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The W.E. soundtrack, by Abel Korzeniowski, ranks #2 on iTunes Top Soundtracks!

Click here to download the soundtrack from iTunes

Click Here to purchase the soundtrack from Amazon.com




Be sure to check out this amazing Golden Globe nominated score!

Erran Baron Cohen is returning to Los Angeles to begin work on The Dictator.

Directed by Larry Charles and starring Sacha Baron Cohen, the comedy tells the heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy never comes to the country he so lovingly oppressed.





The Dictator will be released later this year.

Higher Ground, scored by Alec Puro, will be available on Blu-ray Tuesday January 10.

The critically-acclaimed film, directed by Vera Farmiga and starring Farmiga, Joshua Leonard, and John Hawkes, depicts one woman’s crisis of faith, and her quest to find her own identity and a spiritual sanctuary that will give her life hope and meaning.

Released by Sony Classics, Higher Ground debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, and was also screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Click here to read a great review from Variety, and here for a review from The Hollywood Reporter.

In other news, Alec is currently scoring The First Time directed by Jon Kasdan.

A Warrior’s Heart, scored by Alec Puro and directed by Mike Sears, hits theaters Friday December 2. The film stars Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz (click here to read more).

In other news, Alec’s project The Art of Getting By is now available on Blu-ray and DVD.

Machine Gun Preacher, scored by Thad Spencer (Asche & Spencer) is now in limited release.

The film, directed by Marc Forster, stars Gerard Butler in the inspirational true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker who becomes a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children forced into become soldiers.

For a great article on the score, please click here. Also, writer Jason Keller has an interesting interview here, where he discusses Childers the themes of the film.


For more information, and to find local show times for Machine Gun Preacher, please visit the official website: http://www.machinegunpreacher.org

scored by Nathaniel Mechaly, hits theaters Friday August 26.

The film, directed by Olivier Megaton, stars Zoe Saldana as young woman who, after witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin seeking revenge.

Columbiana is being released by Stage 6 Films and TriStar Pictures.

In other news, Nathaniel will be scoring the upcoming film Taken 2 which is slated to start production early next year.

The Ward, scored by Mark Kilian, is now available on video on demand.

Directed by John Carpenter, The Ward stars Amber Heard as an institutionalized young woman who becomes terrorized by a ghost.

To view the movie on demand, check with your cable provider for local listings. The Ward will also be released theatrically in select cities on July 8.

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

Sleepwalk With Me, scored by Andrew Hollander and music supervised by Anthony Roman, won Best of NEXT Audience Award at Sundance!

The film is written and directed by Mike Birbiglia, which tells the story of a burgeoning stand-up comedian who struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.

Check out the great reviews below:

Sundance Review – Jason Bailey
EW.com’s Sundance 2012’s Must-See Movies
Flavorwire.com’s 10 Most Anticipated Sundance Movies

Check out Peymon Maskan’s interview with Hit Quarters!

I used to approach films with a perspective of putting together a bunch of cool bands that will make people buy the soundtrack. That’s still important, but my motivation nowadays is more about storytelling

To read the article, please follow this link.

Rob Simonsen is wrapping up the score to Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World, which he co-composed with Jonathan Sadoff.

The comedy, directed by Lorene Scafaria, stars Steve Carrell and Keira Knightley as two neighbors who embark on a road trip to find Steve’s high school sweetheart before an incoming asteroid ends all life on Earth



Jonathan Sadoff and Lorene Scarfaria are in the band The Shortcoats, whose debut EP This Time Last Year is out now.

Congratulations to Alex Heffes who won Discovery of the Year at the 2011 World Soundtrack Awards for his work on The First Grader and The Rite!

Also nominated for Discovery of the Year was iZLER, for his scores to The Hammer and Natural Selection. The award is given to emerging film composing talent to commemorate an excellent piece of musical work (click here to read about the nominees).

