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Amy Lee in Studio with Evanescence working on New LP
Evanescence’s Amy Lee has unveiled her new song “Speak to Me,” the end credits theme from the upcoming thriller Voice From the Stone.
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“There are many reasons why I felt inspired to work on this project,” Lee said in a statement. “Voice From the Stone tells the haunting story of Verena, a nurse who is asked to aid a young boy who has fallen silent after the sudden passing of his mother; Verena is brought in to help him speak again. As a new mother myself, the film resonated very deeply with me. ”
The film stars Game of Thrones’ Emilia Clarke in the role of Verena, with Lee’s ghostly ballad capturing the tone of the supernatural saga.
“I had the opportunity to work closely with Eric Howell, who directed the film, and Michael Wandmacher, who composed the score,” Lee continued. “I was very moved by the movie, and after having my first conversation with Eric and Michael, I felt a surge of inspiration and immediately began writing. It is a rare phenomenon to really share a creative vision so completely, and that made for a very powerful experience, and an end result that I am very proud of.”
Howell also directed the “Speak to Me” music video, which will arrive next week. “We conceived the video as a parallel and backstory to the film, which explores the strong bond of love between Malvina and her son, and the belief that love is stronger than death,” Lee said of the Sicily-shot video. In April 2016, Lee shared behind-the-scenes footage of the “Speak to Me” recording session.
In addition to “Speak to Me” and her recent solo work, Lee is back in the studio with Evanescence working on the band’s new LP, due out this fall. [Source]
‘Voice From the Stone’ Trailer featuring Amy Lee
Voice From the Stone is based on Italian writer Silvio Raffo’s 1996 novel by the same name, and the film includes haunting music courtesy of Evanescence’s Amy Lee, whose original song “Speak to Me” will play over the closing credits (and is the most terrifying name for a song possible given the film’s plot).
You can check out the trailer for Emilia Clarke’s latest big-screen venture here via USA Today—but don’t say we didn’t warn you if you need to sleep with the light on after:
Amy Lee – “Love Exists” (Official Lyric Video)
Amy Lee has posted the official lyric video to Love Exists. We are excited to share this news with you. Enjoy!
EVANESCENCE Working On New Music
According to Amy Lee‘s publicists at Mercenary Publicity, the EVANESCENCE singer and her bandmates are currently in the studio working on new music, expected later this year.
Lee hinted in an interview with AOL last fall that the band was gearing up to make new music, but that it might not take the form of a traditional album release. Lee explained: “We have some new little plan in store, but I don’t wanna give it away yet. But there is some new EVANESCENCE stuff that we’re starting at, but it’s not exactly the most traditional thing. It’s not just, ‘Okay, we’re gonna make a new album right now.’ Not that that’s not coming, but first there’s something else that’s a little bit special and different and [that is] gonna take you down a different path that we wanna try.”
Lee said a while back that she doesn’t use record sales as a gauge for success these days. “Well, you just can’t judge it the same way you used to and by the same model,” she explained. “Having people hear and connect to your song isn’t directly linked to record sales, that’s for sure. I think it may be more accurate to look at how many views on YouTube or something. I’m cool about it. We’ve had a lot of success in the past and that’s awesome. I don’t look at it like this daunting thing that we have to live up to, I look at it like this really positive, awesome thing that wouldn’t have been able to happen if we’d come out for the first time this year.”
Lee also told AOL that EVANESCENCE is “really having a good time as a band right now. Everybody’s just gelling really well together and playing really well together.”
Happy Valentines Day from Amy Lee
Via Amy Lee on Facebook! Happy Valentine’s Day! Create your own #LoveExists Valentine featuring my new song LOVE EXISTS and share it with someone you love! http://amyleevalentine.me
Amy Lee has released a new Solo Track
It’s called ‘Love Exists’, and was created as an ‘interactive valentine’.
What’s that? Well, you can head here, listen to the song, choose some art to accompany it and then send it to whoever you like for Valentine’s Day.
Here’s the song:
N’aww.
“Love is anything but simple,” Amy has commented.
