16.05.03
Berlin
Philharmonic to record first movie score for Deep Blue
Five-Time
Oscar Nominee George Fenton to Conduct
The
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the world's foremost musical
institutions, will break with tradition and record a motion picture
soundtrack for the first time for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Worldwide/Greenlight Media
theatrical feature documentary, DEEP BLUE, it is announced today
by producers Alix Tidmarsh of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Worldwide and Sophokles Tasioulis
of Greenlight Media.
Five-time
Oscar nominee George Fenton (Gandhi, Cry Freedom, Dangerous Liaisons,
The Fisher King) has written the score for the film and will conduct
the orchestra in a recording session at the Philharmonic hall in
Berlin next month. Under the artistic direction of its new musical
director Sir Simon Rattle, the Berlin Philharmonic, which was founded
in 1882, has been involved in a number of unusual projects expanding
the repertoire of the Orchestra into new dimensions.
At
Cannes, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Worldwide and Greenlight Media will screen advance footage
from DEEP BLUE, which is the feature-length version of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's award-winning
natural history series, "The Blue Planet". Composer Fenton
won Ivor Novello, BAFTA and Emmy awards for his score for the original
eight-episode TV series.
Tasioulis,
Vice President, Production, for Greenlight Media, stated: "DEEP
BLUE is a powerful and emotional film that should be seen on the
big screen. George Fenton's new score represents some of the finest
music composed for an epic feature and we are honoured that the
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra will record it. Such great images
require extraordinary music and in George we have the best composer
to interpret them. Having the Berlin Philharmonic perform his music,
is the equivalent of casting the best actor possible to play a leading
role in one's film."
Alix
Tidmarsh, Director of Factual IPM Factual, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Worldwide added:
"The joint power of the Berlin Philharmonic and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ brand
promises an exciting experience for cinema audiences. I am very
excited and honoured to be working on the film with George and the
Berlin Philharmonic orchestra."
George
Fenton added: "To have the opportunity to record with the Berlin
Philharmonic is a dream for any composer. I couldn't name a greater
orchestra. Their participation in the film brings a new dimension
to the extraordinary and special journey that Deep Blue has been."
Directed
by Alastair Fothergill (Life in the Freezer) and Andy Byatt (Monsters
we Met), the $5 million production used twenty specialized camera
teams, shot more than 7,000 hours of footage at over 200 locations
around the world, and descended as far as 5,000 meters in the most
powerful submersible craft.
DEEP
BLUE will have its world premiere at the San Sebastian Film Festival
in September.
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