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In the following days several things will take place regarding the Sixth International Film Music Festival Ciudd de Ubeda, and we want you to be participant in them.

To the information already advanced (Michael Giacchino as new Honor President, a tribute to the figure of Alex North, etc.), these are the most important news:

1.- New website. We are preparing a complete change in the design and content of the site, so that it will be much more attractive and dynamic.

2 .- Opening of preregistration/registration. You will able to sign up and be the one of the firsts to join the big family of the Festival.

3 .- Jerry Goldsmith Awards convocatory. Are you a new composer or do you know composers that are beginning at the audiovisuals?. Do not hesitate: the Jerry Goldsmith Awards are your big chance. In a few days we will officially open the V Edition.

4.- IV Jerry Goldsmith Awards CD. As every year, our brother website MundoBSO will publish a double cd which contains all the musical selections of winners and nominees for the awards. This is a very limited edition, for promotional purposes, but we will reserve a few to draw between those registered at the Festival.

5.- And many more news, of which we will be informing. Are you going to lose it?

Here we wait for you!

Úbeda to Celebrate the Life and Works of Alex North

15-time Academy-Award nominee and the first ever composer to receive a Lifetime Achievement Oscar, Alex North is considered one of the most creative and innovative composers in film history. After a successful career in theatre productions such as Death of a Salesman and The Innocents, North’s first Hollywood assignment was Elia Kazan's film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire. His heavily jazz-based film score proved groundbreaking and helped start build an international reputation that was later cemented in such classic films as Spartacus, Cleopatra, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Rose Tattoo, Viva Zapata! and The Shoes of the Fishermen.

North is further known for being the author of the hit song Unchained Melody which, so far, has been recorded over 500 times by artists ranging from the Righteous Brothers to Elvis Presley, Lee Ann Rimes, Sarah McLachlan, U2, and James Galway. In 1967 Alex North was commissioned with writing original music for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. Sadly, right before the release of the film his score was removed and replaced with classical works by Strauss. This tragic loss was rectified decades later by the recording and release of North’s original score on Varèse Sarabande which was conducted by his friend and colleague, Jerry Goldsmith.

Marking the composer's centenary, the Úbeda International Film Music Festival is announcing a large-scale tribute, including a number of special-interest sessions, workshops, live performances and many other activities yet-to-be-disclosed.

Ubeda, Michael Giacchino and Star Trek

Star Trek 2009 - End Credits from JM Asensio on Vimeo.

A TRIBUTE TO BASIL POLEDOURIS.

LIVE IN CONCERT AT UBEDA FILM MUSIC FESTIVAL (DVDSING001),
a unique document made from the heart and to the heart of film music lovers all over the world, including the only concert Basil Poledouris conducted in his life, a few months before his passing.


Contents:
- CONAN THE SYMPHONY (almost 50 espectacular minutes of the “Conan the Barbarian” score, with Basil Poledouris conducting the Andalucía Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. Remixed and remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1)

- REMEMBERING BASIL (A 40 minutes documentary directed by Dan Goldwasser where friends and personalities like Paul Verhoeven, Randal Kleiser, Zoe Poledouris, Richard Kraft, Eric Colvin or Jon Burlingame remember Basil, his music and his legacy.)

- THE TALE OF CONAN (including the conversation by Poledouris in Ubeda International Film Music Festival where he speaks about his relation with John Millius and how they came to create the score of “Conan the Barbarian”. Includes images of the rehearsals of him conducting the orchestra before the concert.

- BASIL AT UBEDA A moving document on the days Basil spent at Úbeda surrounded by friends and fans.

- AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH BASIL POLEDOURIS.

Almost 120 minutes of a unique document in DVD REGION 0 (worldwide), PAL Video, in English language with Spanish subtitles. Limited edition of 1.200 copies.

16 euros / 22,50 dollars.

Orders: singularsoundtrack@gmail.com

Claudio Simonetti's talk was held yesterday from 18:30 to 20:00 at the Hospital de Santiago. It was finally agreed that some people from the Organization would be asking him questions rather than have Simonetti give a long talk. These people were Germán Barón and José María Benítez. Luis Rodríguez helped with the translations for our international guests. Apart from Simonetti, Gabrielle Lucantonio, the author of the book devoted to Simonetti and which has been recently published in Spain by Saimel, was also invited to the talk.

Simonetti's talk lasted around 90 minutes, but we wished we would have had more time, considering Claudio's impressive professional career. During his talk Claudio reviewed his most important works such as Profondo Rosso, Suspiria or Zombie. He also gave us some juicy anecdotes as well as personal reflections on the current situation of film music in general and, very especially, horror film music.

Aritz Villodas wins the Jerry Goldsmith Award

Aritz Villodas has won the IV Jerry Goldsmith Award to best new composer, in the ceremony that has just end in Úbeda, in the V International Film Music Festival. Patrick Doyle, President of Honor of the Festival, has given him the award.

Villodas has win the prize after winning at the category of Best Music in Full-Length Format, for No me pidas que te bese porque te besaré (Don't Ask Me to Kiss You Because I'll Kiss You), his debut in the full-length movies. His competitors, in this category, were Alejandro Vivas (La Conjura de El Escorial), Sergio de la Puente (El lince perdido), Lucas Vidal (The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake), James Peterson (The Red Canvas) and Manuel Riveiro (Santos).

This has been the winners in the rest of categories:

BEST MUSIC IN SHORT FILM- LIVE ACTION: Óscar Xiberta (Tiempo)

Finalists: Andrés de la Torre (Bajo el Sol), Philip Klein (Hangar nº 5), Iván Capillas (Les sabatilles de Laura) and Carmen García Jara (La vida fluye).

BEST MUSIC IN SHORT FILM- ANIMATION: Stefan Maria Schneider (Our Wonderful Nature)

Finalists: Jesús Calderón and Karel Segers (Tin Can Heart) and Iván Llopis (Toy Matters).

BEST MUSIC IN DOCUMENTARY: Iván Palomares (Mundos de agua: el agua viajera).

Finalists: Sergi Ramis (Endeutats sobre la teranyina), Pablo Laspra (Hijos del desierto), Markus Lehmann-Horn (Kampf Um Germanien) and Jesús Calderón (Tierra de oficios).

BEST SONG: Jorge Aliaga (A un metro de ti, from A un metro de ti)

Finalists: Manuel Riveiro (El Cielo llorará, from Santos), Markus Lehmann-Horn (Malle Shabba, from Marriages are Made in Heaven) and Manuel Carmona (Sopla el viento, from La suerte del inocente).

BEST MUSIC IN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS/FREE CREATION: Arturo Solar (Alondra Smiles).

Finalists: Lucas Vidal (La isla interior), Andrés de la Torre and Matías Nadal (Mí), Iván Vivas (Orchestral Works for Films & Videogames) and Marc Jovani (Peñíscola Suite).

All the winning composers -with the exception of Arturo Solar- have been present at a ceremony directed, written and hosted by Conrado Xalabarder and that has had the attendance of the Festival's guest composers.