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2010-10-06 17:11:39 UTC
LAKESHORE RECORDS TO RELEASE MAO’S LAST DANCER
The Soundtrack, Featuring Original Music By Christopher Gordon, Will
Be Available September 28th
(September 14, 2010- Los Angeles, CA) – Lakeshore Records will release
the Mao’s Last Dancer -- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack available
digitally on September 28, 2010. Christopher Gordon composed the
original music.
Because the film centers on the story of a ballet dancer, “Mao’s Last
Dancer offered a rare chance to bring music to the fore of the film,”
said Gordon, “This was an exceptional project to be involved in and it
gave me the opportunity to work with these most excellent filmmakers,
dancers and musicians.”
The film required a composer adept in a variety of musical genres, and
director Bruce Beresford enlisted composer Christopher Gordon to
tackle it. Gordon’s music can be heard in a wide range of media; in
the classical world with Lightfall for Horn and Orchestra, Concerto
for Bass Trombone and Orchestra, Night Is What Remains for string
orchestra and the chamber symphony, Freefall, as well as many works
for choir; in the cinema with scores to films such as Bruce
Beresford’s Mao’s Last Dancer, Peter Weir’s Master and Commander: The
Far Side of the World, the Spierig Brother’s Daybreakers, and the Imax
picture Sydney A Story of a City; and on television with music for the
mini-series Moby Dick, On the Beach and the Emmy-nominated score for
Salem’s Lot.
“There can be few movies that require such a broad array of musical
ideas,” described Gordon, “from the simple exercises for piano to the
complex pseudo-jazz of Free Dance; from the delicate Pas de Deux to
the martial bombast of Madame’s Model Ballet; from the joyous Becoming
a Dancer to the sorrow of Dance of Longing; from the dramatic
underscore of The Consulate to the chaste emotion of Brush Dance, and
from the Chinese folk-sounds of Village Life to the Hollywood-
orchestral epic of Finale. “
From Academy Award®-nominees Bruce Beresford (director, Tender
Mercies, Driving Miss Daisy), Jane Scott (producer, Shine) and Jan
Sardi (screenwriter, Shine, The Notebook) comes the remarkable true
story of ballet dancer Li Cunxin. Mao’s Last Dancer stars Chi Cao, a
gifted dancer and principal at the Birmingham Royal Ballet making his
impressive screen debut as Li. The cast is rounded out by Bruce
Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen and Amanda Schull.
Based on the best-selling autobiography, Mao’s Last Dancer is the epic
story of a young poverty stricken boy from China and his inspirational
journey to international stardom as a world-class dancer.
The film gave composer Christopher Gordon the opportunity to explore a
broad range of musical ideas. In addition it required that he adapt
well-known repertoire. He described, “My involvement with this very
fine film lasted a year, on and off. Brush Dance, Madame’s Model
Ballet, Free Dance, Pas de Deux and the piano exercises were composed
from the script and then recorded during pre-production. I was called
on-set from time to time to organise the on-screen musicians and keep
an eye on musical authenticity.”
Samuel Goldwyn Films presents Mao’s Last Dancer, in theaters now.
Mao’s Last Dancer – Original Motion Picture Score on Lakeshore Records
will be released digitally on September 28, 2010.
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For more information contact: ***@yahoo.com
The Soundtrack, Featuring Original Music By Christopher Gordon, Will
Be Available September 28th
(September 14, 2010- Los Angeles, CA) – Lakeshore Records will release
the Mao’s Last Dancer -- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack available
digitally on September 28, 2010. Christopher Gordon composed the
original music.
Because the film centers on the story of a ballet dancer, “Mao’s Last
Dancer offered a rare chance to bring music to the fore of the film,”
said Gordon, “This was an exceptional project to be involved in and it
gave me the opportunity to work with these most excellent filmmakers,
dancers and musicians.”
The film required a composer adept in a variety of musical genres, and
director Bruce Beresford enlisted composer Christopher Gordon to
tackle it. Gordon’s music can be heard in a wide range of media; in
the classical world with Lightfall for Horn and Orchestra, Concerto
for Bass Trombone and Orchestra, Night Is What Remains for string
orchestra and the chamber symphony, Freefall, as well as many works
for choir; in the cinema with scores to films such as Bruce
Beresford’s Mao’s Last Dancer, Peter Weir’s Master and Commander: The
Far Side of the World, the Spierig Brother’s Daybreakers, and the Imax
picture Sydney A Story of a City; and on television with music for the
mini-series Moby Dick, On the Beach and the Emmy-nominated score for
Salem’s Lot.
“There can be few movies that require such a broad array of musical
ideas,” described Gordon, “from the simple exercises for piano to the
complex pseudo-jazz of Free Dance; from the delicate Pas de Deux to
the martial bombast of Madame’s Model Ballet; from the joyous Becoming
a Dancer to the sorrow of Dance of Longing; from the dramatic
underscore of The Consulate to the chaste emotion of Brush Dance, and
from the Chinese folk-sounds of Village Life to the Hollywood-
orchestral epic of Finale. “
From Academy Award®-nominees Bruce Beresford (director, Tender
Mercies, Driving Miss Daisy), Jane Scott (producer, Shine) and Jan
Sardi (screenwriter, Shine, The Notebook) comes the remarkable true
story of ballet dancer Li Cunxin. Mao’s Last Dancer stars Chi Cao, a
gifted dancer and principal at the Birmingham Royal Ballet making his
impressive screen debut as Li. The cast is rounded out by Bruce
Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen and Amanda Schull.
Based on the best-selling autobiography, Mao’s Last Dancer is the epic
story of a young poverty stricken boy from China and his inspirational
journey to international stardom as a world-class dancer.
The film gave composer Christopher Gordon the opportunity to explore a
broad range of musical ideas. In addition it required that he adapt
well-known repertoire. He described, “My involvement with this very
fine film lasted a year, on and off. Brush Dance, Madame’s Model
Ballet, Free Dance, Pas de Deux and the piano exercises were composed
from the script and then recorded during pre-production. I was called
on-set from time to time to organise the on-screen musicians and keep
an eye on musical authenticity.”
Samuel Goldwyn Films presents Mao’s Last Dancer, in theaters now.
Mao’s Last Dancer – Original Motion Picture Score on Lakeshore Records
will be released digitally on September 28, 2010.
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For more information contact: ***@yahoo.com