Above & Beyond and Darren Tate Create Upcoming Motion Picture Score

**Above & Beyond dropped the news that they teamed up with Darren Tate to create the score for The Last Glaciers!**

Progressive trance superstars Above & Beyond and Mondo Records boss Darren Tate have been working hard in the studio together to manifest a truly game-changing package of beats. In fact, this just may be their most eye-opening project to date, one that everyone should to pay close attention to. On Tuesday, March 22, also known as World Water Day, Above & Beyond’s very first motion picture score is set to release, and it’s for a full-length documentary called The Last Glaciers.

As you can tell by the title, the documentary is a call to action on the worsening climate crisis, directed and produced by Craig Leeson (award-winning filmmaker of A Plastic Ocean), Malcolm Wood, William Pfieffer, and Katrina Razon. The goal was to dig deeper into the warning that without a globally coordinated combination of solutions in the next ten years, we’re all in deep trouble; The alarm sounded by top climate scientists from organizations like NASA, the UN, Arctic Basecamp, INAIGEM, and ICIMOD. With no time to waste, The Last Glaciers team embarked on a four-year journey to explain climate science through a visually stunning story of our world’s melting glaciers.

It was an honor to be invited by Craig to compose the score for ‘The Last Glaciers.’ For the musical direction, we felt it important for the score to reflect the beauty of our changing planet that Craig had elegantly captured. Stylistically we wanted to combine our largely electronic musical background with live orchestra to create a hybrid score. It was important to us that the score both reflect the challenges facing the world today, and those faced by Craig as an individual and filmmaker over the course of filming. As well as conveying a sense of urgency, we wanted the score to portray an optimistic tone, and to encourage a positive call to action from the viewer
– Jono Grant from Above & Beyond

Throughout the film, you’ll be swept off to explore affected regions like Antarctica, the Himalayas, Alps, and the Andes, where the disappearance of ice is nothing short of terrifying, likely impacting the increase of extreme weather events. Featuring interviews with individuals who’ve been affected first hand including a cheesemaker in Nepal, as well as discussions with change-makers who’ve immersed themselves within Greta Thunberg‘s movement, you’ll be met with ideas and ways to become part of the solution. So, while we celebrate this major film score milestone for Above & Beyond, we suggest you make your way over to IMAX for an educational experience that just may change the way we treat our fragile planet.

I am very excited to be part of this project as the message could not be of more importance (nor more urgent). Our planet is in peril and across the globe, action needs to be taken.When it came to the score we wanted to convey the challenges Craig faced, not only in getting this movie made and getting the message across but the physical challenges he had to endure; while appreciating the magnificence of the glaciers in all their beauty and the awe-inspiring cinematography. We wanted broad, triumphant themes (reminiscent of Horner, Silvestri, Goldsmith, and Williams) that represented his determination to do this; underlined with percussion and electronica which re-enforces the seriousness of the task ahead. We also wanted to paint a picture of hope; such as the theme that plays when the children protest at the very end; reminding us there is still time if we take decisive action now.
– Darren Tate

Pre-save The Last Glaciers soundtrack album on your favorite music platform and continue on for the documentary teaser, set to hit IMAX on Tuesday, March 22.