Chicago-based dark synthpop band Canter is set to appear live on Que4 Radio (Chicago) tonight for an interview and to perform the track, “Hemlock” from their forthcoming album Returning To The Same Place! The band, whose previous contribution to the cinematic universe includes the score to the short, Through The Wide Gate, are no strangers to storytelling through music in the film music world. Tune in tonight and stream the show at 9:30 PM CT on Que4 Radio online.
Lakeshore Records will release the forthcoming album, Returning To The Same Place by Chicago-based band, Canter. The 12-track album “showcases a vintage analog synth palette that incorporates elements of synth-pop, electronic rock, darkwave, post-punk and krautrock.” Premiering today is the single, “Call It Safe” off the album, and you can listen in full now at Vehlinggo!
And for the film music fans, Canter previously scored the 1970s psychological drama, Through The Wide Gate.
“Call It Safe” is out on September 13, and the full album will be released digitally Friday, October 11 on Lakeshore Records. In addition, the record will be available on vinyl soon from Burning Witches Records (stay tuned).
DEEP MURDER – [Download/Listen] Score by Zachary Dawes & Nick Sena.
Raunchy genre-bending horror comedy Deep Murder stars Quinn Beswick, Kate Aselton, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Chris Redo, Josh Margolin, Stephanie Drake, with Jerry O’Connell, and Christopher McDonald. In his directorial debut, the film is helmed by Nick Corirosi (“Funny Or Die“) and features score by Zachary Dawes and Nick Sena, who both contributed additional music on Ingrid Goes West.
Screen Media Films presents DEEP MURDER, now playing in select theaters across the country and on VOD (get it here).
The cinematic Ritual finds a fastidious Priest going full-bore into a sea of deftly conjured analogue and modular synth parts and rhythmic expressions, crafting compositions with an emotional depth and nuance that make the record flow like the score to a film not yet made. – Vehlinggo
Ritual is a throwback to those classic 70s LPs. Gatefold sleeves containing long form songs that take you on a journey while sitting in a bean bag chair in a partially finished suburban basement. – Complex Distractions
Skeleton Beach’s (Gene Priest) debut album on Lakeshore Records, Ritual, takes us on an “electronic meditation” of sorts. Although not the first album under this current project, you will find the work is heavily influenced by Tangerine Dream. Check out the interview at Complex Distractions for a primer on how Skeleton Beach has evolved.
CHASING THE MOON – [pre-order] Score by Gary Lionelli.
American Experience: Chasing The Moon is the forthcoming documentary series on PBS directed by Academy Award®, EMMY® and IDA Award Nominee Robert Stone (Radio Bikini, Earth Days), featuring an “unprecedented look at the decade-long odyssey to land a man on the moon that pulls back the curtain on the familiar narrative of the moonshot that we think we know, revealing a fascinating stew of scientific innovation, political calculation, media spectacle, visionary impulses and personal drama.” The film features score by two-time EMMY® winner Gary Lionelli (O.J.: Made In America).
Chasing The Moon (Original Series Soundtrack) Gary Lionelli
01. High Hopes 02. First Steps 03. Chasing the Moon Main Title 04. Rendezvous 05. The Germans 06. Mother 07. Knocked Off His Chair 08. The Russians Are Coming 09. Unrest 10. Mr. Webb 11. No Fear 12. Ticker Tape 13. Escape Velocity 14. Astronaut Trail 15. Sputnik 16. Night and Day 17. Boomtown 18. Joint Venture 19. Playboys 20. No Escape 21. Crossway Inn 22. Momentum 23. Fixing Arrows 24. Spacewalk 25. Taking Pictures 26. Saturn Five 27. Ready For Your Closeup 28. Everything Stopped 29. Separation 30. Taking a Tumble 31. Red Spaceman 32. Doris Day 33. Test Site 34. Creating the Drama 35. Splashdown 36. All Aboard 37. See-thru People 38. Countdown and Liftoff
“Chasing The Moon” a film by Robert Stone, reimagines the race to the moon for a new generation, upending much of the conventional mythology surrounding the effort. The series recasts the Space Age as a fascinating stew of scientific innovation, political calculation, media spectacle, visionary impulses and personal drama. Utilizing a visual feast of previously overlooked and lost archival material — much of which has never before been seen by the public — the film features a diverse cast of characters who played key roles in these history events. Among those included are astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Frank Borman and Bill Anders; Sergei Khrushchev, son of the former Soviet premier and a leading Soviet rocket engineer; Poppy Northcutt, a 25-year old “mathematics whiz” who gained worldwide attention as the first woman to see in the all-male bastion of NASA’s Mission Control; and Ed Dwight, the Air Force pilot selected by the Kennedy administration to train as America’s first black astronaut.
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BETTER NEVER THAN LATE – [pre-order] Music by Eskimos of Love.
Eskimos of Love previously contributed the track, “I Got You,” a cover of the classic Split Enz song on the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend movie soundtrack (2006). This is their debut artist album on Lakeshore.
Comprised of members Kennedy, Meeco and Grigsby, Sparklemotion is best known for their cover of Cindy Lauper’s “Time After Time” for the GRAMMY®-nominated Napoleon Dynamite soundtrack on Lakeshore Records. Over the years, the trio has contributed tracks to several other movie soundtracks including Hungry Like The Wolf (2005), Undiscovered (2005), Date Movie (2006), and Blood & Chocolate (2007).
CD Out Now:
MISSING LINK (CD) – [order now] Score by Carter Burwell.
“Light, playful, and immediately recognizable as something created by Burwell (Carol, Fargo and many more), the Missing Link score is a treat.” – Chris Evangelista, /Film
“{The score is} equally thrilling and moving.” – Adam Chitwood, Collider
From Laika, the award-winning studio that brought us Academy Award-nominated Kubo and the Two Strings and Coraline films comes Missing Link, the stop-motion animated adventure featuring an all-star ensemble cast: Zach Galifianakis, Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, Emma Thompson, and many more! Directed by ParaNorman’s Chris Butler, the film features score by Academy Award®-nominated Composer Carter Burwell, no stranger to the stop-motion animation world as he scored the Academy Award®-Nominated Anomalisa film.
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THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM (CD) – [pre-order] Score by Jeff Beal.
Available July 6, own your copy of Jeff Beal’s score to The Biggest Little Farm, the inspiring new documentary described as “one of the year’s best films!” (The San Francisco Chronicle). Winner of 11 film festival awards including the Audience Award at AFI Fest, Palm Springs International and Sarasota International Film Festivals, the film also received the People’s Choice Award nomination at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)! EMMY Winner Jeff Beal’s score was selected Top Soundtrack of May 2019 at Film Music Magazine.
The cinematic Ritual finds a fastidious Priest going full-bore into a sea of deftly conjured analogue and modular synth parts and rhythmic expressions, crafting compositions with an emotional depth and nuance that make the record flow like the score to a film not yet made. – Vehlinggo
Skeleton Beach (Gene Priest) is set to release his debut album, Ritual on Lakeshore Records this Friday, June 21! Watch an exclusive music video for “Blood Moon” off the forthcoming synth-centric album now at Vehlinggo! See the album track list below. A vinyl version of the album will also be released via his own label, Grief Thief Records, so stay tuned for that!
Skeleton Beach is the moniker of music artist Gene Priest, an electronic music producer from
Knoxville, Tennessee, whose origins began as a simple homage and exploration into the sounds and textures of classic horror film scores, ’70s
modular electronic music and long-form ambience.
Skeleton Beach’s debut album, “Ritual” will make its digital debut on Friday, June 14 via Lakeshore Records. More about “Ritual” below. Stay tuned for more album details!
