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A message of hope, love, and beauty is now available on the Sony Masterworks at all digital and streaming outlets such as iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, Spotify, and others. One hundred thirty-five of London’s finest musicians gathered at Abbey Road Studios to record MAX AND ME including one of the most expressive solo artists of our generation, concert violinist Joshua Bell. Polish priest Maximillian Kolbe, tortured at Auschwitz asked those around him to not be overcome with hatred but to love for “Only love is creative.” His compassion lead him to sacrificially die in Auschwitz’s starvation bunker to help a man with children survive. The film makers, musicians and I hope this message of hope, love, and beauty amidst great darkness will be enjoyed by many and spread widely. A portion of each sale goes to the Shoa Foundation, Word Vision and Catholic Relief Services. Max and Me is dedicated to the memory of choral master and mentor Robert Salvatore Ruberto 1932-2016.  (See full tribute here.)

For more information and pictures please visit https://markmckenzie.org/max-and-me-on-sony-classical/

MAX AND ME

1. I Am (w/ Joshua Bell on violin) 1:13
2. Two Crowns Vision 1:22
3. Head in the Clouds Over You 2:16
4. You Could be Anything 2:44
5. In the Trenches 2:29
6. If You Are So Intelligent Why Don’t You Believe? 5:22
7. Ask and it Will Be Given to You 1:25
8. When I’m Saying Me I Mean You   :51
9. Dare To Dream Bigger  1:51
10. A Mother’s Prayer (w/ Joshua Bell on violin) 3:10
11. Dapper Duds   1:50
12. Sunset Hug 1:49
13. I’m Sorry 3:02
14. Nazi Brutality 3:17
15. Prayer For Peace 3:40
16. Auschwitz Cries  2:56
17. Only Love is Creative 2:37
18. I Love You (w/ Joshua Bell on violin) 4:00
19. Triumph Over Fear   3:20
20. He Was Always With Me 1:50
21. I Believe in You 4:12
22. Heaven’s Welcome 2:28

“finest film music yet for 2018…a triumphant ravishing masterwork”  American Music Preservation

“score of the year…staggeringly beautiful” Movie Music UK

“score of the year…boundless expression of joy” Movie-wave.net

“score of the year…tender, heartfelt, soaring, gorgeous” Score Zone

“one of the best scores of the year… you’re going to have goosebumps.” Cinematic Sound

“stunningly beautiful…profound” Movie Music International

“An ode to symphonic beauty…do not miss this celebration of life and love” Soundtrack Dreams

Collectors have written to ask if there will be a CD release on Max and Me as there was on Dos Corazones’ The Greatest Miracle.  Sony Classical has only planned Max and Me for a digital release so the answer is no. Still we are grateful to Sony Masterworks for the release of this work at all streaming and digital download outlets around the world.  The credits and pictures that would normally be inside a CD are listed below.

Violin Soloist: Joshua Bell
Soundtrack Available on Sony Masterworks
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London
Recording Engineer: Peter Cobbin
Mixed at 21st Century Fox Newman Scoring Stage
Mixing Engineer: Armin Steiner
Conductor: Gordon Johnson
Choir:  London Voices
Chorus Masters: Terry Edwards and Ben Parry
Solo Vocalist:  Clara Sanabras
Boys Choir: Libera
Libera Choir Director: Robert Prizeman
Orchestra Leader: Thomas Bowes
Piano: Dave Arch
Boy Soloist: Issac London
Wooden Recorders: Helen Keen
Guitar: John Parricelli
Orchestra Contractor: Isobel Griffiths
Assistant Orchestra Contractor: Susie Gillis
Supervising Music & Scoring Editor: Marc S Perlman MPSE
Additional Music Editing:  David Lai
Music Preparation: Gregg Nestor
Mastering Engineer: Patricia Sullivan
Assistant Recording Engineer: John Barrett
Assistant Mixing Engineer: Christine Russell

In addition to Robert Ruberto and those listed above the composer would like to thank producers Pablo Barroso and Claudia Nemer, Sony Classical’s Mark Cavell, writer Bruce Morris, Animators Paty Garcia-Pena, Gregorio Nunez, legal help Gary Fine and Angela Shirley, the Sony team Lynn Lendway, Stacie Negas, Jennifer Liebeskind, and Beth Miller, Stephen Ritzenthaler, Jerry Goldsmith, David Baker, Nancy Rice Baker, Morten Lauridsen, Michael Cunningham, Ivar Lunde, Sue, Megan and Mollie McKenzie.