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THE HILLS RUN RED FOR COMPOSER FREDERIK WIEDMANN
Young Composer Celebrates The Release Of THE HILLS RUN RED On CD
(November 16, 2009- Burbank, CA) – Composer Frederik Wiedmann is proud
to announce the release of The Hills Run Red – Original Motion Picture
Soundtrack, available on Varese Sarabande. This release is the second
time a soundtrack composed by Wiedmann has been released on CD, the
first being 2007’s Return To House On Haunted Hill, also available on
Varese Sarabande.
Frederik Wiedmann began his film music studies in Boston at Berklee
College of Music where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Film Scoring
(Suma Cum Laude) in 2004. That same year he earned the BMI Film
Scoring Award 2004. He began working for composer John Frizzell
(Office Space, Alien Resurrection) as orchestrator, score mixer,
arranger, programmer and eventually as co-producer and co-composer.
Credited on the Defiance, Ohio soundtrack as “the guy who keeps it
together,” Wiedmann has continues to work with Frizzell on upcoming
films like Legion and Whiteout while making a name for himself
composing for films like Return to House on Haunted Hill and Cyrus.
The film’s director, Dave Parker, initially told Wiedmann he didn’t
want a traditional horror score for the film. But Wiedmann felt
otherwise. “Soon after sharing both our ideas about the music,” said
Wiedmann, “Dave and I quickly realized that the right thing for the
film is a score on a larger scale, with orchestral elements, and
electronic layers on top of it. We found that themes are necessary for
the story, as well as iconic sounds, that are unique to certain
characters.”
To accomplish the perfect balance between a more traditional score and
the director’s vision, Wiedmann utilized more unconventional
orchestrations (larger viola section than violins) with experimental
instrumentations (dulcimer, string drums, different woodwinds),
performed by the Czech Film Orchestra and featuring vocals by Ayana
Haviv on “Desiderio” and the final track “Phantasmagorical
Holocaust.”
Wiedmann described, “This final scene in the film needed a grand,
operatic, yet horrific and at the same time eerie composition, to
really convey the emotions that the main character, Tyler, is going
through. Ayana turned out to be a perfect match; her voice has both an
ethnic touch as well as an operatic feel. Dave [Parker, director] was
a big part of this vocal session and directed the vocalist to the
right sound.”
The result pleased both composer and director. “With film I want the
viewer to be thrilled, disturbed, scream, and cover their eyes,” said
Parker. “But don’t cover your ears or you will miss out on all the
great music that lies within.”
You heard the story. The one about the goriest, bloodiest splatter
fest ever, the one made in the ‘80s but mysteriously lost. Flash
forward to now: Young fright fans search for the secret location where
the movie is shot, hoping to find the film. What they find is that the
mysterious shocker flick was more than a movie. It’s real. And
they’re its newest stars. The Hills Run Red with a whole new level
of horror as the terrified cinephiles confront a demented killer who
wears a nightmarish babydoll mask. Wait, Babyface is just a character
from the movie, right? Wrong. He’s alive. He’s waiting. And he’s
thrilled to meet fans who will die – slowly, gruesomely, shockingly –
for his art. Roll camera!
Warner Premiere presents a Dark Castle Home Entertainment Production
The Hills Run Red, is currently available on DVD. The Varese
Sarabande soundtrack The Hills Run Red, containing original music
composed by Frederik Wiedmann is available in stores and via iTunes.
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