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The Control Group Begins Its Fiendish Experiments on VOD Wild Eye Brings Thriller to Cable and Digital HD DVD Release Planned for May


Wild Eye Releasing has announced the North American Cable and Digital HD release of Peter Hurd's The Control Group.  Starring Brad Dourif (The Child's Play series, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Lord of the Rings) as a mad scientist, The Control Group follows kidnapped coeds as they attempt to escape from his grasp.  Writer-director Peter Hurd's debut feature is now available on cable and digital platforms, including iTunes, Dish Network, Vudu, Xbox, Google Play, and YouTube.  A DVD release is planned for May.

Five college students wake up in an abandoned, locked-down insane asylum - with no idea how they got there and no means of escape. They discover that they are the subjects of secret experiments, but these tests have awakened something that cannot be explained by science. The group must now fight to escape both the human and supernatural threats if they are to survive and break out of their prison.
 
I find anything with... Brad Dourif, makes me want to see it!
Jeremy [Six Strings]

WATCH: BREAKING GLASS PICTURES PRESENTS: "ROBOT WARS"... FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE


Breaking Glass Pictures will release the upcoming sci-fi/action feature ROBOT WARS on DVD/VOD April 11, 2017.

Check out the trailer: Robot Wars Trailer

CAST: Ben Naasz (The Men Who Fell), Teddy Cañez (Now You See Me, Tracers), Jennifer Sydney (American Crime, Gang Money Run), and Faye Kingslee (‘Legends of Tomorrow’, Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst, Halo Wars 2).
 
In the near future, powerful corporations at war with each other over advanced technology development rule over an industrial wasteland. Corporate espionage has reached new heights of infiltration and bloodshed.

A convict is offered a second chance at freedom, but there is a catch: he must help a team of corporate thieves steal secretive prototype technology from a rival company. With a surgically-implanted camera and data links, he joins the team of thieves to complete the heist.

However, the mission is quickly compromised. With no contact to their company, the team is forced to take their stolen prize out into the lawless industrial sprawl. Savage gangs and corporate death squads are hot on their trail, and even worse, the team must come to grips with the true nature of their mission….and the terrifying power of their stolen technology.
 
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WATCH: "Teenage Ghost Punk Hits the Sound Waves" Midnight Releasing Debuts Musical Ghost Story. Available Everywhere in North America on Digital HD & Cable VOD


Midnight Releasing has announced today's Digital HD, Cable VOD and MOD debut of Teenage Ghost Punk. Writer-director Mike Cramer blends the traditional haunted house narrative with the universal themes of young love and teen angst, adding a healthy serving of rock and roll. Teenage Ghost Punk is now available to rent or own on iTunes, Amazon Instant, Google Play, Vudu, XBox, FlixFling, DirecTV, Comcast, FiOS, AT&T and more. Adria Dawn (TV's "Popular") costars with an exciting young cast of newcomers: Grace Madigan, Jack Cramer, Noah Kitsos in a family-friendly ghost tale.  Teenage Ghost Punk has screened at the Chicago International Movies and Music Festival, the Spooky International Horror Film Festival and the Geneva Film Festival, where Mike Cramer took home the award for Emerging Narrative Feature Filmmaker.

Life changes for a cheerleader named Amanda when her family moves to an old Victorian house outside Chicago. While her newly-divorced mom struggles with a new job and her eccentric little brother seems to fit in effortlessly, Amanda tries to find her way in her daunting new high school. Meanwhile, weird things happen in the new house: Knocking sounds, strange guitar riffs in the rain, and unexplained messes. A quirky medium and a bumbling paranormal investigation team search for answers but are scared away an unseen force.

Amanda discovers that her house is haunted by Brian, the teenage punk rock ghost who has been jamming on her roof during rainstorms for thirty years. He enjoys spirited poker nights with a local quintet of teen ghosts from different eras. Amanda and Brian forge an unlikely friendship and feelings deepen, but tension arises when Amanda asks him to the homecoming dance. When uninvited guests arrive at Amanda's Halloween party, paranormal investigators clash with Chicago's most bad-ass spirit, and the neighborhood's past collides with its present. How will Amanda solve her future?
 
