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  • Sony Music ties up with The Estate of Michael Jackson to release ‘Thriller 40’

    Sony Music ties up with The Estate of Michael Jackson to release ‘Thriller 40’

    Mumbai: Thriller 40, a double CD set featuring Michael Jackson’s original masterpiece Thriller, including never-before-released tracks that Jackson worked on for the Thriller album, has been announced by Sony Music and the Estate of Michael Jackson in honour of the album’s 40th anniversary. More than 100 million copies of the album have been sold worldwide.

    Thriller‘s immersive audio mixes by Serban Ghenea and John Hanes are now accessible at several DSPs, such as 360 Reality Audio on Amazon and Spatial Audio on Apple Music.

    Walmart and Target both sell the original Thriller album on vinyl. The Target exclusive comes with a Thriller 40 slipmat, but the Walmart exclusive has a different cover. The original Thriller album is available as a hybrid SACD and an ultradisc one-step 180g LP via Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MoFi). The MoFi one-step is produced at RTI and is strictly limited to 40,000 numbered copies. It is derived from the original 1/2″ (or 30 IPS) analogue master tapes, which are converted to DSD 256 and then to analogue console and lathe.

    The 40th anniversary of the best-selling album of all time is commemorated by the publication of Thriller 40. Last week, the immersive experience in Düsseldorf, Germany, marked the beginning of the pop-up events and global activations planned to celebrate the masterpiece created by the ‘King of Pop.’ Next up is the weekend-long immersive event beginning 21 November in New York.

    The Michael Jackson channel will be available exclusively on SiriusXM and will run for a short time to honour the illustrious career of ‘The King of Pop,’ from his early work with The Jackson 5 through his solo work.

    From 23 November until 22 December, The Michael Jackson channel, which features a Thriller special hosted by Steven Ivory, a friend of the Jackson family and a musicologist, will be broadcast on Limited Edition 2 (channel 502) and The Groove (channel 50).

    Michael’s monumental achievement broke Grammy records, broke down musical barriers, and permanently altered the boundaries of pop music and music videos.

    Since its debut on 30 November 1982, Michael Jackson’s Thriller has spent more than 500 weeks at the top of the Billboard album chart and has amassed over 100 million sales.

  • PVR Pictures’ 9 movies at Toronto International Film Festival

    PVR Pictures’ 9 movies at Toronto International Film Festival

    NEW DELHI: PVR Pictures’ nine films will be among other critically acclaimed international films at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this year.

     

    The movies includes: Sicario, Legend, The Program, Equals, Demolition, The Idol, About Ray (Three Generations), Youth and Trumbo. These movies will be released in India over the next few months.

     

    The 40th edition of the festival will be held from 10 – 20 September.

     

    PVR joint managing director Sanjeev Kumar said, “The Toronto International Film Festival is definitely a great platform to showcase the success story of PVR Pictures to the world. We are honoured and delighted to unveil the best work of PVR Pictures at such a grand platform. We are hopeful that the movies would be appreciated by the audiences worldwide.”

     

    He added, “In the past couple of years, PVR Pictures has emerged as an extremely important business for PVR group. Today PVR Pictures is the largest independent studio for Hollywood films in India with partners like Lions Gate, Annapurna, Lotus, FilmNation, StudioCanal, IM Global, Weinstein, Sierra Affinity. TIFF is yet another platform, which will showcase the success story of PVR Pictures to the world.”

  • PVR Pictures acquires ‘Fox Catcher’

    PVR Pictures acquires ‘Fox Catcher’

    NEW DELHI: Acclaimed film Fox Catcher which won the best director award for Bennett Miller has been acquired for India by PVR Pictures, the distribution arm of the largest cinema exhibition company in India, at the Cannes Film Festival this year.

     

    Director Bennett Miller, whose previous film Moneyball starring Brad Pitt was nominated for six Academy Awards, has based Fox Catcher on the real-life murder of Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz.

     

    In addition to the Fox Catcher PVR Pictures acquired Alone in Berlin, Our Kind of Traitor, Equals, Untitled Lance Armstrong Biopic, Legend, Civilian, Inversion, American Express, Hologram for the King, London Fields and Visions among others.

     

    PVR joint managing director Sanjeev Kumar said, “PVR believes in not only providing a world class standard of cinema watching experience to the audiences but it equally emphasises on quality content that is acknowledged globally for its viewers. Indian patrons are opening up to recognise global cinema with quality subject matter. This is a very good time for the industry and the Indian audience has a lot to look forward to in the coming months.”

     

    PVR Pictures had earlier brought films like American Hustle, The Wolf of the Wall Street, 12 years a Slave, Her, Nebraska, Lone Survivor, Dallas Buyers Club to name a few; which were major nominations at the Oscars, being testament to, bringing to the new class of cine goers, content driven films.

     

    PVR has a decade long association with international film festivals like Oscars and now it is becoming a leading exhibitor of French Riviera through Cannes.

  • Sony Music releases ‘Making of the Legend’ from Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

    Sony Music releases ‘Making of the Legend’ from Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

    MUMBAI: Sony Music in an effort to give its fans more has released the Making of the Legend – a film showcasing the journey of Farhan Akhtar to achieve an athletic body similar to what Milkha Singh had during his championship days.

    Says FarhanAkhtar, “Six months of training, four-five hours over two sessions, six days a week got me to be like this.”

    Composed by the musical trio Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy with Prasoon Joshi‘s lyrics, Sony Music released the music of the film in May 2013 and received instant success with each song. Zinda has become a youth anthem; MeraYaar exudes a romantic feel while the title track Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is motivation for one and all.

    This is the brands‘ second project with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, after Rang De Basanti, which adds another feather to Sony Music‘s repertoire. Co-produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is based on the biography of India‘s most prominent athlete, Milkha Singh which is played by the multi-faceted actor Farhan Akhtar in a pivotal role.