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LAKESHORE RECORDS TO RELEASE THE SOUNDTRACK FOR
DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK
Soundtrack Features Original Music by Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
(August 29, 2011- Los Angeles, CA) – Lakeshore Records will release
the Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark -- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
available digitally on August 30th and in stores on September 27, 2011
in conjunction with the release of the film by FilmDistrict on August
26th. Based on the 1973 telefilm that Guillermo del Toro believes to
be the scariest TV production ever made, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
was co-written and co-produced by del Toro and directed by Troy
Nixey. Academy Award-nominated duo Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
(The Hurt Locker) composed the original score.
“The score began with Guillermo del Toro's request for a lullaby for
Sally,” said Beltrami. “He and Troy Nixey also asked that we take
inspiration from not only the original film's score by Billy
Goldenberg but also the classic 60's and 70's horror scores of Jerry
Goldsmith, Krzysztof Komeda and Bernard Herrmann. Those were
refreshing challenges compared to today's current horror sound and we
decided to do a predominantly orchestral score that would feature
woodwinds, 2 harps and vibraphones.”
“Another homage to older horror scores,” added Sanders, “was the use
of analog effects processing that was popular in the day. In working
with our recording engineer, John Kurlander, we chose specific
instruments to have spot microphones that were later effected with
vintage Echoplex tape delay and Leslie speaker swirling.”
Upon completing undergraduate study at Brown University, Marco
Beltrami entered the Yale School of Music. His pursuit of music
composition then lead him to Venice for a period of study with the
Italian master, Luigi Nono and then finally to Los Angeles to
undertake a fellowship with Academy Award-winning composer, Jerry
Goldsmith.
Shortly after arriving in Los Angeles, Marco landed Wes Craven's
Scream embarking on what would become the widely successful terror
franchise. In his approach to scoring the film, he threw away
conventional horror music clichés.
After Scream, Marco went on to write his critically acclaimed score
for Guillermo del Toro's Mimic, bringing him to the attention of the
entire film music industry. This was the first of several
collaborations with del Toro, including Hellboy and now Don't Be
Afraid of the Dark. Marco has been nominated twice for Academy Awards
for Best Score. First, for 3:10 to Yuma, his score to 2010
groundbreaking Best Picture, The Hurt Locker, which he co-composed
with Buck Sanders.
Sanders became Beltrami’s assistant in 1997. He began producing and
co-composing scores with Beltrami writing additional cues for such
films as Max Payne, Blade II and Hellboy. He earned his first Academy
Award nomination for 2010 The Hurt Locker.
In Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, architect Alex Hurst (Guy Pearce) and
his new girlfriend Kim (Katie Holmes) are hard at work restoring the
Gothic Blackwood Manor to its original splendor. Alex’s young daughter
Sally (Bailee Madison)—neglected by her real mother and brushed aside
by the careerist father— is left to investigate the macabre history
and dark corners of the estate. Spurring Sally's investigation are the
voices—rasping whispers who call out to her from the basement, who
promise her understanding and friendship, who are so very hungry and
would like to be set free. When Sally gives in to her curiosity, she
opens a gateway into a hellish underworld from which an army of beady-
eyed, sharp-clawed monsters emerge, small in size but endless in
number: the homunculi. Confronted with the horror that now threatens
to taker her life and destroy her family, Sally desperately tries to
warn the whole house, but there's just one problem: no one believes
her. Will she make them understand in time, or will they become
another chapter in the centuries-long horror story of Blackwood Manor?
FilmDistrict presents Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark in theaters on
August 26, 2011. The Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark – Original Motion
Picture Soundtrack on Lakeshore Records will be released digitally on
August 30th and in stores on September 27, 2011.
ABOUT FILMDISTRICT:
FilmDistrict is a multi-faceted acquisitions, distribution and
financing company focusing on wide release, commercial pictures.
Founded by Graham King and Tim Headington’s GK Films, in partnership
with Peter Schlessel, the company’s upcoming releases include DON’T BE
AFRAID OF THE DARK, August 26; DRIVE, September 16; THE RUM DIARY,
October 28; IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY, December 23; PLAYING THE
FIELD, March 9, 2012 and LOCKOUT, April 13, 2012. The company’s
initial films, INSIDIOUS and SOUL SURFER, have collectively grossed
over $95 million to date at the US Box Office. For more information,
visitfilmdistrict.com or call (646) 380-4470.