The World Soundtrack Awards were held at the Ghent International Film Festival on Saturday, October 22nd. Abel Korzeniowski, the winner of last year’s World Soundtrack Discovery Award, took the stage during the ceremony to perform his award-winning music from A Single Man, which also earned him the Public Choice Award in 2010.

To view the photo album, please click here.

Creature, scored by Kevin Haskins, is now in theaters.

The horror film, directed by Fred Andrews, stars Mehcad Brooks, Serinda Swan, Dillon Casey as a group of friends who unearth a terrible secret from the depths of a back country Louisiana swamp.




Click here to watch the trailer. And for more information on Creature, please visit the film’s official website: http://www.creaturethemovie.com

Trailer Addict has a great behind-the-scenes interview with Andrew Hollander on his music to The Perfect Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll. The film, produced by Spike Lee and directed by Scott Rosenbaum, features Andy’s collaborations with Steve Conte of the New York Dolls.

Click Here to watch the interview.

Be sure to check out the film, which hits theaters August 5!

scored by Sam Retzer and Tim Boland will be released theatrically in the UK on June 10.

The film is directed by Billie Woodruff, and stars Katerina Graham as talented dancer who, after being released from juvenile detention, finds an outlet for her passion with a new dance crew.





Honey 2 will be released stateside later this year.

Check out this great behind-the-scenes video from The Wind Gods recording session, scored by Pinar Toprak!

Pinar Toprak – The Wind Gods “Final Race-1851”




For more information on Pinar, please visit her website: http://www.pinartoprak.com.

Congratulations to Abel Korzeniowski, nominated for Best Original Score for his work on W.E which has just begun it’s limited release!


Thanks go out to the HFPA for recognizing this incredibly beautiful, multi-thematic score.


and Congratulations Abel, on your tremendous achievement!



In addition to Best Original Score, W.E also received a Best Original Song nomination for Masterpiece, by Madonna, Julie Frost, and Jimmy Harry, with a string arrangement by Abel.



In other Golden Globe news, Boss, scored and music supervised by Brian Reitzell, has been nominated for Best Drama Series. Brian’s minimalist score containing elements of music concrete played a significant role in creating an identity for the series.

The First Time, scored by Alec Puro and directed by Jon Kasdan, has been selected for Sundance’s Dramatic Competition.

And Sleepwalk With Me, scored by Andrew Hollander and music supervised by Anthony Roman, will premiere at Sundance.


Click here to read more about the festival.

The First Grader, scored by Alex Heffes and Buck, scored by David Robbins with music from Mark Orton, are nominated for the Audience Award at the 2011 Gotham Independent Film Awards! This award celebrates audience award winners from across the Top 50 US and Canadian film festivals.

And Higher Ground, scored by Alec Puro, is up for Breakthrough Director (Vera Farmiga).

For more information on the nominees, please click here.

EMP clients have three Gala Premieres at the 2011 Toronto Film Festival!

Madonna’s highly anticipated W.E, scored by Abel Korzeniowski, stars Abbie Cornish, Andrea Riseborough, and James D’Arcy, depicting the affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson alongside a contemporary romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard.

Take This Waltz, scored by Jonathan Goldsmith, written and directed by Sarah Polley, stars Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams, Sarah Silverman and Luke Kirby in a funny, bittersweet and heart-wrenching story about a woman struggling to choose between two different types of love.

Marc Forster’s biographical thriller Machine Gun Preacher, scored by Thad Spencer (Asche & Spencer), stars Gerard Butler as Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker tough guy who finds God and becomes a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese child soldiers.

Also screening at the festival this year are two films from Rob Simonsen, who scored Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best and contributed additional music to Moneyball.

The New York Times has posted a great review of Mike Mills’ Beginners, scored by Brian Reitzell (with Roger Neill, Dave Palmer).

Beginners imaginatively explores the hilarity, confusion, and surprises of love through the evolving consciousness of Oliver (Golden Globe Award nominee Ewan McGregor). Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna (Mélanie Laurent of Inglourious Basterds) only months after his father Hal Fields (Academy Award nominee Christopher Plummer) has passed away.

To read the review, please click here.