“A triumphant ravishing masterworkā¦finest film music yet for 2018” American MusicĀ Preservation
“Staggeringly beautifulā¦score of the yearāĀ Movie Music UK
“Boundless expression of joyā¦score of the yearā Movie-wave.net
“Tender, heartfelt, soaring, gorgeousā¦score of the year”Ā Score Zone Score Zone
“You’re going to have goosebumpsā¦one of the best scores of the year.ā Cinematic Sound
“profoundā¦inspiring and haunting…stunningly beautiful.” Movie Music International
“An ode to symphonic beautyā¦do not miss this celebration of life and love” Soundtrack Dreams
“I was brought to tearsā¦the more I hear it the more I believe it is a truly theophanic work.” Ā The Click Track
Max and Me is a staggeringly beautiful score, filled to the brim with orchestral glory, soaring melodies, emotional themes, choral wonderment, and sublime instrumental solos…it has firmly anchored itself in place as the leadingĀ contender for 2018ās Score of the Yearā¦I genuinely canāt remember the last time I was so moved by a piece of new film music as I was by Max and Me…Anyone who loves film music in the way I love film music, who yearns for thematic grandeur, who craves emotional power, and who celebrates live orchestras and choirs, should seek out this astonishing score immediately, and then thank whatever deity or higher power is appropriate for the fact that Mark McKenzie is still being given the opportunity to write music like this.” Jonathan Broxton Movie Music UKĀ Ā
MAX AND ME is a triumphant, ravishingĀ masterwork – a glorious,Ā infinitely exquisite tribute to theĀ overpowering faith and inherent goodness alive within the human soulā¦the finest film music yet for 2018.Ā Ā McKenzieās startlingly beautiful music reaches layers, depths and textures of ethereal redemption and spiritual ascension stunningly realized and performed.Ā Ā Joshua Bellās superb virtuoso violin, along with the sublime vocal performance by The London Boys Choir, elevates the force and majesty of McKenzieās remarkable score to unimagined heights of tearful grandeur.”Steve Vertlieb American MusicĀ Preservation.”
Tender, heart-felt, soaring…McKenzieās music here certainly qualifies as amidst āthe bestā among his peers….Max and Me is score of the year material, gorgeous, soaring, and emotionally moving to the highest degree…What are you waiting for? Buy with confidence.Ā Anthony Aguilar Score ZoneĀ Ā
I feel I have been welcomed in a fairy tale world, both because of the atmosphere and of how incredibly, not of this earth beautiful the music of Mark McKenzie is…The essence of unconditional love, the essence of sacrifice dominates this sweeping composition which is not of this earthā¦.Max and Me is an ode to symphonic beauty, to music that transcends boundaries of all kinds…do not miss this celebration of life and love” Soundtrack Dreams.Ā
“outrageously beautiful, uplifting, inspiring music dripping with passion and emotion…Finally, when you think the highest pinnacle has surely been reached, you find out youāre wrong and up comes āHeavenās Welcomeā which is a triumphant, completely boundless expression of joy….I say with total confidence that this is my favorite film score of 2018.” James Southall Movie-wave.netĀ
“MAX AND ME is one of those scores that one listens to and before you know where you are, you have Goosebumps and hairs on the arms and back of the neck standing up.”Ā John Mansell Movie Music International















MAX AND ME
- I Am (w/ Joshua Bell on violin) 1:13
- Two Crowns Vision 1:22
- Head in the Clouds Over You 2:16
- You Could be Anything 2:44
- In the Trenches 2:29
- If You Are So Intelligent Why Donāt You Believe? 5:22
- Ask and it Will Be Given to You 1:25
- When Iām Saying Me I Mean You Ā :51
- Dare To Dream Bigger Ā 1:51
- A Motherās Prayer (w/ Joshua Bell on violin) 3:10
- Dapper Duds Ā 1:50
- Sunset Hug 1:49
- Iām Sorry 3:02
- Nazi Brutality 3:17
- Prayer For Peace 3:40
- Auschwitz Cries Ā 2:56
- Only Love is Creative 2:37
- I Love You (w/ Joshua Bell on violin) 4:00
- Triumph Over Fear Ā 3:20
- He Was Always With Me 1:50
- I Believe in You 4:12
- Heavenās Welcome 2:28
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:Ā London Voices
Chorus Masters: Terry Edwards and Ben Parry
Solo Vocalist:Ā 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:Ā David Lai
Music Preparation: Gregg Nestor
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.