Woodland Hills, CA (Top40 Charts/ Great Scott Productions) - A delicacy meticulously and creatively prepared by composer
Craig Marks certain to please and satiate the discriminating musical palettes of The Chairman, culinary commentator Alton Brown and Iron Chef fans worldwide, the original soundtrack from the hit Food Network series Iron Chef
America and The Next Iron Chef will be released on CD November 30th by the CMS Media record label. For those who can't wait to feast upon the engaging and dramatic collection of musical morsels of gustatory delight composed and produced by Marks for the shows, the soundtrack is available now exclusively as a digital release at iTunes, Amazon and various digital retail outlets.
Marks curated forty-five minutes of music from the scores he created for nine seasons of Iron Chef America and The Next Iron Chef, the latter of which is currently airing its third season on Sunday nights at 9 PM ET/PT. For years, fans of the shows from all walks of life, including from culinary schools and colleges, contacted Marks to request that he release the shows' music to be used as the backdrop for their own Iron Chef competitions and events as well as for those who enjoy the cascading kaleidoscopes of orchestral cinematic sound, sprawling sonicscapes sumptuously seasoned with cultured World Music nuances, entrancing New Age dreaminess, bombastic beats and mellifluous melodies of monstrous tension, delicate emotion and pensive reflection. To put it simply, the music is big. Assembled as a soundtrack, it's an entertaining listen independent of the shows.
'The music encapsulates the two moods of the shows: the competition portion and the tasting and judging segments,' explained Marks. 'The tasting and judging cues are gastro-meditative textures. For the competition, the music goes beyond reality. It's a powerful force in producing heightened drama that's a bit over the top at times.'
Originally a guitarist, Marks played acoustic, electric and fretless guitars, dulcimer, and balalaika along with programming and performing all the orchestra parts on the soundtrack. Tina Guo's electric cello adds depth, grace and somber melodies to the tracks while Dave Norwoods' tabla and doumbek contribute Eastern rhythmscapes to the layers of percussion that characterize Marks' work.
A San Jose, California native who resides just outside of Los Angeles, Marks earned a degree in music composition at UCLA while working at the studio of Academy Award-winning film composer Hans Zimmer. Over the past fourteen years, Marks has contributed to scores for high-profile films, television shows and cartoon series. In addition to Iron Chef America and The Next Iron Chef, he presently composes and produces music for A&E's award-winning Intervention, ESPN's SportsCenter and ABC's SuperNanny. Some of Marks' works are part of an ongoing worldwide concert series that were recently performed as part of London's 2012 Olympic Games kickoff ceremonies. Additional information is available at www.cinemediamusic.com and www.IronChefMusic.com.
The titles contained on Marks' Iron Chef America and The Next Iron Chef original soundtrack are:
'Theme from Iron Chef America'
'Shiitake Shakedown'
'Marmalade Skies'
'Exotic Fusion'
'Exploring the Subcontinent'
'Theme from The Next Iron Chef'
'Nine Chefs Enter'
'Sorbet for the Soul'
'White House Garden - A National Challenge'
'Four Course Tour de Force'
'Test of Wills'
'Chairman Rising'
'Flamenco Flambe''
'Portobello Mellow (Quite Ripe)'
'Tabla Tandoor'
'Gastronomical Equation'
'Allez Cuisine!'
'Theme from The Next Iron Chef (TV edit)'
