Composer Ryan Amon, hand-picked by director Neill Blomkamp (District 9), scores “Elysium,” currently in theaters. Amon scores “Elysium,” Blomkamp’s follow-up to the Academy® Award nominated “District 9. “nnAmon created a driving, percussive score incorporating organically created sound design elements, including animal noises. Upon hearing Amon’s trailer music online, Blomkamp was compelled to vouch for Amon, who has never scored a single film. nnStarring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster, the film is the story of an ordinary man attempting to escape a post-apocalyptic earth and reach the luxurious space station Elysium, home to the wealthy and privileged. The Elysium original motion picture soundtrack will be available now on Varèse Sarabande Records. nnComing out of the world of film trailer scoring, where a composer has just a few minutes to convey the entire spectrum of human emotion through music, Ryan Amon scores “Elysium” at times like a freight train, other times like a babbling brook, shifting between instrumental textures while always maintaining a forward motion. nnEqually important to the score is the use of sound elements he manipulated from wildlife noises, including baboons and mosquitoes, resulting in a score Amon describes as “a mulch of music.” nnAmon brings a solid background in high-energy, image-driven composition to “Elysium,” having produced musical cues for trailers including “The Avengers” and “Watchmen” through his motion picture advertising company City of the Fallen. nnRyan Amon comes to film composing with a musical background rooted in classical piano, songwriting, TV scoring and motion imaging. A recipient of the BMI Pete Carpenter Fellowship, Amon has studied under Grammy and Emmy® award winning composer Mike Post. Amon has composed additional music for television shows including The Apprentice, The Biggest Loser, Beauty and the Geek and Battlestar Galactica.nnAbout “ELYSIUM”nIn the year 2154, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined planet. The people of Earth are desperate to escape the crime and poverty that is now rampant throughout the land. The only man with the chance to bring equality to these worlds is Max (Matt Damon), an ordinary guy in desperate need to get to Elysium. With his life hanging in the balance, he reluctantly takes on a dangerous mission – one that pits him against Elysium’s Secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster) and her hard-line forces – but if he succeeds, he could save not only his own life, but millions of people on Earth as well. Written and directed by Neill Blomkamp. Music composed by Ryan Amon. The QED International / Alphacore / Kinberg Genre production is produced by Bill Block, Neill Blomkamp, and Simon Kinberg. Music composed by Ryan Amon.nn
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“Ǝvolution” Comes Full Circle At The Chelsea Film Festival
The Chelsea Film Festival, running from October 16th through October 20th, 2024, at Regal Cinemas here in Union Square, is set to host the East Coast premiere of Ǝvolution, a thought-provoking experimental micro-short film that proves big ideas can come in small packages and in perfect circles.
In just 1 minute 16 seconds, this cinematic gem by Award-Winning Director Romina Schwedler, with original music by Argentine Composer Ignacio Montoya Carlotto, explores a cycle as old as time: life leads to progress, progress leads to destruction, and destruction, well, leads back to life. But is this vicious circle unbreakable? Ǝvolution suggests the answer is yes, unless we decide to open our eyes.
Inspired by the overwhelming number of recent events that threaten human existence, Ǝvolution, possibly the shortest film in this 12th edition of the festival, plays out entirely through the symbolism of circles, cleverly illustrating —in the blink of an eye— the repeating patterns of history, and confronting viewers with the uncomfortable truth that our so-called “progress” may, in fact, be guiding us to our own ruin.Premiering at the Regal 14 Union Square, New York City, on October 18, 2024, at 11 a.m., Romina Schwedler's micro-short, featuring Leah Young with cinematography by Alan J. Carmona, will be sure to spark conversations longer than the film itself! Forcing viewers to reconsider the true meaning of evolution, not just as a biological process, but as a reflection of our collective journey as humans.
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