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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
VARÈSE SARABANDE RECORDS TO RELEASE LIFE OF CRIME SOUNDTRACK
Featuring Original Music By The Newton Brothers
(August 18, 2014– Los Angeles, CA) – Varèse Sarabande Records will release LIFE OF CRIME – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack digitally and will be available as a disc-on-demand, date TBA. The soundtrack features the original score composed by The Newton Brothers (OCULUS, PROXY). LIFE OF CRIME opens in theaters, on demand, and on iTunes on August 29, 2014.
“This movie is really a dark comedy,” said Taylor Newton Stewart. “But it has moments of tension, suspense and even some romance. We worked hand-in-hand with the director to achieve some cool stuff with riffs, grooves, songs and orchestration. A lot of opportunity to be creative on this film.”
The Newton Brothers— aka Andy Grush and Taylor Newton Stewart—have combined their unique forces of classical knowledge, instrumental dexterity, and knack for electronics to contribute distinct music to a diverse spectrum of film projects. The Newton Brothers added chills to Mike Flanagan’s OCULUS, emotion to Tony Kaye’s acclaimed classroom drama DETACHMENT, tension to Mike Gunther’s crime thriller SETUP, and black humor to PAWN SHOP CHRONICLES. They recently lent their Newtonian approach to the action/thriller THE PRINCE and reteamed with Mike Flanagan for SOMNIA.
Andy and Taylor were both learning and making music from a young age, educated and inspired by such wide-ranging influences as Puccini operas, John Williams film scores, and albums by Kraftwerk and Nine Inch Nails. Between the two, they play piano, guitar, bass, clarinet, flute, accordion, sax, harmonica, percussion, organ, kazoo, and cello. They fuse their classical education with a skill and savvy in electronics and manipulated sounds, and capitalize on having two musical heads.
Based on Elmore Leonard's novel The Switch, LIFE OF CRIME is a dark caper comedy starring Jennifer Aniston, John Hawkes, Yasiin Bey, Will Forte, Mark Boone Junior, Isla Fisher and Tim Robbins. The wife (Jennifer Aniston) of a corrupt real estate developer (Tim Robbins) is kidnapped by two common criminals (Yasiin Bey and John Hawkes) who intend to extort him with inside information about his crooked business and off-shore accounts. But the husband decides he'd actually rather not pay the ransom to get back his wife, setting off an unbelievable sequence of double crosses and plot twists that could only come from the mind of Elmore Leonard.
“Because this takes place in the 70’s we used a lot of vintage instruments and recording techniques from that period,” explained Taylor Newton. “We used bongos, organs, wah-guitar, flute, trumpet, and others, but we also sprinkled a little synthesizers underneath it to give it a slight modern feel at times.”
Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions present LIFE OF CRIME, in theaters, on demand, and on iTunes on August 29, 2014. LIFE OF CRIME - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from Varèse Sarabande Records will be available digitally on 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, The Newton Brothers, 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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