VANESSA VAN HELSING and THE SPACE TRUCKERS

April 26, 2021

TV’s VAN HELSING, Stuart Gordon’s SPACE TRUCKERS, Get 1st Time Soundtracks from MSM

MovieScore Media presents the first soundtrack album for the Syfy series VAN HELSING. The album contains the score from seasons one through five, composed by Rich Walters. VAN HELSING is set in the near future, where vampires have risen and taken control. Vanessa Van Helsing, distant relative of famous vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing, is resurrected only to find that she is humanity’s last hope, as her unique blood composition gives her the ability to turn vampires human. With this secret weapon, Vanessa becomes a prime target for the vampires. The show’s fifth and final season premiered last week and currently airs every Friday night on Syfy. Rich Walters is a musician and composer based in Vancouver, BC, who is known for composing music for a variety of media, including such films as OLYMPUS, SCORCHED EARTH, THE SHOW, DEAD RISING: ENDGAME, RING OF FIRE).

The same label will also release the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1996 science fiction comedy SPACE TRUCKERS directed by Stuart Gordon and starring Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff, Debi Mazar, Charles Dance, with a cameo from Gordon regular Barbara Crampton. The story concerns John Canyon, one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Bad times have forced him to carry suspicious cargo to Earth without asking questions. During the flight, the cargo turns out to be a multitude of virtually unstoppable killer robots. The soundtrack album features the film’s original score composed by Colin Towns (THE HAUNTING OF JULIA, THE PUPPET MASTERS, RAWHEAD REX).

Both soundtracks will be available digitally on May 14, 2021.

More information will be available shortly at MovieScore Media

– via filmmusicreporter

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