Atlantic Screen Composers (ASC) will go to the Cannes Film Festival 2011 armed with a huge investment fund, ready to inject much needed finance into film music. Set up in January 2011 to produce and finance music scores, it has funded 5 films and two animation series to date and projects that it will fund between 40 and 60 feature films during the forthcoming year, ASC will invest between $30,000 and $350,000 in individual productions in return for music publishing rights.

ASC is a fund associated and managed by the two founders of Atlantic Screen Music, former Pathe Entertainment FD Simon Fawcett and Tim Hollier, who built the world’s biggest independent film music publisher Filmtrax PLC.

“We have the funds to invest in great projects and in Cannes we are ready to strike deals,” says Hollier, “It is so important in a tough economic climate that film receives this support and we are a unique company with a hugely experienced team. Our administration of music rights is second to none and clients have the assurance that we are a one-stop shop, keeping them in touch with earnings from around the globe, rather than in a single territory.

“What we want from Cannes is to find new and exciting projects. I’ve worked on some incredible films in my career and the joy is looking for that project that can become a classic and be part peoples’ lives all over the world. Music is such an important part of that, it is a passion for us.”

Tim Hollier

Tim@Atlanticscreengroup.com

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