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NEVER LET ME GO Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Music Composed by Rachel Portman In his highly acclaimed novel Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day) created a remarkable story of love, loss and hidden truths. In it he posed the fundamental question: What makes us human? Now director Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo), writer Alex Garland and DNA Films bring Ishiguro's hauntingly poignant and emotional story to the screen. Kathy (Oscar® nominee Carey Mulligan, An Education), Tommy (Andrew Garfield, Boy A, Red Riding) and Ruth (Oscar® nominee Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice, Atonement) live in a world and a time that feel familiar to us, but are not quite like anything we know. They spend their childhood at Hailsham, a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. When they leave the shelter of the school and the terrible truth of their fate is revealed to them, they must also confront the deep feelings of love, jealousy and betrayal that threaten to pull them apart. Academy Award-winning composer Rachel Portman (Emma) provides a beautiful and powerful score. Fox Searchlight will begin a roll-out of NEVER LET ME GO on September 15. Varèse Sarabande Catalog #: 302 067 043 2 Release Date: 09/14/10

LOST: The Final Season Original Television Soundtrack Music by Michael Giacchino It all comes down to this. Television’s most innovative and compelling series comes to a stunning conclusion in the sixth and final season of LOST. In the aftermath of a monumental explosion, reality shifts for everyone associated with the mystical island. The critically acclaimed epic drama will finally reveal the fate of the Oceanic 815 survivors and all who have joined their journey. Academy Award winner Michael Giacchino’s music has played a huge role in the series from the very beginning, and this latest collection of Lost musical highlights is a two-disc set, featuring two and a half hours of Season 6’s touching and thrilling score. LOST Season 6 will be available on DVD and BluRay from ABC Home Video on August 24. Varèse Sarabande Catalog #: 302 067 040 2 Release Date: 09/14/10

TRUE BLOOD: Season Two Original Score From The HBO® Original Series Music Composed by Nathan Barr Critics across the country have proclaimed TRUE BLOOD — the winner of a 2009 Emmy for Best Drama Series and Golden Globe nominee for Best Television Series: Drama — one of the best shows on TV. USA Today called it ‘wildly imaginative,’ while the Washington Post found it ‘audacious, outrageous and playfully grisly.’ TV Guide hailed the show as ‘graphically sexy and scary, and often wildly funny,’ and ‘a broadly entertaining, deliciously twisted slice of modern Southern Gothic.’ Mixing romance, suspense, mystery and humor, TRUE BLOOD takes place in the not-too-distant future, when vampires have come out of the coffin, thanks to the invention of mass-produced synthetic blood that means they no longer need humans for their fix. Set in the backwoods Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the show follows the romance between clairvoyant waitress Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin, 2009 Golden Globe winner) and 173-year-old vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer). Composer Nathan Barr (Hostel) has cooked up a second season’s worth of his bayou-spiced score. The hugely anticipated third season of True Blood premiered to the show's best ratings yet, June 13th on HBO, while True Blood: The Complete Second Season was released on DVD and Blu-ray on May 25th. Varèse Sarabande Catalog #: 302 067 044 2 Release Date: 09/21/10

SPARTACUS: BLOOD AND SAND Original Television Soundtrack Music Composed by Joseph LoDuca Betrayed by the Romans. Forced into slavery. Reborn as a Gladiator. The classic tale of the Republic’s most infamous rebel comes alive in the graphic and visceral new series, Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena where blood and death are primetime entertainment. But not all battles are fought upon the sands. Treachery, corruption, and the allure of sensual pleasures will constantly test Spartacus. To survive, he must become more than a man. More than a gladiator. He must become a legend. Starring Australian actor Andy Whitfield (McLeod’s Daughters) as Spartacus, Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess) as Lucretia, John Hannah (The Mummy, Four Weddings And A Funeral) as Batiatus and Peter Mensah (300, The Incredible Hulk) as Doctore, this unique mix of live action, graphic novel effects and brutal battle sequences has made Spartacus: Blood and Sand an epic television event. Joseph LoDuca — veteran of both Hercules and its hugely popular sister spinoff Xena: Warrior Princess — returns to ancient times for this new telling of the Spartacus legend. In anticipation of the show’s second season, Starz Entertainment’s SPARTACUS: BLOOD AND SAND debuts on DVD and Blu-Ray on September 21. Varèse Sarabande Catalog #: 302 067 045 2 Release Date: 09/21/10

THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH Original Television Soundtrack Music Composed by Trevor Morris Ken Follett THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH Set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles in 12th Century England, THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH is an ambitious eight-hour series of Ken Follett’s masterpiece — an enduring love story masterfully entwined with political turmoil. The all-star cast includes: Ian McShane (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Deadwood, Sexy Beast), Rufus Sewell (The Tourist, The Illusionist, A Knight’s Tale), Matthew Macfadyen (Robin Hood, Pride and Prejudice), Eddie Redmayne (Glorious 39, The Good Shepherd), Hayley Atwell (Captain America, The Duchess, Any Human Heart), Donald Sutherland (The Italian Job), Sam Claflin (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Any Human Heart) and Sarah Parish (Merlin). Director Sergio Mimica-Gezzan (Battlestar Galactica, Heroes) and Executive Producers Tony and Ridley Scott present THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH, the epic event of the summer. Trevor Morris, who provided the accompaniment for all four seasons of The Tudors, is back to score another ambitious royal tale. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH began airing on Starz on July 23. Varèse Sarabande Catalog #: 302 067 047 2 Release Date: 09/21/10

LET ME IN Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Music Composed by Michael Giacchino An alienated 12-year-old boy befriends a mysterious young newcomer in his small New Mexico town, and discovers an unconventional path to adulthood in Let Me In, a haunting and provocative thriller. Twelve-year old Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Road) is viciously bullied by his classmates and neglected by his divorcing parents. His only friend is his new neighbor Abby (Chloe Moretz, Kick-Ass), an eerily self-possessed young girl who lives next door with her silent father (Oscar nominee Richard Jenkins, The Visitor). Recognizing a fellow outcast, Owen opens up to her and before long, the two have formed a unique bond. When a string of grisly murders puts the town on high alert, Abby's father disappears, and the terrified girl is left to fend for herself. Still, she repeatedly rebuffs Owen’s efforts to help her and her increasingly bizarre behavior leads the imaginative Owen to suspect she’s hiding an unthinkable secret. Academy Award-winning composer Michael Giacchino (Up) provides a suitably unsettling score, laced with melancholy and intrigue. Overture Films opens LET ME IN nationwide on October 1. Varèse Sarabande Catalog #: 302 067 053 2 Release Date: 10/05/10

ANGELO BADALAMENTI Music For Film And Television Dirk Brossé • Brussels Philharmonic Angelo Badalamenti is the composer of some of the most beautiful and evocative film music of recent times. Most famous for his haunting and hypnotic music for such David Lynch productions as Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, Badalamenti’s soundtracks have been best-sellers. The composer’s theme and music for Bravo TV’s Inside The Actors Studio has similarly become iconic. A special tribute concert was performed to honor Angelo Badalamenti at the 2009 Ghent International Film Festival and, in separate recording sessions, the concert program was recorded with conductor Dirk Brossé. Over 70 minutes of Badalamenti’s music is presented here: Blue Velvet • Twin Peaks • Inside The Actors Studio • Mulholland Drive • A Very Long Engagement The collection also includes a couple of very special pieces. The entrancing song Who Will Take My Dreams Away was co-written with singer Marianne Faithfull, who sings on this recording. Badalamenti also composed the music for the lighting of the Olympic torch at the Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympic Games and this rarity also appears here. Angelo Badalamenti: Music For Film and Television is an outstanding collection of the composer’s best work. Varèse Sarabande Catalog #: 302 067 052 2 Release Date: 10/12/10

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