MOVIESCORE MEDIA TO RELEASE LA SOMBRA PROHIBIDA
SEQUEL TO LA HERENCIA VALDEMAR
Soundtrack Features Dark Orchestral Score By Gaudi Award-Nominated Composer
Arnau Bataller
(January 31, 2011- Los Angeles, CA) – Moviescore Media
(www.moviescoremedia.com) hears the call of Cthulhu with La Sombra Prohibida --
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The film is the sequel to 2010’s La
Herencia Valdemar and features the original music composed Arnau Bataller
(Héroes, La Herencia Valdemar). The films are based on the H.P. Lovecraft
universe and feature an appearance by Cthulhu.
Arnau Bataller was born in Alzira, Valencia. Thanks to the influence of his
parents, he had an early interest in music, theater and reading. At the age of
seven, he began studying music theory and violin at the Alzira Musical Society.
After getting a professional degree in violin in 1998, Arnau decided to
concentrate his efforts on the world of composition. He had always been
attracted to the union of music and image, so he decided to specialize in music
for film. For this reason he decided to pursue his studies in composition at
USC in Los Angeles.
Since his days at USC, Bataller has composed music for several feature films,
including 14 Days With Victor, Héroes, Ouija, and La Herencia Valdemar. He has
also written concert music, including the chamber piece “Tre movimenti alla
Rosini”, which was recorded by Josep Fuster and Isabel Hernández. Bataller has
been nominated for several awards including the Jerry Goldsmith Award and the
Il Gaudi Award for Héroes.
Four days ago, Lúisa Llorente, a farm appraiser, had the formidable task of
going to evaluate the home of Lazarus Valdemar, but she’s not been heard from.
Two expeditions go out in search of her: the first is Nicholas Tramel, a
detective hired by Maximilian Colvin, head of Inmoverance, the company Lúisa
works for, and the other comprised of coworkers Ana and Eduardo, who travel by
car with the idea of joining forces with the detective, but something happens.
Composer Bataller utilizes some of the themes he created for La Herencia
Valdemar, but has created a new sound for La Sombra Prohibida. He described,
“The second part has more action than Herencia. Furthermore, we now learn more
about some of the characters that become crucial to understand the story, and
therefore we needed new motivic material. For example, Cthulhu, the cosmic
entity created by H.P. Lovecraft, has music that tries to depict his
grandiosity and his menace.”
To achieve this, Bataller worked with a symphonic orchestra and a choir. “I
invented the lyrics trying to use words that had a lot of consonants, so they
had more phonetic impact,” said Bataller. “I looked to some writings of
Lovecraft with some old texts he invented as a guide to create the lyrics. In
addition, I codified some messages in the lyrics that only few people who
worked in the film can appreciate.”
Universal Pictures International and LA Cruzada Entertainment present La Sombra
Prohibida, in theaters in Spain on January 28, 2011. La Sombra Prohibida –
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from Moviescore Media will be available
digitally and CD on February 1, 2011.
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www.moviescoremedia.com
MovieScore Media is distributed by Screen Archives Entertainment
(http://www.screenarchives.com).
For more information contact: [email protected]
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