West One Music News
Anyone who loves David Lynch's 'Twin Peaks' as much as we do will understand our excitement at providing the soundtrack to the latest promos on CBS Drama.
Jay Price's "Coming for You Baby" from the album WOM 239 Devils & Demons provides the perfect accompaniment to Lynch's darkly surreal drama starring Kyle MacLachlan.
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The trailer features some blinding sound effects from our Fired Earth Music label and makes great use of our extensive sound design cues.
A Fox Searchlight Pictures release by visionary director Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream and The Wrestler), Black Swan takes a thrilling, and at times terrifying, journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous Swan Queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect.
The film has opened to rave reviews and Portman has already won a Golden Globe for her mesmerising performance, so the stage is set for more plaudits with 12 BAFTA nominations and the Oscars on the horizon.
We licensed Fox Searchlight our version of Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky for the trailer, a track from West One Music’s expansive collection of classical tracks. If you too would like to use a classical work, our team of dedicated music consultants are on hand to help on 0207 907 1500 so just give them a shout!
West One Music soundtracks the trailer for one of the most hotly anticipated feature films of 2011, NEDS (Non-Educated Delinquents). A Bluelight/Fidélité Films/Studio Urania Production presented by Film4, UK Film Council, Scottish Screen and Wild Bunch, NEDS has already taken two top honours at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
Directed by Peter Mullan, the film is a coming of age drama set in 1970s Glasgow, exploring the violent upheavals of adolescence as an intelligent boy struggles with gang warfare, an alcoholic father and class barriers.
Mullan recently stole the show as the Death Eater Yaxley in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", his previous work includes roles in "Children of Men" & "The Red Riding Trilogy" as well as Mel Gibson's "Braveheart", Ken Loach's "Riff-Raff" and Danny Boyle's "Trainspotting". NEDS marks his third feature as a writer and director, after Orphans and The Magdalene Sisters.
Homefront is the new video game developed by Kaos Studios and published by THQ. It’s set in 2027 when a now-nuclear armed Korean People's Army invades the USA after the economic downfall of the United States of America, and the unrest that seems to grip the nation before the invasion.
The game is written by John Milius, who co-wrote Apocalypse Now and wrote Red Dawn. The track hand picked for the trailer was Black River from our latest addition to West One Music’s trailer collection Apocalypse which is packed with immense trailer cues from a dark, twisted world.
A selection of Fired Earth Music tracks have been chosen to soundtrack a number of exciting trailers for new cult game, Vanquish.
Vanquish is launched worldwide October 2010 and is the latest work by world-renowned games developer Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil Series, Devil May Cry etc.) in association with Platinum Games.
Check out one of several trailers, where tracks from the Fired Earth Music album Vulcano provides the high-octane musical accompaniment.
News just in… Subway's latest campaign uses our showbiz big band swinger, 'Opening Night', found on Jazz Fuel Volume 1. The album is the 3rd release from our spanking new retro label, Refuel Music.
The TV ad is directed by Jared Eberhardt and produced by Partizan. Shot in a single sideways take, there are six actors for eight roles across a series of visually diverse sets.It takes consumers on a little magical adventure illustrating how Subway works and why it does things a bit differently...
A bit like the team here at the West One Music Group. Would you like some cheese with that?
West One Music are excited to announce that Warner Bros. latest release 'The Town', directed by Ben Affleck features the pensive and thrilling original score written by West One Music composer David Buckley.
Featuring a star-studded cast including Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall and Chris Cooper, 'The Town' took in an estimated $23.8 million in its first three days has made it to the no.1 spot at the US Box Office!
Read more and check out the trailer here.
West One Music is excited to announce that several tracks from Enlightenment (WOM 207) have been selected for use in Submarine, the latest release from a Warp Films productions (in association with Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films and Film 4) whose past work includes such critically acclaimed features as Dead Man’s Shoes, This is England and the recent Four Lions.
The film stars Noah Taylor (Shine, The Life Aquatic…), Paddy Considine (The Bourne Ultimatum, Hot Fuzz) and Golden Globe winner Sally Hawkins (Happy Go Lucky). It is the feature film debut of actor/writer/director Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd, The Mighty Boosh, Dir. Arctic Monkeys, Vampire Weekend music videos). Submarine is an adaption of Joe Dunthorne’s novel, a coming of age comedy set in Swansea. It tells the story of 15-year-old Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) as he struggles to save his parent’s marriage while dealing with his own burgeoning romance with an eczema-strafed, pyromaniac girlfriend played by Yasmin Paige.
Submarine made its debut early October at Toronto International Film Festival where it was acquired by the Weinstein Company. The film will be released in 2011.
Warp Films have hand-picked the West One Music tracks to sit alongside an original soundtrack composed by Andrew Hewitt with contributions from Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys, Last Shadow Puppets) and James Ford (Simian Mobile Disco).
In the last few years, Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning American series Mad Men has become something of a phenomenon (even Barack Obama is a fan!), and West One Music is proud to be playing its part with Paul Reeves' ‘Charleston being one of the tracks chosen to appear in the third season of the critically acclaimed show (the scene in question even entering the very definition of the Charleston in Wikipedia).
The track, from Quirky Vintage (WOM 140) also recently featured in major hit series Gossip Girl, while ‘We Take It All‘ from WOM 123 has been selected for use in the opening moments of each and every episode of series 7 of the HBO smash Entourage.
West One Music's reputation in the trailer world proves as strong as ever with another track chosen to soundtrack the trailer for the creepy new film 'The Last Exorcism'. The creatives at LIONSGATE Films picked 'The Cult' from West One Music's trailer specific collection 'Fired Earth Music' to help heighten the horror of this seriously disturbing clip.
If you'd like to receive the Fired Earth Music collection on nifty USB simply get in touch.
Ancestry.co.uk, the UK’s number one family history website, has launched a major new marketing campaign and West One Music provides the soundtrack. The track chosen was ‘Alley Cat’ by Paul Reeves from West One Music’s album of rip-roaring nostalgia Quirky Vintage.Check it out below...
News just in…
West One Music's killer track ‘Son of Thigh Rolled’ by Paul Borg & Toby Baker has been chosen to provide the soundtrack to the new trailer for DC Entertainment's major blockbuster release ‘The Losers’!
Check out 'The Losers' official site here...
Universal Pictures have chosen the powerful epic action cue 'From Within' by Daniel Nielsen and the haunting 'End of the World' by Terry Devine-King to feature in the trailer for their massively hyped blockbuster release 'The Wolfman'.
Inspired by the classic Universal Film that launched a legacy of horror, The Wolfman brings the myth of a cursed man back to its iconic origins.
The Wolfman's all-star cast includes Benicio del Torro, Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt and is currently on
general release.
Check out the movie site at www.thewolfmanmovie.com
A collection of cues from the West One Music album Heroic Action Trailers feature in the promo video for James Cameron's latest epic blockbuster, Avatar.
Avatar is released worldwide on the 18th December 2009. Check out the movie site at www.avatarmovie.com.
Heroic Action Trailers was composed by trailer music legend, Daniel Nielsen. His credits include trailers for The Lord of The Rings, The Bourne Ultimatum, Harry Potter, and Pirates of the Caribbean. Read more about him here.
Starbucks select Chasing Milk Floats from our original Acoustic & Quirky album to launch their new instant coffee, VIA.
Acoustic & Quirky features the wonderfully eclectic talents of Ali Friend and Ted Barnes, playing everything from Melodica to bicycle pump to scissors!
Check out Acoustic & Quirky and Acoustic & Quirky 2 here!
West One Music's team of music consultants source and clear Strauss' opera
Die Fledermaus for the upcoming, highly anticipated Twilight sequel, New Moon.
Die Fledermaus will be featured in the movie and on the original soundtrack recording. The soundtrack is currently available for pre-order on the iTunes store.
For help and advice sourcing classical music for your production, please contact us.
Clairol's latest Nice'n Easy campaign features The Office (USA) star, Angela Kinsey as the character 'Gigi' and uses a selection of upbeat, retro tracks from the fantastic Quirky Vintage album.
Check out the Clairol site here: www.clairol.com/niceneasy
Quirky Vintage was composed by Paul Reeves and covers a multitude of musical styles of upbeat nostalgia, including Swing Band, Rumba, Hot Club, Bossa Nova and wild Argentine Tango!
West One Music track, Something is Wrong by David Ayers and Felix Tod, features as the theme tune for the advertising of The Shift: Season 2 on the Investigation Discovery channel.
The Shift is a gritty, real world drama that follows an all-star squad of homicide detectives out on the streets of Indianapolis.
Something is Wrong is available to license from West One Music. If you would like to purchase the song for your personal use, it is available now on the iTunes store.
Massive thanks to everyone who came down to the West One Music Unsigned Gig on the 23rd of September. Another brilliant night had by all. The night featured performances from three wonderfully talented unsigned acts: Hafdis Huld, Hepcats and Melox Marvels, whose tracks can now be licensed through West One Music. Please contact Rachel Menziesfor a sampler or more information.
We're having a little break from our West One Music Unsigned nights for the time being but we'll be sure to keep in touch regarding upcoming events! PS: for those who were there, photos are now on the West One Music Facebook page!
