The B Movie Celebration Shines A Light On Soundtracks

During this year’s B Movie Celebration being held in Franklin Indiana September 24th, 25th and 26th we turn a well deserved spotlight on the art of B Movie soundtrack.

Chuck Cirino, composer for the genre film Bone Eater will receive a richly deserved Golden Cob Award for excellence in B Movie Soundtracks.Chuck Cirino has unleashed one of his most ambitious scores, a wonderful homage to composers Ennio Morricone and Bernard Herrmann, tipping his hat to Morricone’s work on Spaghetti Westerns and Herrmann’s work on the great Ray Harryhausen fantasy films of the 60’s.

Cirino has recorded over 40 musical soundtracks for these movies through the mid-1990s. Today he has at least 7 films playing on Syfy.His first work as composer was for the 1980 cult film GYPSY ANGELS, which
starred Vanna White and Richard Roundtree.

Silver Age Soundtrack expert John Bender and soundtrack journalist will lecture on the art and form of the Silver Age soundtrack as well will curating a showing of some Chuck Cirino’s work. Micro Movie Music Guru Virgil Franklin will take film fans and filmmakers through the process of scoring a low budget film.

Once again, the curtain goes up in Franklin, IN as The 2010 B-Movie Celebration comes to town for three days of cinematic thrills and chills. The celebration takes place on September 24, 25 and 26. During that time, over 50 films will be shown spanning the whole history of the B-movie from the exploitation pioneers of the 1930s to the low-budget monster epics of the 50s, 60s and 70s on through to today’s kings of micro-cinema.

What exactly is a B-movie? A B-movie is a film produced aside from the big budget, more prestigious A-list offerings from Hollywood. Often confined to the horror and sci-fi genres, B-movies can also include westerns and film noirs as well. The B-Movie Celebration is designed to magnify the achievements of past B-movie filmmakers while heralding the breed of independent, low-budget B-mavericks. In short, the past, present and future are all present and accounted for here.

This year, we are pleased to honor three Midwestern pioneers of B-movie magic: presenter Kroger Babb, presenter/producer K. Gordon Murray and director/screenwriter William Girdler. Several of the works of these three mavericks will be shown and their memories will be honored with tributes.

But showing movies isn’t all we do. The B-Movie Celebration will also have informative seminars involving various aspects of filmmaking from screenwriting to producing and directing. A smattering of guests will be on hand to give their insight on the filmmaking process. This year, the guests will include legendary B-movie director Bert I. Gordon, Troma films president Lloyd Kaufman, prolific director Jim Wynorski, low-budget horror maverick Jim O’Rear and many others. Also, the Golden Cob Awards, which have already been announced, will be handed out and many of the recipients will be on hand to receive their trophies.

The B Movie Celebration is an opportunity for genre filmmakers to meet, share ideas and do business in a relaxed and casual environment.

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