A NEW MUSICAL ENCOUNTER FOR KOUNEVA

May 15, 2019

Penka Kouneva has scored Paul J. Salamoff’s science fiction thriller ENCOUNTER – set for October 1 release

encounter posterIn a news brief posted yesterday, Variety reports that Vega Baby Releasing has acquired Paul J. Salamoff’s alien thriller ENCOUNTER. The film stars Luke Hemsworth, Anna Hutchinson, Tom Atkins, Cheryl Texiera, Dean S. Jagger, Vincent M. Ward and Christopher Showerman in story about a group of grief-stricken friends dealing with a recent tragedy who encounter an otherworldly organism with uncertain intentions. When they bring the alien object home, they soon discover that it holds greater secrets that they could have imagined.

Penka Kouneva (PRIMROSE LANE, THE THIRD NAIL, MIDNIGHT MOVIE, TV’s FORENSIC FILES and MODERN MARVELS) has scored the movie.

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Penka Kouneva

ENCOUNTER is set for a multi-platform release on Oct. 1, according to VarietyThe film is produced by Amy Bailey and executive produced by Rob Hollocks. Vega Baby will be handling domestic distribution; Octane Entertainment will be handling foreign sales for the title and will be bringing it to market at Cannes.

– via variety and filmmusicreporter

Watch the film’s January 2019 trailer:

 

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