###
For more information contact: cinemed...@yahoo.com or follow us on
twitter @cinemediapromo
DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK
Soundtrack Features Original Music by Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
(August 29, 2011- Los Angeles, CA) – Lakeshore Records will release
the Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark -- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
available digitally on August 30th and in stores on September 27, 2011
in conjunction with the release of the film by FilmDistrict on August
26th. Based on the 1973 telefilm that Guillermo del Toro believes to
be the scariest TV production ever made, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
was co-written and co-produced by del Toro and directed by Troy
Nixey. Academy Award-nominated duo Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
(The Hurt Locker) composed the original score.
“The score began with Guillermo del Toro's request for a lullaby for
Sally,” said Beltrami. “He and Troy Nixey also asked that we take
inspiration from not only the original film's score by Billy
Goldenberg but also the classic 60's and 70's horror scores of Jerry
Goldsmith, Krzysztof Komeda and Bernard Herrmann. Those were
refreshing challenges compared to today's current horror sound and we
decided to do a predominantly orchestral score that would feature
woodwinds, 2 harps and vibraphones.”
“Another homage to older horror scores,” added Sanders, “was the use
of analog effects processing that was popular in the day. In working
with our recording engineer, John Kurlander, we chose specific
instruments to have spot microphones that were later effected with
vintage Echoplex tape delay and Leslie speaker swirling.”
Upon completing undergraduate study at Brown University, Marco
Beltrami entered the Yale School of Music. His pursuit of music
composition then lead him to Venice for a period of study with the
Italian master, Luigi Nono and then finally to Los Angeles to
undertake a fellowship with Academy Award-winning composer, Jerry
Goldsmith.
Shortly after arriving in Los Angeles, Marco landed Wes Craven's
Scream embarking on what would become the widely successful terror
franchise. In his approach to scoring the film, he threw away
conventional horror music clichés.
After Scream, Marco went on to write his critically acclaimed score
for Guillermo del Toro's Mimic, bringing him to the attention of the
entire film music industry. This was the first of several
collaborations with del Toro, including Hellboy and now Don't Be
Afraid of the Dark. Marco has been nominated twice for Academy Awards
for Best Score. First, for 3:10 to Yuma, his score to 2010
groundbreaking Best Picture, The Hurt Locker, which he co-composed
with Buck Sanders.
Sanders became Beltrami’s assistant in 1997. He began producing and
co-composing scores with Beltrami writing additional cues for such
films as Max Payne, Blade II and Hellboy. He earned his first Academy
Award nomination for 2010 The Hurt Locker.
In Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, architect Alex Hurst (Guy Pearce) and
his new girlfriend Kim (Katie Holmes) are hard at work restoring the
Gothic Blackwood Manor to its original splendor. Alex’s young daughter
Sally (Bailee Madison)—neglected by her real mother and brushed aside
by the careerist father— is left to investigate the macabre history
and dark corners of the estate. Spurring Sally's investigation are the
voices—rasping whispers who call out to her from the basement, who
promise her understanding and friendship, who are so very hungry and
would like to be set free. When Sally gives in to her curiosity, she
opens a gateway into a hellish underworld from which an army of beady-
eyed, sharp-clawed monsters emerge, small in size but endless in
number: the homunculi. Confronted with the horror that now threatens
to taker her life and destroy her family, Sally desperately tries to
warn the whole house, but there's just one problem: no one believes
her. Will she make them understand in time, or will they become
another chapter in the centuries-long horror story of Blackwood Manor?
FilmDistrict presents Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark in theaters on
August 26, 2011. The Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark – Original Motion
Picture Soundtrack on Lakeshore Records will be released digitally on
August 30th and in stores on September 27, 2011.
ABOUT FILMDISTRICT:
FilmDistrict is a multi-faceted acquisitions, distribution and
financing company focusing on wide release, commercial pictures.
Founded by Graham King and Tim Headington’s GK Films, in partnership
with Peter Schlessel, the company’s upcoming releases include DON’T BE
AFRAID OF THE DARK, August 26; DRIVE, September 16; THE RUM DIARY,
October 28; IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY, December 23; PLAYING THE
FIELD, March 9, 2012 and LOCKOUT, April 13, 2012. The company’s
initial films, INSIDIOUS and SOUL SURFER, have collectively grossed
over $95 million to date at the US Box Office. For more information,
visitfilmdistrict.com or call (646) 380-4470.
###
For more information contact: cinemed...@yahoo.com or follow us on
twitter @cinemediapromo
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