FLASHOVER

Jing Tian Jiu Yuan

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

FLASHOVER

Jing Tian Jiu Yuan

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Director Oxide Chun Pang

Music by Anthony Chue

Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd

Firefighters tried to put out a fire at a chemical plant in Guancheng County.

A decade on from the Towering Inferno-like disaster movie Out of Inferno – which starred Hong Kong heavyweights Louis Koo Tin-lok and Lau Ching-wan – director Oxide Pang Chun returns to the genre, albeit without brother Danny, with the similarly incendiary Flashover.

Also set on the Chinese mainland, the film follows a company of rookie firefighters who risk their lives to battle a huge blaze that has consumed a chemical industrial estate.

As with its spiritual predecessor, however, Flashover prioritises perilous pyrotechnics over plot and character development, leaving audiences struggling to care about the fate of its one-dimensional protagonists.

Playing like a poor man’s alternative to the ostentatious heroes-in-helmets blockbusters of fellow Hong Kong filmmaker Dante Lam Chiu-yin, Flashover confines its drama to a single smouldering location.

When an earthquake ruptures a fuel line at a large chemical park, it sparks a furious inferno that threatens to engulf not only the entire complex, but also the surrounding residential areas.

Viewers will be reminded of the spectacular and catastrophic scenes of the 2015 Tianjin container port explosions, which were doubtless an inspiration for Yang Daiyuan’s screenplay.

The speed with which the fire spreads means it falls to local fire chief Zhao Yingqi (Wang Qianyuan) and his troop of inexperienced youngsters to be first on the scene.

Among their number is Han Kai (Du Jiang), the station’s information officer, better suited to videoing his colleagues rescuing cats from trees than battling a life-threatening blaze.

Both men are given nominal romantic interests in the form respectively of Han Xue and Tong Liya, who also manage to get themselves caught on the wrong side of the flames before the threat can be extinguished.

A decade on from the Towering Inferno-like disaster movie Out of Inferno – which starred Hong Kong heavyweights Louis Koo Tin-lok and Lau Ching-wan – director Oxide Pang Chun returns to the genre, albeit without brother Danny, with the similarly incendiary Flashover.

Also set on the Chinese mainland, the film follows a company of rookie firefighters who risk their lives to battle a huge blaze that has consumed a chemical industrial estate.

As with its spiritual predecessor, however, Flashover prioritises perilous pyrotechnics over plot and character development, leaving audiences struggling to care about the fate of its one-dimensional protagonists.

Playing like a poor man’s alternative to the ostentatious heroes-in-helmets blockbusters of fellow Hong Kong filmmaker Dante Lam Chiu-yin, Flashover confines its drama to a single smouldering location.

When an earthquake ruptures a fuel line at a large chemical park, it sparks a furious inferno that threatens to engulf not only the entire complex, but also the surrounding residential areas.

Viewers will be reminded of the spectacular and catastrophic scenes of the 2015 Tianjin container port explosions, which were doubtless an inspiration for Yang Daiyuan’s screenplay.

The speed with which the fire spreads means it falls to local fire chief Zhao Yingqi (Wang Qianyuan) and his troop of inexperienced youngsters to be first on the scene.

Among their number is Han Kai (Du Jiang), the station’s information officer, better suited to videoing his colleagues rescuing cats from trees than battling a life-threatening blaze.

Both men are given nominal romantic interests in the form respectively of Han Xue and Tong Liya, who also manage to get themselves caught on the wrong side of the flames before the threat can be extinguished.

Beyond Zhao and Han Kai, the rest of the firefighting troop are left woefully underdeveloped. Wang Ge, for example, plays the only other memorable firefighter, whose defining attribute is simply that he’s a bit overweight, which by default also makes him the crew’s resident comedian.

Suffice to say they must all work together if they are to save the day, but if a few die along the way, audiences probably won’t notice.

