Lightyear Entertainment, the U.S. distributor of the film
Tanna,
today announced the worldwide release of the Original Score Album
from the film.
The
Tanna
Original Score,
composed by Antony
Partos,
will be released February 10, 2017, through Caroline Distribution, the
independent distribution arm of Universal Music Group, on the
Lightyear label.
The
film, now nominated for a 2017 Academy Award for Best Foreign
Language Film, is Australia’s submission to the Academy for that
category. It was also nominated for 5 Awards at the Australian
Academy of Cinema & Television Arts (AACTA), including Best Film
and Best Director, and won the award for Best Original Score. Now
that hauntingly beautiful score will be available for digital
download and streaming throughout the world. AACTA is considered to
be Australia’s equivalent of the Academy Awards.
The
film Tanna
was released by Lightyear theatrically this past fall in about 35
U.S. markets, and is still playing in some theaters around the
country. It will be available in the U.S. for EST and VOD (digital
purchase and rental) on February 7, 2017, and on BluRay and DVD on
March 7, through Momentum Pictures/Sony Home Entertainment.
The
Tanna
Original Score
features vocals by Lisa
Gerrard and cello by Julian Thompson. Ms. Gerrard’s voice was
engineered by James Orr. The music was produced and mixed by Wes
Chew at Sonar Music in Australia.
Boasting
an 82% Rotten Tomatoes critics rating and 94% Audience Score.
Tanna has
received rave reviews from top publications and news outlets,
including the Los
Angeles Times
(“one of the best films” shot in the South Seas), The
Village Voice
(“rich in both sociological detail and roiling emotions”), The
Washington Post (“performances
as stunning as the setting”) and PBS
NewsHour
(“an amazing film”).
On
a remote island in the South Pacific, a young girl falls in love with
her chief’s grandson. But when war with their enemies
escalates, Wawa is unknowingly betrothed as part of a peace deal. The
young lovers run away, but are pursued by warriors of both tribes.
With their lives on the line, the star-crossed lovers must choose
between their hearts and the peaceful future of the tribe.
“Listening
to the score conjures the story of the film in an emotional,
evocative way” said Arnie Holland, CEO of Lightyear. “It’s
incredibly beautiful.”
Tanna
is
based on a true story – an event that occurred in 1987 in one of
the world’s last tribal societies. The actors in the film are
the people of Yakel, on the island of Tanna, who never saw a film
before they performed in this one. The islanders are fully aware of
the outside world, but have chosen to live according to the ways of
their ancestors, after resisting the colonial powers that used to
control the area, the missionaries that tried to assimilate them to a
Western way of life, and finally the lure of money. The film
was crafted in full collaboration with the islanders, and is the
first feature film to be shot entirely in the nation of Vanuatu,
which is an archipelago of 83 islands and an estimated 110 different
languages. The island of Tanna is dominated by an active
volcano, which plays an important part in the film, as well as the
tribe’s culture. For more information about the film, go to
www.tannamovie.com.
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