide throughout October. SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK original soundtrack on Lakeshore Records will be available via iTunes and Amazon Digital on October 14th and in stores on November 25th.

[Talon Karrde]

MARLEY & ME

(December 9, 2008- Los Angeles, CA) – Lakeshore Records will release the soundtrack for MARLEY & ME, available via iTunes, Amazon Digital, and in stores on December 16, 2008. The soundtrack contains original music composed by Teddy Shapiro (Tropic Thunder, Blades of Glory, The Devil Wears Prada).

Teddy Shapiro is a composer for film, television and the concert stage. BBC Music Magazine, in 1997, said of Shapiro, “At 25, he's had performances at Carnegie Hall and on MTV — part of the new group of composers who can work in both places.”

Shapiro received his B.A. in music from Brown University and his Masters from the famed Julliard School of Music. His concert works have been performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York and by the L.A. Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, The Milwaukee Symphony, the NY Chamber Orchestra, and the Ft. Worth Symphony Orchestra.

Teddy Shapiro has developed a special knack for composing music for comedy. In 1993 he began scoring for the acclaimed TV series The State. He has also composed for the comedy films Not Another Teen Movie, 13 Going on 30, Fun With Dick And Jane, The Devil Wears Prada, You, Me and Dupree, Idiocracy, Blades of Glory, and Tropic Thunder.

John Grogan's bestselling book, about his Labrador retriever, bounds onto the screen with MARLEY & ME. Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston star as a couple who adopts the badly behaved but much-loved dog. Oscar®-winner Alan Arkin costars in this comedy from director David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada).

Fox 2000 Pictures and Regency Enterprises present MARLEY & ME in theaters on December 25, 2008. MARLEY & ME original soundtrack on Lakeshore Records will be available via iTunes, Amazon Digital, and in stores on December 16th.

[Talon Karrde]

THE READER

(December 9, 2008- Los Angeles, CA) – Lakeshore Records will release the soundtrack for THE READER, available digitally via iTunes and Amazon Digital on December 9, 2008 and in stores on January 13, 2009. Based on the best-selling German novel by Bernhard Schlink, THE READER stars two-time Academy Award™ nominee Ralph Fiennes and five-time Academy Award™ nominee Kate Winslet. The soundtrack contains original music composed by Nico Muhly (Joshua, Choking Man).

Composer Nico Muhly received a Masters in Music from Julliard where he studied composition under Christopher Rouse and John Corigliano. His film credits include Choking Man (2006) and Joshua (2007). Muhly has worked extensively with Philip Glass as editor, keyboardist, and conductor for numerous film and stage projects. Muhly has released two albums Speaks Volumes and Mothertongue.

Academy Award™ nominated director Stephen Daldry (The Hours) brings the German author Bernhard Schlink’s 1995 novel – the first German novel to reach number one on the New York Times Bestseller List -- to life with THE READER. The film opens in post-WWII Germany when teenager Michael Berg (David Kross) becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna (Kate Winslet), a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair.

Michael discovers that Hanna loves being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from “The Odyssey”, "Huck Finn", and “The Lady with the Little Dog.” Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken.

Eight years later, while Michael (now played by Ralph Fiennes) is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life – this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna’s past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives. THE READER is a haunting story about truth and reconciliation, about how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another.

The Weinstein Company presents THE READER in theaters in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco on December 10, 2008 and opening nationwide on January 9, 2009. THE READER original soundtrack on Lakeshore Records will be available via iTunes and Amazon Digital on December 9th and in stores on January 13, 2009.

[Talon Karrde]

WHILE SHE WAS OUT

(December 9, 2008- Los Angeles, CA) – Lakeshore Records will release the soundtrack for WHILE SHE WAS OUT, available via iTunes, Amazon Digital, and in stores on December 9, 2008. Paul Haslinger (Underworld, Vacancy) composed the original music for the film. In addition to Haslinger’s music, the soundtrack also features “In Every Dream Home A Heartache” by Roxy Music and Kim Basinger’s version of the Christmas classic “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”.

