300 Miles to Heaven - a new on-line release by Soundtracks.pl

For the fifth time Soundtracks.pl has prepared an on-line release with Polish film music. This time it's "300 Miles to Heaven", composed by Michal Lorenc. This digitally remastered from original master tapes score is among Polish film music classics. It was nominated to European Film Award and awarded with Stanislaw Wyspianski Award. Previously it was only available on analog LPs and MCs.

Michal Lorenc is one of the most eminent, contemporary composers of film scores. Since his debut in 1979, he has made music fo more than 150 feature films, documentaries, tv-serials and theatre performances. He has worked with best Polish, Czech, British and American film directors. The American magazine ?Variety? compared Michal Lorenc to an eminent American composer ? Aaron Copland. More info about the composer can be found at: MichalLorenc.com

Our new release is offered in 2 formats: MP3 (320 kbps) and APE, which is a lossless audio compression format. The album price is $3,75 and it can be downloaded right after making the payment. The album also contains high quality covers, in Polish and English, ready for printing. There is also a archivization set available for this album at PolishFilmMusic.com. It contains professionally printed covers, a booklet with additional 4 pages with an exclusive interview with Michal Lorenc, and a CD with special inprint.

Contrary to many other on-line music stores, Soundtracks.pl does not limits the usage of purchased music. That means you can burn it to as many CDs, and copy it to you portable music player as many times as you wish.

More info about the release and extensive music samples can be found at:
http://soundtracks.pl/musicshop.php?change_lang=en

IFMCA 2006 Awards Winners Announced

James Newton Howard's "Lady In The Water" Receives 2006 Best Score Honors From The International Film Critics Association


February 23, 2007. The members of the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) have announced the winners of the 3rd Annual IFMCA Awards, honoring achievements in film and television music in 2006.

Leading the pack with the most wins is James Newton Howard, for his score to M. Night Shyamalan`s "Lady in the Water" which picked up three awards including Best Film Score of the Year, Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film and Individual Cue of the Year for "The Great Eatlon." Although the actual movie was not a critical favorite, Mr. Howard has continually done superlative work for Mr. Shyamalan, having scored his last four films. "Lady in the Water" is available on CD from Decca Records.

Hans Zimmer, who led the 2006 nominations with six nods, wins two awards: Best Original Score for an Action Film for Ron Howard's "The DaVinci Code" (Decca Records) and for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film for Nancy Meyers' "The Holiday" (Varese Sarabande), which coincidentally includes a main character played by Jack Black who is a film composer.

Other score winners include Mark Isham who wins the Best Original Score for a Drama Film of 2006 for his film noir-inspired score to Brian De Palma's "The Black Dahlia" (Silva America). The Best Original Score in an Animated Film goes to John Powell's score to the tap-dancing penguin hit, "Happy Feet," directed by George Miller (Atlantic Records). The Best Score for Television goes to "Planet Earth" by George Fenton (EMI Records), the 11-part BBC documentary miniseries, which aired in the U.S. on the Discovery Channel, showed life on earth, from forests and caves to ice worlds and shallow seas, all, of course, in high definition.

Film Composer of the Year honors goes to Alexandre Desplat who composed music for, among others, three high profile movies in 2006, including his score to Richard Loncraine's "Firewall" (Varese Sarabande), his Oscar-nominated score to Stephen Frears' "The Queen" (Milan Records) and his Golden Globe winning score to John Curran's "The Painted Veil" (Deutsche Grammophon).

Brett Rosenberg is named Best New Composer of 2006 for his score to Craig Rosenberg's thriller, "Half Light" which starred Demi Moore. The score was released online by MovieScore Media.

The Film Music Label of the Year honor goes to Intrada Records. In 2006 the independent label released among many worthy score CDs two of its planned three "Amazing Stories" compilations, from the popular but short-lived 1985-87 anthology TV series produced by Steven Spielberg as well as Bruce Broughton's Emmy Award-winning scores to ABC's "Eloise at the Plaza" / "Eloise at Christmastime." Douglass Fake is owner and President of Intrada.

The complete list:

A - FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR
* Lady in the Water (James Newton Howard)

B - FILM COMPOSER OF THE YEAR
* Alexandre Desplat

C - BEST NEW COMPOSER OF 2006
* Brett Rosenberg (Half Light)

D - BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DRAMA FILM
* The Black Dahlia (Mark Isham)

E - BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A COMEDY FILM
* The Holiday (Hans Zimmer)

F - BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ANIMATED FILM
* Happy Feet (John Powell)

G - BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ACTION/THRILLER FILM
* The Da Vinci Code (Hans Zimmer)

H - BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION/HORROR FILM
* Lady in the Water (James Newton Howard)

I - BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR TELEVISION
* Planet Earth (George Fenton)

J - BEST SINGLE CUE OF 2006
* "The Great Eatlon" from Lady in the Water (James Newton Howard)

K - FILM MUSIC RECORD LABEL OF THE YEAR
* Intrada (Douglass Fake, producer)

The International Film Music Critics Association, which was founded in 2004, is an association of editors, journalists and reviewers from online and print publications who specialize in writing about original film and television music. The IFMCA is a truly international organization, with members from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Greece, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

Please visit our website at http://www.filmmusiccritics.org/ for more information on this year's nominees and winners as well as additional background about the organization.

New Magazine: Film Music Weekly Launched

NEW MAGAZINE: FILM MUSIC WEEKLY LAUNCHED

** New weekly electronic magazine includes film and television industry and soundtrack news, articles, CD and technology reviews and more.

Film Music Magazine announces the launch today of Film Music Weekly (http://www.filmmusicweekly.com), a new weekly electronic magazine about the world of music for film, television and video games. Film Music Weekly will be published each Monday electronically, while Film Music Magazine will continue to be published in print form every other month and will focus on in-depth articles and columns about the industry.

