Original score from the 2024 short directed by Chris Schmid, produced by Chris Schmid Studio.

THE STORY: The captivating lives of muskoxen, the resilient and majestic inhabitants of the Arctic tundra.

THE SCORE: “On the soundtrack for Unwavering, I worked with classical cellist Teodora Miteva to create freezing textures by experimenting with special playing techniques on the instruments. I also focused on a strong simple main theme which appears in the opening aswell as in the finale of the film creating a sonic bow over the whole film. The outstanding cinematic look from director and cinematographer Chris Schmid required a strong cinematic sound in the score, by having both big orchestral cues as well as small intimate cues driven only by electronic sound design and fragile string textures.” – Christian Heschl

THE COMPOSER: Austrian composer Christian Heschl started his music career by learning the trumpet and completing a jazz education before turning towards film scoring. Located in the heart of Vienna in his new state-of-the-art studio, Christian writes music across a wide repertoire of styles from live-recorded full orchestral scores, creating atmospheric soundscapes or composing for small intimate ensembles. Most recently, he composed the score to the new six part adventure series Lost Cities Revealed for Disney+. Further credits include the highly acclaimed NBC/SyFy documentary Like Hell I Won’t as well as the PBS/TerraMater Film-epos Hippo King directed by Emmy nominee Will Steenkamp.His music for Chris Schmid’s documentaries Frozen Warriors and Okavango, showcased on National Geographic, earned him various accolades at the Los Angeles Film Awards, LA Short Awards, New York Film Awards and at the CineFest LA. As a collaborator of Walter Mair, recent notable credits as score producer include the action blockbuster The Bricklayer and the AppleTV+ thriller series Laison directed by Stephen Hopkins (Lost in Space). 

SC24011 UNWAVERING (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Music Composed by CHRISTIAN HESCHL
Release date: August 16, 2024