NEW YORK, NY (Sony Classical/ www.sonybmgmasterworks.com) - Two-time Oscar-winning composer JamesHorner (Titanic) once again creates a thrilling musical backdrop to theswashbuckling exploits of the masked hero Zorro in his score for ColumbiaPictures and Spyglass Entertainment's exciting new action adventure The Legendof Zorro, featured on Sony Classical's original soundtrack recording.
A sequelto the hit 1998 film The Mask of Zorro (for which Horner also wrote thescore), The Legend of Zorro reunites the original stars Antonio Banderas andOscar winner Catherine Zeta Jones with director
Martin Campbell and much ofthe creative team from the earlier adventure. The film opens nationwide onFriday, October 28, 2005.
Sony Classical will release the original soundtrackrecording on Tuesday, October 25, 2005. For a story that takes place several years after the action of The Mask ofZorro, Horner's sweeping, romantic score for The Legend of Zorro - withcastanets, guitar, trumpet, and the vibrant rhythms of Spanish music - includes signature themes he created for the 1998 film. One of the most celebrated composers in film today, Horner won two AcademyAwards and two Golden Globes for
James Cameron's Titanic.
In addition, he hasearned five Academy Award nominations, four Golden Globe nominations, and haswon six Grammy awards, including Song of the Year in both 1987 ("Somewhere OutThere") and 1998 ("My Heart Will Go On"). In April 1998, Horner's Titanic soundtrack, released on Sony Classical,completed an unprecedented run of 16 weeks at No 1 on Billboard's Top 200 AlbumChart, setting a new record for the most consecutive weeks at No 1 for a scorealbum. It remains the largest selling instrumental score album in history,having sold nearly 10 million copies in the United States and more than 26million copies worldwide.
The Sony Classical multi-platinum sequel soundtrackalbum, Back to Titanic, featured additional music from the film as well asseveral new compositions Horner based on themes from his original score. In addition to The Mask of Zorro and Titanic, Sony Classical has releasedoriginal soundtrack recordings of Horner's scores for The Missing, The FourFeathers, Iris, Enemy at the Gates, The Perfect Storm, Bicentennial Man andDeep Impact. One of Hollywood's busiest composers, known for his stylisticdiversity, Horner has most recently written scores for The New World, TheChumscrubber, Flightplan, The Forgotten, Troy, Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius,RadioandBeyond Borders.
He has won Oscar nominations for his scores for Houseof Sand and Fog, A Beautiful Mind, Braveheart, Apollo 13, Field of Dreams andAliens, as well as for his song "Somewhere Out There" from An American Tail. The Legend of Zorro is set several years after the conclusion of theprevious adventure.
Alejandro (Antonio Banderas) and Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones) are married and have a 10-year-old son Joaquin (Adrian Alonso). ThoughAlejandro continues to don the mask of Zorro to protect the poor and oppressedresidents of the California territory from the greed of the overlords, he istorn between his duty and his desire for a more normal life. Now he must facethat conflict head-on when plans for California to become the 31st state areundermined by a nefarious plot by several prominent land barons andbusinessmen. In his valiant attempt to foil their plans, Zorro run headlonginto a crisis that threatens his life and the safety of his family. Columbia Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment Present An AmblinEntertainment Production, The Legend of Zorro starring Antonio Banderas andCatherine Zeta-Jones.
Also starring are Rufus Sewell and Nick Chinlund. Thefilm is directed by Martin Campbell. The screenplay is by Roberto Orci & AlexKurtzman from a story by Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman and Ted Elliott & TerryRossio. The producers are Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald and LloydPhillips. The executive producers are Steven Spielberg, Gary Barber and RogerBirnbaum. The co-producer is John Gertz. The director of photography is PhilMeheux, BSC. Sony Classical, RCA Red Seal and deutsche harmonia mundi are labels ofSONY BMG MASTERWORKS, a division of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.
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