With its full complement of training montages, stirring speeches, and “leave no man behind” heroics, Flashover veers uncannily close to a military thriller, only missing a foreign adversary to demonise.

MaMaMi Ah

By MaMaMi Ah

Jazz Blooming Jazz Memory

MaMaMi Ah

By MaMaMi Ah

Jazz Blooming Jazz Memory

Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd

It is an introduction to jazz music by the resumption of the known melodies of the French song that is proposed to you by the trio MaMaMi Ah

It is an introduction to jazz music by the resumption of the known melodies of the French song that is proposed to you by the trio MaMaMi Ah

An open and amused book on the jazz world and a refrain of the French song that comes and is not forgotten.

An open and amused book on the jazz world and a refrain of the French song that comes and is not forgotten.

Sitting in the armchair a coffee in the hand is where ideas come in mind. A feeling, a memory, a close one, a familiar animal and the composition is blooming. Sometimes it takes a while before the track reaches its final shape, sometimes it goes smoothly.

The concept is to create a music that can be complex but also understandable. Formed in 2018, the group MaMaMi Ah has already explored a wide repertoire: from standard jazz, Disney’s classics, to French music.

Through these experiences, the trio has developed a solid cohesion and a beautiful bond. They play their compositions without artifice, with talent and elegance.

1L’oeil du chatMaMaMi Ah04:05
2DouctouyreMaMaMi Ah06:20
3Le fritonMaMaMi Ah05:45
4Baby’LoneMaMaMi Ah05:41
5Pour l’instantMaMaMi Ah05:09
6Bach’n BolaMaMaMi Ah06:48
7JavotteMaMaMi Ah06:12
8Samba de KrikriMaMaMi Ah04:04
9SampatwoMaMaMi Ah08:18

WHY TRY TO CHANGE ME NOW

(Original Film & Television Soundtrack)

WHY TRY TO CHANGE ME NOW

(Original Film & Television Soundtrack)

平原上的摩西 (影视原声带)

Director Dalei Zhang

Music by Yoshihiro Hanno – 半野喜

Selection Berlin 2023

Production IQyi

Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd

“Moses on the Plain” is a self-made drama produced by iQIYI and created by iQIYI Canran Studio.

Produced by Diao Yinan, directed by Zhang Dalei, Qi Kang as the producer, Dong Zijian starring, Haiqing friendship starring, Qiu Tian, Ai Jing special starring, Dong Baobao, Zhang Chen, Liang Jingdong, Wang Zheng, Zheng Haosen, Zhang Xiameng and other starring.

iQIYI has joined hands with many artists to create a 6-episode, 70-minute miniseries with a single episode, bringing a new experience to the audience. The drama has been broadcast on iQiyi on January 16, 2023.

The play is adapted from Shuang Xuetao’s novel of the same name, the story tells the old past uncovered by the murder of a taxi driver, the former rebellious teenager became a criminal police officer and was responsible for investigating the old case 7 years ago, but the suspect gradually pointed to the father and daughter next door who left good memories for him as a child. As the investigation deepened, a cigarette butt made the case clear, and the criminal police sadly discovered that they may also be participants in the tragedy that year.

A total of 15 film and television soundtrack works are recorded in this album. Among them, there are 12 soundtrack songs written by Yoshihiro Hanno and 3 vocal songs.

JOSE PROMIS

Album “Canciones Del Mercado Negro”

JOSE PROMIS

Album “Canciones Del Mercado Negro”

Cabaret, Songs and return to Spanish memory

Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd

Canciones Del Mercado Negro concepto:

After living so many years in Berlin, Promis decided to write an original album of songs in his native Spanish, as a natural attempt to reconnect with his birth culture, and to fuse together the memories of Chilean folkloric music from his youth, with fantasies of Berlin cabaret, French chanson and 1970s pop. This album, which was recorded in Chile, is his 13th overall, and his first since his last English album, 2021’s Promises.

