FILMMUSIK BY NATHAN LARSON
LAUNCHES NEW FILM MUSIC SERIES FOR COMMOTION RECORDS

Features Music from Groundbreaking Films THE WOODSMAN, BOYS DON’T CRY and DIRTY PRETTY THINGS

"An intuitive artist" - Billboard, Bradley Bambarger
"Nathan Larson's moody electronic score effectively enhances the gripping psychological drama"
- Variety, David Rooney, THE WOODSMAN
"Evocative original score" - Variety, Gunnar Rehlin, LILJA 4-EVER

(New York, NY – March 2, 2005) New York-based record label Commotion Records is thrilled to launch its compilation Film Music Series on April 5, 2005 with its release of Filmmusik from award-winning film composer Nathan Larson. Filmmusik showcases a retrospective of over twenty tracks of Larson’s music from controversial and critically-acclaimed films including BOYS DON’T CRY, THE WOODSMAN, DIRTY PRETTY THINGS, HIGH ART and STORYTELLING; and features a new version of “I Want Someone Badly.”

Larson’s highly-regarded career as a film composer began as a member of the influential art-punk band Shudder To Think (HIGH ART, FIRST LOVE LAST RIGHTS). His solo music for the Academy Award®-winning film BOYS DON’T CRY established him as a film-scoring force on his own, and since then, Larson has become a sought-after composer by defining himself through highly acclaimed and challenging work. He has scored more than a dozen groundbreaking and honored films since 1998, and his music for 2004’s THE WOODSMAN starring Kevin Bacon earned him the prestigious Gras Savoye Award at the Cannes Film Festival.

Filmmusik Tracks:

1. Prozac (PROZAC NATION)
2. Boys (BOYS DON’T CRY)
3. Operator (PHONE BOOTH)
4. Tigerland (TIGERLAND)
5. You Can Take What’s Left of Me
(PROZAC NATION)
6. Night Basketball (LILJA 4-EVER)
7. Fiction (STORYTELLING)
8. A Softer Night (BOYS DON’T CRY)
9. I Want Someone Badly
(NEW VERSION JANUARY 2003)
10. The Fawn (PROZAC NATION)
11. Small Town Jail (BOYS DON’T CRY)
12. Mommy, Are Angels Dead? (LILJA 4-EVER)
13. She Might be Waking Up (HIGH ART)
14. Le Pont de la Tristesse (THE CHATEAU)
15. Mom’s Mercedes (HIGH ART)
16. Balcony (PROZAC NATION)
17. Dirty Pretty Thing (DIRTY PRETTY THINGS)
18. Departure Lounge (DIRTY PRETTY THINGS)
19. Last Lines (HIGH ART)
20. Walter (THE WOODSMAN)
21. Something Like Love (PROZAC NATION)
22. Rape and a Burning Polaroid (BOYS DON’T CRY)

Filmmusik is Commotion’s second release under their newly inked distribution deal with Ryko Distribution. The label plans to release at least two more CDs in its Film Music series before the end of 2005, with a retrospective of legendary music guru Mark Mothersbaugh’s music (THE LIFE AQUATIC, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, RUSHMORE) slated for release this summer.

What’s all the Commotion?
Former CBS/Sony President Walter Yetnikoff and veteran Music Supervisor Tracy McKnight formed Commotion Records in 2003 to develop, produce and strategically market soundtrack albums for specialty and independent films. Committed to building a brand name by emphasizing quality, artistry and distinctiveness, Commotion Records is unswerving with its dedication to artist and product development. In the almost two years since its inception, Commotion Records has released soundtracks to Academy Award®-nominees HOTEL RWANDA, MY ARCHITECT: A SON’S JOURNEY, THE COOLER and the critically acclaimed films CODE 46 and A SLIPPING-DOWN LIFE. Distributed worldwide by Ryko Distribution.
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