Probably the most famous and successful composer of German film music, Peter Thomas opened his archives for a cooperation with Golden Ticket Tapes. In collaboration with the heirs of Peter Thomas, several renowned beatmakers like Jazzy James, L One, Saiko or lorleaf had the opportunity to choose from a song pool of the composer’s unreleased material and to reinterpret and rework the music
Peter Thomas was a German film composer, conductor and arranger. He became known, among other things, for his compositions for the Edgar Wallace and Jerry Cotton motion pictures but also for the soundtrack of Bruce Lee or the television series Raumpatrouille Orion. He has released plenty of songs for stage & screen, library labels such as Golden Ring and KPM and was honored with some awards for his soundtracks and even his life work
Directed by Big Mos (Reel Dope Cinematic)
Shot by Brian “B-Roll” Stovall [GameChanging Productions] and Ty Wills (Stay Beat Studios)
Edited by Big Mos (Reel Dope Cinematic)
Motown Priest’s new short film, Hawthorne, is a gripping, thrilling look at both opportunism and vulnerability, and how the two intertwine. It’s also the directorial debut of the Queens-based artist, whose incredible new album of the same name serves as the film’s soundtrack
“When I constructed the film, I knew I wanted it to have the same themes and similar commentary as the album,” Motown Priest says. “I wanted both to be their own meditation on the downsides of ceaseless desire, identity, and capitalism.”
In the context of the film, the themes play out in the style of a Greek tragedy told in reverse, and it was all actually inspired by one of the greatest TV episodes of all time: The Sopranos’ “Join The Club” (Season 6). Motown Priest was particularly taken by the episode’s “self-reflection and metaphysical warning,” which he brings to life in myriad ways in Hawthorne. Essentially, nearly everything you see on screen has some second meaning, including the little girl, the shifting color palettes, and the various animals
Like the album, the film also follows a cyclical format to drive home the message that the protagonist (representing so many of us) may have dreams and hopes, but he never acknowledges that he needs to work on himself to see any actual change. Without that acknowledgement, he’s only destined to make the same mistakes and end up where he started—or worse