Sascha Selke Composer News

News 1st Quarter 2008

info@saschaselke.com (Sascha Selke) — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:03:34 +0100

Great things ahead, but not for the public yet!

Sascha Selke is currently working on the final score for “The Orange Paper” (Working Title). 2–3 minutes of new music are written and mocked-up every day, but due to copyright reasons we cannot put them on the website until the movie is out.

Some other, smaller projects, though, are also in the pipeline, and we will soon put some new music up, so you can get an impression of what's going on right now.

So stay tuned!

New Demo online

info@saschaselke.com (Sascha Selke) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:26:41 +0100

A Hollywood-based production company has just issued a request for orchestral demo cues for their upcoming war movie. Sascha Selke took this as an opportunity to grab a pencil-and-paper sketch for a symphonic cue that had been resting on his piano for months, and turn it into a full-blown, epic orchestral mockup, ready for submission. Have fun listening to the new piece at http://www.saschaselke.com/#film_music/times_of_war

Budget for Hong Kong recording of “The Orange Paper” Soundtrack cleared

info@saschaselke.com (Sascha Selke) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:38:43 +0100

As of early November 2007, Sascha Selke was granted the budget necessary to record his music for the drama/thriller The Orange Paper (working title) with full orchestra. The recording has been scheduled to take place at Shaw Studios, Hong Kong, in early 2008, featuring the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. The music will be orchestrated and conducted by Robert Ellis-Geiger. Check in to saschaselke.com from time to time to find the first mockups for cues of The Orange Paper.

New music online / Website streamlined

info@saschaselke.com (Sascha Selke) — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:44:03 +0200

Listen to Music from “Brüder” online

Some of the cues from German film maker Isabel Grünwald’s documentary “Brüder” (Brothers) – music by Sascha Selke – which premiered at the Bolzano Documentary Film Festival in Italy on September 22, can now be listened to here.

Website Update and Redesign

Our website has been equipped with some cool new features: Besides some new stuff in the background, the interface has been streamlined, and you can now look up old news (strange concept, though, “old news”) and subscribe (or unsubscribe) to the newsletter online.

Go there and have fun!

Sascha Selke’s music enters Bolzano Film Festival (Italy)

info@saschaselke.com (Sascha Selke) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0200

German film maker Isabel Grünwald’s documentary “Brüder” (Brothers) – music by Sascha Selke – has just been finished and will be presented at the Bolzano Documentary Film Festival in Italy on September 22. Film maker and composer will both be present at the premiere (and the following party at Castel Roncolo). Some of the cues from this documentary will be available for listening by next week under: http://www.saschaselke.com/#film_music/brueder Also, stay tuned to see our cool website redesign by the end of the month!

Sascha Selke contracted to score documentary for the BR

info@saschaselke.com (Sascha Selke) — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0200

German film maker Isabel Grünwald has just contracted Sascha Selke to score her documentary “Brüder” (“Brothers”), which was commissioned by the Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcasting). The final cut of the film is almost finished and the first cues are already written. The final sound mix is scheduled for the end of August. So don’t miss the new cues, which will be online on www.saschaselke.com by the end of the month! Also, check out the cue for the final act and end credits of Tara Garner’s short film “When it’s over” on http://www.saschaselke.com/#film_music/when_its_over

Sascha Selke scores British short film

info@saschaselke.com (Sascha Selke) — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0200

When London-based film maker Tara Garner asked Sascha Selke to score her new short film “When it’s over”, he didn’t hesitate long. The eerie athmosphere of the film is mirrored in the score by the use of such unearthly sounds like that of the glass harmonica and heavily processed flutes, among others. As the film is now entering 3 short film festivals in the UK, an excerpt of the score is available for listening on http://www.saschaselke.com/#film_music/when_its_over

Sascha Selke’s film music in the iTunes Music Store

info@saschaselke.com (Sascha Selke) — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0200

When Sascha Selke was hired to write the film music for the drama “The Orange Paper” (working title), he began by composing a suite for piano solo, which already comprised all the themes of the film music that was to be written later. Some of the movements from the piano suite even made it into the final movie. On the occasion of the film being presented at this year’s film fairs, the iTunes Music Store has just released the album “The Orange Paper Suite” on iTunes To get a taste of the album, you can listen to one complete track at: http://www.myspace.com/saschaselkecomposer Sascha Selke’s movie soundtrack itself will be available through the iTunes Music Store as soon as the film hits the theatres.

Sascha Selke’s ambient music concept “Harmonices Terrae” for Rogner Bad Blumau

info@saschaselke.com (Sascha Selke) — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 +0200

In 2005, Rogner Bad Blumau, the biggest inhabitable piece of art by Friedensreich Hundertwasser, called for an artistically adequate music concept. So Sascha Selke developed his “Harmonices Terrae” (“Harmony of the Earth”), paying tribute to the “Harmony of the World” (Harmonices Mundi) by the great philosopher and astronomer Johannes Kepler: By measuring the area, he analysed the “inner harmonies” of the architecture, the landscape and the geomantic centres and translated them into audible sound. So, under his baton, Rogner Bad Blumau musically composed itself. Since early summer 2006, the music of Harmonices Terrae can be heard in Blumau and contributes to the artistic experience of the location. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Rogner Bad Blumau, Sascha Selke will be on location for a discussion of his music concept with Robert Rogner Junior and Johannes Czeitschner (Sales & Marketing Direktor) on May 12, 2007. Further information on Rogner Bad Blumau: http://www.blumau.com Further information on the Harmonices Terrae: http://www.saschaselke.com/#concept/harmonices_terrae

Dear friends and companions!

info@saschaselke.com (Sascha Selke) — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0200

We are right now starting a regular newsletter for everyone who might be interested in what Sascha Selke is doing in the field of music at the moment.

Sascha Selke orchestrates "After this our Exile" in Hong Kong

In early January 2007, Sascha Selke was contracted to orchestrate Hong Kong based composer Robert Ellis-Geiger’s score for “After this our Exile”. The music, which so far existed only as a computer generated mockup for piano, violin and cello, was recorded in Sascha Selke’s version for full 86-piece orchestra in a scoring session with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra on February 20-22, 2007. Composer and orchestrator were both present in Hong Kong for this event. A thorough documentary of the scoring session is in preparationa and will soon be available on http://musicsound.net