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Holly Amber Church Releases Acclaimed ‘Miranda’s Victim’ Soundtrack

“Michelle Danner’s “Miranda’s Victim”… resist the padding often seen in television’s cottage industry of limited series true crime offerings.” – RogerEbert.com

Holly Amber Church’s acclaimed score to Miranda’s Victim has been released digitally worldwide!  The HMMA Award-nominated score arrives on the heels of the film’s recent limited theatrical and VOD release.  For long-time readers of Soundtracks, Scores and More, you may recall Church’s memorable Emmy-nominated main title theme to Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities anthology.  Keep reading for more album details.

Directed by Michelle Danner, the film stars Abigail Breslin, Ryan Phillippe, Luke Wilson, Emily VanCamp, Mireille Enos, Enrique Murciano, Josh Bowman, Brent Sexton, Sebastian Quinn, Taryn Manning, Nolan Gould, Dan Lauria, Michael Mulheren, Special Appearance by Kyle MacLachlan with Andy Garcia and Donald Sutherland.  Miranda’s Victim made its world premiere at the Santa Barbara Film Festival earlier this year.

“Holly’s beautiful and haunting score delivers an emotional force that makes you feel heartbreak and gives you the power to fight for what’s right.” – Michelle Danner

 

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Oliver Coates’ ‘Aftersun’ Makes GORILLA vs. BEAR’s Best Albums of 2023 List!

Are our eyes deceiving us when we see that Oliver Coates’ Aftersun score–to one of the most critically acclaimed films of 2023–is the only soundtrack on GORILLA vs. BEAR’s Best Albums of 2023 list?  Why question the wisdom of GvB?  We are so thrilled to see Coates receive the recognition he deserves from one of our favorite music blogs.  In case you need a reminder, Aftersun (an A24 release) is an Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA-winning film in which Paul Mescal received his first Best Actor Oscar nomination (“Normal People”) and Director Charlotte Wells won the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.  

Lakeshore Records and Invada Records released the soundtrack earlier this year.

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Lawmen: Bass Reeves Score By Chanda Dancy Releases Digitally, Series Now Streaming on Paramount+

“The evocative orchestral score sets the stage for the highly-anticipated Paramount+ series produced by Taylor Sheridan.” – ComingSoon.net

Composer Chanda Dancy has done it again with another inspiring score!  Her latest: Lawmen: Bass Reeves (Original Series Soundtrack) has been released digitally via Lakeshore Records.  Keep reading for the full album details.  Dancy, whom you may know from her previous score to World War II aerial drama, Devotion, is the International Film Music Critics Association’s (IFMCA) 2023 Discovery of the Year nominee!

Lawmen: Bass Reeves is now streaming on Paramount+.

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Critic’s Choice Documentary Awards: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, The Deepest Breath + More Take Home Wins!

Davis Guggenheim’s Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie won big at the  Eighth Annual Critic’s Choice Documentary Awards!  The ceremony, which is an offshoot of the Critic’s Choice Awards (held in January 2024), recognizes the “finest in cinematic and television achievement.”  Lakeshore Records partners won 9 awards across 4 documentaries, which include wins from Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, The Deepest Breath, Being Mary Tyler Moore, and the upcoming The Last Repair Shop.  The Deepest Breath (Nainita Desai) and The Last Repair Shop (Katya Richardson & Kris Bowers) also received a Best Score nomination in addition to the wins.  View all the wins below.

Congratulations to all the winners this year!  View the full list on the Critic’s Choice Association website.

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Mushka: Watch The Trailer For The Animated Short By Disney Legend Andreas Deja, Score By HMMA Nominee Fabrizio Mancinelli!

It has taken 10 years for the arrival of Mushka, the animated short illustrated by Disney legend Andreas Deja and inspired by the Disney classic, 101 Dalmatians.  Featuring score by Fabrizio Mancinelli, Mancinelli recently received the nomination for Best Original Song – Short Film for this year’s Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA).  Muskha made its film festival premiere at the San Francisco International Film Festival this year.  Subscribe for further details coming soon.

MUSHKA tells the story of the Ukrainian girl Sarah who raises a Siberian tiger during the 1970s. She calls him Mushka, when she discovers an “M” shaped birthmark on the tiger cub’s forehead. The word Mushka is a Russian term of endearment, like sweetheart. 

As the tiger grows into adulthood, Sarah finds out that a few shady people in the village plan to kill and sell him for profit.  In an effort to save him she takes Mushka deep into the forest to the same spot where she found him as an orphaned cub. Sarah hopes that her tiger will stay in the forest and learn how to be a wild animal, far away from any humans.

Other characters in the film include Sarah’s grandmother, her father as well as Alex, a local Siberian boy.

The story’s theme can be summed up like this: Having to let go of someone you love is the hardest thing, but life has a way to provide hope and happiness again.