Evan Evans has penned an Award Winning score (2013 LA Cinema Fest "Best Original Score") for the Suspense Thriller "GAME OF ASSASSINS" released by Lionsgate Films.

Watch the Official Trailer in HD, here:

Here's just a "sneak peek" listen, from one of the climactic scenes, of the gripping Original Score to the Medieval Horror/Thriller "Night of the Templar" starring Paul Sampson, Norman Reedus, Udo Kier, Billy Drago, and the late great David Carradine in his final appearance on the silver screen. nightofthetemplar.com

The Music was Composed and Produced by Evan Evans with his company of composers and musicians at his "The Composer Collective". The Composer Collective is a new concept (est. 2007) in scoring films whereby a team of talented composers follow a blueprint set forth by a musical "architect" and work together to construct the final score, each working on scenes that are suited to their fortes as individual composers. thecomposercollective.com

A soundtrack release on E3 Records, is forthcoming. e3records.com

Review by Jonathan Broxton
Full Review at MovieMusic UK (click here)

A suburban thriller directed by Tim McCann and starring Johnny Messner, Johnathon Schaech and Loren Dean, The Poker Club is the story of four regular guys who get together every week who get together to smoke cigars, drink beer and play cards. One night, however, their weekly get together is interrupted by a home invader, and things go from bad, to worse, to even worse, when they accidentally kill the burglar, and then realize he might not have been alone.

The score for The Poker Club is by young composer Evan Evans, who has actually been scoring low-budget and independent films since the late 1990s, but has never before had any of his music released on a commercial record label. Evans’ music consists mainly of sinister thriller music, with baleful string lines and tinkling, unnerving piano and harpsichord chords keeping the listener firmly on edge. For a great deal of its running time, the music barely rises above a whisper, content to keep its distance, creating an oppressive atmosphere or tension and dread, but never entering the realms of pure horror.

It’s the kind of music that someone like Howard Shore, or Christopher Young, would write for a film such as this, and that is most definitely intended to be a compliment. When the music does rise to take center stage it impresses: “The Warehouse” uses a pounding piano and chaotic percussion combo to deadly effect; “The Plan” has a darkly operatic sound that is both beautiful and fearsome; “Death and Remorse” has a thick, harsh atmosphere filled with dissonant chords. Later, cues such as “Hot Pursuit” explode into vivid orchestral action, while the conclusive “Bases Loaded” has a sense of impending doom through its staccato phrasing and low-register instrumental performances.

This is yet another impressive release from Mikael Carlsson’s MovieScore Media label, whose ability to identify and release music by talented young composers is second to none. Recommended.

Rating: ***½

Hispanically Speaking News names "The Kid: Chamaco" as the number nine best film on their Top Ten Latin American Films of 2010 list.

"The Kid: Chamaco"
Original Music Score
by
Evan Evans
Top Ten Latin American Films of 2010

Evan Evans has been selected by Award Winning Director Gregori J. Martin, to helm the Original Music Score for the hit series "The Bay" starring a veritable who's who of soaps, including Mary Beth Evans("Days of Our Lives"), Matthew Ashford("Days of Our Lives"), Charles Shaugnessy("The Nanny";"Days of Our lives"), Tristan Rogers("General Hospital"), Martha Madison("Law & Order";"Days of Our Lives"), Gavin Houston("Guiding Light";"General Hospital"), Taylor Stanley("Another World";"Spin City"), Jed Allan("Santa Barbara"), and the list goes on.

Evans and Director Martin have worked together before on the crime thriller "Jack Rio" and the gritty cult classic "Skeletons in the Desert".

Evan Evans is signed to score the upcoming Spike Lee film, Directed by Michael Pinckney, "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Kills You".

The film is an action packed and gritty story of two New York City homicide detectives that are forced into the high-stakes world of the hip hop industry. A complex web of murder, sex, money and music unfolds as the homicide detectives track a serial killer with an appetite for some of hip hop's biggest stars.

Lee and Pinckney sought out Mr. Evans, looking for an edgy approach to a classic Hitchcock sound. This should turn out very interesting ... a highly anticipated sound combination, hip-hop roots fused with a Golden Age suspense score.

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"The Kid: Chamaco" (starring Martin Sheen and Michael Madsen) has been released on it's US theatrical run, and continues on at Blockbuster and Netflix, and later this year in theatres in Mexico. The Original Score, helmed by Evan Evans with lyrical theme by composer Shaun Drew,

and in collaboration with The Composer Collective (a group of composers who work together on film scores), has been getting great reviews. Look for a forthcoming soundtrack release later this year.

In the tradition of Rocky and City of God, The Kid: Chamaco is a contemporary boxing tale of father and son overcoming vast differences to help train a young Mexican fighter plucked from the streets of Mexico City. The father (Martin Sheen), a U.S. doctor, and his son, a burned-out boxing pro, unite to shape the young Mexican teenager into his country’s new boxing idol. Along the way, all three men discover hidden strengths, and embrace unforeseen destinies.

Danny Trejo's film "Machete" is out, and it's looking to be a big hit. Danny Trejo stars in the recent sci-fi release "Eyeborgs", that I scored at The Composer Collective. Director and Theme Composer Richard Clabaugh wrote the score to "Eyeborgs" along with Guy-Roger Duvert and Mark Brisbane and many other members of The Composer Collective, under my executive creative direction. Let's keep our fingers crossed as the success of "Machete" continues and Danny Trejo is potentially skyrocketed to film icon.

Listen to a medley of some of the best music from my Original Score to the film "Eyeborgs" starring Adrian Paul and Danny Trejo, directed by Richard Clabaugh.

A feature length review of the film "Eyeborgs", can be found at Fangoria.com. Director and renown cinematographer Richard Clabaugh wrote the Main Theme, and Evan Evans Produced the Score with his team of composers at The Composer Collective. Top Composing credits go to Mark Brisbane and Guy-Roger Duvert.

I have been aware of composer Evan Evans for some time, but this is the first opportunity I have had to hear what he has to offer. His dark, noirish score for this thriller that was released on DVD in the US this past April, combines orchestra with electronics as seems increasingly to be the norm these days.
The album gets off to a very dark start with the "Main Titles;"

Read more at:
ScreenSounds

"The Poker Club" soundtrack can be found at the following locations:

Screen Archives Entertainment
MovieMusic.com
Soundtrack Club
MovieScore Media

And a nice bio and description, here:
http://www.moviescoremedia.com/evans.html

Regretfully, David Carradine, the star of my latest film project, has died. "NIGHT OF THE TEMPLAR" is now his final film. I am also post production supervising the film, and editing and coordinating special effects, digital transfer, and color correction.

David Carradine enjoyed working with Director Paul Sampson, and made himself available for pick-ups and ADR. Unfortunately that is now impssible. Fortunately, and a testament to how great Carradine was as an actor, we do not need anything more from him than what he gave on the set.

Rest in peace David.

Caught a snapshot with Ming-Na ("ER", "The Joy Luck Club", "Mulan", "Stargate Universe"), while out one night.

Listen to the CD at the iTunes Store. "The Poker Club" was released May 19th, 2009, on the Apple iTunes store. It will be released publicly in stores on physical CD in about 2 weeks. I will post an update then along with a note about my approach to the score. But you can listen to the cues today!

I was at Jerry's Famous Deli today, working with Paul Sampson, Director and Lead Actor of "Night Of The Templar". I noticed Nia Peeples in the distance, at a table. Being a big fan of "North Shore", during a break I went over and asked for a photograph. I let her know that I've been passing down the "north Shore" tradition by showing the film to my kids who really enjoyed it.

When I mentioned my favorite scene was the Aloe rubdown, she said laughing, "the boys love that scene".

On an incredibly tight deadline, I managed a team of composers from The Composer Collective, and designed the heavy metal score and song placements, for "Never Surrender". The film is directed by and stars Hector Echavarria, a mixed martial arts champion and expert trainer.

Additionally I supervised and directed all the ADR sessions for the film, recording over 30 actors, directing them towards emotional dramatic performances.

The highlight was meeting Patrick Kilpatrick, or "Seifer" in the film. He is as scary in real life as he is on screen ... maybe more so.

Truthfully doubling is tripling and more. Doubling is the addition of other instruments to a musical line, color, or shape. So doubling includes tripling. But in Blockbuster Hollywood orchestration, to give the sound an unfaltering level of production quality, doubling has to be at least … “tripling”.

”...tripling sounds great. Thnks :)” - Vivian Khor, Composer and Sound Designer

It’s psychology. The mind can deduce a foreground by eliminating a background. But when you introduce a third element, it cannot separate two things since it can’t combine either of the other two into just a foreground or background category to then subtract from the rest.

And this is why at least tripling all your compositional elements, creates a presentation of them at a higher level that cannot be broken down by the mind, thus giving it an uncrumbling foundation of richness … a hallmark of a great orchestrator.

Anything less than tripling could be subject to the listeners critique of any single element’s qualities.

I like to say:

“Everything can be broken down to a triangle.”

There is no simpler complete piece of information that can be conveyed by less than a triangulation of points.

If you want your music to sound more expensive, make sure the listener cannot break it down into cheaper components. No one can hear through “triangulation”.

It was great to see my good friend Lalo Schifrin at the Composer Expo. Lalo broke the panel formation to actually point me out in the audience. Hummie Mann and John Ottmann were there, and I spoke to them afterwards. A newer composer named Bear McCreary was also on panel.