Subscriptions to Film Music Weekly are available at no cost, and each issue includes industry news, soundtrack news, upcoming CD releases, plus special exclusive features including:

** SCORE OF THE WEEK: A look at a new score, the film, and the composer. In our first issue: Joseph LoDuca and THE MESSENGERS

** MUSIC TECHNOLOGY AND YOU - A column by composer and technology expert Peter Alexander featuring a look at new technology for composers

** NEW SOUNDTRACKS - Each week veteran journalist Daniel Schweiger reviews the latest in soundtrack album releases

** THE SCOREBOARD - A comprehensive list of composers and what films they've been signed to score.

Film Music Weekly features hyperlinks throughout the magazine for emails and websites, and is available in PDF format for onscreen viewing or printing. In addition, subscribers will receive special news updates by email between issues with late-breaking stories and news items.

For a Free Subscription to Film Music Weekly and to download the current issue, visit:
http://www.filmmusicweekly.com

Enjoy!

Mikael Carlsson
editor

John Powell to attend Úbeda

Seven times ASCAP award winner and 2007 BAFTA nominee John Powell has further announced his intention to attend this year?s International Film Music Conference "City of Úbeda".

Born in London in 1968, John Powell is best known for his outstanding scores to some of the biggest Hollywood box office hits in the last decade. His scores for films like Shrek, Antz and Chicken Run are nowadays a unique point of reference in the animation genre as is the case with his music for action flicks such as The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and X-Men: The Last Stand.

John Powell is currently involved in yet another Jason Bourne movie (The Bourne Ultimatum) as well as in Jimmy Hayward?s adaptation of a Dr. Seuss book Horton Hears a Who.

3rd Annual Annual IFMCA Award Nominees Announced

INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES ITS NOMINEES FOR THE BEST FILM SCORES OF 2006

2 February 2007. The members of the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) have announced their nominees for the 3rd IFMCA Awards, honoring achievements in film and television music in 2006. The nominees are:

A - FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR

• The Black Dahlia (Mark Isham)
• The Da Vinci Code (Hans Zimmer)
• The Fountain (Clint Mansell)
• Lady in the Water (James Newton Howard)
• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Tom Tykwer, Reinhold Heil and Johnny Klimek)
• X-Men: The Last Stand (John Powell)

B - FILM COMPOSER OF THE YEAR

• Alexandre Desplat
• James Newton Howard
• Mark Isham
• John Powell
• Hans Zimmer

C - BEST NEW COMPOSER OF 2006

• Caine Davidson (An American Haunting)
• Nicholas Dodd (Renaissance)
• Mark Orton (Sweet Land)
• Douglas Pipes (Monster House)
• Brett Rosenberg (Half Light)

D - BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DRAMA FILM

• The Black Dahlia (Mark Isham)
• The Departed (Howard Shore)
• The Good German (Thomas Newman)
• The Nativity Story (Mychael Danna)
• The Painted Veil (Alexandre Desplat)
• The Queen (Alexandre Desplat)

E - BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A COMEDY FILM

• The Holiday (Hans Zimmer)
• Little Miss Sunshine (Mychael Danna)
• Miss Potter (Nigel Westlake and Rachel Portman)
• The Pink Panther (Christophe Beck)
• The Shaggy Dog (Alan Menken)

F - BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ANIMATED FILM

• Cars (Randy Newman)
• Charlotte's Web (Danny Elfman)
• The Ant Bully (John Debney)
• Happy Feet (John Powell)
• Ice Age: The Meltdown (John Powell)

G - BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ACTION/THRILLER FILM

• Casino Royale (David Arnold)
• The Da Vinci Code (Hans Zimmer)
• Firewall (Alexandre Desplat)
• Mission: Impossible III (Michael Giacchino)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Hans Zimmer)

H - BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION/HORROR FILM

• Eragon (Patrick Doyle)
• The Fountain (Clint Mansell)
• Lady in the Water (James Newton Howard)
• Superman Returns (John Ottman)
• X-Men: The Last Stand (John Powell)

I - BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR TELEVISION

• 24 Season 5 (Sean Callery)
• Battlestar Galactica Season 2/3 (Bear McCreary)
• Lost Season 2/3 (Michael Giacchino)
• Planet Earth (George Fenton)
• The Ten Commandments (Randy Edelman)

J - BEST SINGLE CUE OF 2006

• "Evey Reborn" from V for Vendetta (Dario Marianelli)
• "The Great Eatlon" from Lady in the Water (James Newton Howard)
• "Chevaliers de Sangreal" from The Da Vinci Code (Hans Zimmer)
• "Eragon" from Eragon (Patrick Doyle)

K - FILM MUSIC RECORD LABEL OF THE YEAR

• Film Score Monthly (Lukas Kendall, producer)
• Intrada (Douglass Fake, producer)
• La-La Land (MV Gerhard and Matt Verboys, producers)
• MovieScore Media (Mikael Carlsson, producer)
• Varese Sarabande (Robert Townson, producer)

German composer Hans Zimmer leads the field with six nominations, for Score of the Year, Composer of the Year, one in the Comedy category, two in the Action/Thriller category, and for Best Single Cue of the Year. Other composers with multiple nominations include John Powell (5), Alexandre Desplat (4) and James Newton Howard (4).

The International Film Music Critics Association, is an association of editors, journalists and reviewers from online and print publications who specialize in writing about original film and television music. The IFMCA is a truly international organization, with members from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Greece, Italy, Poland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Spain, and the United States of America.

Previous winners of the IFMCA Score of the Year Award include John Williams' Memoirs of a Geisha in 2005 and Michael Giacchino's The Incredibles in 2004.

The winners in each category will be announced on Friday, 23 February 2007.