Edwin Wendler's score for The Right To Love: An American Family was nominated for a GoldSpirit Award in the category "Best Documentary Score" ("Mejor BSO Documental"). Edwin is humbled and very thankful to BSO Spirit for this honor.
Click here for a list of all the nominees.
Kaya Savas of Film.Music.Media interviewed Edwin regarding his educational background and several projects, including Escape and Non-Stop. Arguably the most fun Edwin ever had during an interview.
Very special thanks to Kaya Savas and Peter Hackman!
Click here to go to Film.Music.Media.
Danny Gonzalez of Examiner.com interviewed Edwin about Non-Stop, Escape, and The Right To Love: An American Family.
Click here to read.
Daniel Schweiger interviewed Edwin Wendler for Film Music Magazine.
Edwin talks about his additional music for Non-Stop and about his collaboration with John Ottman.
Read the interview here.
Perseverance Records released the score album for Escape on October 3rd, 2012, and so far, we have been able to find the following reviews, all of them positive!
“[…] this is a score that does hit all the high marks and really unleashes a beautiful theme for its locale. […] Recommended.”
- Danny Gonzalez, Examiner
“Wendler’s subtle writing and tenderly anguished use of melody makes Escape into a thoroughly engaging ordeal, powerfully charting a hero’s rise from his own inner grief at losing a child, along with the more palpable goal of getting away from his captors.”
– Daniel Schweiger, Film Music Magazine
“Both in concept and in performance the score attains an effective and pleasing sound quality, and its journey through the Thai landscape and imprisonment is enthusiastically captured by Wendler in this very fine score.”
– Randall D. Larson, Randall Larson’s Soundtrax
“In Escape, Wendler delivers one of his finest efforts to date.”
– Steven A. Kennedy, Film Score Monthly (reading requires an online subscription)
“Escape is a worldly but cohesive score, ripe for recycling by any major studio who want to make their latest action-adventure seem more adventurous.”
– George Bass, Glass Base
Jeremy Hawkins interviewed Edwin for the blog/news section of the Howlin’ Wolf Records website. Edwin talks about his music education, composing routines, and why he won’t answer questions about upcoming projects.
Read the interview here.
Philippe Blumenthal of the Swiss magazine Film Music Journal asked Edwin Wendler to write an article about his experiences in the film music business so far. Edwin took the opportunity to shed some light on some aspects of film scoring which are rarely talked about.
Click here to read the full article in English.
Click here to read the full article in German.
Edwin Wendler’s track, Nothing But Lies, received a placement in the trailer for the horror movie, Mama, starring Jessica Chastain.
Thank you so much to all who have listened and reviewed this album!
“I believe that I am better for having taken this journey and highly recommend this score for
inclusion in your collection.”
- Craig Lysy, Movie Music UK
“It’s a beautiful yet melancholy work invested with much heart, and makes for a very pleasant listening experience.”
- Randall D. Larson, Randall Larson’s Soundtrax
“It is crazy good and haunting.”
- Jørn Tillnes, Soundtrack Geek
“Wendler finds the perfect balance for the music. […] Edwin Wendler's score does a fantastic job of supporting the emotions of the story.”
- Kaya Savas, film.music.media
“If you like your music to be thought-provoking and introspective then this is a wonderful score.”
- Jim Paterson,
Robert Daniels of Visions In Sound named Azureus Rising the 4th best score of 2010. Here is the complete list:
10. Predators – John Debney
9. Inception – Hans Zimmer
8. Last Air Bender – James Newton Howard
7. Halo: Reach – Martin O’Donnell & Michael Salvatori
6. Human Target – Bear McCreary
5. Iron Man 2 – John Debney
4. Azureus Rising – Edwin Wendler
3. How To Train Your Dragon – John Powell
2. Tron Legacy – Daft Punk
1. Vampires Suck – Christopher Lennertz
It’s really an honor to be listed among those amazing composers. Please, listen to Rob’s program which broadcasts each Friday night / Saturday morning on FM98.5 CKWR.
Robert Daniels dedicated an entire episode of his show, Visions In Sound, to the music of Edwin Wendler. The show includes an interview (in 2 parts) and many cues from Edwin’s projects.
You can download the entire show here, or listen to the individual parts:
Part 3 includes “THE GOLD YOU SEEK” (Music by Mike Ator & Edwin Wendler / Lyrics by Mike Ator) and “ESCAPA” (Music by Edwin Wendler & Maximo / Lyrics by Maximo)
Many heart-felt thanks to Robert Daniels! Visions In Sound broadcasts every Friday night / Saturday morning on FM 98.5 CKWR.
Edwin Wendler’s track, Nothing But Lies, received a prominent placement in the trailer for the M. Night Shyamalan-produced horror movie, Devil. The track plays for the first minute of the trailer’s running time.
Watch the trailer here:
Wendler’s score for the short film, Azureus Rising, won “Best Original Score for an Animated Film” at the Los Angeles International Film Festival.
Filmmaker Yasmina Cadiz publishes an audio interview with Edwin Wendler on iTunes, for the Back2One Film Project.
Listen here:
Download the audio file from here.