José Francisco Promis Hoyuelos or Jose F. Promis (born January 28, 1973 in Viña del Mar, Chile) is a Chilean-American singer-songwriter and composer, son of the well-known Chilean literature professor José Promis

As a four-year-old he and his parents emigrated from Chile to Tucson, AZ, as his father fled from the Chilean regime under dictator Pinochet. Promis graduated from the University of Arizona in Media Arts & Journalism and in 1997 he moved to Los Angeles. Once Promis was settled, he began a career in music journalism that would see his reviews, retrospectives and the like feature at outlets such as All Music Guide and Billboard. During this period, Promis also began to learn how to write and compose songs via the piano which later led to him becoming a full-time musician in 2008.

WHITE CROW

(Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

WHITE CROW

(Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Director George Threadgold

Music composed and arranged by Marco Werba

Additional music by Pierpaolo Lucca, Eugenio Tassitano and Danilo Marianelli

Performed by the “Prague Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Marek Štilec

Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd

London Premiere April 15th

Alone and wounded Spy J.D., is on the hunt for members of a dark agency he used to work for, White Crow. This will push his skills to their limit, and maybe uncover a dark and sinister conspiracy that could change the world as we know it…

White Crow” is an interesting Spy/thriller directed by talented British director George Threadgold. This is my first spy thriller and was glad to be involved through producer Djonny Chen, with whom I worked on the music of “Daemon Mind”, directed by Jason Fité and “Damned”, directed by Will Jones. I wrote the rock song “White Crow”, performed by talented singer Sherol Dos Santos, and the song “We are legion” was written by Matt Underdown and performed by the band “Erica Drive”. The main musictheme has been performed by the “Prague Symphonic Orchestra” conducted by Marek Stilec and the additional music was written by Pierpaolo Lucca,

Eugenio Tassitano and Danilo Marianelli. For this film score I had the pleasure of working with longtime collaborator Jacques Dejean, who is the music publisher of the soundtrack.

The score of “White Crow” moves between electronic music, dramatic orchestral music and rock music. The goal was to give the viewer strong emotions by working on a typical action movie “soundtrack”.

Marco Werba – composer

  1. We are Legion – Erica Drive (performed by Matt Underdown)
  2. The meeting – Marco Werba
  3. Car fight – Eugenio Tassitano
  4. I should have left you/Public bathroom – Pierpaolo Lucca
  5. White Crow Theme – Marco Werba
  6. Shooting in the house – Danilo Marianelli
  7. Tension/White Crow Theme – Marco Werba
  8. 83802 – Marco Werba
  9. The fight – Eugenio Tassitano
  10. White Crow Theme (strings)
  11. The Palace/Nightmare – Marco Werba/Pierpaolo Lucca
  12. The Church – Marco Werba
  13. Confrontation – Marco Werba
  14. White Crow Theme (Piano)
  15. The Last Showdown – Pierpaolo Lucca
  16. White Crow Theme (rock version) – Marco Werba
  17. Shooting in the wood – Danilo Marianelli
  18. White Crow Theme (symphonic version)
  19. Final shooting – Marco Werba
  20. The Last Showdown (Alt version) – Pierpaolo Lucca
  21. The showdown – Marco Werba
  22. White Crow (Title song) – Music by Marco Werba

Lyrics by Marco Werba and Pierpaolo Lucca

Performed by Sherol Dos Santos

WAR TRAP

(Piège de guerre)

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

WAR TRAP

(Piège de guerre)

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

A film by David Aboucaya

Music by David Aboucaya

Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd

During the Second World War, following an ambush carried out in a fort by German troops, Eugen, a French soldier, finds himself trapped underground. Now fighting for his survival, his destiny will play out alongside that of another survivor and both must find the energy to extricate themselves from a certain death, unaware of the terrible battle that awaits them on the outside.