Grammy-nominated composer Paul Haslinger was classically trained in Salzburg and Vienna. In Vienna he began exploring the new domain of electronic music. He auditioned for and became a member of the pioneering group Tangerine Dream. During his five-year tenure with the group, Tangerine Dream released four albums and collaborated on several film projects including Miracle Mile, Near Dark, and Canyon Dreams.

After his tenure with Tangerine Dream, Haslinger continued his work as a solo artist. He honed his film scoring skills as the programmer for composer Graeme Revell, working on such films as Blow, The Negotiator, Siege, and Tomb Raider. In 2000 Haslinger composed the score for director John Stockwell’s Cheaters. Since that film, his solo credit as a film composer, Haslinger has collaborated with Stockwell on his films Crazy/Beautiful, Blue Crush, and Into the Blue.

In addition to various solo projects and numerous scores his credits include: Vacancy, Shoot Em Up, Crank, Underworld, The Girl Next Door, and The Italian Job. Haslinger has earned a Grammy nomination for his work on the album, Canyon Dreams as well as an Emmy nomination for scoring the television mini series, Sleeper Cell: Al Faitha.

A suburban housewife (Kim Basinger) is forced to fend for herself when she becomes stranded in a desolate forest with four murderous thugs. What starts off as a quick trip to the mall ends in the woods with a fight for her life. All she has is a toolbox and her will to survive. WHILE SHE WAS OUT also stars Lukas Haas and Craig Sheffer and was directed by Susan Montford.

Anchor Bay Entertainment presents WHILE SHE WAS OUT in theaters in limited release on December 12, 2008. WHILE SHE WAS OUT original soundtrack on Lakeshore Records will be available via iTunes, Amazon Digital, and in stores on December 9th.

[Talon Karrde]

LAST CHANCE HARVEY

(December 9, 2008- Los Angeles, CA) – Lakeshore Records will release the soundtrack for LAST CHANCE HARVEY, available via iTunes, Amazon Digital, and in stores on December 16, 2008. Dickon Hinchliffe (Married Life, founding member of Tindersticks) composed the original score. The original soundtrack also features the songs “Mean Son of a Gun” by Kitty, Daisy & Lewis and “Where Do We Go” by Sandrine.

Dickon Hinchliffe was one of the founding members of the UK band Tindersticks. Called “the real magic core of the band”, by The Guardian, Hinchliffe is a multi-instrumentalist for the group and contributes orchestrations. Tindersticks have released six albums and have achieved a large cult following in the UK and continental Europe. They produced the soundtracks for two films by the French director Claire Denis (Nenette et Boni and Trouble Every Day). In addition to his work with Tindersticks, Hinchliffe composed the music for the films Forty Shades of Blue, Keeping Mum, and Married Life.

Academy Award® winners Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man) and Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility) reunite in LAST CHANCE HARVEY, a hopeful romance that celebrates new beginnings—at any age. New Yorker Harvey Shine (Dustin Hoffman) is on the verge of losing his dead-end job as a jingle writer. Warned by his boss (Richard Schiff) that he has just one more chance to deliver, Harvey goes to London for a weekend to attend his daughter’s wedding but promises to be back on Monday morning to make an important meeting—or else.

Harvey arrives in London only to learn his daughter has chosen to have her stepfather (James Brolin) walk her down the aisle instead of him. Doing his best to hide his devastation, he leaves the wedding early, but misses his plane anyway. When he calls his boss to explain, he is fired on the spot.

Drowning his sorrows at the airport bar, Harvey strikes up a conversation with Kate (Emma Thompson), a slightly prickly, 40-something employee of the Office of National Statistics. Kate, whose life is limited to work, the occasional humiliating blind date and endless phone calls from her smothering mother (Eileen Atkins), is touched by Harvey, who finds himself energized by her intelligence and compassion.

Overture Films presents LAST CHANCE HARVEY opening in limited release on December 25, 2008 and opening nationwide on January 23, 2009. LAST CHANCE HARVEY original soundtrack on Lakeshore Records will be available via iTunes, Amazon Digital and in stores on December 16th.

[Talon Karrde]

TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CHRONICLES SOUNDTRACK

(December 2, 2008- Burbank, CA) – The soundtrack for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles will be released by La-La Land Records on December 16, 2008. Composer Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica, Eureka), composed the original score. The soundtrack features original score from the first and second seasons of the hit FOX TV show, and also features the track “Samson and Delilah”, performed by season two star and Garbage lead singer Shirley Manson and arranged by McCreary.

Composer Bear McCreary is one of the top young composers working in Hollywood. His work on the television series Battlestar Galactica has been described as offering “some of the most innovative music on TV today,” by Variety, and his blog www.bearmccreary.com/blog, which features in-depth inside looks at the process of scoring Battlestar Galactica, was called "one of the best blogs in the business. It's a fascinating look at the process of making music for film and television and the care he takes with aligning the score with the twists and turns of each character's plot lines," by The Hollywood Reporter.

McCreary also scores the hit SCI FI series Eureka. His film credits include Wrong Turn 2 and the Rest Stop films. McCreary was among a handful of select protégés of late film music legend Elmer Bernstein (THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN) and is a classically trained composer with degrees in Composition and Recording Arts from the prestigious USC Thornton School of Music.

The 1984 film, The Terminator starred Arnold Schwarzenegger as a cyborg killing machine known as a Terminator, sent back in time to kill Sarah Connor (then-Linda Hamilton) before she gives birth to her son and future savior of the human race, John Connor. Sarah Connor morphs from timid waitress to kick-ass momma in the 1991 sequel Terminator 2: Judgement Day, with the original Terminator reprogrammed and back to help Sarah protect her now pre-teen son from a different killing machine.

The events of the hit television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles begin a few years after Terminator 2: Judgement Day. The series begins again with a Terminator being sent back to kill the now teenage John (Thomas Dekker). The future John Connor has also sent back a Terminator (played by Serenity’s Summer Glau) to protect the younger version of himself and his mother Sarah (Lena Headey) as they plot to destroy Skynet and hope to prevent the impending Armageddon.

Because the music for the Terminator films was an important part of its spirit, composer Bear McCreary chose to incorporate references to Brad Fiedel’s score into the television series. Says McCreary, “Fiedel’s work elevated the art of synthesizers in film music, and forged a signature musical identity for the Terminator mythology. While his main melody is infinitely memorable, he also used sonic and textural colors in very characteristic ways. I set out to score Sarah Connor by keeping this soundscape intact: in essence to make this series feel like a credible heir to Terminator and Terminator 2.”

While Fiedel’s work focused on expressive synthesizers, McCreary decided to warm the sound up a bit, incorporating more live musicians in the studio. He orchestrated the music to include a string quartet, recorded playing together through pick-ups run through mic-ed amplifiers. The result “sounds lush and warm, a lyrical backdrop for the emotional story arcs of the series,” McCreary described. “But, these strings also feel manipulated, distorted by speakers and wires. In the same way that Cameron is a robot hidden beneath human flesh, the string ensemble is an electronic entity masked by acoustic instruments and live musicians.”

Executive Producer Josh Friedman couldn’t be more pleased with the musical landscape of the series. “What do I like most about Bear’s music?” he posits. “Well, for one, it’s smarter than I am. It manages to create a dialogue between past and present Terminator compositions (appropriate for a time travel franchise) without seeming to quote or steal or simply ignore. The music loves its family tree without being a slave to it.”

Series star Thomas Dekker agrees, “Bear’s simple assembly of notes and clever chord transition below it, changing at just the right time, and recurring in endless different incarnations, never ceases to give me chills.”

The La-La Land Records soundtrack features McCreary’s music from the first and second seasons of the series, and also the track “Samson and Delilah”, featured in the second season and performed by new cast member Shirley Manson. Friedman explains, “I think it goes very well with the season one material. It was conceived as a companion to the Johnny Cash “When the Man Comes Around” sequence that finished up our Season One finale.”

