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  WAVES (Vlny) Director Jiří Mádl  Music Simon Goff Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd Czech Republic’s Official Entry to the 97 th Academy Awards Waves  ( Vlny ) is a 2024 Czech-Slovak historical thriller drama film directed by Jiří Mádl    and set during the Prague Spring and subsequent Warsaw Pact invarion of Csechoslovakia. The film had its world premiere at the 58 th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival where it won the audience award. It was selected as the Czech entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 97 th Academy Awards  Waves entered theatres on 15 August 2024 and became the highest-grossing Czech film of 2024. Waves Ost on Spotify Story revolves around the Editorial Office of International Life of the Czechoslovak Radio. It works under the leadership of Milan Weiner, a journalistic icon. Other journalists include Věra Šťovíčková, Jiří Dienstbier, Luboš Dobrovský or Jan Petránek. Young Tomáš gets among them a bit by mistake as the work in the editor

  CORSAIRE Atmosphere Adventure By Maximilien Mathevon Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd CORSAIRE There are places that touch you with their atmosphere, their architecture, the history they evoke. For me, one of these places is the city of Saint-Malo. It was quite natural that I came to create an album inspired by the corsair city, mixing electronic music and traditional influences. The sounds of bodhran, bombarde and uillean pipes mingle with the medieval sounds of violas da gamba, orchestral colors and synthesizers to create a composite and singular sound universe. Corsaire on Spotify The places in our lives are protected places and must be protected. A smell, a color, a look, a distance... so many images and sensations that collide in the conscious and the unconscious. Letting go of the passing of time, letting the life around us take its course, is often the only way out. So let's let ourselves be carried away once again. Hellen Page Corsaire on Soundcloud 1

HIGH FORCES Wei Ji Hang Xian Directors Oxide Chun Pang & Chi-Leung Law Cast Andy Lau, Zifeng Zhang, Chuxiao Qu Music Anthony Chue Gao Haojun, an international security expert, is hijacked by gunmen on the first flight of A380 airliner, and his blind daughter is one of the undercover hostages, a fact that he doesn’t know. High Forces on Spotify It is always a wonderful experience working with Mr. Oxide Pang, because he is very precise with his vision and direction with regards to the music score. It is sometimes not easy to describe music using words, because after all, music sometimes is the only way to paint feelings and emotions for which there are no words. Both he and I had similar visions of the music, which worked to our advantage in producing the score. We are both very passionate about our work; he, for his film, and me, for the music, which makes for an ideal collaborative experience. Anthony Chue – Composer High Forces on Soundcloud High Forces on Apple Music

  MEET THE BARBARIANS / LES BARBARES Director Julie Delpy Cast Julie Delpy, Sandrine Kiberlain, Laurent Laffite… Music Philippe Jakko Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd Selection Angouleme Film Festival - Toronto Film Festival Brittany’s Town has unanimously decided to accept Ukrainian refugees in exchange for government subsidies. However, instead of seeing Ukrainian arrive, they now see Syrian migrants, which has caused some conflicts. Meet the Barbarians Ost on Spotify Statement from Philippe Jakko: It was my first collaboration with Julie. As is often the case in comedies, it was a question of highlighting key moments in the film to gain rhythm. There was already pre-existing music chosen by the team, in particular Mozart and Beethoven which adorned the scenes Act 1, 2, 3 etc. from an "operatic" perspective. There is a lot of dialogue in comedies so less room for music than in an adventure film or a thriller, so I squeezed in between all this with themes and soun

  Goltzius and the Pelican Company (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Director Peter Greenaway Music by Marco Robino Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd C Hendrik Goltzius, a late-16 th -century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books. https://open.spotify.com/album/0BslZUYstisxQ7SngUSW9I Composing the score for Goltzius and the Pelican Company was a defining experience for me. Since the music was written before filming began, it was possible to have it played on set, allowing the actors to synchronize their movements to its rhythm. I vividly recall the moment when F. Murray Abraham was required to dance half-naked while my music was blasting through powerful speakers—a memory that fills me with pride. However, beyond this fleeting sense of delight, a deeper realization emerged: the music no longer belonged to me. This feeling became most profound when I was asked to perform

  HALKARA Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Director Bikram Sapkota Music by Bruno Valenti Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd OSCARS Nepals Official Entry to the 96 th Academy Awards An unemployed village drunk accepts a postman position and ventures into the remote villages of Nepal. In his journey, he must face the challenges and responsibilities of his new job while confronting the personal demons of his past. Halkara Ost on Spotify Halkara holds a very special place in my heart. When director Bikram Sapkota invited me to join the project, he asked me to help to tell the story of Halkara through music. From the very beginning, I fell in love with both the powerful narrative and the impressive level of production. Alongside music supervisor Ryan Gottshall, we dedicated countless hours to spotting sessions, paying close attention to every detail of the story to translate it into the score for Halkara. This soundtrack aims to convey the essence of the story through music, alth