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PUNCHING HENRY" Debuting on Blu-ray™ April 18... All –Star Cast Includes Henry Phillips, Tig Notaro, Jim Jefferies, Doug Stanhope, Clifton Collins Jr., with Sarah Silverman and Academy Award® Winner J.K. Simmons and our "GIVEAWAY"... #PunchingHenry


In the hyper-intelligent comedy PUNCHING HENRY, a journeyman comedian is lured to Los Angeles by a TV producer who wants to make him a reality star. As reality sets in, he must decide whether his legacy will be to tell jokes for a living or become the butt of them. With an all-star cast, including Henry Phillips (Punching the Clown), stand-up comics Tig Notaro, Jim Jefferies and Doug Stanhope; Clifton Collins Jr. (Pacific Rim), with Sarah Silverman (I Smile Back) and Academy Award® winner J.K. Simmons (Best Supporting Actor, Whiplash, 2014), PUNCHING HENRY is a hilarious and heartwarming glimpse behind the curtain of the weird world of comedy.  The film debuts on Blu-ray™ April 18 from Well Go USA Entertainment.

In this hyper-intelligent comedy, a journeyman comedian is lured to L.A. by a TV producer  (J.K. Simmons, Whiplash) who wants to make him a reality star. As reality sets in, he must decide whether his legacy will be to tell jokes for a living or become the butt of them.

Interested in receiving a  BLU-RAY? Leave a comment or drop us an email... telling us why this film intrigues you?
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WATCH IT: THE MARINE 5: BATTLEGROUND... STARRING SIX WWE SUPERSTARS, DEBUTING ON DIGITAL MARCH 28 ON BLU-RAY AND DVD APRIL 25


More WWE Superstars than ever before come together for the non-stop action adventure, THE MARINE 5: BATTLEGROUND, debuting on digital March 28 and on Blu-ray™ and DVD April 25 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and WWE Studios. The fifth installment of the Marine franchise stars WWE Superstar Mike “The Miz®” Mizanin as Jake Carter, a marine who is now back stateside working as an EMT. After responding to a distress call, he must protect a man from a biker gang out for the ultimate revenge. THE MARINE 5: BATTLEGROUND also stars WWE Superstars Curtis Axel®, Bo Dallas®, Maryse®, Naomi™, and Heath Slater®, and actress Anna Van Hooft (Warcraft).

THE MARINE 5: BATTLEGROUND comes with two behind-the-scenes featurettes that bring fans to action ground zero. In “Evening the Odds,” fans discover that an amusement park isn’t all fun and games when the cast and Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin walk through how his character uses the setting to thwart off his enemies. “Superstar Studded” offers fans interviews from their favorite WWE Superstars, including The Miz, Curtis Axel, Heath Slater, Maryse and Naomi.

After returning stateside and now working as an EMT, Jake Carter (Mike "The Miz" Mizanin) finds himself trapped with an injured, marked man he's sworn to save. As a ruthless biker gang bent on revenge gains speed, Carter must use his killer Marine instincts to end the rampage . . . or die trying!

Directed by James Nunn from a screenplay by Edward McHenry and Rory McHenry,
THE MARINE 5: BATTLEGROUND was produced by Jonathan DuBois.

 
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WATCH IT: NEW CLASSICS FROM FOX CINEMA ARCHIVES!


Bring home the newest wave of classics from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment's Cinema Archives vault, available on DVD now!

