• This month, all the Trailer Music fans are watching in the same direction, and many of you (everyone?) are wondering the same thing: when will PoD be released ?
• I asked Thomas: "It will not be done until the 16th of march. Genesis should follow shortly."
• No release date for this one, but it's just a matter of weeks now. Thanks to Thomas for his answer.
• Fired Earth Music will release Fantazium in April. It will encompass the "Fantasy, Heroic Adventure, Family Fun, Romance, Humor and Mischief" styles.
• Audiomachine updated their Facebook page with a video of the recording session for Platinum 4 The album is slated for release this spring.
• EDIT : The video was removed from the page; don't know why.
• EDIT 2 : Thomas updated his blog with this message : "Guys, although I appreciate the excitement surrounding Power of Darkness, I really don’t understand it :) Keep in mind that this is still not a commercial album and will only be available to our clients. The actual shipping date is 16th of March but that doesn’t mean there will be demos on our site by then. It will not appear in the Extreme online catalogue either, so there’s really nothing to be excited about when it comes down to it :)
  Best,
  Thomas"

They are going to release more albums via iTunes and Amazon:

      " Hi Everyone! We're amazed and honored to see 600 fans on our page! Thanks again to everyone's nice comments. We'd like to let you know that Epic Action & Adventure Vols. 2 & 5 (ES002, ES012) will be released on iTunes and Amazon on March 19. (hopefully iTunes will make that date) And more cool stuff is in the works as we speak! Cheers. -gabe " 

Hoy, hoy! Erik Ekholm announced the title of Brickwall Audio's next album: Cataclysm.  He also shared the cover art and revealed that there will be a collectors edition, but what extra goods will be inculded is still unknown. However we don't have to wait so much to find out, because the release date is scheduled end of March. So far listen to a new song, Spirit of the Hero which will be featured on Cataclysm.

Hoy, hoy! It only took 4 years to write our first review. (Applause) But if I don't want to be so strict with ourselves it only took 2. This was scheduled for a long time. So let me introduce our first review about the most anticipated release of trailer music world so far: Epicon. I must add if I would write this in 2006 I would have wrote some things otherwise. I decided to include into the article the effects of this release to the trailer music wolrd. It might seem that this revalues the album, but it is a great album anyway. (It might counted one star.) I also would like to thanks the contribution of greg and Mike who helped me out sometimes and checked my writing before the publishing.

"Globus. This word means a lot, but for those who have a clue what trailer music is, this word beats their heart. Globus was created by Yoav Goren in 2006 who is almost a semi-god in the trailer music business. Globus' live debut at Wembley's Grand Hall, in London, where they played songs from their first studio album Epicon, was an enormous success." Read more >>

As many of you may know if you've been watching our Twitter feed, we've been ReTweeting some tweets by E.S. Posthumus.  E.S. Posthumus recently reworked their website, and just last month have built quite a presence on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.  All these sites are dutifully updated by "The Guru" (aka their web designer), as she relays messages from the Vonlichten Brothers.

Tidbits like,

"ESP is back in the studio working on something very heavy duty. More details to come soon........"

Sounds intriguing!  There was also a hinting at a Vinyl release of Makara, if there's enough interest.

If you haven't started following E.S. Posthumus on Twitter and Facebook, and you're thinking, "Why should I bother?  They just write awesome music.  Do I really need to be reminded of that with random tweets and Facebook messages?", then, well, I'm not sure we can really convince you.  But, for everyone else, you might be surprised to hear that The Guru is holding occasional contests, for autographed CD's.  That's got to be pretty cool right? (It is.)

The question for the contest that's running now is "What is the title of the ESP song that is used in conjunction with Posthumus Zone during NFL games?".  My best guesses would either be 'Unstoppable' or 'Arise', but we'll find out today (March 4) at 5PM EST what the answer is.  I have no clue what the answer is, but perhaps we'll find out March 5 6 at 5PM EST.  You can head on over there to join the discussion, and post your answer.

UPDATE: The contest is still running; there's still time to enter!  Now into Day 3!

And come on.  Who doesn't want to know what Franz and Helmut are up to?

...because it does look like they're up to something..

^{(via E.S. Posthumus's Facebook)}

• Have you noticed Sonic Symphony has signed with Ravenwood Music? If not then immediately visit their site and listen to Sonic Symphony's first album, Epica. It's worth trying out, as they make a-bit-above-the-average stuff.  Their track Rising Force Remix was recently featured in the ad campaign for "Sherlock Holmes".

• Abaco Music has recently released a new album, namely Big Screen Promos. Surprisingly this album is not bad; maybe you will find some interesting tracks here, e.g. City of the Dead.

Hoy, hoy! The internet's favorite trailer music company, Two Steps From Hell, posted a new song called 'Promise'. The track was composed by Thomas J. Bergersen and features the talented cellist Tina Guo. Instead of epic orchestral choir, it's a slowly evolving heavenly melody which is perfect for relaxing.

Looking for a minimalistic melody for a beginning of a trailer which underscores opening dialogue leaving them talking but not dull? Looking for a perfect start? Look no further than the new album by Q-Factory,  Sparse & subtle setups. 

"This collection of spacious and simple music compositions has been especially tailored for the opening segments of film trailers. These cues are designed to leave openings for dialogue, narration and sound effects and to create tension and/or anticipation using a minimalistic approach."

p.s. did you know q-factory got a page at Facebook? 

Hoy, hoy!

• Erik Ekholm uploaded a new track to YouTube: Lord of Dragons. Clikc here to know more details about this song.
• Did you know that John Samuel Hanson's Pandora was originally composed for a trailer of Cameron's Avatar? thx to Jack
• E.S. Posthumus uploaded an awesome video of Unstoppable scoring session.

Hoy, hoy! I just checked the forum on Soundsonline.com which I didn't do very often in the past few months. Sadly, because I ran into some realy good songs.

• I would like to start with the winner of the 2009 Eastwest/Quantum Leap contest: "From Hell He Comes" by Timo Pierre Rositzki and runner-up prise for Halvor Hem for his work "Presto".
• smoothielova posted this choir piece: Justic League
• Richard Emmet composed a traier music like track called Conquest
• andrewmount shared his adventure theme here
• Philip Lober wrote a  music compositon named Empire
• Denny S. posted a nice orchestral song