Soundcast Interview: Ryan Amon (Elysium)

Interview: Ryan Amon (Elyisum)

Composer Ryan Amon, composer of the original score for ELYSIUM, dives deeper into the incredible story of how this project all started with an email from director Neil Blomkamp, the unique amount of creative freedom given to him to write and his experience in recording at Abbey Road Studios.  He also talks about writing for a feature film versus production/trailer music...with a surprising take.


Episode Highlights

00:20 - Introduction
01:37 - What happened after "that email?"
06:12 - Scoring blind?
08:19 - Was was the arc for the development of the score?
10:35 - In writing trailer music, were you looking to get your music "discovered?"
16:24 - What was your biggest challenge for you with Elysium?
17:30 - The Abbey Road Studio experience
21:34 - District 9 parallels


Music Selections

00:00 - "Deportation" (Elysium) by Ryan Amon
15:46 - "Elysium" (Elysium) by Ryan Amon
25:45 - "New Heaven, New Earth" (Elysium) by Ryan Amon
27:46 - "Fire Up The Shuttle" (Elysium) by Ryan Amon


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Buy the ELYSIUM soundtrack at Amazon.com


Other notes:

Ryan Amon - The Official Website

Special thanks to Albert Tello (Costa Communications).

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Quick-Click Reviews: Volume 24

Volume 24 of our Quick-Reviews is the first in nearly 10 years!  We figured you'd waited long enough.  With the re-introduction of these "straight to the point" reviews for the busy, multitasking, soundtrack-geniuses out there, we bring your four brand new reviews.  All four reviews are conveniently contained on one page.  One click...four reviews.

Here's what you'll find in Volume 24:


BATTLESHIP by Steve Jablonsky
Review by Richard Buxton
5/10

"Guilty pleasure is an apt way of describing many a JABLONSKY score in recent years, and for some, BATTLESHIP is possibly the guiltiest of them all."

BRAVE HEARTS UMIZARU by Naoko Sato
Review by Richard Buxton
8/10

"SATO’S music for the series is of a more of a Retro Remote control variety, favouring bold and exciting themes reminiscent of the 90’s Media Ventures scores. "

ELYSIUM by Jo Blankenburg
Review by Christopher Coleman
8/10

"Elysium features the sort of music that is all too rare, because fewer and fewer feature films allow such unabashed emotion to be demonstrated in their associated scores. "

ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT by John Powell
Review by Helen San
6/10

"The kinetic punch isn’t in enough tracks to overcome the more pedestrian and quirky listening experience in the rest of the album."

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