Sailor of the King (1953)   
When Admiral Seville was still just Lt. Seville, he had a brief affair with Canadian beauty Lucinda and, unbeknownst to him, fathered a son. Now, 20 years later, that boy (nicknamed ‘Canada’) serves in his father’s command, neither one knowing the truth about their relationship. While tracking a German raider, Seville’s ship is torpedoed and while some escape in lifeboats, Canada is taken prisoner. Damaged in the exchange as well, the German ship pulls into a well-hidden cove to affect some repairs. Canada takes the opportunity to escape, and after arming himself, he flees into the hills to conduct a guerilla war, hoping to slow the enemy’s progress down long enough for reinforcements and rescuers to arrive. (Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation)

Sea Wife (1957)      
The year is 1942 during the days of Japan's Pacific campaign of WWII. The British are evacuating Singapore when a ship is torpedoed and only four people survive. They are a nun, an RAF officer, a hate-filled business tycoon, and a black purser. The four drift for days before they find a small desert island. Before they reach the shore, a shark attacks and devours the purser. The other three safely land and struggle to survive. Under these circumstances, the RAF officer finds himself falling in love with the nun. Separated after their rescue, the officer searches her out to tell her what he couldn't when they were stranded. (Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation)

Murder, Inc. (1960) 
Based on the shocking, true story of a criminal gang who terrorized Brooklyn for years, and featuring a stellar performance by Peter Falk in an Oscar®-nominated early role, Murder, Inc. delivers a terrifying tale of corruption in a vast criminal underworld that has overrun civil society. (Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation)

Move Over, Darling (1963)
Doris Day, James Garner and Polly Bergen star in this madcap romantic comedy about one groom, two wives, and one crazy, mixed-up honeymoon! Five years after his wife Ellen (Day) is lost at sea and presumed dead, Nick (Garner) is finally ready to get remarried. But he’s headed for anything but wedded bliss when Ellen turns up alive – and ready to give first love a second chance – with Nick! (Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation)

Back Door to Hell (1964)
Director Monty Hellman’s tense war drama will grip you from beginning to end. Days before a planned U.S. attack on the Philippines, three American soldiers – Craig (Jimmie Rodgers), an officer with conflicted feelings about war, Burnett (Jack Nicholson), the radio operator, and Jersey (John Hackett), the capable fellow-in-arms, go ashore to do reconnaissance on the Japanese forces. But not only does the enemy learn of their presence, their radio is also destroyed, putting all U.S. troops gathered in the Philippines in danger. Depending on each other as well as a group of Filipino resistance fighters, the three struggle against formidable odds to complete their mission. (Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation)

Convict Stage (1965)
When outlaws savagely murder his sister, a cowboy swears vengeance. However, before he can take the law into his own hands, an old lawman corrals the gang himself and brings the outlaws to justice properly. (Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation)
 
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SWORD MASTER A Wuxia Martial Arts Extravaganza from Director Derek Yee Debuting on Digital March 7 On Blu-ray™ & DVD April 11


Hong Kong cinema giants Derek Yee (Triple Tap) and Tsui Hark (Flying Swords of Dragon Gate) join forces for an epic remake of 1977’s Death Duel, when the wuxia martial arts extravaganza SWORD MASTER debuts on digital March 7 and on Blu-ray™ and DVD April 11 from Well Go USA Entertainment. Visually opulent, the film follows a master swordsman who must once again wield his weapon against those who threaten his desire to live in peace. SWORD MASTER stars Kenny Lin (The Taking of Tiger Mountain), Peter Ho (The Monkey King), Yiyan Jiang (Reign of Assassins) and Mengjie Jiangin (Kung Fu Hero). Bonus materials include the featurette “Mastering the Sword.”

A powerful swordsman is haunted by the destructive impact his deadly talents have on others. Weary of the bloodshed and violence from the martial arts world, he banishes himself to the humble life of a vagrant, wandering the fringes of society. But his violent past refuses to let him go quietly. The master swordsman must regain the ability to wield his sword and fight those disrupting the peace he so desperately craves.
 
And there is a GIVEAWAY, Check the latest downloadable issue... Six Strings - Season 2 Issue 3
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"FROM BEYOND" Composed by RICHARD BAND


The 1986 Empire Pictures film From Beyond features music that takes place in two worlds. One is the orchestral, organic sound of reality, where masochistic desire and monsters are made flesh by the film's catalyst of evil -- the resonator. The other is one of chilling, expressionistic electronics, coming through in bizarre, undulating waves to reflect a floating dimension of horrors. From Beyond’s score keeps the listener on a razor’s edge, creating a sense of nerve-twisting unease that transcends the simple act of listening. A complex, yet coherent meld of 40–45 string players with harp, piano, percussion and a multitude of electronic ideas woven throughout, Band showcases a horror score that rises above its peers.

For this reissue of one of Band's most prized works, Intrada has remixed the entire score from the 24-track session elements. In addition to startling clarity and never-before-heard detail, several previously unreleased tracks bring additional depth to the score, particularly the important “Kathy Dresses Up,” with its cascading harps, piano arpeggios and undulating figures combining to create a creepy, quasi-sensual feel for Kathy’s seductive behavior courtesy the resonator.

The production reunites Re-Animator's producer Brian Yuzna, director Stuart Gordon, actors Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton and of course composer Richard Band.  Crampton  plays Dr. Katherine McMichaels, a psychologist determined to cure schizophrenia by unlocking the secrets of the resonator, a device created by the depraved Dr. Edward Pretorious (Ted Sorel). Some unknown force has removed Pretorius’ entire head, leaving his distraught research assistant, Crawford Tillinghast (Jeffrey Combs), as the prime suspect in Pretorious’ murder.  Attempting to recreate the doctor’s experiment, McMichaels can’t help but turn on the resonator time and again, unleashing a horrifically mutating form of Pretorious, along with a sea of ghastly creatures now made murderously aware of human existence.

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Momentum Pictures: THE SHADOW EFFECT, available On Demand, Digital HD and DVD on May 2, 2017.


Obsessed with gene regeneration, and fascinated by the phenomenon of the waking dream, Dr. Reese (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) explores the psyche of Gabriel Howarth (Cam Gigandet), a young man whose life is turned upside down when his violent dreams begin to blend with reality. When Gabriel's dreams mirror political assassinations, he must race against the clock to not only save himself and his wife Brinn (Britt Shaw), but stop an experimental government program. With time running out, and Gabriel's life on the line, only Dr. Reese holds the key to unlocking the truth.

DIRECTORS: Obin Olson, Amariah Olson
CAST: Cam Gigandet, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Brit Shaw, and Michael Biehn
 
Strong cast of actors and characters... story looks interesting.
Jeremy [Six Strings]

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HWR MUSIC... THE SAND / SONATA and TETRO ROUGE


THE SAND / SONATA - by Vincent Gillioz... Howlin' Wolf Records proudly presents a premiere double-bill release of Vincent Gillioz's original scores to SONATA (2004) and THE SAND (2015). Gillioz, raised in Geneva, Switzerland, currently lives in Los Angeles and has scored no less than 35 feature films accumulating numerous scholarships and awards throughout his career, including 9 best score awards. This is Howlin' Wolf Records' third project with composer Vincent Gillioz following LAST BREATH and COLLAPSE.


TETRO ROUGE [2CD] - by Pablo Croissier... Howlin' Wolf Records is proud to present a Two-Disc Set for Pablo Crossier's score for TETRO ROUGE. Pablo Croissier is from the Atlantic Canary Islands, Spain, but currently calls Los Angeles home. He is a classically-trained composer who has scored soundtracks for a variety of film styles, ranging from fast-paced action flicks to modernized Westerns. His work has been heard both on the concert stage, with his first symphony performed in the US in 2012, and in worldwide trailers and national commercials for blue chip brands such as Toyota. Recently Croissier was honored with a "Best Song" award by the Society of Composers and Lyricists of America and accepted into the prestigious Los Angeles Mentor Program for the fall 2016 term. He is currently working on his next feature score THE ESPADRILLO FORTUNE.
 
