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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
VARÈSE SARABANDE RECORDS TO RELEASE BATES MOTEL SOUNDTRACK
Featuring Original Music By Chris Bacon
(August 13, 2014– Los Angeles, CA) – Varèse Sarabande Records will release BATES MOTEL – Original Television Series Soundtrack digitally and on CD August 25, 2014. The soundtrack features the original score composed by Chris Bacon (SOURCE CODE, SMASH). BATES MOTEL will premeire its third season in 2015.
“In my early conversations with the show's producers about the score's direction, they made it clear that we are not trying to re-create or pay homage to the original PSYCHO, which was good news because that's one of the most iconic and recognizable scores of all time and my attempts to emulate would most likely come across as a cheap imitation,” explained Bacon. “BATES MOTEL is not so much a horror show as a psychological drama with real elements of emotion, tension, humor, as well as some horrific events. The tightrope has been trying to play the real emotion between Norma and Norman while maintaining just enough discomfort to underplay the dysfunctional elements of their relationship.”
Chris Bacon burst onto the film-scoring scene with his full throttled score for Duncan Jones’s hit thriller SOURCE CODE. Bacon grew up in Utah, learning playing piano and saxophone before studying music composition in college. He moved to L.A. to attend USC’s film scoring program, which resulted in his apprenticeship with James Newton Howard.
Having cut his teeth as a protégé—orchestrating, co-composing, and writing additional music—of James Newton Howard (on films like GNOMEO AND JULIET and KING KONG), Bacon made his solo debut with the score for ANGELS FALL and hasn’t looked back. He gave animated accompaniments to SPACE CHIMPS and ALPHA AND OMEGA, and composed the dramatic score for the war documentary HIGH GROUND produced by Don Hahn. He also wrote the underscore for the second half of NBC’s SMASH season one, which has earned him his first Emmy® Award Nomination. His recent work includes the score to John Putch’s ATLAS SHRUGGED II: THE STRIKE, season 2 of SMASH, and Stephen Gyllenhaal’s SWORN TO SILENCE.
Produced by Universal Television for A&E, BATES MOTEL is a television series drama inspired by Hitchcock’s genre-defining film, PSYCHO is a contemporary exploration of the formative years of Norman Bates, relationship with his mother, Norma, and the world they inhabit. Viewers will have access to the dark, twisted back story and learn first-hand how Norma helped forge the most famous serial killer of them all. Bates Motel casts includes Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Nicola Peltz, Olivia Cooke, Nestor Carbonell.
"There are several musical themes that weave their way throughout the series," said Bacon. "Most prominent are probably the quasi-love theme between Norman and Norma, and a more mysterious theme that we first hear in connection with the house which evolved into the overall theme of the show and its psychology. In addition are thematic accompaniments for many of Norman's relationships, which include his brother Dylan, friend-zone girlfriend Emma, object-of-desire Bradley, and forbidden fruit Miss Watson."
Universal Television and A&E present BATES MOTEL, season three will premiere in 2015. The BATES MOTEL - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from Varèse Sarabande Records will be available digitally and on CD August 25, 2104.
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ABOUT VARÈSE SARABANDE RECORDS
Founded in 1978, Varèse Sarabande is the industry leading independent soundtrack record label releasing the highest profile film music from the world’s greatest composers. From current box office hits and top television series to classics from Hollywood’s Golden Age, Varèse Sarabande’s 35-year catalog includes new soundtracks and newly recorded albums from practically every composer in the history of film, including Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, Alex North, Elmer Bernstein, Danny Elfman, Michael Giacchino, Mark Isham, John Powell, Alan Silvestri, Chris Bacon, Christopher Young and Hans Zimmer.
Varèse Sarabande spotlights the best from the past with the Varèse CD Club and Varèse Vintage imprint. The Varèse CD Club releases previously out-of-print soundtrack titles and expanded edition packages put together with an eye for the film music collector.
Varèse Vintage Records specializes in releasing new albums by classic pop, jazz and country artists such as Trevor Rabin, Keith Emerson, Dwight Twilley, Ed Bruce and Billy Cobham, In addition, the label has a long history of reissuing great pop and soundtrack albums such as Flash Harry by Harry Nilsson, The Everly Brothers’ Songs Our Daddy Taught Us, The Family Way soundtrack by Paul McCartney and The Idol Maker, with music by Jeff Barry.
Varèse Sarabande continues the tradition they started by hosting and producing worldwide concerts celebrating film music with orchestras all over the world. Past gala events include the official Abbey Road Studios 80th Anniversary concert in London, the Universal Pictures 100th Anniversary concert in Tenerife, and a series of tribute programs to composers Jerry Goldsmith, Alex North, Bernard Herrmann, Alan Silvestri, Patrick Doyle, Elmer Bernstein, Henry Mancini and John Barry. To celebrate Varèse Sarabande's 35th Anniversary in 2013 there were a number of concerts worldwide, including in Macau (China), three concerts featuring the Golden State Pops Orchestra in San Pedro (CA), with additional events in Poznan (Poland) and Tenerife (Spain).
Varèse Sarabande Records is distributed by Universal Music Group, the largest music distributor in the world. The Varèse CD Club accepts direct orders at www.varesesarabande.com.
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