Zacarías M. de la Riva: IMAGO MORTIS Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"Over this album's 30 tracks there are more memorable themes than most composers manage to squeeze into a handful of soundtracks. This is certainly a release I'd recommend adding to your collection." - Review Graveyard
"A darkly beautiful, Gothic horror score, captivating in its melodic structure and its harmonic composition of orchestra and choir... a consistently interesting score in its textures, melodies, and range, and is a thoroughly appreciable composition on its own standing." - Randall Larson's Soundtrax
"An entertaining and intriguing listening experience." - Score Crave
"This is an intense, chilling score, highlighted by a gorgeous choir. There is a lot of variety in the music to keep it interesting. Imago Mortis is one hell of a horror score." - Sounds of the Cinema
Young composer Zacarías M. de la Riva is yet another stunning example of the current Spanish film music movement, which has given us great scores by composers such as Alfons Conde, Roque Baños, Javier Navarrete, Fernando Velázquez...
His score for the Italian/Spanish horror film Imago Mortis is a stylish, both dark and beautiful orchestral/choral score that is best described as belonging to the gothic tradition of horror film music. The score was designed to reinforce the fairy tale and gothic aspects of the story and de la Riva used a big orchestra and a chorus for that purpose, hiring the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.
Starring Geraldine Chaplin, the film, where terror is carried out using 'thanatography', opened in Italy in January and is expected to premiere in Spain and other territories later this year.
MMS09013 IMAGO MORTIS (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Music Composed by ZACARÍAS M. DE LA RIVA Release date (online): June 30, 2009
Release date (CD): July 7, 2009
FILM TRAILER:
TRACK TITLES
1 Following Instructions 3.48
2 Astolfi Stands Up 2.31
3 School 1.27
4 The Thanatoscope 1.21
5 Ars Magna 0.55
6 Watching 2.07
7 Stairs 1.26
8 After First Apparition 0.56
9 Truth 3.05
10 Bruno With Countess Orsini 1.08
11 Aki and Ozu 2.00
12 The Library 1.43
13 Bruno's Room 1.02
14 Agnus Dei 1.34
15 Bruno in Bed 0.39
16 Beginning 2.04
17 Film 1.22
18 Seb's Sister 1.01
19 Death 1.50
20 Bruno in Asolfi's Room 2.00
21 The Cave 1.57
22 Photos 0.38
23 Fumagalli 1.07
25 The Death of Aki and Ozu 1.28
25 Pills 1.43
26 Astolfi and Photograph 1.46
27 He Told Me How to Use It 3.35
28 Perfect Thanatography 1.41
29 Big Window 1.14
30 The Cult 0.58
