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Caldera Records proudly presents Zbigniew Preisner’s score for Soren Kragh-Jacobson’s “The Island on Bird Street.” A young boy named Alex lives with his father and a friend of the family, whom Alex with great affection calls Uncle, in a Polish ghetto at the height of the Second World War. The young boy is an immediate witness to the cruelty of the Nazi officers who use every opportunity to humiliate both his father and his so-called uncle. Though he may not be able to articulate it, Alex knows that his childhood has ended, cut short by fascists who made it their mission to eradicate people like him and his family. How do you grow up in an environment of threats, danger, and humiliation? Quickly. “The Island on Bird Street,” released in 1997, tells the story of Alex’ survival. Following the arrest of his father and his uncle, he has to fend for himself in the rubble that is his playground of death. Zbigniew Preisner received a Silver Bear at the Berlinale for his music in the film. It is indeed one of his grandest achievements. The director and his composer were careful to avoid the usual cliches in films about the horrors of the Holocaust. Thus, “The Island on Bird Street” doesn’t feature any instruments or orchestral colours that could be deemed ethnic. Instead, it is a both aggressive and tender meditation for large orchestra with solo instruments that get their chance to shine. The piano – and the harp, which also features prominently in the music – proved a particularly fitting choice since their fragility captured Alex’s situation and his fear, the fragility of his existence within the tragedy of the Second World War. Moreover, the pieces for piano and harp can be viewed as a depiction of the nobility of Alex’s spirit. Throughout the horror of the war, the young boy doesn’t lose his humanity. He remains firmly himself, adept at escaping danger and resolute in his stance to oppose the enemy and pray for the return of his father. The danger is expressed in aggressive, suspenseful, and propulsive pieces for full orchestra and a male voice. The staccato strings and relentless percussion add to the tension on the screen and make clear the harrowing circumstances of Alex’s existence in the rubble of Warsaw. That way, “The Island on Bird Street” is a score of two halves: one fittingly captures the brutality of the regime; one expresses the fragility of Alex’s situation. For the album, Zbigniew Preisner assembled shorter cues into more extended suites that reveal new facets of his composition. Their context is now different. It is as if a whole new work has emerged. The 68th CD-release of Caldera Records features a detailed booklet text by Stephan Eicke and elegant artwork by Luis Miguel Rojas. The CD was mastered by Zbigniew Preisner and produced by Stephan Eicke and Zbigniew Preisner. C6068 Music Composed and Produced by Zbigniew PreisnerCD Produced by Stephan EickeExecutive Producers for Caldera Records: John Elborg, Stephan EickeAlbum Art Direction and Design by Luis Miguel Rojas Part I Separation from the Family (6:33) Part II Empty Street (6:55) Part III Escaping the Ultimate Solution (8:30) Part IV Dream (1:53) Part V The Final Stage of the Fight for Life (13:15) Part VI The Island on Bird Street (4:23) For more information and sound clips, please visit our homepage: https://www.caldera-records.com/island-on-bird-street

Hallo. Ich bin 16 Jahre alt und auf der Suche nach guten Büchern und Websiten um alles übers Komponieren zu lernen. Angefangen bei Harmonielehre usw. Besonders aber auch mit dem Schwerpunkt auf Filmmusik bzw Film Scoring, da das mich sehr Interessiert. Hoffe ihr habt da ein paar gute Tipps. Dank schonmal und nen schönen Abend!

Caldera Records is proud to present the original score for the motion picture “That Good Night” from 2017, directed by Eric Styles, featuring music by Guy Farley. The film, based on the stage play by N.J. Crisp, tells the story of Ralph, a successful writer whose life is full of regrets. With a curious personality that’s both charming and rude, Ralph has built a number of “love him or hate him” relationships over his life – unfortunately, his family seems to fall into the latter group. Now in his seventies and terminally ill, Ralph sets out two goals before entering that good night: he wants to mend his relationship with long-abandoned son Michael and also make sure that he is not a burden to his much younger second wife, Anna. “That Good Night” marks the last screen performance of John Hurt who passed away in January of 2017. Hurt is joined by Charles Dance and Sofia Helin in a stellar cast. The music for “That Good Night” was written by Guy Farley (“Modigliani”, “Maria di Nazaret”). Farley provided an elegant underscore, recorded with a small orchestra of strings, woodwinds, harp, piano, and world instruments such as a Cavaquino, Spanish guitars, an accordion and ethnic percussion which capture the Mediterranean flavour of the Portuguese Algarve, while the chamber orchestra works its magic on the emotional element of the story. The score, one of Farley’s best to date, is filled with memorable themes and motifs that are both uplifting and touching, paying tribute to the character’s struggles and the film’s hopeful message. The 24th CD-release of Caldera Records features a detailed booklet-text by Gergely Hubai and elegant artwork by Luis Miguel Rojas. The CD was produced by Stephan Eicke and John Elborg. Music Composed and Conducted by Guy Farley Album Produced by Stephan Eicke Executive Producers for Caldera Records: John Elborg, Stephan Eicke That Good Night 1. That Good Night (2:22) 2. The Horizon (1:41) 3. The Villa (1:57) 4. Reynaldo (2:14) 5. Try Harder (1:28) 6. I Love Portugal (1:16) 7. The Fee (1:49) 8. An Injection (1:36) 9. Call Your Dad (2:05) 10. Terminal (2:37) 11. Birth (3:07) 12. How Soon? (0:54) 13. You’re Despicable! (1:46) 14. John, Michael and Cassie (2:46) 15. Symposium (1:05) 16. His Beloved Rolex (1:21) 17. You Can Be So Nasty (1:22) 18. Trust Me (2:32) 19. October (1:45) 20. We Call it ALS (1:07) 21. A Grandfather! (1:37) 22. Reformed Character (0:55) 23. Death and Poetry (1:28) Bonus: 24. Audio Commentary by Guy Farley (6:45) For more information please visit: http://caldera-records.com/portfolio/that-good-night/ For an exclusive 5 min audio clip please visit: https://soundcloud.com/alderaecords/that-good-night-guy-farley

Hört einmal in diesen schönen, farbenprächtigen, orchestralen Score SPACEHASEN von dem jungen Wiener Komponisten Bernhard Philipp Eder hinein ... ich finde, dass das Cover und die Aufmachung der CD auch toll aussieht. https://www.spacehasen.com/music/spacehasen-suite/

Hallo meine lieben Filmmusikfreunde, ich hatte letztens die Möglichkeit ein kurzes Orchester Demoreel mit dem Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester aufzunehmen. Hier das Ergebnis: Beste Grüße, Johannes