Cris Velasco’s original score for ‘Company of Heroes 2: Western Front Armies’ to be nominated for Canadian Video Game Awards 2014

Following his recent critically acclaimed soundtracks for Mass Effect 3 and Borderlands 2, AIAS award-winning composer Cris Velasco (Clive Barker’s Jericho, Hellgate: London) returns to lend his prolific music talents to Company of Heores 2: Western Front Arimes. Read More on http://epn.tv/all/type-of/news/canadian-videogame-awards-finalists-3/

‘The Simpsons” Take the Bowl with Music from Alf Clausen

The Simpsons took over the Hollywood Bowl last night to celebrate their 25th anniversary and highlight some of the show’s best musical moments. Weird Al was there to perform a song about Homer and Marge set to the tune of John Mellencamp’s “Jack And Diane,” Conan O’Brien did “The Monorail Song” from the famous Simpsons…

Cliff Martinez and director Steven Soderbergh explain Inside the Music of ‘The Knick’

Cliff Martinez and director Steven Soderbergh explain how they achieved hyperrealism for the gritty, historical medical series for Cinmax, set in New York City in 1900. Read more on ROLLING STONE.com: http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/medicine-and-minimalism-inside-the-music-of-the-knick-20140912#ixzz3MEVBPDfz   [blockquote text=’Ultimately, Martinez fashioned the most compelling soundtrack on television right now. – Rolling Stone ‘ text_color=” title_tag=” width=” line_height=’undefined’ background_color=” border_color=” show_quote_icon=’yes’…

Victor Reyers’ score for ‘GRAND PIANO’ won THE INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS AWARD FOR ‘BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER FILM’

Directed by Eugenio Mira, high-concept thriller Grand Piano has been described by reviewers as “Speed with a piano”. The plot focuses on concert pianist Tom Selznick who finds an odd note on his sheet music prepared for his next concert – he must play flawlessly or someone will die. Considering this is one of the hardest…

Cris Velasco to score Clive Barker’s ‘Books of Blood’ digital comic

Cris Velasco will be creating the soundtrack for the digital version of Clive Barker’s “Books of Blood” series, originally published as six separate books in the mid-’80s, inspired Stephen King to tout Barker as the “future of horror,” and launched the author’s and filmmaker’s illustrious career. Best known for scoring video games such as “Darksiders,” “God…