Gagarin: First in Space (Soundtrack) by George Kallis - Review

The Russian Stuff

Review by Steven Sharratt

Yuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut, was the first human in space when he orbited the Earth on 12 April 1961, effectively winning the first round of the space race for the Soviet Union. While the USA's side of the space race has been well accounted for in Hollywood, the Soviet-side has seen considerably less dramatic-representation.  It should be noted that Hollywood's presentation of the space race has yielded some pretty impressive movie scores such as: THE RIGHT STUFF (Bill Conti), and APOLLO 13 (James Horner).  If such dramatic treatment was given to a slice of the Russian space program, we'd expect there to be plenty of opportunity for equally compelling musical expression.  Thanks to MovieScore Media's recent release: GAGARIN: FIRST IN SPACE, we finally afforded such an opportunity.

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Highlander: The Source by George Kallis

Today is certainly "official press release day." Here's one you might have missed. Composer George Kallis' score for HIGHLANDER: THE SOURCE has recently become available. (And I didn't even know there was another HIGHLANDER chapter.) The score is being released by MOTION PICTURE RECORDS the official site has a few sound clips available. Might be worth a second or two of your time to give it quick check. Below is the official press release:


PRESS RELEASE

The CD of "Highlander 'The Source' -The Original Score-" is now available. It's an exciting modern large orchestral film score composed by George Kallis for 'The Source'; the 5th film in the Highlander dynasty which will be released internationally on DVD in January and February.

The CD also included the End Title song 'The Sun is Gonna Shine' performed by John Sloman (ex Uriah Heep) and Tamasin Hardy with lyrics by John, music by George and orchestrated and performed by Chris Cawte of The Gutter Brothers.

For more information and to listen to a selection of soundbites, please go to http://www.motionpicturerecords.com where you will also find a link to the iTunes download page.