Last November, horror gamers and soundtrack collectors alike rejoiced in the long-awaited arrival of one of the most impressive game music albums of 2013: a massive “Ultimate Edition” of composer Oscar Araujo's award-winning orchestral score for Konami's franchise reboot Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. It represented an excellent turning point in the history of the classic horror-fantasy game – a legacy which continues next week with the arrival of the latest and (allegedly) final installment, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2. Araujo followed the highly cinematic first release with the more contemporary and horror-centric score for the sequel Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate, but the composer returned to the original's grandiose, action-oriented classical arrangements when scoring the latest installment, which is slated to drop next Tuesday, February 25th. While it's hard to top the majesty of the first Lords of Shadow (abbreviated Los from now on), on which Araujo worked with the 120-piece...
- 2/21/2014
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
Upon its release three years ago, Konami's epic horror-fantasy game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (check out Carl Lyon's game review here) received acclaim for its sweeping symphonic score by Spanish composer Óscar Araujo, whose previous horror/fantasy game credits include high-profile titles like Blade of Darkness and Clive Barker's Jericho. Araujos' work on Lords of Shadow won him the “Best Original Score for a Video Game” Award from the International Film Music Critics Association in 2011, and he was subsequently hired to score Lords of Shadow 2, set to drop next February. The original Us release of the Lords of Shadow soundtrack CD was included as a bonus disc in the Collector's Edition of the game, but serious horror soundtrack junkies will be stoked to get their hands on the recently-released Ultimate Edition album, which includes additional content and new arrangements taken from the 120-plus music cues Araujo originally recorded.
- 11/8/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
Milan Records has announced a soundtrack album for the drama The Last Circus. The album includes the original score by composer Roque Banos (The Machinist, the upcoming Intruders) performed by the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra. Also featured on the soundtrack is a rendition of Raphael’s Balada de la Trompet, The soundtrack will be released on August 16, 2011. To pre-order the CD, visit Amazon. Check out audio clips from all tracks on the album after the jump. The Last Circus is written and directed by Álex de la Iglesia and centers on a “happy” clown who is forcibly recruited to serve in the Spanish Civil War, where he massacres an entire platoon with a machete still in costume. The movie will be released in theaters on August 19 by Magnet Releasing. To learn more about the film, visit the official movie website.
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Amazon.com WidgetsHere’s the album track list:
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- 8/5/2011
- by filmmusicreporter
- Film Music Reporter
If you haven’t heard of Hawk, you shouldn’t feel bad. Googling it doesn’t bring much up about the project, or its director, Mj McMahon. It is a 38-minute fantasy epic loosely based on Welsh folklore and tells the tale of a boy named Rowen, who is taken away from the civilized world, where his lessons in the wild begin. Yet when he shatters the balance of nature, Rowan discovers another world beneath our own. In that shadowy land of old gods and wild hunts, the divide between man and beast becomes uncertain and the fairy tales of childhood spring to life. With only the guidance of a hunting hawk, Rowan must make amends for his crime, and choose between what is real, and what is not.
The task of scoring this film fell to Stuart Hancock, an award-winning composer who has worked in film, television, commercials, theatre and written concert music.
The task of scoring this film fell to Stuart Hancock, an award-winning composer who has worked in film, television, commercials, theatre and written concert music.
- 4/7/2011
- Shadowlocked
The winners of the inaugural Fastnet Short Film Festival (May 14 – 17) were announced at an Awards ceremony held in Schull, Co. Cork on Sunday last. Director Vincent Gallagher pick up the Best of Festival award for 'An Cosc', a short film which tells the story of two friends who share a love for hurling but come from the opposite sides of the town. Brian Durnin's 'Of Best Intentions' won in the Best Music category for which Stellarsound's Steve Lynch recorded the film's score with the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra last year.
- 5/20/2009
- IFTN
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