Director Statement

With War Trap the desire was to approach the “second war film” from a different angle by mixing two very distinct genres, the claustrophobic closed eight as had previously done other films like “Buried” and Survival in wartime. Through this story of brotherhood, of struggle for survival, the film traitors above all of man in conflict and highlights what war brings out of humanity in this violent and terrifying context. The narrative structure is constructed as a parable of existence, from birth to death, with all the torments and obstacles encountered throughout a lifetime, this trajectory being particularly condensed for all these young soldiers released in this terrible period that was that of the Second World War.

Composer Statement

The mix of genres addressed in War Trap was also defined in the soundtrack. Confinement, tension, fear and panic are underlined by more synthetic and dark themes, usually reserved for genre or anxiety films. These sounds are counterbalanced by slightly more organic touches (piano, violins) in moments when sadness, melancholy or hope are reborn. Gradually, when the plot leads us to a survival in the middle of the confrontations, the themes become deliberately more symphonic and epic taking up codes more typical of the war film.

À mon seul désir (Bande Originale du Film)

À mon seul désir (Bande Originale du Film)

 Un film de Lucie Borleteau

Musique Originale Pierre Desprats

Chanson originales Rebeka Warrior

Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd

France Cinema 5 Avril 2023

Vous n’avez jamais été dans un club de strip-tease? Mais vous en avez déjà eu envie … au moins une fois… vous n’avez pas osé, c’est tout. Ce film raconte l’histoire de quelqu’un qui a osé.

Le mot de la realisatrice: Lucie Borleteau

Après notre collaboration sur Chanson douce, j’ai demandé à Pierre de m’accompagner au plus tôt dans le processus créatif pour à mon seul désir. Je savais que la musique aurait une part prépondérante dans le film et je lui ai donc fait lire le scénario très en amont. C’est ensemble que nous avons eu l’idée de proposer à Rebeka Warrior d’écrire des chansons spécialement pour le film. Certaines musiques ont vu le jour pendant la préparation, notamment celles qui ont inspiré la création de numéros par les actrices lors des répétitions. Tout devait être prêt pour le tournage, comme une comédie musicale ! Ensuite, la partition qui accompagne les visions d’Aurore et les vertiges de Mia, entrelacée avec le score de la passion amoureuse qui les emporte toutes les deux, a été élaborée au cours de la post-production. Les allers retours constants, en bonne intelligence, entre le studio de Pierre et la salle de montage, ont contribué à donner au film un souffle romanesque. 

Le mot du compositeur Pierre Desprats

Nous avons imaginé la place de la composition originale pour “À mon seul désir” comme une suspension au sein de la playlist musicale du club, comme un espace intérieur, lieu de la rencontre romantique entre Aurore et Mia. Alors que le quotidien de ces travailleuses consiste à jouer à l’intime, l’exceptionnel et le magique sur la scène et pour un public, le sentiment amoureux lui, n’appartient qu’à ceux qui le vivent. Même si elle se nourrit de l’extérieur, c’est une musique que seules Mia et Aurore entendent.

Nous avons donc, avec Lucie, pris le parti d’une musique romantique, où les cordes en tremolo accompagnent les frémissements des amantes. Mais aussi d’intégrer des éléments plus pop, chansonniers ou dansant pour montrer la porosité des deux univers. L’exemple le plus évident est le morceau “À Mon Seul Désir” écrit par Rebekka Warrior, que j’ai arrangé et orchestré dans une optique de superposition: la voix de la chanteuse qui accompagne les numéros et l’orchestre qui rythme les élans amoureux.

Jay Chou, premier artiste de Mandopop à remporter le classement des ventes mondiales d’albums IFPI

Jay Chou remporte le classement des ventes mondiales d’albums IFPI 2022 avec “Greatest Works Of Art”. Il entre dans l’histoire en tant que premier artiste de Mandopop à figurer dans ce palmarès.

