Movie Trailer Music Euphoria

The group Immediate Music has created a lot of original music for movie trailers, including Lord of the Rings, Spiderman 2, King Kong, Superman Returns, The Chronicles of Narnia, and X-Men: The Last Stand. Until recently, this increasingly popular sub-genre of music has not been made available to the general public. Now, the CD “Epicon” has been released for all to enjoy. This is from the official press release:

Ever since director John Boorman had the brilliant idea to track Carl Orff’s rousing ‘O Fortuna’ piece from ‘Carmen Burana’ into his 1981 film ‘Excalibur’, the sound of movie trailer music has never been the same. “Back-end music”, as it’s often called, follows a formula that any moviegoer will instantly recognise: a eclectic mix of orchestral music underscores an often dizzying array of moods steadily building to an overpowering sonic explosion that stirs audiences into a near-euphoric state of anticipatory frenzy.

The Globus Music MySpace page has several samples from the album, my favorite being the track entitled “Preliator.” It beings with an unfortunate O Fortuna rip-off of an introduction (nice but clichéd), then segues into a progression of intriguing choral, orchestral, and rock elements. If you like the music from movie trailers, you might like this album.