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THE WARD
John Carpenter's new film is now available on DVD and the soundtrack is available on iTunes. The Ward was voted Best Original Horror Score on Fear.net.Read HERE.
Read the interview by Terry Wickham from Manta Ray Pictures HERE. |
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AMERICAN FLYER
Soundtrack available HERE. This score draws from the sounds of the streets of Tijuana - the Banda, Norteño, Mariachi and other regional Mexican sounds blended with instruments from India, the Middle East and South America. |
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BLESS ME, ULTIMA
Mark is currently scoring the Carl Franklin directed adaption of Rudolfo Anaya's well known novel which tells the story of a curandera (medicine woman) in New Mexico during the second world war told through the eyes of a boy. The story explores religion, witchcraft, spirituality, faith, superstition, tradition and culture and the effects all of these things have on a small pueblo, dealing with the effects of a war that seems a million miles away. Read press release HERE. |
 LEGACY SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE HERE!
Written and directed by Thomas Ikimi, starring Idris Elba and Eamonn Walker, Legacy is a psychological drama about an ex black ops operative who is holed up in a Brooklyn motel room, torn between retribution and personal salvation as he mentally unravels. Click the image to see the trailer. A review of the soundtrack said, "...Legacy is one of those unique scores which doesn't limit itself or barricades its textures within any preconceived borders of genre or style. Instead, it bursts through the speakers with excited glee, almost daring the listener to guess where it will go next..." HERE is the complete review. |
 THE LEAST AMONG YOU SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE HERE! The Least Among You is coming out on DVD on the 24th August with a sensitive and emotional score by Mark Kilian. Starring Louis Gossett Jr., Lauren Holly and Cedric Sanders it tells the true story of the first African American at a seminary just following the 1965 Watts riots. The soundtrack is available on Lakeshore Records at iTunes and Amazon. Click the image to see the trailer. |
 LA MISSION SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE HERE!
Now out on DVD after more than 3 months in theaters, Peter and Benjamin Bratt's 'La Mission' is set in the mission district in San Francisco. It is the haunting story of healing and transformation: the healing of a broken man, of a Father's relationship with his son, and of a neighborhood struggling to break the chains of violence. The soundtrack album is out on Lakeshore Records and is on iTunes. Click on the image to see the trailer.
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 This is the documentary that appears on the DVD release about the making of the music for the film La Mission. Click on the image to see the doc. |
THE BIRD CAN'T FLY soundtrack is available now on iTunes and you can check it out HERE! Mark Kilian and Paul Hepker wrote the music for Dutch theater director Threes Anna's first feature, 'The Bird Can't Fly,' shot in South Africa. Barbara Hershey stars in a film about finding, dealing with, hiding and living one's past, present and future. They wrote a score using a palette of ethnic instruments and voices in a gorgeously simple yet evocative tapestry. The film premiered at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain. |
 RED SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE HERE!Working with long time friend and collaborator Christophe Beck (with whom Mark also shares a studio) this was a fun and exciting project for which there is also a soundtrack available on iTunes. Click the image to check out the trailer. |
 TRAITOR
Written and directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff and starring Don Cheadle, Guy Pierce and Jeff Daniels, this thriller is about an undercover CIA operative who infiltrates a high profile terrorist group. Mark assembled a unique contingent of strange and wonderful percussion instruments, then hired a few diverse and interesting percussionists to play all the toys and blended that with an ensemble of Middle Eastern and African instruments. An orchestra recording date in Seattle completed the score which was then mixed in surround by Casey Stone (who does all Mark's stuff). Click the image to buy the CD from Amazon.
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BEFORE THE RAINS
Santosh Sivan's film 'Before the rains' starring Linus Roache, Rahul Bose, Jennifer Ehle and Nandita Das is a beautiful period piece set in the south of India in the 1930's. Mark undertook a trip to India to record choir, violin and percussion (Sivamani) for the score, and to work with Santosh in Mumbai. Click the image to buy the soundtrack from Amazon.
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 RENDITION Mark Kilian wrote the score for Gavin Hood's new film 'Rendition' along with Tsotsi collaborator Paul Hepker. It is a New Line film currently available on DVD in the US. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhall, Meryl Streep and Alan Arkin, it probes the highly controversial US policy by the same name. Mark and Paul traveled to Morocco and South Africa to do some recording and music playback work on set. Click on the image to be taken to Amazon. |
TSOTSI
Mark Kilian and long time friend and composer, Paul Hepker wrote the music for Tsotsi. It went on to win many festivals and awards worldwide and was the Oscar winner for the best foreign film in 2006. Click the image on the left to be taken to the Tsotsi website.
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WITHOUT THE KING
Michael Skolnik's documentary on Swaziland 'The last king' has just received its US release. It won the special jury prize at the Hot Docs festival in Toronto and is a Netflix production. Mark recorded in South Africa where he worked with Pops Mohammed, Khanyo Maphumulo and a host of local musicians. It is available on iTunes for download by clicking the image. Look out for the film on Netflix.
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DAYBREAK
Mark scored the first season of ABC's prime time drama 'Daybreak' starring Taye Diggs. It is available on DVD - click the image to be taken to Amazon.
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OZOMATLI REMIX
Anne Litt (KCRW) and Mark Kilian recently completed a remix of an Ozomatli track 'Love Comes Down' featured on their upcoming album release 'Fire Away'. The remix will be available soon as an EP on Downtown Records and you can hear it HERE. Also, you can click HERE to see the special 'making of featurette' that Julio Moreno made on the project. |
 THE GRAVY STREET - TOURING CINEMA
Mark's latest album is now released. This is an eclectic blend of electronica and ethnic influences from all over the world with a cinematic feel. Featuring South African star Vusi Mahlasela, the Sohpia string orchestra and a host of ethnic vocalists and instrumentalists from around the world, it has been played on KCRW radio in Los Angeles a number of times and is available for sale at www.thegravystreet.com or for download sales at iTunes or Amazon. Click the image to be taken to the site. |
GETTY MUSEUM AZTEC EXHIBITION
The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire coming to the Getty Villa in March will feature music by Julio Moreno and Mark Kilian . Making use of Julio's incredible collection of ancient Aztec instruments from Mexico, the musical accompaniment to the exhibition was recorded as authentically as possible to score the statues and artwork pieces that are part of the presentation.
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Mark was recently nominated for the World Soundtrack Discovery Award at the Ghent International Film Festival for the soundtrack for 'Before the Rains'.
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DAISY CONFUSED
...is the first solo album under the name 'The Gravy Street.' It is a subtle and sophisticated blend of world music and electronica featuring many guest vocalists and instrumentalists. Please click on the image to buy the album from the webstore, or go to iTunes or Amazon to download it.
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APE QUARTET Mark Kilian and friend Christophe Beck have a band together by the name of Ape Quartet. They have just finished their second album called 'Sedatellite'. You can buy it from our website by clicking the image on the left or from CD Baby at http://cdbaby.com/cd/apequartet.
APE QUARTET Mark Kilian and friend Christophe Beck have a band together by the name of Ape Quartet. They have just finished their second album called 'Sedatellite'. You can buy it from our website by clicking the image on the left or from CD Baby at http://cdbaby.com/cd/apequartet. |
 The first album, 'Please, where do we live?' is also available for purchase from the Ape Quartet website. |
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