L’IFPI, l’organisation qui représente l’industrie de la musique enregistrée dans le monde entier, a annoncé que le 15e album studio de Jay Chou, Greatest Works Of Art, a remporté le classement IFPI 2022 Global Album Sales Chart.

Non seulement c’est une première pour Jay, mais cela fait également de lui le premier artiste de Mandopop à accomplir cet exploit, après être devenu le premier groupe de Mandopop à figurer sur le IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year 2022, classé à la 9e place.

Le prix Global Album Sales est décerné à l’artiste ou au groupe dont l’album a enregistré le plus grand nombre d’unités vendues dans les formats de téléchargement physiques et numériques.

“Greatest Works of Art” est suivi au classement de “Proof” de BTS et de “Midnights” de Taylor Swift. Cela souligne l’importance croissante de la musique Mandopop et reflète le spectre de plus en plus diversifié de la musique disponible pour les mélomanes du monde entirer. Parmi les précédents lauréats du prix figurent Adele (2021), BTS (2020), Arashi (2019), Cast of ‘The Greatest Showman’ (2018) et Ed Sheeran (2017).

Après avoir reçu un trophée personnalisé avec un encart de la couverture de l’album gagnant, Jay a dédié son premier prix IFPI #1 à ses fans du monde entier : “À Hollywood, vous connaissez peut-être Jay Chou dans le rôle de Kato dans The Green Hornet; en Corée, l’acteur et réalisateur du film Secret; au Japon, l’acteur dans Initial D; ou encore le magicien dans la série Netflix J-Style Trip. Mais en fait, je suis auteur-compositeur et compositeur de musique. Merci à tous les fans qui soutiennent ma musique depuis mes débuts en 2000. C’est très excitant de voir la Mandopop émerger au sommet du classement. J’espère que ma musique restera intemporelle et sera appréciée dans le monde entier.”

Jay décrit la musique comme de la magie, sans limite et sans barrière linguistique, “si vous voulez comprendre le sujet de mes chansons, vous devrez comprendre les paroles; par conséquent, je pourrais écrire plus de chansons dans différentes langues à l’avenir.”

Jay Chou Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/jaychou

Frances Moore, PDG de l’IFPI : “Nous sommes très heureux de remettre à Jay Chou le IFPI Global Album Sales Award – en reconnaissance de son succès remarquable en 2022 avec la sortie de son 15e album studio, Greatest Works Of Art. Sa carrière exceptionnelle, qui s’étend sur plus de 20 ans, témoigne de son talent vraiment unique et des relations exceptionnelles qu’il a construites avec ses fans partout dans le monde.”

Surnommé le “nouveau roi de la pop asiatique” par Time Magazine (2003), Jay, qui écrit toutes ses chansons depuis ses débuts en 2000, est largement connu pour ses balades uniques de style J. Le chanteur aux multiples talents a fait ses débuts de réalisateur avec le film primé “Secret” en 2007, il a également joué dans des films hollywoodiens tels que “The Green Hornet” et “Now You Can See Me 2”.

Un de ses plus grands succès populaire, Nunchucks, a été choisi comme chanson titre de fin de la comédie d’action “The Green Hornet”. Les talents de Jay Chou s’étendent sur de multiples dimensions, alimentés par sa détermination à explorer de plus grandes possibilités pour ses œuvres et son désir d’apporter la Mandopop au public mondial. 

MASAE GIMBAYASHI – “Odyssey”Guest Hirokazu Ishida

MASAE GIMBAYASHI – “Odyssey”

Guest Hirokazu Ishida

An emotional Fujiyama…

Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd

Masaé Gimbayashi is a volcano of poetry and strolling between Chick Corea and Claude Debussy

Masaé Gimbayashi is a volcano of poetry and strolling between Chick Corea and Claude Debussy

A whole world that invites itself under the fingers of this pianist from the Japanese shores to the French coasts.

A guest Hirokazu Ishida, came to illuminate original compositions and new interpretations.

