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Steve Jablonsky: “Ender’s Game is Big But Also Very Personal”

Ender’s Game composer Steve Jablonsky has given a brief statment about his score for the film, out November 1 2013.

“Ender’s Game is big but also very personal, which is an interesting combination for any composer. For some scenes, I’m using an 80 piece orchestra and 32 member choir, while in other scenes I am using a simple solo instrument. Ender is a very isolated character for much of the film so I felt that a solo cello would play that isolation nicely and it became an important element in the score.”

Listen to three tracks from the score on SoundCloud:

Ender’s War

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Stay Down

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Battle School

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October 11, 2013
Yahoo! Movies Debuts New ‘Ender’s Game’ TV Spot ‘Morality’

Yahoo! Movies has just debuted a new TV spot for Ender’s Game called “Morality” which features new footage of the conflict between Ender and Graff, giving us more assurance that the heavy moral issue of the novel have indeed made it to the big screen.

Excuse me while I go find a box of Kleenex.

October 9, 2013
VIDEO: Preview of HBO’s First Look at ‘Ender’s Game’

HBO will be airing (thank goodness we didn’t cancel HBO when Game of Thrones ended) a special First Look at Ender’s Game on October 17, 2013 at 10:15 PM ET/9:15 PM C. Watch an amazing preview of their behind-the-scenes special below including scenes we’ve never seen before including Ender being taken from home by Graff and Anderson, shots of Ender with other Launchies on the shuttle, and Ender commanding Dragon Army.

October 9, 2013
Gavin Hood is the Mind Game’s Giant

Thanks to Ender’s Ansible and the soon-to-be-released making-of book for Ender’s Game (our own review to come later this week), we now know that the Giant in the mind game will be none other than director Gavin Hood!

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October 9, 2013
New ‘Ender’s Game’ Photos from ComingSoon.it

Italian movie site ComingSoon.it has posted a photo gallery from Ender’s Game, including a slew of new photos including behind the scenes images and that one photo of Valentine I remembered from the set visit! Above, Ender enters Battle School as a Launchie.

We saw this photo on the wall at the Ender’s Game Experience. Graff comes to the Wiggin home to recruit Ender.

This image was also at the Ender’s Game Experience in the form of a gigantic wall mural.

Mazer and Ender look at the simulator while Petra awaits orders.

Valentine looks up at a mobile of Formic ships in Ender’s bedroom.

Behind the scenes: Asa Butterfield stands at the gate with director Gavin Hood.

Gavin Hood stands with a camera on the set of Ender’s Game.

October 9, 2013
VIDEO: Ender in Battle School Orientation

Last night at the MCM Expo Q&A event in London, several clips were shown including the trailer, Ender’s Army, and an exclusive clip that included snippets of the propaganda video shown at Comic Con in the Ender’s Game Experience “Welcome to Battle School”. The difference is, this clip is integrated into the movie itself, and we get to see Ender watch video of Mazer’s crucial battle at what is presumably Battle School orientation.

Thanks to @AP2HHC for the video!

October 8, 2013
VIDEO: Gavin Hood on Why ‘Ender’s Game’ Could Be Made

Gavin Hood spoke to HeyUGuys UK on what drew him to the project of Ender’s Game.

I am not per say, a sci fi fan, for me, I love the fact that this is a story that’s set in the future which allows us to explore ideas that the story deals with in a way that would be perhaps too uncomfortable to deal with if we explored them in the modern context. So for me it doesn’t really matter if a story is set in the future or set in ancient Greece or set on one continent or another. What matters is that the environment is a helpful, visual way of telling what is essentially a timeless universal story about characters interacting with each other. Human beings have evolved their technology, but emotionally, we haven’t evolved that much.

Source: HeyUGuysUK

October 7, 2013
VIDEO: Watch an Extended Version of ‘Ender’s Army’

At the Odean in London tonight, the cast and crew of Ender’s Game presented some footage from Ender’s Game, including this extended version of Ender’s Army. In the new footage, Graff tells Ender Dragon Army will consist of misfits like him.

Source: @AP2HYC

October 7, 2013
Listen to Sappho Rise from ‘Battle School Needs You’

Listen to the full track Sappho Rise by David Joseph Wesley in the video below. The music was used in the International Fleet propaganda video ‘Battle School Needs You’ (also below).

Thanks to Fernanda for the find! David Joseph Wesley has done trailer music for several films including Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon and has also done quite a bit of work in the music department for American Idol.

October 6, 2013
Exclusive: Advance Tickets for ‘Ender’s Game’ On Sale October 18

Only 28 days to go, Launchies and we’ve got some information for you all regarding advance ticket sales!

Tickets for Ender’s Game will be going on sale on Friday, October 18, 2013 on Fandango.com. In conjunction with the pre-sale, Fandango will be holding a sweepstakes where any person that pre-orders tickets will automatically be entered to win free movie tickets.

Let us know if you’ll be ordering your tickets in advance and what show you plan on going to! IMAX? Midnight? Only two weeks to go until they’re available!

October 4, 2013
IMDB Debuts Ender’s Game TV Spot ‘Future’ with All-New Footage

IMDB has just debuted a brand new TV spot for Ender’s Game featuring tons of new scenes and footage including a conference between Graff and Chamrajnagar, Mazer and Graff coaching Ender, and much more!

Check it out at IMDB here and take a look at the COMPLETELY EPIC IMDB page for Ender’s Game!

October 4, 2013
Listen to an Exclusive 90-Second Preview of Steve Jablonsky’s ‘Ender’s Game’ Score

With Ender’s Game just over 28 days from release, the anticipation is building for longtime fans of the novel worldwide. The movie’s score, which was composed by Steve Jablonsky (Transformers), will be released on October 22, 2013 and contains a total of 21 tracks.

The nice folks over at Varese Sarabande sent over the score for me to listen to and I’ll admit, despite my claims to resist, I listened to it all night. I’ve managed to resist listening to the finale tracks so far, hopefully I can keep that up until I see the movie.

To give you a taste, I’ve been allowed to pick 90 seconds of music to preview from two tracks. The first 45 seconds comes from “Battle Room” and the latter 45 seconds is from “Dragons Win”. Be sure to listen to it and let us know what you think!

Full track list:

Don’t forget to pre-order the soundtrack.

UPDATE: Catch another preview over at Ender News.

October 3, 2013
io9 Reveals 360° Tour of Dragon Army Barracks and Graff’s Office

i09 is giving Launchies around the world a chance to take 360° tours of two Ender’s Game sets: the Dragon Army barracks and Graff’s office. We’ve seen Graff standing in his office and we know that behind that wall is the Battle Room, where Graff can watch battles. Funnily enough, it looks like there’s a doorway to a shaft right above his desk. Perfect for snoopy little Bean-like soldiers. 😉

The Dragon Army barracks has DRAGON on the floor of the entryway, just like what we saw in the still MTV released yesterday of Ender and Petra entering Salamander’s barracks.

Thanks to @SpeedBrkr for the tip.

Update: We’ve embedded the tours below thanks to IF-BattleSchool.com.

October 3, 2013