The producers and directors of the feature-length documentary
SCALA CLUB CINEMA
are thrilled to announce that the brilliant
BARRY ADAMSON
has joined the project as composer
The Scala (1978-1993) was the world's most influential and notorious cinema, with over a million people passing through its doors for revolutionary double-bills and all-nighters of classics, cult movies, horror, kung fu, LGBT+ and music. Among its audiences were young musicians including Barry Adamson who was inspired by a screening of The Man With the Golden Arm (dir Otto Preminger, 1955) with its iconic Elmer Bernstein score to create his first solo single. Interviewed for the Scala Club Cinema documentary, Adamson said, “I came to see it here three times, it was like a study group for me. I had to know every nuance of the film, and how the music worked. It was also giving me a lesson in how I was going to go on and score films as well, I was very intrigued by the whole structure".
Known as a composer of diverse complexity, Adamson has since worked with some of the film industry's most intriguing maverick directors, including Derek Jarman (The Last of England), David Lynch (Lost Highway), Oliver Stone (Natural Born Killers), Danny Boyle (The Beach), and Carol Morley (Dreams of a Life).
Scala Club Cinema co-directors Jane Giles and Ali Catterall said, "This is a dream come true. Not only does Barry have a very deep understanding of how film music works but as a former member of the Scala audience he's ideally placed to capture the incredible atmosphere of the King's Cross cinema".
Barry Adamson said: "It's great to be invited to partake in the making of such an important slice of cultural history".
Scala Club Cinema is currently in post-production for release in 2022. Scala Club Cinema has been part-funded by the BFI Doc Society and is currently being crowdfunded in a campaign which ends on Monday 1st November 2021 - click the link above for more.
