Soundtrack available on iTunes!
MovieScore Media presents
THE ROOST
ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SCORE
Also featuring music from
JOSHUA
Music composed by
JEFF GRACE
iTunes purchase link: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=163344542&s=143441
Info page: http://www.moviescoremedia.com/roost.html
Listen to these clips from the score (more available on our web site and iTunes):
- The Roost: Our Host http://www.moviescoremedia.com/audio/roost1.mp3
- The Roost: The Roost: http://www.moviescoremedia.com/audio/roost2.mp3
- The Roost: Zombie Attack: http://www.moviescoremedia.com/audio/roost6.mp3
- Joshua: Opening Titles: http://www.moviescoremedia.com/audio/roost14.mp3
- Joshua: This Is Annie: http://www.moviescoremedia.com/audio/roost18.mp3
Exploring even darker territories, composer Jeff Grace moves from Middle-Earth and Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy to the world of zombies and vampires in the acclaimed cult horror film The Roost, directed by Ti West. Grace, who worked as an assistant for Academy Award-winning composer Howard Shore on numerous scores including all three Lord of the Rings soundtracks, is now pursuing a film composition career in his own right. His refreshingly modern horror score for The Roost, written for a string quartet using many experimental avant garde techniques, is a very impressive work that ranks among the best of scores written in the low budget horror genre.
Jeff Grace is a classically trained composer who, besides film scores, has among other things was selected for American Opera Projects' 2005-2006 Composers and The Voice Series. He has also worked with composer Robert Ruggieri on his ballet scores and as an orchestrator for trumpeter Roy Hargrove.
After The Roost, Grace has continued to write highly original scores for horror films. A suite from his very effective score for the low budget horror film Joshua, directed by Travis Betz, is also included on MovieScore Media's release of The Roost. The score for Joshua features an unforgettable opera aria sung by Joanna Mongiardo. Jeff Grace has just finished work on Larry Fessenden's The Last Winter starring Ron Perlman.
Jeff's music for The Roost has been noted by many reviewers as an important contribution to the film's success. “The dark score by Jeff Grace and the array of creepy/freaky sounds at play gave me the heebie-jeebies!” wrote The Arrow at joblo.com. Los Angeles Times wrote that the film team, including Jeff Grace, knows ”how to craft a scary tale and mine their limited budget for maximum chills.” Severed Cinema compared Grace's music to Bernard Herrmann's Psycho and Joseph LoDuca's music for Evil Dead. About Joshua, Slasherpool.com wrote that ”the violins work brilliantly and create a great and creepy atmosphere.”
The Roost, which was ranked as one of the top-10 films of 2005 by the Bloody Disgusting web site, opened theatrically in London earlier this year and will be released on DVD in the USA soon. Joshua was released on DVD by Hart Sharp Video in February.
The Roost: Original Motion Picture Score will be available exclusively from iTunes on July 25, 2006, with wider digital distribution to follow.
For more information, please contact Mikael Carlsson at [email protected].
Please visit MovieScore Media's web site at http://www.moviescoremedia.com.
For more information on The Roost, please visit http://www.TheRoostMovie.com/.
MovieScore Media is an online soundtrack label devoted to make high quality film music available on the internet.
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