Original score from the 2009-2010 action adventure feature films directed by Jack Perez, Mark Atkins, Eric Forsberg, Stuart Gillard and Rachel Lee Goldenberg, starring Lorenzo Lamas, Tomas Boykin, Paul Logan and Dominic Keating, produced by The Asylum and released by Warner Bros (USA).

THE STORY: The California coast is terrorized by two enormous prehistoric sea creatures as they battle each other for supremacy of the sea.

THE SCORE: Featuring music from the best known of The Asylum’s many cult movies, Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus, our Chris Ridenhour that focuses on his monster film score also features selections from ghost movie Haunting of Winchester House, the Mega Shark follow-up Mega Piranha and the studio’s monstrous take on Sherlock Holmes. Despite the fact that virtually all of Ridenhour’s scores are composed on a shoestring budget with almost just a couple of weeks to deliver 90 minutes of complex, action-dominated music, Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus is one example of the composer’s ability to invest originality into his music: here the shark is represented by quotes of music by Beethoven and the octopus by some elegant Bach. It is all really exciting, and above all – a load of fun!

MMS11006 • MEGA SHARK VS GIANT OCTOPUS: THE MONSTER FILM MUSIC OF CHRIS RIDENHOUR
Music Composed by CHRIS RIDENHOUR
Release date (CD/download): February 8, 2011