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.

Joel McNeely is already here

Guest composers invited to the long-awaited Vth Edition of the International Film Music Festival 'Ciudad de Úbeda' are already arriving in Spain and, during the next few hours, we will be welcoming them. Before accompanying them to Úbeda, they will seize this opportunity to do a bit of sightseeing and visit some places of interest.

One of these composers is Joel McNeely. He has just arrived in Madrid, so we have headed for the capital to welcome him and be with him before going to Úbeda. The composer of Star Wars: Shadows of Empire, Mulan II or Thinker Bell knew too well what he wanted to see first upon arrival in Madrid. Joel is a self-confessed football fan, so it just seemed like an obvious decision to do a little tour inside the Real Madrid Football Team Stadium, Santiago Bernabéu. He asked for that and we were more than happy to oblige, thus showing him the achievements and patrimony of the Club.

On our way to the Stadium, our guest told us that his son plays as goalkeeper for the Los Angeles Galaxy, the same team to which David Beckham did recently belong. It seems that his son is doing quite well, so he is part of the American football selection in the category of under-17s.

Joel beheld with enthusiasm all the facilities and also asked about Spanish player Casillas and the relationship between Real Madrid and David Beckham.

In the next few hours we will head for Úbeda with Joel by car. It’s getting closer, and new arrivals of new guests are speeding up...

To buy in Úbeda

In the Shop of the Festival, as every year, you'll find dozens of soundtracks and other productos that you'll can get on special prizes.

Roque Baños en concierto is a double CD and DVD that includes a concert the composer performed in Córdoba, with the city's orchestra and the chorus Ziryab, and in which he makes an exhaustive overview to his film career.

In the Shop of the Festival, also, you'll find scores of the guest composers as well as other soundtracks of great interest.

Do not forget to visit it!.

This year we will put a shirt on sale. It is the shirt of the "Spirit of Úbeda", in clear homage to two of the most important composers of our Festival, Jerry Goldsmith and Basil Poledouris.

The other shirt will be the official of the Festival. It will not be available. It will be the official shirt of the organization (such as a soccer equipment). However, it will givenexclusively to those who have attended the 5 years of the Festival. One detail that the organization wants to have with them.

Both have been designed by our master of visual arts, Andrés Antúnez, also author of the Official Poster of the Year.

A message from Bruno Coulais

The magnificent composer and best person Bruno Coulais has sent this words for all of you:

Chers Amis,

C’est avec une grande tristesse que je dois renoncer à ma participation au Festival d’Ubeda car les dates d’enregistrement de la musique du film “Lucky Luke” que j’ai composée ont été repoussées à la même période que celle du Festival.

Je le regrette infiniment car je garde un merveilleux souvenir de mon séjour à Ubeda en 2006, de l’accueil si chaleureux de David Doncel, de Marc Vaillo, Oscar Gimenez et de leurs collaborateurs, des rencontres passionnantes avec mes amis les compositeurs espagnols, de la conférence avec mon grand ami Conrado Xalabarder qui connaît mieux mes musiques quemoi-même.

Il règne en effet à Ubeda tout ce dont on peut rêver d’un festival sur la musique de film : la ferveur du public, les concerts à la belle étoile et les rencontres avec les compositeurs qui viennent du monde entier. Mille excuses encore et quoiqu’il arrive je serai là l’année prochaine!

Bruno
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Dear friends

It is for me quite sad to have to renounce to my participation at the Ubeda's Festival, since the dates of recording of the music for the film "Lucky Luke" I've composed, match the same period the Festival takes place.

I do sorry infinitely, because I keep a wonderful remembrancer of my stay at Ubeda in 2006, of the very warm welcome from David Doncel, Marc Vaillo, Oscar Gimenez and their staff, exciting meetings with my Spanish composers friends, of the conference with my great friend Conrado Xalabarder, who knows my compositions better that myself.

It surely reigns in Úbeda all what you can dream in a film music festival: the zeal of the public, the open-air concerts and the meetings with composers who come from all over the world.

Thousand excuses, but do no doubt I will be there next year!

Ready to give awards!

It is all ready.

The VIII Goldspirits Awards, which will be given on Saturday, July 18th, are going to became again a real party of emotion and fun, with spectacular videos and more surprises.

Meanwhile, you can see an introduction video that we have prepared and that is inserted in the section of this awards in the Festival's website. It is just an advance of what you are going to have...

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All ready also for the IV Jerry Goldsmith awards, which ceremony will take place on thursday, 16th. This is, of course, a ceremony where we will honor to all the magnificent new composers finalists. All of them have cautivated us with the excellencies of their works, that you can know in the proper section of the website.

Meanwhile, we show you the cover of the double CD that, in September, we will release, with the inclusion of all the musics winners and nominees. This will be a promo CD, for the composers and that will be send to the main agents of composers. We will also draw some of them among the film music fans.

But... are you going to miss this parties???