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Directed by John Woo (Face/Off, Mission: Impossible II), Red Cliff is an epic Chinese adventure set in the 3rd century with one of the largest budgets ever for an Asian film.
Tarô Iwashiro is an accomplished film composer with scores that include Shinobi: Heart Under Blade, Azumi and Memories Of Murder. The Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra formed in 1965 is one of Japan’s foremost professional orchestras and has toured the world extensively. Winner of Best Original Film Score at the 2009 Hong Kong Film Awards. Features Chinese J-Pop star alan performing the film’s main themes. “Tarô Iwashiro’s rousing score again complements the fluid editing” – Variety |
Silva Screen Soundtracks
RED CLIFF – TARO IWASHIRO – SILCD1296
Friday, November 13th, 2009GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS – ROLFE KENT – SILCD1295
Friday, November 13th, 2009
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Rolfe Kent’s richly textured and diverse scores have graced over 40 feature films including the Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice nominated music for Sideways plus box-office hits About Schmidt, Election and Legally Blonde.
Starring Matthew McConaughey, Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past opened in the US in May 2009, entering the box office chart at number 2. In 2007, Kent received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music for the hit Showtime series “Dexter.” “For me Ghosts Of Girlfriend’s Past was an opportunity to do some big dramatic symphonic things; the story has some real drama to it, and lots of motion. I loved working on it” – Rolfe Kent |
17 AGAIN – ROLFE KENT – SILCD1294
Friday, November 13th, 2009
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Rolfe Kent’s richly textured and diverse scores have graced over 40 feature films including the Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice nominated music for Sideways plus box-office hits About Schmidt, Election and Legally Blonde.
Starring Zac (High School Musical) Effron, 17 Again opened in the US in April 2009 and topped the box office. In 2007, Kent received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music for the hit Showtime series “Dexter.” “The music called for a full orchestra, and the players delivered such magnificent and dynamic sounds it really was a wonderful experience” – Rolfe Kent |
AFGHAN STAR – SILCD1292
Friday, November 13th, 2009
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Winner of two documentary awards at the Sundance Film Festival, Afghan Star is the film that is capturing the hearts of all that see it.
In Afghanistan you risk your life to sing, as contestants battle the odds to win the wildly popular American Idol style series, in a country struggling for democracy and modernity. This release features the very best contestants performing the songs that held a nation enthralled alongside traditional music from Afghanistan. “A fantastic documentary about a talent competition in a country where you would never dream such a thing is possible!” – Oprah Winfrey. “Takes us somewhere few movies have…the film’s hard-won good vibes had the audience cheering!” |
TORCHWOOD: CHILDREN OF EARTH – SILCD1290
Friday, November 13th, 2009
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Torchwood is the very successful high octane spin-off series from Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies about the activities of a covert agency who investigate alien activities.
Ben Foster orchestrates Murray Gold’s music for Doctor Who and has also worked with artists ranging from Boyzone to Hayley Westenra. |
THE DEFINITIVE HORROR MUSIC COLLECTION – SILCD1288
Friday, November 13th, 2009
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This 4CD chiller brings together the history of horror through almost 90 blood-curdling years of cinema history, guaranteed to send shivers up any spine.
The 60 sinister tracks run from the 1922 landmark silent film Nosferatu all the way through to the 2009 release Drag Me To Hell. A vast compendium of diabolical themes are featured including The Shining, Halloween, The Exorcist, Suspiria, A Nightmare On Elm Street, Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Poltergeist. From the sparse nerve shredding music to Saw and 28 Days Later to the lush orchestral majesty of Dracula and The Omen this release provides the perfect scary soundtrack to spook any Halloween night party. |
THE MUSIC OF STAR TREK – SILCD1289
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
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The box-office success of the re-booted Star Trek franchise has resulted in an explosion of interest in all things “Trek” especially the music.
This release celebrates the extraordinary longevity of this popular series of TV shows and movies by gathering the themes from all of them on one action-packed CD. From the Original Classic TV Theme to the music from the brand new movie released in cinemas this year, this release boldly goes where no CD has gone before! Includes music from ALL the TV themes and ALL the movies. |
SKATING FOR GOLD – SILCD1280
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
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Includes tracks which are renowned for some of the greatest ice skating pieces, resulting in medal winning performances. This unique album showcases these pieces, including Bolero, made famous by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean at the 1984 Winter Olympics.
Release covers a selection of the best skating performances from the 1984 Winter Olympics to the 2007 World Championships.. Figure Skating has now become a sport viewed and enjoyed on a weekly basis by families worldwide. Other spectacular tracks on Skating For Gold include Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake and Adagio in G Minor, famous for stunning performances from the worlds greatest skating stars. |
Cult Cuts – SILCD1270
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
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A stunning 18 track compilation of the very best landmark film music which has inspired score composers over the last forty years.
From Lalo Schifrin’s supremely jazzy Bullitt score to Howard Shore’s resonant theme to The Departed – here is a text book primer on how to create great film music. Highlights include both the tremendous themes from Kill Bill, Bernard Herrmann’s spooky Twisted Nerve and Tomoyasu Hotei’s scintillating Battle Without Honor Or Humanity. Also features Cliff Martinez’s other-worldly score for the 2002 remake of Solaris, John Powell’s urgent theme to The Bourne Supremacy and Tyler Bate’s thunderous Fever Dream from 300. |
FILM MUSIC 2008 – SILCD1281
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
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The yearbook Film Music concept provides a snapshot of the cinematic music year with the very best and most acclaimed score excerpts and themes at a low price.
The 12 track, 2008 edition covers the varied and exciting selection of screen sounds of the year from Thomas Newman’s innovative score for WALL-E to the majesty of Harry Gregson-Williiam’s music for The Chronicles Of Narnia – Prince Caspian. High octane action movies are represented by Michael Giacchino’s gargantuan Roar! from Cloverfield and Ramin Djawadi’s explosive Driving With The Top Down from Iron Man. The pace slows with Rachel Portman’s lush score to The Duchess and Clint Eastwood’s classy score for The Changeling. |



