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"God of War III" Score nomination

10/15/2010

 
The score to Sony Playstation God of War III has been nominated for the 2010 Hollywood Music In Media Award. I share the nomination with the rest of the team of Cris Velasco, Mike Reagan, Gerard Marino, and Ron Fish. All terrific composers. It was fun and a real creative challange. I created about 25 minutes of original material, and as the developers completed the game, tracks were remixed and rearranged into a number of variations.
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You can hear some of my favorite tracks here.

​We recorded the score last fall at Lucas Film’s Skywalker Ranch in northern California. It’s an amazing facility. State of the art in a rustic natural setting. The staff there is the best I’ve worked with, including head engineer Leslie Ann Jones (daughter of the brilliant band leader Spike Jones). The team from Sony ran things with amazing precision and polish.


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Scoring "The Chosen one"

10/11/2010

 
​I recently recorded the orchestra for a small film called The Chosen One. The film was released on DVD and is likely to come out in limited release either late this year or early in 2011. The score is a blend of lush orchestra with some great solo work from guitars and flutes from South America. It’s a more traditional style score for me, as the themes of the film makers really wanted a score to carry real emotional weight. You can listen to the entire score here and it is available on iTunes and Amazon as well.
​The film centers around a man who has lost his zest for life, and is ready to end it all. But an unexpected visit from some Colombian “holy men” cause him to rethink his views of life and himself. The score underlines this with a contrast between more traditional western themes in piano and strings, and the more vibrant sounds of South America with guitar,  charango and panflute. I play several of the flutes myself, but I was fortunate to get Stephen Kujala to come to the studio to play. We also recorded George Doering on all sorts of guitars. The charangos were recorded with a remote linkup with a studio in Santiago, Chile.
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The orchestra was recorded at the fantastic Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Brothers with about a 60 players. My wonderful orchestrator was the fiery latin Roger Julià. As we were on a bit of a tight budget I was truly fortunate to have my band of tireless interns from the Columbia College in Chicago out to lend a hand.
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    Jeff Rona is a contemporary film composer and recording artist.

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