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Over 3000 hours spent on sound editing, more than ten months of work, up to 20 parallel sound channels on the film set and 5 weeks of mixing the final version at ALVERNIA STUDIOS – this is how the soundtrack of MIASTO 44 was created. The jury of the 39th Gdynia Film Festival recognized the work performed by sound engineers in MIASTO 44, by awarding the film in the sound category. Bartosz Putkiewicz and Daniel Pellerin were in charge of sound production.

ALVERNIA STUDIOS had the pleasure to work on as many as eight productions qualified for the main competition of the 39th Gdynia Film Festival.

On September 28, during the grand International Gala of Film Music, crowning the 7th Film Music Festival, a unique award was officially launched. The best film-music composers worldwide will be awarded the statuettes named after Wojciech Kilar [Polish: statuetka im. Wojciecha Kilara]. The award is the joint initiative of the mayors of Kraków and Katowice, as well as ALVERNIA STUDIOS.

On September 24 and 26, an elite group of experts in the music industry visited ALVERNIA STUDIOS to chair the Master Classes of the 7th FILM MUSIC FESTIVAL in Kraków. The young, aspiring film music composers met with Richard Bellis, Daniel Carlin, Garry Schyman, Shawn LeMone, Rebecca Morellato, Maggie Rodford and Brad Haehnel.

Work on ZBLIÅ»ENIA, the new production by Magdalena Piekorz, has come to a close at ALVERNIA STUDIOS, where colour correction, special effects’ production, music recording and the final mix took place.

ALVERNIA STUDIOS hosted yet another recording session for London’s West One Music Group. This time, Daniel Heath, Hans Zimmer’s collaborator and co-composer of Lana del Rey’s hit, “Blue Jeans”, is recording his tracks.

The cinematography for 11 MINUTES, the new production by Jerzy Skolimowski, took place at ALVERNIA STUDIOS. A special film set was erected exclusively for the film’s final stunt scenes. ALVERNIA STUDIOS is also in charge of visual effects (VFX).

Intensive work is going on the set of DISCOPOLO, a new feature film, directed by Maciej Bochniak. It’s a story about a cultural and sociological phenomenon which has captured the hearts of millions of Poles. The film’s leading characters include some of the most talented Polish actors of the new generation: Dawid Ogrodnik, Piotr GÅ‚owacki and Joanna Kulig. DISCOPOLO is the most recent production of ALVERNIA STUDIOS.

ALVERNIA STUDIOS hosted the rehearsals for the musical-historical spectacle entitled UNIVERSA — Open Opera, written by the Oscar-winning composer, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek. The spectacle was the culmination of the 650th Jubilee of the Jagiellonian University, and had its official premiere on May 10, 2014, in Krakow’s Main Market Square.

Elliot Goldenthal, a composer of international renown, Oscar and Golden Globe winner, recorded OTHELLO SYMPHONY at ALVERNIA STUDIOS. The album was premiered internationally on May 6.