Masaé Gimbayashi -Bullhead is a Japanese pianist who settled in France more than twenty years ago. Daughter of the great haiku poet His influence is carried by the poetry and the music that go together.

 Masaé Gimbayashi with his latest album, is the outbreak of a Western promise by a syncretism bringing new concept rich with a consecration, the artist’s career. The path taken by Masae is made of discretion, of mature choice, in an astonishing musical approach by its method, giving the desire to immerse itself in the life of the composers, in order to understand the senses of the works ….

1 – Theme Sakurada

“Children’s songs – Chick Corea

7 – Mininmal Zen

15 – Bleu Tranquille

16 – Improvisations

Total 26 Titles for performances and improvisations.

Concerts

2023/4/30 Nagoya Doxy with Takarako Tomita, Hirokazu Ishida 19:00

2023/5/02 Yokohama Airegin 横浜何でも音楽祭 with Hirokazu Ishida 19:00

2023/5/06 Tokyo Takagi klavier Shoto salon 17:00

2023/5/13 Cuy-St-Fiacre, festival de Pierre en lumière

62023/6/10 Beauvais, le Tongaso with Hirokazu Ishida, trio Mamamiah 21:00

2023/6/17 Rouen, Rouen piano with Hirokazu Ishida, trio Mamamiah 19:30

2023/7/02 Paris, Théâtre île Saint Louis with Hirokazu Ishida 15:00 invitée Maria Moreno

IL VIAGGIO LEGGENDARIO

(Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

IL VIAGGIO LEGGENDARIO

(Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Director Alessio Liguori

Music by Fabrizio Mancinelli

With DinsiemE

Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd

Italy Theater on March 23, 2023

The legendary journey, film directed by Alessio Liguori, sees the DinsiemE bored while it rains outside and are forced to stay at home. To sweep away the boring air comes a mysterious package, which contains a video game entitled “The Legendary Journey”. The two find themselves sucked into the game and into another dimension, known as Legendary. Here they clash with the evil Dr. Timoti and will understand that the game does not follow the laws of physics, but a logic at the levels of the video game.

During this adventure in this magical world Erick and Dominick (Erick Parisi and Dominick Alaimo) they will run into the brave Princess Ginevra (Sofia Iacuitto) and the philosopher Plato (Gianni Franco), with whom they will team up to face Sir Romualdo (Herbert Ballerina) and Captain Sarrangia (Riccardo Cicogna). To make peace reign, however, the DinsiemE must defeat Dr. Giniu, brother of Dr. Timoti, intent on overthrowing the legitimate rulers of the kingdom of Legendary, Romeo and Isabella, or the twins of Erick and Dominick. Can the pair win the last level and save Legendary?

Statement from Director Alessio Liguori

Il Viaggio Leggendario marks my second collaboration with maestro Fabrizio Mancinelli after The Boat, continuing a professional partnership that is reinforced by a strong friendship.  Fabrizio’s versatility allows him to jump seamlessly from one genre to another, as shown by us previously working together on a thriller and now on a fantasy feature for children. Working with Fabrizio is always exciting and inspiring.

The music of Il Viaggio Leggendario is incredibly emotional and progresses into an emotional crescendo all the way through the end, transporting the viewer into an enchanted world where adventure and rhythm are king. Influences from the last century’s cinematic art are greatly evident in Fabrizio’s music, enriched by his modern amazing and unique traits.  Once again, through his music, Maestro Mancinelli masterfully manages to deeply touch our souls. I am confident no one will be disappointed by this exciting new adventure.

Statement from Composer Fabrizio Mancinelli

For this second time working together with Alessio Liguori, I understood right away I was in for a true adventure.  Pirates, villains, heroes, knights and even an 8-bit video game and recreation of a silent horror movie were involved!

I rearranged recurring themes into a multitude of different styles and for a wide array of ensembles.  It felt like traveling back in time and I truly enjoyed this special experience!