FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COMPOSER STEVE JABLONSKY UNLEASHES
A TRANSFORMERS SCORE FOR THE AGES!
TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT Soundtrack To Be Released Digitally by Paramount Music And On Limited Edition CD By La-La Land Records
(June 22nd, 2017 Los Angeles, CA)
Paramount Pictures will release TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT- MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE digitally on June 23, 2017, and La-La Land Records will release a limited edition 2-CD SET (of 3000 units) at www.lalalandrecords.com on July 11, 2017. These releases feature the films original motion picture score, composed by Steve Jablonsky (TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION, ENDERS GAME).
Jablonsky and TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT director Michael Bay continue an exciting, longstanding collaboration that has forged numerous cinematic blockbusters, including the previous four TRANSFORMERS films: TRANSFORMERS, TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN, TRANSFORMERS: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON and TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION.
I met with Michael before he started shooting Transformers: The Last Knight, recalled Jablonsky. He showed me some amazing concept art and explained how the story connects the history of Transformers all the way back to the times of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. I loved the idea because it gave me the opportunity to explore new musical ideas
The storyline allowed me to write melodies that are a bit more classical than Ive written for the other Transformers films, which was a lot of fun for me.
Another important aspect of the story revolves around massive skyscraper sized horns from hell that start emerging from the earth, describes Jablonsky. They look like gigantic animal horns, no one knows what they are or why they have appeared. I wanted to create an unsettling sense of mystery and tension with the music.
Jablonsky has composed the music for many of Hollywoods most successful films. In addition to the legendary TRANSFORMERS film franchise, he previously created the music for director Bays dark comedy, PAIN & GAIN, as well as his 2005 futuristic thriller, THE ISLAND. In addition, Jablonsky composed the scores for Bays Platinum Dunes horror remakes A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, FRIDAY THE 13TH, THE HITCHER, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and THE AMITYVILLE HORROR.
The composer has also worked on multiple projects with director Peter Berg, including the action drama LONE SURVIVOR, starring Mark Wahlberg and Taylor Kitsch, and the action adventure BATTLESHIP, starring Liam Neeson and Alexander Skarsgård. He continued his collaboration with Berg on the action-thriller DEEPWATER HORIZON. Jablonsky also recently composed the score for the Keegan-Michael Key-Jordan Peele action-comedy KEANU, and the Michael Bay-produced action-adventure TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS.
The TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE will be available digitally from Paramount Pictures on June 23rd, 2017 and the limited edition 2-CD set is available from www.lalalandrecords.com on July 11, 2017.
ABOUT TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT
The Last Knight shatters the core myths of the Transformers franchise, and redefines what it means to be a hero. Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg); Bumblebee; an English Lord (Sir Anthony Hopkins); and an Oxford Professor (Laura Haddock). There comes a moment in everyones life when we are called upon to make a difference. In Transformers: The Last Knight, the hunted will become heroes. Heroes will become villains. Only one world will survive: theirs, or ours.
Paramount Pictures, in association with Hasbro, present TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT, in theaters nationwide on June 21,2017 in IMAX 3D® and RealD 3D. Directed by Michael Bay, The film is executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay, Brian Goldner, and Mark Vahradian. Producers include Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Tom DeSanto, Don Murphy, and Ian Bryce. The story is by Akiva Goldsman, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway & Ken Nolan, with screenplay by Art Marcum & Matt Holloway & Ken Nolan.
