hello. my name is mike ambs.

ftomfilm:

It has been incredibly exciting to announce that the film’s original score is by Matthew Cooper, better known as Eluvium. I remember how nervous Mike was when he wrote to Matthew in November of last year. In his wildest dreams he never imaged Eluvium, often thought of as the music-titan of ambient music, would or could agree to do the film’s score. When you create a film mostly on your own, sometimes you lose sight that it is very much worthy of other people’s talents. Most of the place holder music in the score was by Eluvium, and his music had been such a huge part in the development of the edits. 

Mike shared a post a week or so before we were able to make the announcement that explains his excitement;

“…Eventually, this specific song did make its way into the opening of the film, and it stayed there for the following two years that I spent editing. There was no other piece of music that ever came close to replacing it; until just 11 days ago. 

The person who created this one song I listened to so often, was always my dream-choice for a composer, there was no one else I had in mind. And on November 25th, I asked them if they would create music for the film, and they said yes. 11 days ago, this person sent a piece of music that easily, without the slightest bit of hesitation or nostalgia on my part, replaced the opening music in the film.”

Every email, every new bit or piece of works in progress are just strikingly perfect. I remember sitting in the desk chair listening while Mike played a  piece for the opening of the film, and thinking out loud, “I wonder if musicians ever just stop and cry while they are working on things; I wonder if their work ever just hits them like it does the rest of us.” The sounds he creates evoke just the right mood, that perfect thing that draws you into the scene and makes you feel what the imagery can’t do alone. Suffice it to say the soundtrack is going to be beautiful, poetic and inspiring…..just like For Thousands of Miles. 

We are excited to announce that there are 100 advanced digital albums of the original score available for our Kickstarter campaign. Along with the full film score you also get a fancy t-shirt, premiere only poster, dvd as well as digital download of the film and a visual script and the knowledge that you’ve helped an independent film stay independent. If you haven’t yet, you can pre-order the film along with the original score here. 

photo credit N.Javier