INON ZUR IS MUSIC TO EARS OF MOVIE PRODUCERS

AWARD-WINNING COMPOSERS "LIVE" SYMPHONY SCORING DRAWS INTEREST FROM HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS

LOS ANGELES, March 31, 2003 -- Inon Zur, the award-winning composer whose music is featured in cinematic productions for Columbia/Tri-Star, Twentieth Century Fox and Sony, has extensive experience recording with live symphony orchestras. However his expertise in electronic orchestral scoring has propelled him to the A-list of composers working in the $10 billion interactive entertainment industry and is attracting interest from Hollywood studios.

Upon graduating from the Music Academy of Tel Aviv, Israel-born Inon Zur first arrived in the US in 1990 and moved to Los Angeles to study music at the Dick Grove School of Music and UCLA. He began his professional career scoring for Fox TV television series and feature films including Escaflowne, State Of Grace, Big Guy & Rusty The Boy Robot, Mystic Knights Of Tir Na Nog, Au Pair, Au Pair II, St. Patrick: The Irish Legend, North Face, Casper: A Spirited Beginning, Rusty: The Great Rescue, Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, as well as scoring hundreds of episodes of Digimon for ABC. In addition he composed for Jacqueline Susanns mini series Valley Of The Dolls (New World International) and The Refugee (Mativen), and he is also the recipient of several awards including Telly Awards Best Score for the live action show Power Rangers Turbo and International Monitor Award for the original TV mini series D.A.V.I.D.

Zur further distinguished himself in the multi-billion dollar games business by creating innovative and dramatic film-score quality soundtracks for leading studios such as Sony, Infogrames, Interplay and Bioware. His music is featured in the best-selling titles: War And Peace, Crusader Kings, Run Like Hell, Icewind Dale II, Baldurs Gate II: Throne Of Bhaal, Fallout Tactics, Star Trek Starfleet Command II: Empires At War, Star Trek: New Worlds, and Star Trek: Klingon Academy, as well as other upcoming releases including Black Isle Studios' Lionheart.

In the games industry however, there are often no budgets for hiring an orchestra. Yet, by utilizing synthesizers and samples to conjure the emotion and power of a live symphony, Zur composes pulsating original scores with the highest production values, equal in quality to blockbuster movie scores. So when he was denied the necessary budget and time to employ a full orchestra for Interplays epic adventure title Icewind Dale II (he has recorded with the Seattle Symphony, Salt Lake Symphony and Tel Aviv Symphony in the past), Zur recorded only a handful of live players to emulate a full symphonic sound worthy of the silver screen.

Adam Levenson, Audio Director on Icewind Dale II for Interplay Entertainment Corp., said, "Inon has consistently created music that is emotionally dynamic, masterfully orchestrated, and ingeniously produced. His ability to stretch his stylistic range, and instantly respond to challenging direction is astounding. Inon is simply the most professional and prolific composer we have ever worked with."

Zurs expertise not only allows him to create scores that sound like an 80-piece orchestra but producing the music in this fashion gives the director opportunities to make last minute changes in the score and the soundtrack is delivered at far less fixed and residual cost than a live orchestra. As the lines continue to blur between film and games, Hollywood studios are looking to recruit composers whose skillfully crafted compositions and cinema-quality production values may be called upon to fulfil scoring duties for major motion pictures.

"Film studios are interested in recruiting highly talented and tech-savvy composers who are able to compose and produce blockbuster scores," says Bob Rice, CEO of Four Bars Intertainment, a management agency representing composers for film, television and games, including Inon Zur. "Budgets are down, way down and studios do not want to pay for live orchestras. Most composers can make great music with live orchestras, however very few composers can make great music with synth or samples."

In February 2003, Zurs music for Icewind Dale II was nominated for 2002 Music of the Year Award by the Game Audio Network Guild and Game Industry News 2002 Soundtrack of the Year Award. GameSpot described his score as "a stirring, impressive symphonic soundtrack filled with soaring strings...Inon Zur does a truly fantastic job." As well, he was recently honored by G4 TV for excellence in cinematic music and viewers voted his orchestral score for Baldurs Gate as one of the Top Ten Best Soundtracks of all time. More information is available online at www.inonzur.com