Archive for April, 2009

Big Barclays Country

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

BBH London have created a succession of innovative adverts for Barclays Bank and their latest which premiered on ITV on April 25th features the Silva Screen recording of The Big Country. Jerome Moross’ stirring theme to the epic 1958 Western won an Oscar and is one the most instantly recognisable pieces of music related to the genre.

Shifty Soundtrack Now Available

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Silva Screen will be releasing the soundtrack to Shifty on April 20th

Set to open across the UK on April 24th, Eran Creevy’s film is based on his teenage experiences and is the tale of two friends reunited for twenty-four hours, one with a responsible lifestyle, the other a drug dealer.

Composers Molly Nyman and Harry Escott perfectly capture the mood of the film with an electronically processed chamber score.

Molly and Harry began working as a team in 2001. They composed the scores for Michael Winterbottom’s award winning films, A Mighty Heart (2007) and Road To Guantanamo (2006), Nick Broomfield’s feature film Ghosts (2006) the controversial American thriller Hard Candy (2005) and the BAFTA nominated Poppy Shakespeare to name but a few.

The score for Shifty was nominated at The British Independent Film Awards for Best Score.

TRACK LISTING
1. Shifty
2. Busting My Ghaand
3. Charming Glen
4. Why Am I Running?
5. CataclysMic
6. Swings
7. Spilling The Various
8. Blare’s House
9. Tough Call
10. Good Boy
11. Look At You
12. Night Watch
13. Leave It All Behind
14. Play The Tape

Shifty Soundtrack Now Available

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Silva Screen will be releasing the soundtrack to Shifty on April 20th

Set to open across the UK on April 24th, Eran Creevy’s film is based on his teenage experiences and is the tale of two friends reunited for twenty-four hours, one with a responsible lifestyle, the other a drug dealer.

Composers Molly Nyman and Harry Escott perfectly capture the mood of the film with an electronically processed chamber score.

Molly and Harry began working as a team in 2001. They composed the scores for Michael Winterbottom’s award winning films, A Mighty Heart (2007) and Road To Guantanamo (2006), Nick Broomfield’s feature film Ghosts (2006) the controversial American thriller Hard Candy (2005) and the BAFTA nominated Poppy Shakespeare to name but a few.

The score for Shifty was nominated at The British Independent Film Awards for Best Score.

TRACK LISTING
1. Shifty
2. Busting My Ghaand
3. Charming Glen
4. Why Am I Running?
5. CataclysMic
6. Swings
7. Spilling The Various
8. Blare’s House
9. Tough Call
10. Good Boy
11. Look At You
12. Night Watch
13. Leave It All Behind
14. Play The Tape

Silva Screen Attends MUSEXPO

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Silva Screen will be attending MUSEXPO, one of the world’s leading music conferences at The London West Hollywood Hotel in LA from 26th April to 29th April. Silva Screen is one of the conference partners of MUSEXPO 2009. www.musexpo.net.