Shirley Manson, who joined the cast in season two as Catherine Weaver, is best known as the lead singer of the multi-platinum group Garbage. The group’s 1995 debut recording was a critical and commercial success. It spawned the hit single “Stupid Girl” and sold millions of albums worldwide. They followed it up with Version 2.0 which was nominated for two Grammy Awards. The group announced its hiatus in 2005 with Manson recording a solo album. In 2007 Absolute Garbage, a greatest hits retrospective was released.

Executive Producer Josh Friedman invited Manson out to dinner. She describes, “He took me to dinner under false pretences, leading me to believe it was my sparkling company and wit he sought. As it turns out he wanted me to sing this old folk song to accompany the first five minutes of footage that opens season two. I would have said no but for the copious glasses of champagne he had plied me with. I said yes.” The dinner led to the recording of “Samson and Delilah” and her casting for the second season as the mysterious ZeiraNet CEO Catherine Weaver. “And the rest, as they say, is showbiz!”

The second season of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles currently airs on FOX Monday nights 9PM. The first season is currently available on DVD. The original soundtrack will be available in stores or from www.lalalandrecords.com on December 16, 2008. Also available from La-La Land Records are the soundtracks for Battlestar Galactica Season One, Season Two, Season Three, Eureka, Wrong Turn 2, and Rest Stop: Don’t Look Back also composed by Bear McCreary.

[Talon Karrde]

THE DEAD POOL

(December 2, 2008- Los Angeles, CA) – Aleph Records will release the soundtrack for The Dead Pool on January 13. The Dead Pool was the fifth and final film of the “Dirty Harry” series. Composer Lalo Schifrin, who composed the soundtracks for Dirty Harry, Magnum Force, and Sudden Impact wrote the original music. Aleph Records has released the soundtracks for the first four films, including The Enforcer, which was composed by Jerry Fielding.

Dirty Harry introduced audiences to the character of Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood), a no-nonsense cop who seems to have trouble keeping his partners alive. In The Dead Pool, Harry finds himself in the public eye, a local celebrity thanks to tabloid coverage. He is added to a schlock horror film crew’s ‘dead pool’, a series of bets as to who will die first, conceived of by the director (played by Liam Neeson). A serial killer who is an obsessed fan of the director tries to fix the game – and Harry realizes he is next on the list. The film boasts a spoof of the famed car chase scene from Bullitt this time with Harry being chased by a remote controlled toy car, loaded with explosives. Having composed the music for Bullitt as well as 3 of the 4 previous films in the series -- Schifrin was unavailable to score The Enforcer due to a scheduling snafu – Lalo Schifrin was the natural choice to enter The Dead Pool.

Composer Lalo Schifrin is a true Renaissance man. As a pianist, composer and conductor, he is equally at home conducting a symphony orchestra, performing at an international jazz festival, scoring a film or television show, or creating works for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the London Philharmonic and even The Sultan of Oman.

He has written more than 100 scores for films and television including the classic scores for Mission: Impossible, Mannix, The Fox, Cool Hand Luke, Bullitt, Dirty Harry, The Cincinnati Kid, and The Amityville Horror. Schifrin’s recent film scores include Tango, all 3 films from the Rush Hour trilogy, Bringing Down The House, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, After the Sunset, and Abominable. To date, Lalo Schifrin has won four Grammy™ Awards (with twenty-one nominations), one Cable ACE Award, and received six Oscar™ nominations.

The Dead Pool will be available in stores and via iTunes January 13, 2008.

[Talon Karrde]

UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS

(January 06, 2008- Los Angeles, CA) – Lakeshore Records will release the soundtrack for UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS available digitally (iTunes and Amazon Digital) and in stores on January 13, 2009. The film is the prequel to the 2003 film Underworld and its 2006 sequel Underworld: Evolution.

