Hero: Interview with Kelvin Galloza
The Hollywood based G Empire Music has released a second addition to its library, Hero. The debut album, Legendary City grounded a classic, epic music style which is reflected in Hero.
The album is featuring 18 cues incorporate the whole spectrum of heroism – “from intimate and romantic tales of heroism and love, to the driving and adrenaline inducing exultations of epic guitar and choir, Hero has it all.”
We asked one of the composers, Kelvin Galloza to share some details about Hero.
Trailer Music News: What was your inspiration when you wrote the cues?
Kelvin Galloza: Well, Hero has been about a nine month collaboration between me and my partner Ryan Fisk and I think we can both agree that film music itself was the biggest inspiration we had when we were writing these cues. We are very grateful to be able to do this for a living and to us the greatest reward has been the great response we get from our fans and friends in the industry.
TMN: Can you share some stories of creating this album?
KG: The making of the album was a terrific experience. From live recordings to the countless hours spent sitting in our studios, I can honestly say we had a blast. And even though we had several moments of frustration, overall it was kind of like being a little kid in a toy store, we had a lot of fun.
TMN: Which is your favorite track? Why?
KG: To me, my favorite cue has to be Conqueror because of the epic journey it takes you on. Ryan’s favorite cue is “Tonight We Invade” to which he describes as the perfect combination of epic adventure and romance. (You can find the preview of conqueror at the 1:55 mark in the medley and “Tonight We Invade” is at the 0:37 mark)
TMN: In your opinion what makes this album unique?
KG: Well with Hero we didn’t want to pen ourselves into any one specific style. We wanted the album to reflect a taste of the entire ‘Heroic Spectrum’, and in our opinion we accomplished that. The final product offers a cue for every hero based film: from ethnic to sci-fi and everything in between. Also, we think this library brings a sound that is in a way still very unexplored. We’d like to think that the cues in Hero do a good job of telling a familiar story in a universal language that we can all understand. In doing this, we hope Hero can make it easier for our friends in the motion picture advertising world to establish a stronger emotional connection between the audience and the project that will ultimately increase release anticipation.
TMN: What kind of movies would your tracks advertise the best?
KG: We think Hero can fit anything from intimate and romantic movies to the driving, adrenaline pumping blockbusters we all love to see.
TMN: Thank you for your answers.
Hero is currently not available to the public for purchase. For licensing information, contact G Empire Music.
