MIDNIGHT MOVIE
By Oh My Gore ! on August 13, 2010
"MIDNIGHT MOVIE" Soundtrack Release today + Killer Cut !
Howlin' Wolf Records is releasing the film score of "MIDNIGHT MOVIE" today !The supernatural horror/thriller is about a maniacal filmmaker who breaks the barrier between celluloid and reality to stalk attendees at a midnight screening of his black and white cult horror classic "THE DARK BENEATH". "MIDNIGHT MOVIE", premiered in 2008 at the Chicago Horror Film Festival winning "Best Feature Film." It is currently available on both Blu-ray and DVD from Bigfoot Entertainment.
To score this film, composer Penka Kouneva was presented with the challenge of providing scores for both the vintage film and the modern film, which beautifully blend and intersect seamlessly throughout the storyline. This is the first film score release for Kouneva, a prominent Hollywood orchestrator and rising composer for videogames, television, and film.
Penka Kouneva has long been recognized in Hollywood for her amazing talent as the orchestrator of blockbuster scores including "HOSTEL", "HOSTEL PART II", "TRANSFORMERS", "TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN", "ANGELS AND DEMONS", as well as Tim Burton's "9". Most recently Penka worked alongside renowned film composer Steve Jablonsky to score the videogame "PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE FORGOTTEN SANDS", now available for download on Amazon. In addition to a busy career as an orchestrator, Penka has also scored a number of films other than "MIDNIGHT MOVIE", including "CHUPACABRA TERROR", "ICE SPIDERS", and most recently "ROUGH HUSTLE".
The score for "MIDNIGHT MOVIE" is an earnest composition with gentle piano in addition to dark string tremolos, brass textures, ambient electronics with heavy percussion and ethereal voices. For the vintage film featured in the storyline, "THE DARK BENEATH", thin, high violins, bassoon, synth patches, and meandering chords for suspense are employed. A newly composed accompanying suite "Darkness And Fear" as well as an expanded cue for "Bridget, Your Father Is Not Here" are bonus features.
This initial release is a limited edition featuring a complete score and full color inserts with vivid imagery from the film. The 16-page insert booklet includes detailed liner notes and lavishly designed packaging.
For more information and to hear excerpts from select score cues please visit HOWLIN' WOLF RECORDS Website:
http://www.howlinwolfrecords.com/storemidnightmovie.html
Moreover, a NEW CUT of "MIDNIGHT MOVIE" will be premiering later this year.
"MIDNIGHT MOVIE: THE KILLER CUT", slated for a limited theatrical release, will feature newly shot scenes, restored footage from the original shoot, new VFX and new score composed just for this version of the film.
A movie of this size rarely gets a chance like this. But Bigfoot Entertainment was impressed with the performance of the original version and gave Jack Messit the opportunity to revisit his work. "It was a lot of fun to go in after two years and change some things around."
Because the original version of the movie was well received, they didn't try to create a different movie. But they think that the changes that were made, along with the additional footage and enhanced VFX, make this version a better movie.
After taking the summer to re-cut the film and shoot some new footage, they just completed re-mixing the audio and adding the score composed just for this new cut. They are in the midst of completing the new VFX and "MIDNIGHT MOVIE: THE KILLER CUT" should be ready by the end of the Summer.
Synopsis : A midnight showing of an early 1970's horror movie turns to chaos when the Killer from the movie comes out of the film to attack those in the theater.
Source : Oh My Gore !
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