Like the other two films in the series, the soundtrack for UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS boasts a top-notch lineup of rock, goth, and industrial acts remixed by the album’s producer, Danny Lohner. Lohner is a former member of Nine Inch Nails and has performed with many of the artists who appear on the soundtrack including Puscifer and Black Light Burns. As a remixer Lohner uses the moniker of Renholder (re d.lohner backwards).

Another familiar artist returns to the Underworld series. Puscifer -- the alias of Tool and A Perfect Circle’s Maynard James Keenan, contributing the tune “Lighten Up Francis”. He also appears with Milla Jovovich on the Renholder remix of The Cure’s “Underneath The Stars”. Puscifer will be performing for the first time live at the Pearl Concert Theatre at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas, NV on February 13-15.

Exclusive to the Lakeshore Records soundtrack is “Deathclub” by William Control – the side project of Aiden’s front man wiL Francis. The song also features Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit, Black Light Burns) on guitar and Matt Skiba (Alkaline Trio) on background vocals. A music video for the track is forthcoming.

Other artists of note on the soundtrack include AFI with their hit "Miss Murder" remixed by VNV Nation as well as Blaqk Audio, the side project of AFI's singer Davey Havok with the Junior Sanchez remix of "Stiff Kittens". In addition to appearing on the UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS soundtrack, Black Light Burns and Combichrist are currently on tour together.

UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS delves into the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires, known as Death Dealers, and the barbaric Lycans (werewolves). A young Lycan, Lucian (Michael Sheen), emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor (Bill Nighy), the cruel vampire king who has persecuted them for hundreds of years. Lucian is joined by his secret lover, the beautiful vampire Sonja (Rhona Mitra), in his battle to free the Lycans from their brutal enslavement.

Track Listing
01. Puscifer - Lighten Up Francis (JLE Dub Mix)
02. The Cure (f/ Maynard James Keenan/Puscifer and Milla) - Underneath The Stars (Renholder Remix)
03. Perry Farrell - Nasty Little Perv (Renholder Remix)
04. Deftones - Hole In The Earth (Renholder Remix)
05. AFI - Miss Murder (VNV Nation Remix)
06. Alkaline Trio - Over And Out (Renholder Remix)
07. William Control (f/ Matt Skiba) - Deathclub (Wes Borland/Renholder Remix)
08. Genghis Tron - Board Up The House (Renholder Remix)
09. Blaqk Audio - Stiff Kittens (Jnrsnchz Blaqkout Remix)
10. Thrice - Broken Lungs (Legion Of Doom Remix)
11. Combichrist - Today We Are All Demons (Beneath The World Mix)
12. Black Light Burns - I Want You To
13. Drop Dead, Gorgeous - Two Birds, One Stone (Wes Borland/Renholder Remix)
14. King Black Acid - Let's Burn
15. From First To Last - Tick Tock Tomorrow (Wes Borland/Renholder Remix)
16. Ghosts On The Radio - Steal My Romance

Screen Gems and Lakeshore Entertainment present UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS in theaters nationwide on January 23, 2009. UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS original soundtrack on Lakeshore Records will be available via iTunes, Amazon Digital and in stores on January 13, 2009. Also available from Lakeshore Records are the soundtracks and score albums for UNDERWORLD and UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION.

[Talon Karrde]

Watchmen Music Exclusive!

You may have to wait until March 6 to find out who watches the Watchmen .... but you can listen to the Watchmen now!

Visit watchmenmusic.com/ where you can hear My Chemical Romance's version of the Bob Dylan classic "Desolation Row" and the original score cut "Prison Fight" by Tyler Bates.

A special limited edition 12" picture disk featuring these two cuts is also available for purchase at the site.

Watchmen Original Motion Picture Score by Tyler Bates and the Music From The Motion Picture Watchmen featuring My Chemical Romance, Nat King Cole, Janis Joplin, and Simon & Garfunkel will both be in stores on March 3rd.

