MUSIC+SOUND AWARDS 2024 WINNER SPOTLIGHT

BEST ORIGINAL COMPOSITION IN A FILM TRAILER

Best Original Composition in A FILM TRAILER

Cuckoo Official Trailer

Entrant / Production Company: Acid Music, London

Composer: William Arcane

Trailer House: AV Squad

Music Producer for Acid Music: Will Quiney

Agency Producer for AV Squad: Andrea Weeks 

Editor for AV Squad: James Rowney

Director: Tilman Singer

This year’s MASA Best Composition in a Film Trailer winner was Acid Music for William Arcane’s chilling music on the Cuckoo Official Trailer.

Acid Music take us behind the scenes and we hear how the music was crafted to create a truly terrifying cinematic experience…

“For Tilman Singer's extraordinary sophomore feature for NEON, Acid Music were commissioned by award-winning trailer agency AV Squad to create an entire score that would blow audiences away.  

The challenge was to create intrigue as we are introduced to Hunter Schafer's character plunged into the unsettling environment of Herr Konig's mysteriously empty Alpine hotel. Composer William Arcane worked over a number of months to create specific pods for the development of the story and deftly used jarring electronic stabs to create an almost Cronenberg style 80's horror feel to compliment the elevated terrifying imagery of the film.  After many revisions and micro music production techniques, the resulting soundtrack complimented the edit's narrative resulting in viral sensation when it was released, with horror fans desperate to see the film.” 

A brilliant score. A driving force that pulls you into the film’s mind-bending, unsettling world. Well done to all involved!

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