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THE HAPPY PRINCE Original Soundtrack composed by Gabriel YARED A Film by Rupert Everett Cast Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Colin Morgan… Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd Distribution Sergent Major Company Ltd – The Orchard Plaza Mayor Company will release a soundtrack album for the biographical drama The Happy Prince . The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Gabriel Yared ( The English Patient , The Talented Mr. Ripley , Cold Mountain , 1408 ). The soundtrack will be released digitally & physically.  The Happy Prince is directed by Rupert Everett who also stars in the movie with Colin Firth, Edwin Thomas, Colin Morgan, Emily Watson, Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson, Beatrice Dalle and John Standing. The movie tells the story of the last days of famed playwright Oscar Wilde. The drama premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will be released in New York and Los Angeles on October 10 by Sony P...

The average price of a cinema ticket in most markets is higher than a month's subscription to an SVOD service, says Ampere Analysis. Global revenues from subscription streaming video services will overtake the total worldwide box office next year, a study published Monday by Ampere Analysis forecasts. Global subscription revenue is expected to top $46 billion, compared with just under $40 billion in worldwide theatrical revenue, it predicts. Revenue from subscription VOD services in the U.S. already outpaced the domestic box office take in 2017, and the U.K. market is expected to follow suit by the end of this year. China, the world's second-largest theatrical market, will see the SVOD business blow by the box office in 2019, the study finds. SVOD services, led by Netflix and Amazon Prime, are exploding across Western Europe, while local box office remains stagnant.  Ampere's study suggests that one of the reasons behind the shift may be that movie tickets a...

RAMIN KOUSHA – Album “5 th PASSENGER” (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Director Scotty Baker Cd Digital Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd Distribution The Orchard 5th Passenger (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) on YouTube R amin Kousha is an Iranian-raised, Los Angeles based composer. Classically trained from the age of six Ramin has developed wide technical backgrounds with an expertise in unique artistic approaches including electronic and orchestral. His music is heard in numerous projects covering a variety of formats such as feature films, documentaries, TV series, and video games. Shortly after learning music theory and performing piano in various orchestras, Ramin realized his passion for composing. This eventually led him to study and work for the well-known Iranian classical composer Ahmad Pejman. At the age of 18 he decided to move to the United States to pursue his dream of film scoring. Ramin’s professional career began composing original scores for s...

Nicolas Cage, the Oscar-winning actor and International Film Festival & Awards Macao talent ambassador, reckons he is no stranger to the Asian brand of cinema. He has worked with the likes of John Woo (“Face/Off”,) the Pang Brothers (“Bangkok Dangerous” remake) and Sion Sono on upcoming English-language film “Prisoners of the Ghostland.” Addressing a press conference in Macau on Saturday, Cage said: “Asian cinema is one of the greatest presentations of cinema in the history of cinema. The amount of style and talent that goes into Chinese movies, Japanese movies, Korean movies, is quite remarkable, and I have been blessed to work in several Asian productions.” “I know the reason I’m still blessed to make movies is largely because of China, and Chinese cinema and also Chinese investors,” Cage said. “It is because of this film industry here that I’m blessed to continue working. So, I know who to say thank you to. More western actors and filmmakers are trying to...

ANIELLO MISTO – Album “PARTHENOPE” Una Storia di Napoli Single “N’atta note encore” Cd Digital & Cd Physical Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd Distribution Sergent Major Company Ltd The Orchard Una Storia di Napoli Aniello (name) Misto (family name) is a Neapolitan singer, composer and musician, that approaches music at a young age. He starst playing the bass self-taught on the streets of Herculaneum, his beloved homeland, when he's just eight years old.   Aniello Misto - Album "Parthenope" on Spotify In 2018 he published his fifth cd, "PARTHENOPE", whose songs deal with particular themes of profound importance, sometimes burning and disconcerting actuality, alternating the detailed narration of the life of migrant refugees from their homeland to the nightlife of women of pleasure, touching the lanes of the folkloristic Naples full of life and secrets, dwelling on the history of fishermen and laborers, on life at sea and on l...

“I know, there is still a lot of skepticism on co-productions, simply because the case history is not large enough. Yet, I can tell you that a whole new slate of films is on its way. What amuses me is I know that this skepticism will (become) enthusiasm when the first breakthrough co-production film comes into being in the market.” said Cristiano Bortone, Managing Director of Bridging The Dragon, in a previous interview with CFI in May. Soon after the interview, U.S.-China co-production The Meg became a huge hit after many previous co-production attempts had fallen short. Produced by Warner Brothers and China Media Capital’s Gravity Pictures, the film was released in August and went on to overtake  Kung Fu Panda 3  as the highest-grossing U.S.-China co-production of all time, earning $527.8 million worldwide. The enthusiasm for co-production has likely been enhanced by the success of The Meg , as evidenced by the great turnout of Bridging The Dragon’s recent Si...