FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE HOME THEATER AUDIO BARRIER HAS BEEN BROKEN!
DOLBY TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS FOR SURROUND SOUND RECORDINGS TO BE DELIVERED
THROUGH ITUNES
Lakeshore Records Soundtrack To Be The First iTunes Release Encoded
With SurCode=99 Dolby=AE Pro Logic=AE II Software by Minnetonka Audio
(April 15, 2008- Los Angeles, CA) =96 Lakeshore Records to be the first
label to release recording on iTunes utilizing SurCode=99 for Dolby=AE Pro
Logic=AEII technology with the upcoming soundtrack for PATHOLOGY
(available April 22). The soundtrack will be available as an iTunes
Exclusive Dolby Pro Logic II score album and was composed by Robert
Williamson and Johannes Kobilke. Wolfgang =93Amadeus=94 Aichholz (SIN
CITY, THE ANT BULLY) mixed the music for surround sound.
The SurCode for Dolby=AE Pro Logic=AE II software matrix encoder allows
broadcasters, game developers, video producers, and audio
professionals everywhere to easily encode surround sound mixes into
stereo sound files. The result is completely stereo-compatible and
can be decoded by virtually every Dolby Digital home theatre system
sold today. SurCode for Dolby Pro Logic II is a fully licensed
software only version of the Dolby Pro Logic II encoder.
Co-Composer Robert Williamson got his start in music playing bass in
various bands in Seattle in the mid 90=92s sharing bills with bands like
Nirvana and Soundgarden. He became infatuated with electronic music
and started Eat Knowledge recordings. In 2000 Robert wrote the script
for the movie DANDELION and as the movie reached final stages of
editing he decided to score it as well. The film debuted at Sundance
in 2004. He went on to score the film THE YOUTH IN US, a series for
MTV, contributed songs to UNDERWORLD EVOLUTION, wrote original music
for a documentary about Hurricane Katrina with director and R.E.M
front man Michael Stipe, and contributed additional score for the film
CRANK.
Johannes Kobilke began playing and improvising piano at the age of
six. During his teenage years he began writing original compositions
and working in electronic music production. Johannes also performed
as keyboard and piano player in several bands and as singer in a
classical choir. He studied film music and sound design at
Filmacademy Ludwigsburg/Germany. Since completing his studies in
1999, Johannes has composed the music for more than 25 television
movies in Germany and for commercials and industrials for companies
like BMW, Lexus, Lamborghini, Siemens, Burger King, AUDI, and VW.
PATHOLOGY is the first Hollywood film Johannes has composed.
MGM presents PATHOLOGY, in theaters on April 18. Milo Ventimiglia
portrays a young intern, newly arrived at the University Hospital in
Philadelphia, who stumbles onto a psychopathic group of colleagues
playing a vile game. They regularly select one of their members (on a
rotational basis) to commit the "perfect murder," while the rest use
forensic methods to try to determine exactly how the homicide was
executed. Alyssa Milano, (of TV's Who's The Boss? and Charmed), co-
stars as Ventimiglia's fianc=E9e, while Johnny Whitworth and Lauren Lee
Smith are among the perpetrators.
Lakeshore Records is the independent recorded music division of
Lakeshore Entertainment, the film production company. Lakeshore
Records is the producer of soundtrack albums for films produced by
every major studio and many of the most respected independent
production companies
Dolby Pro Logic II encoding is the world=92s fastest-growing matrix
surround technology, and can be decoded by virtually every Dolby
Digital home theater system sold today. Media encoded in Dolby Pro
Logic II is backwards compatible with the millions of Dolby Pro Logic
receivers and decoders in use worldwide.
About Minnetonka Audio Software (MASI): Minnetonka Audio Software is a
company of musicians and engineers with a passion for music and
quality. From SurCode(tm) surround encoders to the discWelder(tm)
family of DVD-Audio authoring tools, their products are in use by top
professionals around the world for video, broadcast, games, and CD/DVD
production. Supported codecs include Dolby=AE Digital, Dolby Pro Logic
II, DTS, and MLP formats. For more information please vist
www.minnetonkaaudio.com
About Dolby Laboratories: Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) develops and
delivers products and technologies that make the entertainment
experience more realistic and immersive. For more than four decades,
Dolby has been at the forefront of defining high-quality audio and
surround sound in cinema, broadcast, home audio systems, cars, DVDs,
headphones, games, televisions, and personal computers. For more
information about Dolby Laboratories or Dolby technologies, please
visit www.dolby.com
Lakeshore Records presents the soundtrack for PATHOLOGY on April 22,
utilizing the SurCode=99 software created by Minnetonka Audio, and
available on iTunes.
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