'Let the Right One In' wins Chainsaw Award

We are excited to announce that Johan Söderqvist's Let the Right One In, released by MovieScore Media last year (CD and download available here), won Fangoria Magazine's Chainsaw Award for 'Best Score' 2008.

MovieScore Media to enter the "Devil's Tomb"

MovieScore Media has signed a deal with The Bubble Factory to release Bill Brown's darkly textured orchestral score for the Cuba Gooding Jr. action thriller The Devil's Tomb. Brown, who is best known for his prolific output in video games (Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Undying, Command & Conquer: Generals etc), recorded the orchestral parts in Prague, and the music also also incorporates choral elements, pounding rhythm programming and atmospheric eletronics. The film was released on DVD on May 24 and is directed by Jason Connery. MovieScore Media's album comes out on CD and download on July 14. Here is an mp3 teaser of the "Devil's Tomb Overture".

MovieScore Media to sell the dead

I am excited to announce that we have concluded a deal to release Jeff Grace's hilarious orchestral score for the acclaimed horror comedy I Sell the Dead on August 4. Grace, who is best known for his avant garde string quartet works (The Last Winter, The Roost, Joshua), utilizes larger forces than usual in I Sell the Dead. "The film moves with a darting confidence and it literally soars via the evocative and aggressive score by Jeff Grace," wrote Hammer to Nail in their review of the film - and the music certainly has its "violent" moments (as should any Jeff Grace horror score), but it also reflects the tongue-in-cheek qualities of the film with great flair. MovieScore Media's score album will be released just before the theatrical release of the film in the US on August 14.Here's an mp3 teaser for you: the Herrmann-esque "Langol's Island".

Join our Facebook fan page!

Online community Facebook now has its very own fan page devoted to MovieScore Media. If you want to keep track of all the latest news and updates regarding upcoming album projects, this is the place to be. A lot of quick news flashes will appear in Twitter-like format here before they are presented on our regular web site, so if you want to be the first to know - join now!

Our latest score scoops Ivor Novello nomination

Our latest score, Benjamin Wallfisch's The Escapist, has just received an Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Film Score! Congratulations to Ben! The inventive score, where highly emotional orchestral writing meets hard-hitting electronica and unusual percussion, was released by MovieScore Media yesterday and is available here. The CD is coming out on May 12. Be sure to check out Benjamin Wallfisch's first score, also available on MovieScore Media: Dear Wendy.

J-ok'el in concert footage

George Shaw conducted a suite of his acclaimed score for J-ok'el (available on CD from MovieScore Media, believe it or not) in concert with the Golden State Pops Orchestra at their 2008 Halloween Concert. It's an awesome performance and wonderful to see George's spirited conducting. Enjoy!

Wonderful interview with Christopher Wong

Spanish film music site BSO Spirit just published a wonderful interview with MovieScore Media composer Christopher Wong (Journey from the Fall, The Rebel). He talks extensively about his education under supervision of the legendary Jerry Goldsmith, and how he has approached the his feature film scores, both released on CD by MovieScore Media to much critical acclaim. Head over to BSO Spirit to enjoy this interview!

filmmusicdownloads.com closed

As some of our customers have already discovered, our Film Music Downloads digital music store is currently unavailable. Due to numerous problems with the administration of the store, we have decided to close it - temporarily. We are currently working on a new solution and will, hopefully soon, be able to offer all of our albums in sparkling 320 kbit mp3 format just as before. In the meanwhile, please note that our albums are available at iTunes, if you prefer to download instead of buying the CD!

Interview with Darren 'Just Buried' Fung

A very nice interview with composer Darren Fung, composer of Just Buried, is now available for your reading pleasure at The Daily Film Music Blog, courtesy of Hubai Gergely. Fung talks about the scoring process, the approach to the music in the film and how the MovieScore Media album was conceived. Enjoy!

MovieScore Media releases 'The Secret of Moonacre'

MovieScore Media will release the original soundtrack album from The Secret of Moonacre, featuring an inspired orchestral score by Christian Henson (Severance, Chasing Liberty). The film, which is directed by Bridge to Terabithia helmer Gabor Csupo, gets a wide theatrical release in the UK on February 6, and the release of the score follows on iTunes on February 17 and on CD in stores on March 16. Also just announced is our JCVD score album, featuring George and the Dragon composer Gast Waltzing's infectious big band music from the surprise Jean-Claude van Damme hit that was called a "a French-language meta-movie parody par excellence" by Variety.