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Blackwood: Score By Grammy Winner Lorne Balfe Available Now, Psychological Thriller Starring Ed Stoppard & Sophia Myles Now On DVD (UK)

April 28, 2015 Film Music Daily Staff 2 Comments

Lorne Balfe’s Powerful Score Supports The Intense Range Of Emotions In Adam Wimpenny-Directed ‘Blackwood’

It’s an intimate and deep score and you don’t get a furious string cue like “Cadenza” every day. That one alone is worth the price of the score. Welcome once again Lorne Balfe inside your soul. He keeps coming with different stories covering the entire range of feelings you could think of and this is why he is one of my favorite composers. Just keep them coming, Lorne… –Soundtrack Dreams

Lakeshore Records is very pleased to release Blackwood (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) — available now digitally — featuring the score by Lorne Balfe, Grammy® Award winning, Emmy® and BAFTA®-nominated film composer from Inverness, Scotland. Lorne is known for composing the scores to Dreamworks Animation’s Penguins of Madagascar and Home. Lorne is currently working on the score for Terminator Genisys, due in theaters Summer 2015. Helmed by award-winning director Adam Wimpenny, Blackwood is available now on DVD (UK). See full album details below.

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The D Train: ‘A Million Stars’ Single Feat. Andrew Dost & Jack Antonoff (fun.), And Rob Kroehler (Ladylike) Out Now, Reunite With Friends In Theaters On 5/8

April 28, 2015 Film Music Daily Staff 1 Comment

Andy McCluskey Of OMD Lends His Vocals To The Exuberant Lead Single For The D Train Soundtrack

If you close your eyes, it’s easy to imagine Molly Ringwald slowdancing to this song on prom night. –Under The Radar

Lakeshore Records is pleased to release “A Million Stars,” the new single available now digitally! The single is off the album, The D Train (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), to be released on May 5. The song is by the The D Train film’s composer, Andrew Dost (of the band fun.), bandmate Jack Antonoff, and Rob Kroehler of the band Ladylike; featuring vocals by Andy McCluskey of the iconic English band, OMD. The D Train starring Jack Black and James Marsden opens in theaters on May 8 via IFC Films. Preview the song below and stay tuned for the album release on May 5.

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‘The Age Of Adaline’ Opens In Theaters Nationwide, Pre-order The Various Artists Soundtrack

April 24, 2015 Film Music Daily Staff 2 Comments

Rob Simonsen’s Orchestral Score Follows A Century Of Experiences ‘Adaline’ (Available Now), Various Artists Album Releases April 28

Bring your entourage to see The Age Of Adaline in theaters now! We couldn’t be more excited for movie and soundtrack fans who will experience this magical film starring Blake Lively as “Adaline Bowman”, Michiel Huisman, Kathy Baker with Harrison Ford and Ellen Burstyn. Director Lee Toland Krieger collaborated with Composer Rob Simonsen (score album out now via Lakeshore Records) to produce a score which would fit the scope of a woman who, through a freak car accident, becomes immortal and ends up on the run for 80 years. Lakeshore Records will release The Age Of Adaline (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) digitally on April 28. This album features music that takes us through Adaline’s decades of experiences from tunes by Ella Fitzgerald to Bob Dylan to Jefferson Airplane and more. See below to preview both albums featuring stills from the film!

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Pre-order Blackwood Soundtrack: Score By Grammy Winner Lorne Balfe Available 4/28, Film Now On VOD (UK)

April 23, 2015 Film Music Daily Staff

Lorne Balfe’s ‘Blackwood’ Score Supports The Spine Tingling Moments Through Melody And Structure

Blackwood feels more like a character journey that ends with a revelation instead of your traditional let’s try and scare the crap out of you type of score. Lorne starts us off with a wonderful main theme that he uses throughout the score. The score is heavily anchored with that theme plus some great melodic structures, and that makes it very accessible for the audience. We are placed in the footsteps of the characters and the narrative that way. Lorne employs some chilling builds and uneasiness techniques to build that mysterious ghostly atmosphere. There always seems to be something bubbling under the surface, and it feels the music is always about to pull the sheet off the secret revelation but you’re not sure if you want to see what’s under there. -Read the full review at Film Music Media

Lakeshore Records will release the soundtrack to Blackwood, available digitally on April 28. The soundtrack features score by GRAMMY® Award-winning Composer Lorne Balfe (Son Of God, Penguins of Madagascar, Megamind). Directed by Adam Wimpenny, Blackwood movie stars Ed Stoppard, Sophia Myles (The Damned), Russell Tovey and Paul Kaye. Watch Blackwood now On Demand (iTunes UK) and stay tuned for Blackwood coming soon in the US. Preview the album and find the pre-order link below.

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The Age Of Adaline: An Interview With Composer Rob Simonsen | Film Music Magazine

April 22, 2015 Film Music Daily Staff 1 Comment

Rob Simonsen-Scored Film ‘The Age Of Adaline’ Opens In Theaters Nationwide On April 24

Simonsen responds with a beautiful, longing score that proves to be his most sumptuously traditional work yet. Beyond-lush romantic strings, angelic voices, gossamer bells combine for a gloriously thematic tapestry that’s nothing less than heaven-sent music. It’s longing beauty as the height or irony for a woman who’d like nothing better than to once again be touched by the hand of age – anxious music conveying a constant navigation of identities to hide her true self. -Daniel Schweiger, Film Music Magazine

Film music critic Daniel Schweiger recently interviewed Rob Simonsen, the composer of The Age Of Adaline. The score album is out now via Lakeshore Records, and the film opens this Friday nationwide. See below for more on the interview.

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