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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE

DIRECTED BY DAVID CRONENBERG

WITH ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSED BY

THREE TIME ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNER HOWARD SHORE



ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK OUT ON

NEW LINE RECORDS OCTOBER 11TH



(Los Angeles, CA - September 28, 2005) A History of Violence, which premiered at
Cannes this past May, will receive its North American premiere at the Toronto
International Film Festival in September. The original soundtrack will be
released on New Line Records on October 11th. A History of Violence marks the
11th collaboration between director David Cronenberg and composer Howard Shore
(The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, King Kong).



A History of Violence is directed by acclaimed filmmaker David Cronenberg
(Crash, Spider, Dead Ringers) and stars Viggo Mortensen (The Lord of the Rings,
Hidalgo), Maria Bello (The Cooler), William Hurt (The Village, Kiss of the
Spider Woman), Ed Harris (Pollack) and newcomer Ashton Holmes.



Of late, composer Howard Shore may best be recognized for his work on The Lord
of the Rings trilogy, which earned him three Academy Awards®, two for Best
Original Score (The Fellowship of the Ring and The Return of the King) and one
for Best Original Song for his collaboration with Annie Lennox and Fran Walsh on
the song "Into the West" featured in The Return of the King. (with Annie Lennox
for The Return Of The King).



Howard Shore has said that his writing for the films of David Cronenberg has
been the foundation for all of his film music compositions. His longstanding
collaboration with David Cronenberg has produced the scores to eleven films -
The Brood (1979), Scanners (1980), Videodrome (1983), The Fly (1986), Dead
Ringers (1988), Naked Lunch (1990), M. Butterfly (1993), Crash (1996), eXistenZ
(1999), Spider (2002) and now A History of Violence (2005).



As Shore describes in the liner notes, "A History of Violence is my 11th film
collaboration with director David Cronenberg. As David does in so much of his
work, he internalizes the story to make a personal statement. We explored the
idea of the film as a classic Western where the visceral battle between good and
evil is examined."



In Millbrook, Indiana, Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) and his wife (Maria Bello)
live a happy and quite life with their two children. Their idyllic existence is
shattered when Tom foils a vicious attempted robbery in his diner. Heralded as
a hero, Tom's life is changed overnight, attracting a national media circus,
which forces him into the spotlight. Uncomfortable with his newfound celebrity,
Tom tries to return to the normalcy of his ordinary life only to be confronted
by a mysterious and threatening man (Ed Harris) who arrives in town believing
Tom is the man who's wronged him in the past.



It's the duality of Tom's nature that Shore addresses with the score. "The main
character, Tom Stall, struggles with his own capacity for violence," said Shore.
"The composition and its counterpoint were constructed to reflect Tom's dual
nature.The film portrays the consequences of violence and its effect on family
and community."



In select theaters on September 30 and opening wide in October, New Line Cinema
Presents A Benderspink Production, A History of Violence. Directed by David
Cronenberg, from a screenplay by Josh Olsen, based on the graphic novel by John
Wagner and Vince Locke, the film is produced by Chris Bender and JC Spink. The
film also stars William Hurt, Ashton Holmes, Stephen McHattie, Peter MacNeill,
and Ed Harris.



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