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What Men Want, Nightflyers Featured In February Soundtrack Picks! | Film Music Magazine

In the latest edition of Film Music Magazine, film music critic Daniel Schweiger shares his February soundtrack picks, featuring What Men Want (score by Brian Tyler, and Nightflyers (score by Will Bates)! As usual, Daniel provides an insightful backgrounder on each composer to provide further context on their latest releases. Keep reading to see the reviews and listen to the albums.

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George R. R. Martin’s ‘Nightflyers’ Series Comes To Blu-ray and DVD! Score by Will Bates


We are talking a series opening as jarring as some of the scenes in season 1 of the Walking Dead. – Gerri Mahn, Den of Geek

Syfy’s Nightflyers series is based on George R. R. Martin’s Locus Award-winning novella published in 1980. Starring Eoin Macken, David Ajala, Jodie Turner-Smith and Gretchen Mol, the series is developed for television by Jeff Buhler and features score by Series Composer Will Bates, known for his work “The Looming Tower” (Hulu), “The Magicians” (Netflix) and “The Path” (Hulu). Catch up on all episodes at your leisure: Season 1 is now available on Blu-ray and DVD in stores and online now.

Soundtrack Available Now: [Download/Listen]

A mixture of organic strings with synthetic beats, the piece is both melancholically beautiful and strangely sinister. It’s a wonderful piece that we highly recommend listening to above. – Jonathan Barkan, Dread Central

NIGHTFLYER SEASON 1 is now available on Blu-ray/DVD (get it here) and On Digital (get it here).

Lakeshore Podcast: Will Bates Talks ‘Nightflyers’ Syfy Series Score | Birth.Movies.Death

Our friends over at Birth.Movies.Death has the exclusive premiere on the first Lakeshore Podcast of the year, featuring Will Bates, Series Composer of George R.R. Martin’s “Nightflyers” series on Syfy! Hosted by Aaron Vehling of the Vehlinggo music site, we get the lowdown on how Will Bates came to scoring this futuristic psychological thriller and the unusual instrumentation used.

Nightflyers takes place in 2093, where a team of scientists, on man’s most advanced space ship ever, embark on a mission to find other life forms. See the full story and access the Lakeshore Podcast now at Birth.Movies.Death.

Soundtrack Available Now: [Download/Listen]

Catch up on NIGHTFLYERS SEASON 1 now at Syfy.com (login required) or on iTunes (download season pass).

Premiere: Listen To ‘Breaking The Orbit’ By Will Bates (Nightflyers Sountrack) | Dread Central

A mixture of organic strings with synthetic beats, the piece is both melancholically beautiful and strangely sinister. It’s a wonderful piece that we highly recommend listening to above. – Jonathan Barkan, Dread Central

To celebrate the release of Nightflyers – Original Series Soundtrack, listen to the track, “Breaking Orbit” by Series Composer Will Bates now featured at Dread Central!  The Nightflyers series on Syfy is an adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s novella, which premiered at San Diego Comic Con  and aired its finale last night.  See the full story at Dread Central.

Soundtrack Available Now: [Download/Listen]

 

Catch up on all episodes of NIGHTFLYERS SEASON 1 at SYFY online!

 

Premiere: Listen To Two Tracks From George R.R. Martin’s ‘Nightflyers’, Score By Will Bates! | SYFY Wire

You can attribute much of the atmospheric terror in Nightflyers to Will Bates’ synth-inspired score that recalls old school John Carpenter and Vangelis’ score for the first Blade Runner. – Josh Weiss, SYFY Wire

Listen to two debut tracks from the forthcoming Nightflyers – Original Series Soundtrack by Composer Will Bates exclusively now at SYFY Wire!  Will is founder of Fall On Your Sword, an award-winning music production, scoring, and audio post company.  Previously, Will released the score to Lola Versus under the moniker Fall On Your Sword on Lakeshore Records and his recent work includes scores to “The Path” (Hulu) and “Salt, Fat, Acid” (Netflix).  The Nightflyers soundtrack to the George R.R. Martin series on Syfy is out Friday, December 14!  See the track list below.

Tune in tonight at 10/9c for an all-new episode of “NIGHTFLYERS” across all Syfy platforms!

Watch as showrunner Jeff Buhler and the cast discuss George R.R. Martin’s “Nightflyers” series at SDCC:
 

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