Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Ascension. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dan Deacon (Twixt, Rat Film, Well Groomed, All Light, Everywhere). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Ascension directed by Jessica Kingdon explores the pursuit of wealth and the paradox of progress in modern China, and examines what living the so-called “Chinese Dream” looks like today. The movie, which recently was nominated for six Critics Choice Documentary Awards and is on the IDA short-list for Best Documentary, portrays capitalism in China across the levels of its operation, from the crudest mine to the most rarefied forms of leisure.
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‘All Light, Everywhere’ Soundtrack to Be Released
Milan Records will release a soundtrack album for the documentary All Light, Everywhere. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dan Deacon (Twixt, Ascension, Rat Film, Well Groomed, Strawberry Mansion). The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 29 and will be available to stream/download here. All Light, Everywhere is directed by Theo Anthony and explores the shared histories of cameras, weapons, policing and justice. The movie interrogates the complexity of an objective point of view, probing the biases inherent in both human perception and the lens as surveillance technologies become a fixture in everyday life.
Dan Deacon to Score Jeremiah Zagar’s ‘Hustle’
Dan Deacon has signed on to score the upcoming Netflix original film Hustle. The movie is directed by Jeremiah Zagar (We the Animals) and stars Adam Sandler, Queen Latifah, Ben Foster and Robert Duvall, as well as NBA analyst Kenny Smith, and Minnesota Timberwolves forward Juancho Hernangomez. The sports comedy drama follows a down on his luck basketball scout who discovers discovers a phenomenal street ball player with a rocky past while in China and sees the prospect as his opportunity to get back into the NBA. Taylor Materne and Will Fetters (A Star Is Born, Remember Me) wrote the screenplay.
‘Well Groomed’ Soundtrack Album Released
Domino Recording Company has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Well Groomed. The album features the film’s original score composed by Dan Deacon (Twixt, Rat Film). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music services. Well Groomed is directed, written and produced by Rebecca Stern and explores the exuberant world of competitive dog grooming. The movie follows a group of determined dog groomers who are driven to succeed while facing a series of challenges in each of their personal and professional lives over the course of a year.
Dan Deacon Scoring ‘Well Groomed’
Dan Deacon has composed the original score for the upcoming documentary Well Groomed. The film is directed by Rebecca Stern and takes place in the world of competitive creative dog grooming. The movie follows four champion groomers and their dogs through a year in the life on the technicolor competition circuit, exploring their creative process. Stern is also producing the project with Justin Levy and Matthew C. Mills. Deacon’s previous film scoring credits include Francis Ford Coppola’s Twixt and the documentary Rat Film.
‘Rat Film’ Soundtrack Details
Domino Recording Company will release the official soundtrack album for the documentary Rat Film. The album features the film’s original music composed by Dan Deacon (Twixt). The soundtrack will be released on October 13, 2017. The CD and vinyl version is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check out a video featurette about the composer’s score after the jump. Rat Film is directed by Theo Anthony and uses the rat – as well as the humans that love them, live with them, and kill them – to explore the history of Baltimore. The movie was released in select theaters last weekend by Cinema Guild.