Joneswood Records has released a soundtrack album for the Oscar-shortlisted live action short Edge of Space. The album features the film’s original music composed by Mark Baechle (Frieda’s Case, Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae, Etienne!). Visit Amazon or most other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack. Also listen to the composer’s first track (Opening Prologue) after the jump. Edge of Space is written and directed by Jean de Meuron and stars Chad Michael Collins and Kimberly Alexander. The short is set in 1961 during the height of the space race between the U.S. and Soviet Union and follows an ambitious USAF test pilot who is recruited by NASA for a suborbital mission in a X-15 hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft with astronomical implications. The movie premiered at various film festivals and is one of the fifteen live action shorts shortlisted for this year’s Academy Awards.
Here’s the album track list:
1. Opening Prologue (1:29)
2. Military Hangar (0:43)
3. Godspeed (1:52)
4. Farewell (2:24)
5. The Cost (2:47)
6. X-15 (2:04)
7. Ascending to the Heavens (1:01)
8. Space (2:32)
9. The Right Stuff (3:50)
