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John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Amy Schumer And J.J. Abrams On The Red Carpet For Dan Trachtenberg’s 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE

By Michelle McCue | March 9, 2016

PICTURED: Dan Trachtenberg,John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr, J.J. Abrams. -PHOTO by: Dave Allocca/Starpix.

It’s time to discover the “Cloververse”. Check out the photos of the cast of 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE as they walked the red carpet in New York along with director Dan Trachtenberg, producer J.J. Abrams and comedian Amy Schumer.

PICTURED: John Goodman and Mary Elizabeth Winstead .-PHOTO by: Dave Allocca/Starpix.

PICTURED: Mary Elizabeth Winstead.-PHOTO by: Dave Allocca/Starpix.

PICTURED: J.J. Abrams .-PHOTO by: Dave Allocca/Starpix.

PICTURED: Amy Schumer and J.J. Abrams.-PHOTO by: Dave Allocca/Starpix.

PICTURED: Dan Trachtenberg, director.-PHOTO by: Dave Allocca/Starpix.

Hollywood first recognized Trachtenberg’s talents with his Black Box TV short “More Than You Can Chew.” But in 2011 his short film “Portal: No Escape” (based on the popular Valve video game) debuted on YouTube to over 1 million hits in 24 hours. At this time, the short has over 17 million views on YouTube.

Currently, Trachtenberg is hard at work developing his original “Crime of the Century” for Chris Morgan Productions (Fast Five/Wanted) at Universal Studios, a pitch he developed with Dan Kunka. He also developed New Line Cinema’s adaptation of the award-winning comic book series “Y the Last Man.” And is sworn to secrecy on various other projects…

Sparks & Shadows, in association with Bad Robot and Paramount Pictures, announces the release of the soundtrack for 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE, featuring music by Bear McCreary (THE BOY, TV’s MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.). The film is the ‘spiritual successor’ to 2008’s CLOVERFIELD, the beloved science fiction/monster horror film.

Two years ago McCreary opened an envelope that contained a script with a red cover and a robot staring at him. He knew this might mean his first chance to work with J.J. Abrams and the team at Bad Robot. “I was riveted by the taut storytelling, kept guessing at every turn. I immediately saw the potential for a fantastic film, and was so excited I couldn’t sleep,” said McCreary.

A young woman wakes up after a terrible accident to find that she’s locked in a cellar with a doomsday prepper, who insists that he saved her life and that the world outside is uninhabitable following an apocalyptic catastrophe.

“Bear has written an incredible score for [director] Dan Trachtenberg’s 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE,” said producer J.J. Abrams. “It is tense, emotional music that gives the film scope and heart, augments the surprise and horror. It’s an homage to Herrmann, but wholly original at the same time. I’m deeply grateful to Bear for his contribution to this movie.”

“Walking out of our first meeting, I had the sensation that J.J. had just given me permission to write the score I’d always wanted to write,” McCreary described. “And Dan knew intuitively that the music could help provide an emotional core to the story, support the tension coming from threats both inside and outside the bunker, and give an epic sense of scale,” said McCreary.

Bear McCreary.-PHOTO by: Dave Allocca/Starpix.

With their blessing, McCreary went full steam ahead, assembling four different ensembles for the score: a traditional 90-piece orchestra, a smaller 45-piece string ensemble, a grouping of 30 celli and 8 bass, and a string quartet (The Calder Quartet). He combined these performances with two unusual instruments, the Yayli tanbur (played by Malachai Bandy) and the Blaster Beam.

The Blaster Beam is an experimental instrument built and played by Craig Huxley, best known for its use in Jerry Goldsmith’s score for STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE. McCreary reached out to Huxley and was invited to explore the instrument. “When I first saw the Blaster Beam, I could barely believe my eyes! I was giddy! It can best be described as a 15-foot-long pedal steel guitar, resembling an alien spaceship that lumbered off the pages of Heavy Metal magazine in the 1970’s. As soon as Craig played it, my imagination went into overdrive.”

Bad Robot and Paramount Pictures present 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE in theaters on March 11, 2016. Sparks & Shadows will release the 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE soundtrack digitally the same day, and on CD shortly thereafter.