Awaken (Original Motion Picture Score)

The music for Awaken is courtesy of Brian Ralston and Kays Al-Atrakchi who share an equal credit for the creation of the score. Ralston is a graduate of USC where he studied under such luminaries as Christopher Young, Elmer Bernstein and David Raksin. His more recent credits include the teen heist film Graduation, the coming of age drama Don't Fade Away and the lacrosse underdog story Crooked Arrows. His partner Kays Al-Atrakchi was born in the Italian city of Florence, but moved to Boston at the age of 17 to study at Berklee where he discovered film music for himself. His credits include the military thriller The Objective, the political comedy Mayor Cupcake and the behind-the-scenes documentary Life After Pi, in addition to a number of theme show attractions. The two composers previously worked together with Mark Atkins on the Syfy original movie Battle of Los Angeles (2011). Awaken has done very well on the film festival circuit as it found the appropriate festivals for its female, action driven content and won quite a few awards as a result, such as Best Feature at the Artemis Women in Action Film Festival, Best Actress at the Sunscreen Film Festival in Florida and the Grand Jury Award at the Honolulu Film Festival and Best Feature Film at the LA Movie Awards. With his final thoughts, Brian recalls how this film took them to places they'd never imagine they could go:We would have never thought this was a festival bound film especially due to its genre, but it has continued to surprise us over and over again and is being accepted and reviewed extremely well by audiences. I think they get what we are trying to do and with a fun story performed by our amazing cast. Folks are certainly entertained by it. And in the end isn't this the whole point?