MovieScore Media has produced a third volume in the label’s annual compilation series devoted to original music written for short films, Short Cuts 2020: The Best of Original Short Motion Picture Scores. At the same time, the label announces the creation of a completely new sub-label that will focus on the growing, much overlooked field of music from shorts.

“Producing the third instalment of the annual Short Cuts compilation was more of a challenge this time, most likely because of the limitations brought upon film production due to the pandemic,” said MovieScore Media’s producer Mikael Carlsson. “We were still able to collect an eclectic range of excellent original short film scores from both industry veterans and talented newcomers – the kind of wonderful mix that was aslo the trademark of the first two collections. The number of high quality short film scores out there is so impressive that working on these three compilation albums lead to the creation of a new MovieScore Media digital sub-label devoted exclusively to single and EP releases of short film scores. The label name? Short Cuts, of course!” 

One of the scores featured on the Short Cuts 2020 compilation, Matthijs Kieboom’s award nominated music for The Cloudmaker, also marks the first release on the new Short Cuts label on May 14, 2021. Other notable works featured on the 15 track compilation album are the multiple award-winning shorts Javelina Run (music by Steffen Schmidt), A Father’s Job (Robin Hoffmann), Sclera Absentia (Joe Kraemer) and Altered Mind of 20-20 (Elia Cmiral). 

MMS21017 SHORT CUTS 2020: THE BEST OF ORIGINAL SHORT MOTION PICTURE SCORES 
Release date (digital): May 28, 2021
Release date (CD): TBC