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2024 Annie Awards: The Legend of Vox Machina, The Inventor, Pacemaker Secure Nominations!

The Annie Awards nominations are in!  Stop motion film The Inventor (Blue Fox Entertainment), animated series The Legend of Vox Machina (Titmouse/Amazon), and animated short Pacemaker (A Running Commentary) secure 2024 Annie Awards nominations!  To note this year, we see represented a composer — Christopher Lennertz — transition from music composition to a directing role!

The 51st Annie Awards will take place on February 17, 2024 at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles.   Congratulations to all the nominees this year!  View the full list at Variety.  Keep reading for links to the soundtracks released on Lakeshore Records!

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The Legend of Vox Machina: Sam Riegel, Neal Acree and Peter Habib Discuss The Success of Critical Role + More


In the latest episode of the Lakeshore Records Podcast, our host Alon Levitan talks to Critical Role’s Sam Riegel, Composer Neal Acree, and songwriter Peter Habib (aka Mr. Fantastic) on the success of the animated series, The Legend of Vox Machina.  Listen in to hear their origins story and how Critical Role–the live role-playing game collective–turned their idea into a record-breaking $11.3 million Kickstarter-funded animated series!

The Legend of Vox Machina: Season 1 is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video!

The Legend of Vox Machina (Amazon Original Series Soundtrack) is available now digitally via Lakeshore Records!

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The Legend of Vox Machina Soundtrack – Music By Neal Acree, Sam Riegel & Mr. Fantastic Debuts Digitally, Amazon Original Series Now Streaming

“With stunning animation, sweeping music, and epic storytelling, the three-episode premiere of The Legend of Vox Machina has rolled a natural 20” – IGN

“Sweeping, orchestral, fantastical score” – iO9

Lakeshore Records announced the release of The Legend of Vox Machina—Amazon Original Series Soundtrack, which is now available for release digitally on all platforms worldwide.  The soundtrack to the highly anticipated adult animated fantasy-adventure series based on beloved characters and stories from the world of Critical Role showcases a vivid, thrillingly orchestral score by Neal Acree performed by the Budapest Scoring Orchestra and featuring soloists Tina Guo (electric and acoustic fiddle), Paul Cartwright (fiddle), Krising Naigus (winds) and Eric Rigler (bagpipes).  Full album listening links and more details are below.

The Legend of Vox Machina lives up to the hype” – Variety

The album also features ecstatically racy snippets of song by Sam Riegel (who sings in character as Scanlan Shorthalt), and Peter Habib of Mr. Fantastic.

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Holiday Soundtrack Spectacular: Meet Some Of Your Favorite Composers This Saturday!

If you’re in Los Angeles this weekend, here’s your chance to meet some of your favorite composers!  Meet Christophe Beck (Good Kill, Edge Of Tomorrow), Marco Beltrami (No Escape, The Hurt Locker), Michael Brook (Brooklyn, Into The Wild), Christopher Young (Drag Me To Hell, Exorcism Of Emily Rose), Pedro Bromfman (Narcos, Deep Web) and more!  Get your CDs signed (purchase necessary) and hang out with Lakeshore Records and friends this Saturday, December 5 (1 to 2:30 p.m.) at Creature Features in Burbank!  Thanks to film music critic Daniel Schweiger for organizing the event.  See you there!

Holiday Soundtrack Spectacular Composer Signing Event Los Angeles

 

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