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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.<\/p>\n
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The film, now nominated for a 2017 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, is Australia\u2019s 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\u2019s equivalent of the Academy Awards.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The Tanna Original Score features vocals by Lisa Gerrard and cello by Julian Thompson. Ms. Gerrard\u2019s voice was engineered by James Orr. The music was produced and mixed by Wes Chew at Sonar Music in Australia.<\/p>\n
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 (\u201cone of the best films\u201d shot in the South Seas), The Village Voice (\u201crich in both sociological detail and roiling emotions\u201d), The Washington Post (\u201cperformances as stunning as the setting\u201d) and PBS NewsHour (\u201can amazing film\u201d).<\/p>\n
On a remote island in the South Pacific, a young girl falls in love with her chief\u2019s grandson.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 With their lives on the line, the star-crossed lovers must choose between their hearts and the peaceful future of the tribe.<\/p>\n
\u201cListening to the score conjures the story of the film in an emotional, evocative way\u201d said Arnie Holland, CEO of Lightyear. \u201cIt\u2019s incredibly beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tanna is based on a true story \u2013 an event that occurred in 1987 in one of the world\u2019s last tribal societies.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 The island of Tanna is dominated by an active volcano, which plays an important part in the film, as well as the tribe\u2019s culture.<\/p>\n
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Source: www.tannamovie.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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