Fans can still learn how to get their hands on Penka Kouneva's "A Warrior's Odyssey." The soundtrack has over 18 tracks which include Waiting for Dawn to Break, Storming the City Heights, and Forgotten Steeples. Read on to learn more!
From the Press Release
Bulgarian-born composer
Penka Kouneva (Prince of Persia:
The Forgotten Sands, Midnight Movie)
releases an original instrumental album entitled "A
Warrior's Odyssey", on October 2nd.
Kouneva's musical "odyssey" is inspired by the
traditions of Hollywood film music and contemporary
video games but with a conceptual narrative rather than
visuals. Featuring 18 thematic original compositions
recorded with A-list Hollywood musicians, "A Warrior's
Odyssey" will be available as a Limited
Edition CD through Howlin' Wolf Records and for digital
download on Amazon MP3, iTunes and other digital music
sites.
"A
Warrior's Odyssey" reflects Penka Kouneva's
journey as a rising composer in Hollywood. In 1990 Penka
ventured out of post-communist Bulgaria with $150 in her
pocket and a Duke University Graduate fellowship. At
Duke she studied with noted concert composers Stephen
Jaffe and Scott Lindroth, and in 1997 Penka made history
at the university by receiving the first-ever Doctorate
in Composition. In 1999 she came to Hollywood with one
keyboard and Mac Performa. A decade later, she has built
a distinguished career, working in a creative and
leadership capacity on blockbuster films and
games.
"A Warrior's Odyssey draws upon the
formative influences of my style: contemporary Hollywood
film, and video game scores," says Penka. "I am building
stylistically upon the amazing opportunities Steve
Jablonsky gave me with the games Prince of Persia:
The Forgotten Sands, Transformers: Revenge of
the Fallen and Gears of War 3."
The structure of the album follows the form of
classical symphonies, where the turbulent and energetic
first movement is followed by a contemplative slow
movement providing a period of respite and
reflection.
Track Listing:
1. Waiting for Dawn to Break
The Battle Begins
2. Storming the City Heights
3. Mission Fail 1
4. A Soldier's Odyssey
Part 1: At a Soldier's Grave / Part 2: Engaging
the Enemy
5. A Soldier's Odyssey
Epilogue: Flowers at a
Monument
6. Sniper Attack
7. Confrontation from a Lo-Fi Dimension
Faraway Lands, Ancient
Times
8. Forgotten Steeples
9. Chase Through Crete
10. Between Eden and Distant Fields
11. Minotaur Battle
The Battle Must Go On
12. Fading Fortitude / The Battle Must Go
On
13. Farewell to the Pilot
14. Pilot Bombardier and Dogfights
15. The Wanderer
16. Broken Watch
17. Mission Fail 2 and Requiem
18. Airplane Bound for the Skies.
An award-winning composer for film, television and
video games, Penka Kouneva has scored 12 independent
features (Midnight Movie), 4 television films
(Ice Spiders) and several episodic TV shows
(Forensic Files, Modern Marvels). In
the world of video games she has composed music for
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
(alongside Steve Jablonsky) and orchestrated on
Gears of War 2 & 3, The Sims 3,
Transformers, World of Warcraft,
StarCraft II, Diablo III, Dragon
Age II, The Lord of the Rings: War In The
North. Penka is
also widely recognized for her talent as Lead
Orchestrator on films such as Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the
Fallen, Transformers: Dark of the
Moon, Pirates of the Caribbean: At
World's End, Tim
Burton's 9, Sherlock Holmes, Angels and Demons, and the hit TV shows True
Blood (HBO) and Revenge
(ABC).