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ONE Launches “agit8” – Breaking Music NEWS
The ONE Campaign today joined forces with dozens of musicians from across the globe to launch agit8, an urgent call for action against extreme poverty in the crucial week leading up to the G8 summit in Northern Ireland.
An extraordinary line up of artists have added their voices to the campaign by recording brand new versions of great protest songs, because protest leads to progress and bold commitments from world leaders could be life changing.
Grammy Award–winning Angelique Kidjo, special adviser to agit8 said:
“The scandal of extreme poverty and the disgrace of needless child deaths really can be ended, but it won’t happen without action now. Throughout history, we have seen great progress when people join forces to demand change. If enough people add their voices to the chorus of protest, world leaders will be forced to hear us and act.”
Bono, co-founder of ONE said:
Gideon’s Army An Inside Look at the Criminal Justice System Through the Eyes of Idealistic Young Public Defenders in the South Debuts July 1st on HBO
In 1961, Clarence Earl Gideon was arrested for stealing soda and a few dollars from a pool hall. Unable to afford an attorney, he was convicted after representing himself at trial. Gideon appealed his conviction to the Supreme Court, which ruled unanimously that the right to counsel in a criminal case is fundamental to the American system of justice.
More than 12 million people are arrested in the United States each year. Fiftyyears after the landmark Gideon v. Wainwright case, most of them will be represented by one of the United States’ 15,000 public defenders.
Directed by attorney Dawn Porter and winner of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival Editing Award for U.S. Documentary Competition, GIDEON’S ARMY follows a group of idealistic young public defenders in the Deep South, where lawyers face particularly difficult challenges due to high bonds, minimum mandatory sentencing and a culture that is traditionally “tough on crime.” The thought-provoking film debuts MONDAY, JULY 1 (9:00-10:45 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.
Michael Wandmacher Makes His Instruments “Bend, Groan and Scream” for the Last Exorcism: Part II – Music News
Composer Michael Wandmacher creates an eerie, industrial score to The Last Exorcism: Part II, produced by horror-maven Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever) and starring MTV Award Nominee Ashley Bell. The score album is available tomorrow, Tuesday June 11, 2013 on Screamworks Records, and the film is available on DVD in the US June 18, 2013. Part II follows young Nell Sweetzer as she tries to rebuild her life after being possessed by a demon, only to find herself possessed by malevolent forces once again. Michael Wandmacher created a unique sonic palette for The Last Exorcism: Part II, dedicating specific sounds to various thematic elements of the film.
Wandmacher’s creative performance techniques, having the instruments “bend, groan and scream,” allowed him to write an original, unsettling score for instruments the audience only thinks they are familiar with. Wandmacher comments, “The demonic presence in the film is expressed through highly unusual use of stringed instruments like guitarviol, cello and psaltery.” Wandmacher, who has previously helmed scores for horror films including Piranha and My Bloody Valentine, evoking mystery, anxiety and sheer terror through deeply textured electronics, altered piano and orchestral avant-garde writing.