Alex Heffes - The Elephant Queen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) '2019

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Golden Globe nominated composer Alex Heffes has over 60 film and TV scores to
his name. It was his scores to Kevin Macdonalds Academy Award-winning films ONE
DAY IN SEPTEMBER, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND and BAFTA-winning TOUCHING THE VOID
that first won him international acclaim. Alongside his long collaboration with
Macdonald, he has worked with many of cinema’s top filmmakers such as
Stephen Frears, Mira Nair, Catherine Hardwicke, Peter Webber and Tim Burton
earning him the reputation as a composer with a unique voice who can communicate
with directors at a deep level.

Alex was born in the UK and was educated at a full time specialist music school
where he was immersed in music every day from a young age. It was in these early
years that he first heard the music of John Williams as well as Mahler, Debussy
and the jazz greats which all inspired his love of composing. After graduating
from Oxford with a first-class degree he worked as an arranger with artists such
as Elton John and Blur while scoring dozens of short films, commercials and
theatre works.

It was his iconic score to Kevin Macdonald’s The Last King of Scotland
that first sent Alex to Africa where he recorded and researched music for the
film creating a unique blend of world music and orchestral scoring. Since then
he has been associated with many of the finest depictions of Africa on film,
such as Idris Elba’s Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Mira Nair’s
Disney drama The Queen of Katwe and the 8 hour reboot of the TV classic ROOTS
(winning the best TV miniseries score of the year at the Hollywood Music In
Media awards).

Beyond his association with Africa Alex has scored a huge variety of film genres
ranging from horror in Anthony Hopkins’ THE RITE, biopic in Stephen
Frears’ Lance Armstrong portrait THE PROGRAM, fantasy in Catherine
Hardwicke’s RED RIDING HOOD, WW II drama in Peter Webber’s EMPEROR
and action in ESCAPE PLAN (Stallone and Schwarzenegger) and the TAKE (Idris
Elba). In 2010 Alex scored his second Academy Award-winning documentary feature
INSIDE JOB and has since scored many award winning documentaries including
EARTH: ONE AMAZING DAY for BBC Earth Films. Alex collaborated with director Tim
Burton on his screen adaptation of SWEENEY TODD starring Johnny Depp and Helena
Bonham Carter and his score to STATE OF PLAY was widely noted for his
collaboration with classic British rock producer Flood. His solo album FACE TO
FACE features duets with artists such as Ryuichi Sakamoto and Regina Spektor.

Alex received his first BAFTA nomination for his score to the HBO drama TSUNAMI:
THE AFTERMATH. In 2011, he received ‘Discovery of the Year’ by the
World Soundtrack Academy and the following year his score to Justin
Chadwick’s film BOY was featured at the opening ceremony of the Olympic
velodrome at the London Olympics. In 2012 he won the Ivor Novello Award for best
film score of the year for THE FIRST GRADER and in 2013 Alex received a Golden
Globe award nomination for his score to MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM. He has
been nominated for numerous other awards and in 2015 was invited to become a
member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

TV scores include the hit series BLACK MIRROR for Netflix and 11.22.63 - the
Hulu Original eight-part event series starring James Franco based on the Stephen
King best-selling novel, executive produced by J.J. Abrams and Stephen King.

Tracklist:
01. Alex Heffes - Do you Remember? (1:38)
02. Alex Heffes - The Waterhole & Enter the Queen (2:23)
03. Alex Heffes - Wewe & the Tribe (3:09)
04. Alex Heffes - Mother Goose (1:23)
05. Alex Heffes - Stephens Adventures (1:15)
06. Alex Heffes - Terrapins (1:53)
07. Alex Heffes - Foam Frog Magic & Mimis First Swim (1:41)
08. Alex Heffes - The Geese Dodge a Ducking (1:50)
09. Alex Heffes - Tortoise (0:38)
10. Alex Heffes - Ride of the Dung Beetle (1:03)
11. Alex Heffes - Dung Beetle is on a Mission (1:32)
12. Alex Heffes - Beetle Showdown (0:46)
13. Alex Heffes - Frog Eat Frog (0:51)
14. Alex Heffes - Trunk Greeting (1:19)
15. Alex Heffes - The Great Flocks (1:43)
16. Alex Heffes - A Mothers Encouragement (1:53)
17. Alex Heffes - Mimi Tires (2:46)
18. Alex Heffes - Motherly Love (3:03)
19. Alex Heffes - Mimis Tiny Heart (2:30)
20. Alex Heffes - Moving On (2:53)
21. Alex Heffes - Crossing the Badlands (1:43)
22. Alex Heffes - The Refuge (1:58)
23. Alex Heffes - Satao (3:19)
24. Alex Heffes - The Dust Storm (3:24)
25. Alex Heffes - What it Means to be an Elephant (3:18)
26. Alex Heffes - Born on the Cusp of the Rains (3:35)
27. Alex Heffes - Rain Song & Awoken by the Rain (2:46)
28. Alex Heffes - Life Returns (1:57)
29. Alex Heffes - The Homecoming & Super Herd (3:46)

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