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Artist Album, Movie News

2022 Critics Choice Awards: The Power of the Dog, Yellowjackets and More Take Home Wins!

Congratulations are in order for this year’s Critics Choice Awards! Held on March 13, the awards program saw Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog film (Netflix) take home top film awards: Best Picture, Best Director,  Best Cinematography, and Best Adapted Screenplay! For television, Melanie Lynskey took home the Best Actress in a Drama Series win for the very buzzy Yellowjackets series (Showtime).  Watch her sweet acceptance speech below. 

View the full list at Critics Choice online. Congratulations to all the winners this year!

Watch Melanie Lynskey’s heartfelt acceptance speech:

 

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Scores, Video Games

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Blood, Fire Tears (Dawn of Ragnarok Original Game Soundtrack) EP Releases Digitally!

Lakeshore Records in partnership with Ubisoft has released Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök Blood Fire Tears—Original Game Soundtrack featuring music by Norwegian musician Einar Selvik of folk/world band Wardruna. The three-track EP is one of two companion album releases to Ubisoft’s expansion of its hit game Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. View the album listening links and more below.

In Dawn of Ragnarök, the most ambitious expansion in franchise history, Eivor must embrace their destiny as Odin, the Norse god of Battle and Wisdom. Unleash new divine powers as you embark on a desperate quest through a breathtaking world. Complete a legendary Viking saga and save your son in the face of the gods’ doom.

A war begins. A world ends. This is the Dawn of Ragnarök.

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök is available across all platforms now.

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Scores, Video Games

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok Original Game Soundtrack Releases Globally, Score By Stephanie Economou

We are thrilled to announce Lakeshore Records in partnership with Ubisoft have released Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök—Original Game Soundtrack featuring music by Los Angeles-based BAFTA “Breakthrough Artist” Stephanie Economou (Jupiter’s Legacy, The Chair)!  This is the latest collaboration between Stephanie–who is also now the winner of the Society of Composers and Lyricists “David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent” award–and the video game giant, Ubisoft!  View the full album details below.

The Dawn of Ragnarök album is the companion to Ubisoft’s expansion of its hit game Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, released in tandem with the game expansion release today.

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Awards, Scores

Indie Spirit Awards 2022: Passing, Pig, Shiva Baby, The Underground Railroad + More Take Home Wins!

Congratulations are in order for the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Award winners, which were announced on Sunday in Santa Monica, California!  Independent films and series picking up wins this year include Passing (Netflix), Pig (NEON), Shiva Baby (Utopia), and The Underground Railroad (Amazon Studios).  See the featured breakdown below.  Congratulations to all the winners this year in all categories!  View the full list of winners at Film Independent.


PASSING
– Best Supporting Female, Ruth Negga
– Best Cinematography, Edu Grau

PIG
– Best First Screenplay, Michael Sarnoski; story by Vanessa Block, Michael Sarnoski

SHIVA BABY
– JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD Given to the best feature made for under $500,000 (Award given to the writer, director and producer. Executive Producers are not awarded.); Writer/Director/Producer: Emma Seligman
Producers: Kieran Altmann, Katie Schiller, Lizzie Shapiro

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
– Best Female Performance in a Scripted Series, Thuso Mbedu

 

Watch highlights from the Spirit Awards ceremony:

 

Composers, Scores, Video Games

Celebrating Women Composers 2022

Spotlight: Women Composers

This year, Lakeshore Records has curated a new playlist of select tracks featuring score cues by the world’s top and rising women composers!  You may already know most of these talented individuals who have made a name for themselves in the film, television, and video game music worlds.  You may have missed their latest soundtrack releases.   In commemoration of International Women’s Day 2022, we invite you to take a listen and hopefully end up on a deep dive of discovery through these incredible composers’ discographies as this Spotify playlist is by no means a complete picture of all they have to offer.  What soundtracks have you rediscovered below?

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