“…it manifests itself in countless forms. It can be inconvenient. Painful. Easier to ignore than to trust. But we are still connected, despite how alone we feel sometimes. Can we be brave enough to love, knowing it’s going to hurt? Can we drop our cynicism long enough to see beyond the frustrations, the discontentment, the fear of the unknown and the anger for all we can’t control?”
“Love is all around. Even in the darkest places. And it is worth everything. Look out, look in. Love exists.”
Her next single ‘Speak To Me’ is released April 28. [Source]
Amy Lee on Facebook “Speak To Me”
When I was in Italy filming the video for “Speak To Me,” I fell in love with a song I heard on the radio there. L’amore Esiste by Francesca Michielin. It seemed to follow me everywhere, got under my skin and just wouldn’t leave. I couldn’t stop listening to it, over and over the whole way home. I started piecing together what the lyrics meant and wrote my own twist on them in English. I showed my idea to one of my dream producers, Guy Sigsworth, and somehow convinced him to come to New York and re-create the song with me. Dave Eggar contributed his lush string arrangement and we all just lived in this song for a week at Flux Studios on the lower east side.
What an incredibly fulfilling experience it was to make this beautiful thing. And with such a talented, down-to-earth, and inspired team- with no rules or limitations beyond the ones we created. Guy pushed me in new ways and I learned a few things. It was a unique honor to work beside someone I admire so much on something that at the time had no plan, no album to go on, and made no sense other than how good it felt. It’s easy to get bogged down by the “point” sometimes, when what matters most in my opinion, in music-making, is following your heart. Finding a way to satisfy that deep need to express something that can’t be said with words alone.
Love is anything but simple. And it manifests itself in countless forms. It can be inconvenient. Painful. Easier to ignore than to trust. But we are still connected, despite how alone we feel sometimes. Can we be brave enough to love, knowing it’s going to hurt? Can we drop our cynicism long enough to see beyond the frustrations, the discontentment, the fear of the unknown and the anger for all we can’t control? Love is all around. Even in the darkest places. And it is worth everything. Look out, look in. Love exists.
Artwork by Jennybird Alcantara
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Indie film “Blind” featuring music by Amy Lee & Dave Eggar
Amy Lee seems to be diving deeper into the world of film music. After War Story, INDIGO GREY and Voice From The Stone, it was revealed in an interview with A Child Grows in Brooklyn that Lee was writing music for a fourth film. On September 14th, an MTV News article stated that the new movie was title Blind, written by John Buffalo Mailer, directed by Michael Mailer and starring Alec Baldwin and Demi Moore. The composer of the film’s score is Dave Eggar, with whom Amy has previously collaborated on Aftermath, the soundtrack to War Story. According to @EvTod, Chuck Palmer is also part of the film’s score team. It is still unknown to what extent (closing titles song, score etc.) Amy is involved in the soundtrack.
On September 15th, it was announced via an official Press Release that the movie will be premiering for the first time at Woodstock Film Festival in New York on October 13th, 2016. You can download the festival’s program, featuring Blind, by clicking here. Articles on Daily Freeman and IndieWire also talk about the movie’s world premier. A trailer is still to be released, while the movie is expected go to cinemas around the world later this year. [Source]
Watch Amy Lee Compose Closing Title Song
Over the last few years, Evanescence vocalist Amy Lee have found herself more and more engrossed in the film world, working on several score pieces. Her latest project finds the singer showcasing both her vocal and piano playing talents to create a closing title song for the film Voice From the Stone.
In the clip above, Lee takes viewers behind the scenes of her sessions at Skywalker Ranch as she lays down haunting vocals and delivers a piano melody that will eventually be used for the film. The piece is called “Speak To Me” and as you can see, it also plays well over several scenes from the movie. The clip soundtracks a woman’s entry through gates toward a perfectly green landscaped entryway to an epic castle, some romantic moments between the film’s cast and more.
The movie is described as a Hitchcock fairy tale, a mysterious and suspenseful romance set in 1950’s Tuscany. Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke is the lead, with Marton Csokas, Caterina Murino, Remo Girone, Lisa Gastoni and Edward Dring rounding out the film’s key cast members.
Read More: Watch Amy Lee Compose ‘Voice From the Stone’ Closing Song | http://loudwire.com/watch-amy-lee-closing-title-song-voice-from-the-stone/?trackback=tsmclip
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