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Thu Jun 05, 2014 11:02 pm Post subject: PR: The Signal (Nima Fakhara) |
 
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
VARÈSE SARABANDE RECORDS TO RELEASE THE SIGNAL SOUNDTRACK
Featuring Original Music By Nima Fakhara
(June 4, 2014– Los Angeles, CA) – Varèse Sarabande Records will release THE SIGNAL – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, available digitally and on CD June 10, 2014. The soundtrack features the original score by Nima Fakhara (GATCHAMAN, EXISTS), who created and built three instruments for the film.
“We wanted to achieve a certain sense mystery and tension throughout the film,” said Fakhara. “Our characters are being pulled and pushed in many directions so the music had to feel the same. We also wanted keep the audience guessing throughout the film by scoring scenes in unconventional ways.”
Nima Fakhrara is a Los Angeles based film composer, who has worked with directors such as Golden Globe winner Hany Abu-Assad, and the father of found footage, Eduardo Sanchez. His most recent scores are to GATCHAMAN, directed by Toya Sato and starring Tori Matsuzaka and Ryohei Suzuki, a live action take on the anime series Battle of the Planets, SITE 146, directed by Gregory Levveseur, starring Denis O’Hare and Ashley Hinshaw, and produced by Alexander Aja (PIRANHA 3D), and EXISTS, directed by Eduardo Sanchez and starring Dora Madison Burge and Brian Steele.
Born in Iran, Nima’s first experience with music was listening to his uncle play the santour. Influenced by this, he studied santour and became well versed in Persian classical music. After moving to the United States, Nima continued his musical studies and attended California State University Northridge where he obtained his degree in composition studies. However, his interest in music was not limited to composition and performance. He studied ethnomusicology, anthropology, and how to construct instruments, which has led to signature sound in Nima's music. This is apparent in his sampling and use of instruments from many regions of the world in various genres of film. The use of these new sounds alongside orchestral and ambient textures is a defining characteristic in his scores. In 2009, Nima opened Sound and Vision Creatives, where he alongside his most used musicians are housed.
For THE SIGNAL, “I built three instruments that became the signature sounds of the project. The Pagoda (tree-like thing), the Transmission (what seems like a transmit ion) and the Steel Marimba (Marimba looking thing). They are used in many different ways, both by using their natural sounds and manipulating the sounds to get cool textures.” To view pictures of these three instruments, visit http://ow.ly/xDll3.
Three college students on a road trip across the Southwest experience a detour: the tracking of a computer genius who has already hacked into MIT and exposed security faults. The trio find themselves drawn to an eerily isolated area. Suddenly everything goes dark. When one of the students, Nic (Brenton Thwaites of The Giver and Maleficent), regains consciousness, he is in a waking nightmare…
Focus Features presents THE SIGNAL in theaters on June 13, 2014. The THE SIGNAL –Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from Varèse Sarabande Records will be released digitally and on CD June 10, 2014.
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To view the original instruments created by Nima for the film, visit: http://ow.ly/xDll3
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ABOUT VARÈSE SARABANDE RECORDS
Founded in 1978, Varèse Sarabande is the industry leading independent soundtrack record label releasing the highest profile film music from the world’s greatest composers. From current box office hits and top television series to classics from Hollywood’s Golden Age, Varèse Sarabande’s 35-year catalog includes new soundtracks and newly recorded albums from practically every composer in the history of film, including Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, Alex North, Elmer Bernstein, Danny Elfman, Michael Giacchino, Mark Isham, John Powell, Alan Silvestri, Brian Tyler, Christopher Young and Hans Zimmer.
Varèse Sarabande spotlights the best from the past with the Varèse CD Club and Varèse Vintage imprint. The Varèse CD Club releases previously out-of-print soundtrack titles and expanded edition packages put together with an eye for the film music collector.
Varèse Vintage Records specializes in releasing new albums by classic pop, jazz and country artists such as Trevor Rabin, Keith Emerson, Dwight Twilley, Ed Bruce and Billy Cobham, In addition, the label has a long history of reissuing great pop and soundtrack albums such as Flash Harry by Harry Nilsson, The Everly Brothers’ Songs Our Daddy Taught Us, The Family Way soundtrack by Paul McCartney, Porky’s Revenge, featuring music by Dave Edmunds, Jeff Beck, and George Harrison, among others.
Varèse Sarabande continues the tradition they started by hosting and producing worldwide concerts celebrating film music with orchestras all over the world. Past gala events include the official Abbey Road Studios 80th Anniversary concert in London, the Universal Pictures 100th Anniversary concert in Tenerife, and a series of tribute programs to composers Jerry Goldsmith, Alex North, Bernard Herrmann, Alan Silvestri, Patrick Doyle, Elmer Bernstein, Henry Mancini and John Barry. To celebrate Varèse Sarabande's 35th Anniversary in 2013 there were a number of concerts worldwide, including in Macau (China), three concerts featuring the Golden State Pops Orchestra in San Pedro (CA), with additional events in Poznań (Poland) and Tenerife (Spain).
Varèse Sarabande Records is distributed by Universal Music Group, the largest music distributor in the world. The Varèse CD Club accepts direct orders at www.varesesarabande.com. |
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