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Yippee Ki Yay... DIE HARD: LIMITED EDITION RE-ISSUE (2CD)

 
La-La Land Records, Twentieth Century Fox and FOX Music present a re-issue of our previously sold-out 2-CD SET of the original motion picture score to the classic 1988 action blockbuster DIE HARD, starring Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman and Bonnie Bedelia, and directed by John McTiernan. Renowned composer Michael Kamen (LETHAL WEAPON 1-4, ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THEIVES, THE LAST BOY SCOUT, DIE HARD 2-3) constructs an indelible musical template for the iconic, one-man-army of an everyman, John McClane, as he wages a skyscraper-encased war against a group of high-tech, heavily-armed thieves led by uber-villian Hans Gruber. Kamen’s score masterfully builds suspense, propelling all the plot’s high-octane action while enriching the characterizations. The DIE HARD experience is rounded out in this presentation with source cues and bonus tracks such as Vaughn Monroe’s “Let It Snow”, Run DMC’s “Christmas in Hollis,” John Scott’s “We’ve Got Each Other” and more! Produced by Nick Redman and Eric Lichtenfeld, restored by Mike Matessino and remastered by Daniel Hersch, this special 2-CD release features exclusive, in-depth liner notes by Eric Lichtenfeld and track-by-track analysis by film music writer Jeff Bond. This is a limited edition re-issue of 2000 units. Yippie-Kay-Yay!


NOTE: The musical and liner notes content of this re-issue is identical to our previous release, but brand new art design by Jim Titus welcomes this reprise to the party! 


It comes only once and awhile... it's it time for you to see what the fuss is all about?
Jeremy [Six Strings]

WATCH: Well Go USA Entertainment "THREE" A Film by Acclaimed Auteur Johnnie To... On Blu-ray™ & DVD April 4... and GIVEAWAY!

 
Tensions mounts and bullets fly in master filmmaker Johnnie To’s (Drug War, Exiled, Election) THREE, his latest showdown between cops, robbers and everyone else caught in the crossfire. When a police sting goes bad, a cornered criminal (Wallace Chung, Drug War) makes a desperate choice: he shoots himself, forcing the officers to cease fire and rush him to the hospital. Once there, he refuses treatment, waiting for his cohorts to break him out. Caught between an obsessed cop (Louis Koo, Triad Election) and the dedicated surgeon assigned to save his life (Zhao Wei, Red Cliff), the hospital is now a battleground of deception, double-crosses and a coming onslaught of violence. The action-packed THREE explodes on Blu-ray™ and DVD April 4 from Well Go USA Entertainment. Bonus materials offer fans two behind-the-scenes featurettes: a look at “Master Director Johnnie To” and an exploration of the “Three Complex Characters” featured in the film.

Giveaway and great film, check out new issue coming April 1, 2017 for all the details!
Jeremy [Six Strings]

JUST ANNOUNCED: RACE WITH THE DEVIL/MAKING LOVE Composed and Conducted by LEONARD ROSENMAN INTRADA Special Collection 379

 
From the vaults of 20th Century Fox comes a double header featuring two scores by composer Leonard Rosenman. The first is the 1975 thriller Race with the Devil, where two couples accidentally witness a ritual sacrifice when camping in their RV and find their lives threatened by an ever-widening Satanic conspiracy. Although sparingly scored, Rosenman suffuses every scene with supernatural dread. As with other scores from the period, including his two Planet of the Apes entries, Rosenman omits the violin section. However, he makes extensive use of solo electric violin played through a ring modulator, giving the score an otherworldly, diabolical quality, playing off the great tradition of the “fiddling devil.” For years, the elements were damaged and unusable, but advances in technology have allowed Mike Matessino to perform a miraculous restoration of original split-track elements (and the mono music stems for tracks 20–23) and for Intrada to finally present this 70s Leonard Rosenman gem.

In a complete about face, the lyrical score for 1982's Making Love provides a sweeter, more poignant listen. The film centers on one Zack Elliot—a seemingly happily married, successful doctor—who finds himself on a journey of self-discovery, which ends with his coming out. Rosenman responded by fashioning a monothematic score built around a long-lined melody written in rondo form. It underscores the purity of the characters’ emotional drives and Zack’s thought processes and internal uncertainty, as though the theme is figuring itself out simultaneously with the character. After scoring was completed, Rosenman returned to write and record a handful of revised cues, all appearing here in the Extras section.