[Talon Karrde]

THE UNINVITED

(February 9, 2008- Los Angeles, CA) – Lakeshore Records will release the soundtrack for THE UNINVITED, available digitally (iTunes and Amazon Digital) on January 27th and in stores on February 10. The film is based on the 2003 Kim Jee-Woon’s 2003 film, Changhwa Hongryon. Christopher Young (Untraceable, Spiderman 3) composed the score.

Golden Globe-nominated composer Christopher Young has scored almost 100 successful features ranging across virtually every genre, all with strikingly original music. Never repeating himself, Young’s works extend from the spine-tingling Hellraiser showcasing his seminal upbringing in horror; to the new-techno sound of Swordfish and the resonant, genuine Celtic sounds of The Shipping News. With each successive Christopher Young crafted score, the composer continually stretches the bounds of his versatility.

Young has worked with some of the top filmmakers of the past ten years including Norman Jewison (The Hurricane and Bandits), Sam Raimi (The Gift, Spiderman 3, The Grudge and The Grudge 2) and Curtis Hanson (Lucky You, Wonder Boys). In addition to his busy film-composing schedule, Young is imparting his experience and knowledge to a new generation of film composers, teaching at USC since the early nineties. He is a two-term past president of The Film Music Society and the president of the Madrid Film Music Festival in Spain.

THE UNINVITED revolves around Anna (Emily Browning) who returns home after spending time in the hospital following the tragic death of her mother. Her recovery suffers a setback when she discovers her father (David Strathaim) has become engaged to her mother’s former nurse, Rachel (Elizabeth Banks). That night Anna is visited by her mother’s ghost, who warns her of Rachel’s intentions. Together Anna and her sister (Arielle Kebbel) try to convince their father that his current fiancée is not who she pretends to be, and what should have been a happy family reunion becomes a lethal battle of wills between stepdaughters and stepmother.

Dreamworks Pictures presents THE UNINVITED in theaters nationwide on January 30, 2009. THE UNINVITED original soundtrack on Lakeshore Records will be available via iTunes and Amazon Digital on January 27th and in stores on February 10, 2009.

[Talon Karrde]

UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS

(February, 2008- Los Angeles, CA) – Lakeshore Records will release the original score for UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS available digitally (iTunes and Amazon Digital) and in stores on February 3, 2009. The film is the prequel to the 2003 film Underworld and its 2006 sequel Underworld: Evolution. It features score by Paul Haslinger (While She Was Out, Vacancy).

Grammy-nominated composer Paul Haslinger was classically trained in Salzburg and Vienna. In Vienna he began exploring the new domain of electronic music. He auditioned for and became a member of the pioneering group Tangerine Dream. During his five-year tenure with the group, Tangerine Dream released four albums and collaborated on several film projects including Miracle Mile, Near Dark, and Canyon Dreams.

After Tangerine Dream, Haslinger continued his work as a solo artist. He honed his film scoring skills as the programmer for composer Graeme Revell on Blow, The Negotiator, Siege, and Tomb Raider. In 2000, Haslinger composed the score for director John Stockwell’s Cheaters. Since then they have collaborated on Crazy/Beautiful, Blue Crush, and Into the Blue. Haslinger’s film credits include: While She Was Out, Vacancy, Shoot Em Up, Crank, Underworld, The Girl Next Door, and The Italian Job.

UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS delves into the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires, known as Death Dealers, and the barbaric Lycans (werewolves). A young Lycan, Lucian (Michael Sheen), emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor (Bill Nighy), the cruel vampire king who has persecuted them for hundreds of years. Lucian is joined by his secret lover, the beautiful vampire Sonja (Rhona Mitra), in his battle to free the Lycans from their brutal enslavement.

Screen Gems and Lakeshore Entertainment present UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS in theaters nationwide on January 23, 2009. UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS original score on Lakeshore Records will be available via iTunes, Amazon Digital and in stores on February 3, 2009. Also available from Lakeshore Records are the soundtracks and score albums for UNDERWORLD and UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION and the soundtrack for UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS.