Sweden to release Iran animation soundtrack

Sweden-based MovieScore Media is set to release soundtrack on acclaimed Iran animation ‘The Last Fiction’.

According to a press release, the score composed by famed Iranian musician Christophe Rezai will be released as a score album by MovieScore Media, a Swedish record label devoted to original film scores.

‘The Last Fiction’ is based on a story from the Shahnameh, the epic masterpiece of the world-renowned Persian poet Ferdowsi.

The voice cast Ashkan Rahgozar’s animation includes the likes of Parviz Parastouee, Leila Hatami and Hamed Behdad.

The acclaimed Iran animation has won nine awards at various national and international fests. The soundtrack for the flick gained the Cocomics Music Prize at the 20th Bucheon International Animation Film Festival in South Korea.

MovieScore Media was founded by former journalist Mikael Carlsson in November 2005. The company has released over 300 score albums and received one Grammy Award nomination and multiple nominations for the “Soundtrack Label of the Year” awarded by the International Film Music Critics Association.

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