August 27, 2009

Check out our best-selling soundtracks!

Johan Söderqvist's award-winning score for Let the Right One In has been a tremendous hit and tops our MovieScore Media sales charts for the second quarter of 2009! And our acclaimed release of Rob Lane's music for the popular BBC series Merlin is just behind! Here is the top-10 albums, be sure to check them out by clicking the links to the soundtrack pages (including audio samples) on the official MovieScore Media web site!


  1. Let the Right One In (Johan Söderqvist) - MMS08022
  2. Merlin (Rob Lane) - MMS08021
  3. Half Light (Brett Rosenberg) - MMS06009
  4. The Home of Dark Butterflies (Panu Aaltio) - MMS09005
  5. I Capture the Castle (Dario Marianelli) - MMS07004
  6. The Secret of Moonacre (Christian Henson) - MMS09006
  7. Max Manus (Trond Bjerknes) - MMD0002
  8. Joshua (Nico Muhly) - MMS08005
  9. Beyond the Gates (Shooting Dogs) (Dario Marianelli) - MMS07010
  10. Journey from the Fall (Christopher Wong) - MMS07015

July 2, 2009

'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.

June 23, 2009

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".

June 11, 2009

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".

April 30, 2009

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!

April 22, 2009

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.

April 2, 2009

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!

March 31, 2009

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!

February 26, 2009

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!