An odd pairing for sure, this Intrada premiere showcases two very different sides of one very brilliant composer.

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Oh, the memories... "Race with the Devil", as a film freaked me out and now I will have the music to relive it... cannot wait, serious... this with "Making Love" will be awesome.
Jeremy [Six Strings]

Howlin' Wolf Records: Six Strings - Season 2 Issue 2 [2017]


 Interview with Composer... Tony Morales "DISNEY'S: ELENA OF AVALOR"
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story by: Michael Giacchino (Review) by: Kaya Savas
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS (What if) STORY! by: Jason Lee Knight
Interview with Composer... Jasha Klebe “PLANET EARTH II” [2017]
Interview with Composer... Jacob Shea “PLANET EARTH II” [2017]
Where is #26? Mammoth’s Best New Horror Goes Hardback By KC Redding-Gonzalez
Listening for Romance in Horror By: Christina Persaud
Interview with Composer... Andre Matthias "On the film “The Drummer”
The Monkey King 2 [2016] [Review] Music by: Christopher Young By James Southall

And all our favorite things; FILMS, MUSIC, BOOKS, ETC.
Giveaways... are everywhere, well you just need to look!!

Six Strings - Season 2 Issue 2: [CLICK HERE]
Past Issues: [CLICK HERE]

LISTEN: TWISTER (20th Anniversary Edition) Music by Mark Mancina


La-La Land Records, Warner Music Group, Warner Bros. Pictures and Amblin Entertainment present TWISTER: EXPANDED ARCHIVAL EDITION.

This 20th Anniversary Edition (a tad bit late) has been newly remastered and expanded by Producers Mike Matessino and Dan Goldwasser, fixing all errors from the previous release and making it the best possible listening experience this side of a F-1. Liner notes by Tim Greiving feature new interviews with composer Mark Mancina and director Jan De Bont. Dan Goldwasser helps guide you through his cow flyin' art direction!

http://www.lalalandrecords.com/

One of Bill Paxton's greatest rolls and here the great score to listen too...
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LISTEN: KRONOS RECORDS RELEASES... LIVIDE, BLOUDÍM and SEGUIMI


LIVIDE - 2CD - by RAPHAËL GESQUA - Kronos Records is proud to present the the complete score of 2011 French Horror film LIVIDE by famed directors  Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury. The suggestion that a big treasure is hidden somewhere inside Mrs Jessel's once renowned classical dance academy will become a lure to a deadly trap for Lucie and her friends.  Raphaël Gesqua, who would work again with this duo of directors on Among The Living (also available from Kronos Records) provides an incredibly beautiful score for LIVIDE. 


BLOUDÍM - by EMIL VIKLICKÝ - Kronos Records is proud to present the soundtrack to Martin Müller's BLOUDÍM, a 2010 Czech film starring Silvia Antolová and featuring the really exquisite score by acclaimed Czech composer EMIL VIKLICKÝ, with whome we have the immense pleasure to collaborate with for the first time.


SEGUIMI - by MARCO WERBA - Kronos Records is proud to present the soundtrack to Claudio Sestieri's Drama/Mystery film SEGUIMI (FOLLOW ME), starring Angelique Cavallari, Maya Murofushi, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio,Antonia Liskova and Marina Esteve. A Medieval town surrounded by wild nature, a diver who is still fighting back against her past, a painter who blurs the distinction between life and art, a Japanese model who is used to play with her body. Three lives at stake, passion named after obsession, non-sense turning to reality.   The filming location, Matera (where Iconic directors like Pasolini and Gibson have shot respectively key scenes for their "The Gospel according to St. Matthew" and "The Passion Of The Christ").
 
Worth looking into... for sure!
Jeremy [Six Strings]

SILVA CLASSICS PRESENTS "THE GAME OF THRONES SYMPHONY"


Celebrating composer Ramin Djawadi's timeless fantasy score, over the six series, with all new classical arrangements ushering the full power of an 80 piece symphony orchestra and choir.

