Krakow Film Music Festival 2017 Special Collection released

Varèse Sarabande will release a special collection featuring music from the 10^th edition of the KRAKOW FILM MUSIC FESTIVAL 2017 (FESTIWAL MUZYKI FILMOWEJ w Krakowie 2017) on CD on May 22, 2017.

The Krakow Film Music Festival is now the biggest film music festival in the world and in 2017 celebrated its 10^th anniversary.  Continuing their association with this remarkable event, Varèse Sarabande has again produced the official Krakow Film Music Festival CD 2017.  Featuring over 75 minutes of music by the composers who were a part of this year’s concerts, the album is an eclectic sample of film music’s incredible variety.

“The Krakow Film Music Festival has become the largest film music festival in the world. In producing the official Festival CD each year my task is to represent each of the composers who will be guests of the festival and also other music that will be performed live, explained Varèse Sarabande Producer Robert Townson.  “I love that the result is a single CD that everyone is part of. This year’s disc features music from five Academy Award®-winning scores: Howard Shore’s The Lord of the Rings, John Williams’ Star Wars, Giorgio Moroder’s Midnight Express, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek’s Finding Neverland and James Horner’s Titanic.”

The album features music by composers including Giorgio Moroder, Brian Tyler, Howard Shore, Sean Callery, Abel Korzeniowski, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Jean-Michel Bernard, James Horner, Jeff Russo, Trevor Morris, Klaus Doldinger, and John Williams.  This year’s concerts include “The Music of Abel Korzeniowski”, “Cinematic Piano”, “Dance2Cinema,” “FMF Youth Orchestra Plays Star Wars,” “Romance Before FMF: Dancing To Film Music,” plus “The NeverEnding Story” and “Titanic” live-to-picture.  All of these concerts surrounded the festival’s central “All Is Film Music” Anniversary Gala, featuring almost all of the attending composers performing to an audience of 15,000 people!

Track Listing

1. The NeverEnding Story – Never Ending Story – Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey
   Performed by Limahl
2. The NeverEnding Story – Bastian’s Happy Flight – Klaus Doldinger
3. Midnight Express – Chase – Giorgio Moroder
4. The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift – Symphonic Touge – Brian Tyler
5. 24 – Theme – Sean Callery
6. Fargo – Bemidji, MN – Jeff Russo
   Performed by The Prague FILMharmonic Orchestra, Conducted by Adam Klemens

7. Emerald City – The Beast Forever Approaches – Trevor Morris
8. Penny Dreadful – Be True – Abel Korzeniowski
9. Escape From Tomorrow – The Grand Finale – Abel Korzeniowski
10. Legends Of The Fall – James Horner
    Sara Andon, flute
    Jean-Michel Bernard, piano

11. Finding Neverland – Neverland Piano Variation In Blue – Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
    Leszek Możdżer, piano

12. The Science of Sleep – Golden The Pony Boy – Jean-Michel Bernard
    Kimiko Ono, vocal

13. The Lord of The Rings – One Ring To Rule Them All – Howard Shore
14. Star Wars – Star Wars Main Title  – John Williams
    Varujan Kojian, Utah Symphony Orchestra

15. Titanic – Distant Memories / Southampton / Rose / Take Her To Sea, Mr. Murdoch – James Horner
    John Debney, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus