Frank Ilfman

Rory's Way: the Etruscan Smile / O.s.t. Frank Ilfman

KRONOS RECORDS is once again very happy and thrilled to work with our friend

Frank Ilfman (Big Bad Wolves) to release the emotionally-charged music for RORY'S

WAY, based on Jose Luis Sampedro's novel The Etruscan Smile and starring acclaimed

British actor Brian Cox in the lead role. RORY'S WAY is a gorgeous Celtic-flavoured

orchestral score that will steal your heart and take you on board Rory's journey of

transformation and healing.

Frank Ilfman originally studied trombone and piano at the Jaffa Conservatorium of

Music, then at the age of thirteen he was joined the Tel Aviv Dixieland Band where he

played lead trombone in addition to arranging for them. His passion for film music

was ignited when a visit to Bavaria Studios got him introduced to German composer

Klaus Doldinger, who was scoring The Neverending Story at that time. Since starting

out, Frank had scored over sixty films and television projects. His breakthrough was

written for Big Bad Wolves whose music won a Saturn Award shortly after being issued

by MovieScore Media. Some of Ilfman's other recent credits include the monster

movie Abulele, the supernatural thriller Sensoria (also available from ScreamWorks

Records) and the new logo of Legendary Pictures.

"Rory's Way is a very emotional and heartfelt story with a strong Celtic identity," explains

Frank Ilfman about his contributions to the picture. "The music is very melodic

in its core, using a large orchestra comprise of strings, winds, percussion and some

Celtic instruments to represent Rory's heritage. I composed three themes that represent

Rory's character, his son and Rory's relationship with his grandson always keeping

central the strong emotions between the three generations."

The album is produced by our old friend Mikael Carlsson of MovieScore Media who

has also released the digital edition of this soundtrack.