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HBO’s new mockumentary comedy Family Tree, scored by CJ Vanston, premieres Sunday May 12 at 10:30 PM!

Written and created by Christopher Guest and Jim Piddock, the series is a single-camera, documentary-style show in the manner of Guest’s acclaimed feature films (Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman and A Mighty Wind). Starring Chris O’Dowd, Tom Bennett and Nina Conti.



For more information, please visit HBO’s official website: hbo.com/family-tree

Bert Stern: Original Madman, scored by Starr Parodi & Jeff Eden Fair, will be premiering in Los Angeles this Friday at Landmark’s Nuart Theatre! Director Shannah Laumeister will appear on Friday April 19 and Saturday April 20 for a Q&A after the 7:30pm shows and to introduce the 9:45pm shows.

The documentary examines the life story of “bad boy” photographer and cultural icon Bert Stern. The man who has made the worldʼs most gorgeous women his subject for 50 years reveals himself for the first time, becoming the subject.

For more information on the film, please visit the official website.

Emperor, scored by Alex Heffes, is now in theaters!

The film, directed by Peter Webber and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Matthew Fox, is a story of love and understanding set amidst the tensions and uncertainties of the days immediately following the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II.

Film Music Magazine has posted a great interview with Alex (click here to read), and Film Music Monthly has a wonderful review of the score here.

For more information on the film, as well as local showtimes, please visit the official page: Emperor – The Movie.

Revenge, scored by iZLER, returns to ABC on Sunday February 10!

Be sure to check out iZLER’s behind-the-scenes music blog at ABC’s Music Lounge.

For a sneak peak of the season premier, and more information on the show, please visit ABC’s official page. The show airs Sundays at 9 PM / 8 Central.

Check out our clients’ films that premiered at Sundance this year!

Abel Korzeniowski scored Randy Moore’s Escape from Tomorrow, which premiered as part of the Next category. Abel’s score uses touches of lush innocence and reeling uncertainty to encompass the surreal whirlwind of a middle-aged father in the midst of a breakdown during a family vacation at America’s favorite theme park.

Todd McCarthy of the Hollywood Reporter lauds: “The music is almost uniformly magnificent, with an emphasis on soaring, emotional and inspiring themes in the grandest old Hollywood tradition. [The]… original work [is] by the brilliant younger Polish composer Abel Korzeniowski, who scored Tom Ford’s A Single Man and should definitely be sought soon by many other filmmakers.” Click here to read the entire article. Indiewire also has an nice review, which can be found here.

Afternoon Delight, music supervised by Bruce Gilbert, premiered as part of the US Dramatic Competition. Directed by Jill Soloway and starring Juno Temple, Josh Radnor, and Jane Lynch, the dark comedy centers around a lost Los Angeles housewife who puts her idyllic hipster life in jeopardy when she tries to rescue a stripper by taking her in as a live-in nanny. The film was awarded Best Directing in its category.

Jacob Kornbluth’s Inequality for All, also music supervised by Bruce, won a Special Jury Award for Achievement in Filmmaking. The documentary explores U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich’s endeavor to raise awareness of the country’s widening economic gap.

Richard Linklater’s Before Midnight, scored by Graham Reynolds, also premiered at the festival. This romantic drama, the sequel to Before Sunrise (1995) and Before Sunset (2004), stars Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy in the story of Jesse and Celine, nine years after their last rendezvous. Almost two decades have passed since their first encounter on a train bound for Vienna. The film has been picked up by Sony Pictures Classics for distribution.

For more information on the festival, please visit the official website: www.sundance.org

Promised Land, music supervised by Brian Reitzell, premieres this Friday!

Matt Damon stars as Steve Butler, a corporate salesman whose journey from farm boy to big-time player takes an unexpected detour when he lands in a small town, where he grapples with a surprising array of both open hearts and closed doors. Gus Van Sant helms the film from an original screenplay written by John Krasinski and Matt Damon, from a story by Dave Eggers.


For more information, please visit the film’s website.

Alex Heffes is scoring the upcoming action feature Escape Plan, directed by Mikael Håfström and starring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Escape Plan follows an expert on structural security who is put to the test when he is framed and put in a high-security prison of his own design and must find the person who put him there. Amy Ryan, Jim Caviezel, Vincent D’Onofrio, Vinnie Jones, Sam Neill and 50 Cent are also starring in the film. The film is slated for release on September 13, 2013.

In other news, Alex has completed the scores to Peter Webber’s World War II drama Emperor and Danny Mooney’s Vietnam war drama AWOL. Both films will be released in the first half of 2013.

iZLER is scoring two upcoming drama pilots – CBS’s Reckless, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, and Fox’s Boomerang!

Reckless centers on Jamie (played by Anna Wood), a gorgeous Yankee litigator, and Roy (Cam Gigandet), a Southern City Attorney, who struggle to hide their intense attraction while clashing over a police sex scandal.

Boomerang focuses on the usual, everyday drama surrounding a family business – except this family, the Hamiltons, is in the business of executing hits as assassins for the U.S. government. The pilot stars Felicity Huffman, Anthony LaPaglia, Michael Stahl-David and Patrick Heusinger.