Described by AllMusic as a "triumphant score that reflects the care involved in the entire adaptation", Ramin Djawadi's magnificent and eerie soundtrack is the crowning achievement in TV music. Starting in 2011, Djawadi penned much of the Season One score for a small string ensemble, filling it out with synthetic pads and percussion. Over the course of the next six seasons the music budget got bigger and bigger to match the ever-increasing viewing figures the show was enjoying.

Game of Thrones really is a television phenomenon. HBO’s epic small screen adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s series of fantasy tomes continues to draw in record audiences around the world, and shows no signs of slowing down. Indeed some 8.9m people tuned in to the Season Six finale in the US and with repeats, recordings and on-demand viewings taken into consideration, it is estimated that Game of Thrones enjoys an average of 23m viewers per instalment. With a whopping thirty-eight Emmy Awards (and counting), this series remains the darling of prime-time pay TV. With so much music created for the sixty episodes producer Rick Clark had to choose wisely, and the particular cues and themes the album does highlight, lend themselves beautifully to this symphonic re-imagining.

Release date: NOW

Produced by Rick Clark
Score conducted and arranged by Evan Jolly
 
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Aaron Kwok, Tony Leung & Chow Yun-fat Star in the Action-Packed Sequel to the Hit Police Thriller Debuting on Digital February 7 & On Blu-ray™ & DVD March 7 and a GIVEAWAY!


A sequel to the Hong Kong box-office smash, COLD WAR 2 continues the 2012 film’s saga of intra-police rivalry when it debuts on digital February 7 and on Blu-ray™ and DVD March 7 from Well Go USA Entertainment.  Picking up some time after the events in the first movie, Sean Lau (Aaron Kwok, The Monkey King franchise) is now the Commissioner of Police. Things turn bad when his wife and daughter are kidnapped and he must seek help from a former rival (Tony Leung, The Taking of Tiger Mountain) to save their lives. Joining Kwok and Leung from the original cast are Charlie Young (Kung Fu Killer), Eddie Peng (Call of Heroes), Aarif Rahman (Young Bruce Lee), Ma Yili (Badge of Fury) and Alex Tsui (Merry-Go-Round). They are joined by new cast members, including legendary martial arts star Chow Yun-fat (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Janice Man (The Midnight After) and Tony Yang (Phantom of the Theatre), in the “superbly acted” (Edmund Lee, South China Morning Post) ensemble drama.


Bonus materials include behind-the-scenes featurettes that draw attention to “A Powerhouse Cast,” as well as “The Story,” the “VFX and Action” sequences and “The Three Powers.”

A suspected criminal mastermind escapes from police custody, throwing the city into turmoil. With the police department now divided, rival police chiefs are forced to take their fight to the streets of Hong Kong—with deadly consequences.
 
Please check out "SIX STRINGS" SEASON 2 ISSUE #2 for the current giveaway...
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Billboard Online features LOCO from "Jethro Tull String Quartets"

 
“Loco (Locomotive Breath),” from the new JETHRO TULL- STRING QUARTETS’ album by Ian Anderson and the Carducci String Quartet, is premiering at billboard.com. “Loco” is a string quartet arrangement of “Locomotive Breath” Jethro Tull’s 1978 hit off the group’s album, BURSTING OUT. Here is the link to read Billboard's new interview with Ian, conducted by renown music journalist Gary Graff: http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7708994/jethro-tull-string-quartet-locomotive-breath-premiere?utm_source=twitter&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral

The STRING QUARTETS’ version is an instrumental features violin, viola, cello and bass, and Ian Anderson on flute. It was arranged by Ian’s keyboardist John O’Hara, whose mission was to “delve deeper and offer a new imagining of each piece. An orchestrator’s job is to arrange and compose a new version of an existing work.” O’Hara also felt “a responsibility to the Jethro Tull listeners who cherish this material and may not welcome a radical rendition of a beloved song.”

Just Going to Leave This Here... Bill Paxton, Rest in Peace!

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