Roque Baños has scored the Ghost House/Sony remake of Evil Dead, which dominated this past weekend’s box office. The film earned $26 million nationally to secure the top spot, while pulling in an additional $4.5 million overseas for a cool worldwide debut of $30.5 million.

The score was recorded with full orchestra and choir at Air Lyndhurst Studios in London. Roque has infused this classic horror score with an eerily beautiful, thematic quality, but it is definitely scary as hell.

One more thing – the score. Roque Baños does incredible work, and the score is batshit insane… I want this soundtrack in the worst way. — Ain’t It Cool News

Click here to read Film Music Magazine’s fantastic interview with Roque. And The Hollywood Reporter has a great review of the film here.

Directed by Fede Alvarez and written by Sam Raimi, Evil Dead stars Jane Levy as Mia, a young woman struggling with sobriety who heads to a remote cabin with her brother and a group of friends, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads to danger and horror.

For more information on Evil Dead, please visit the official website.

Nanobots, the new album from They Might Be Giants with drummer and composer Marty Beller, is out now!

The album is available for purchase at Amazon.com and iTunes.



For more information, including upcoming tour dates, please visit the band’s website: http://www.theymightbegiants.com

The Grandmaster, scored by Nathaniel Méchaly, will open the Berlin International Film Festival!

Directed by Wong Kar Wai, the highly-anticipated action film tells the story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee. The Grandmaster stars Ziyi Zhang, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, and Cung Le. Nathaniel worked in conjunction with famed Japanese composer Shigeru Umebayashi on the project.



The Berlin Film Festival runs February 7-17. For more information, please visit the official site: http://www.berlinale.de

Evolution Music Partners is proud to announce the full commercial launch of its sister company Score Revolution, an unparalleled online catalog of film music from leading international film companies, as well as major independents and top composers from around the world.

Be sure to check out today’s copy of Variety, which features a great profile of Score Revolution:

Score facilitator spreads wealth
Music for Screens: Winter 2013 Edition

The floodgates have long been opened for those wanting to license film music. But startup Score Revolution is attempting to set itself apart by offering quality over quantity — and sharing the wealth. Launching this month, the service aims to simplify the process of licensing a traditionally convoluted area of music…

To read the entire article, please click here. And for more information on Score Revolution, please visit their website at www.scorerevolution.com.

The Boss original television soundtrack, scored by Brian Reitzell, is now available on iTunes!

Pitchfork.com has a great article up on Brian’s work the show, which stars Kelsey Grammer as ruthless Chicago mayor Tom Kane. The article highlights Brian’s collaborations with Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never), Tim Rutili (Red Red Meat, Califone), Jim James (My Morning Jacket), and Nicolas Godin and JB Dunckel (Air), as well as a track from Mark Hollis (Talk Talk).

To read the entire article, please click here.

Brian Reitzell is the composer and music supervisor of The Bling Ring, Sofia Coppola’s latest picture starring Emma Watson, which will open Un Certain Regard at The Cannes Film Festival!

Click here to read Variety’s article about the announcement.

The film is based on the true story of the Hollywood Hills Burglar Bunch, a group of fashion and fame-obsessed teens who broke into the homes of celebrities.

The Bling Ring is written and directed by Sofia Coppola, and produced by Roman Coppola and Youree Henley. The film will be released in the US on June 14.

NBC’s Hannibal, scored and music supervised by Brian Reitzell, premieres Thursday April 4 at 10 PM / 9 Central!

One of the most fascinating literary characters comes to life on television for the first time: psychiatrist-turned-serial-killer, Dr. Hannibal Lecter. In this new drama from Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies, Heroes), based on the characters from Thomas Harris’ classic novels, we see where this incredible story began.


For more information on the show, please visit NBC’s official website.

Bless Me, Ultima, scored by Mark Kilian, is now in limited release!

Based on the classic novel by Rudolfo Anaya, the film takes place in a small town in New Mexico during World War II, and tells the coming-of-age story of Antonio and his relationship with an elderly medicine woman who helps him contend with the battle between good and evil that rages in the village.

Variety.com has a great review of the film – click here to read it.

For more information on the film, including trailers and local showtimes, please visit the official website.

The soundtrack to FX’s hit drama Justified, music supervised by Greg Sill, is now available on iTunes!


The album features the show’s title song Long Hard Times to Come by Gangstagrass featuring T.O.N.E-z, as well as other songs from the series by artists including Dave Alvin, Beverley Staunton, Lynda Kay, Robert J. Walsh and Ryan Kickland. The show, now in its fourth season, airs Tuesdays at 10 PM.

Daniel Licht is scoring the upcoming NBC drama Deception, premiering Monday January 7 at 10 PM / 9 Central.

Click here to preview Daniel’s music for the show!

Daniel also has a great blog entry featured in The Huffington Post! To read the entire entry, please click here.

Deception stars Meagan Good as Detective Joanna Locasto, who goes undercover to investigate the death of her best friend, a notorious socialite from one of America’s wealthiest families. For more information, please visit the official website.

The seventh season of Futurama, scored by Chris Tyng, is now available on DVD!

The DVD includes an interview with Chris, as well as an in-depth look at the main title theme, where he performs all the instruments, remixes, and deconstructs a version of it in real time. Futurama Season 7 is available on Amazon.com.


A new full-length version of the Futurama theme is also available as a single and extended remix on iTunes.