IMAscore

IMAscore is a German company in the creative industry based in Paderborn, founded in 2009. The team consists primarily of composers and sound designers and is known for its specialization in soundtrack production for amusement parks. IMAscore has also been producing music for film and video game trailers since 2016.

IMAscore GbR
TypeGesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts
Founded2009
Headquarters
Paderborn
,
Germany
Key people
  • Andreas Kübler, Geschäftsführer (Creative Director)
  • Xaver Willebrand, Geschäftsführer (Managing Director)
Number of employees
12 (2020)
Websitehttps://www.imascore.com/

History

The company was founded in 2009 by Andreas Kübler, Sebastian Kübler and Xaver Willebrand. The founders got to know each other via the Internet and had previously pursued joint projects, such as the space rock band Between Horizons, which released two albums.[1] The soundtrack for Krake roller coaster, which opened at Heide Park in 2011, was the first for an amusement park.[2] Soundtracks for various amusement parks and attractions around the world followed. After achieving market leadership in Europe in 2014, the company has developed into the world market leader in the field of music and sound production for amusement parks by 2017.[3][4][5]

With IMAscore, Andreas Kübler was responsible for the composition of additional music for the animated film Sam – Ein fast perfekter Held, which was published in Germany by Universum Film in 2016.[6]

The company received increased media attention from 2016 onwards with the production of music for TV spots and for trailers for films and computer games. IMAscore achieved one of the first major placements of his music with the Omen trailer for the video game Final Fantasy XV published on October 27, 2016.[7] The track Endlessness used in the trailer was then clicked over a million times on YouTube (as of 2019).[8]

The trailer for Insidious: The Last Key, set to music by IMAscore, was nominated at the Golden Trailer Awards 2018 in the category Best Horror. At the award ceremony in Los Angeles on May 31, 2018, the award in the category finally went to the "Hunt" trailer for the film A Quiet Place.[9]

On October 5, 2018, the founders of IMAscore were guests on the live television program Hier und heute of the WDR on the subject of music production for trailers.[10] The company was also presented in the program 17:30 Sat.1.[11]

Composer Andreas Kübler produced the music for the teaser trailer for The Lion King (2019) published on November 22, 2018.[4] The trailer is currently (as of 2019) the most successful Disney film, with 224.6 million clicks worldwide within the first 24 hours of publication.[12]

Productions

The following soundtracks were produced and sold by the company:

Trailers (selection)
Year Title
2014 The Elder Scrolls Online
2016 The Huntsman: Winter's War
2016 Final Fantasy XV
2017 Geostorm
2017 Molly's Game
2017 Prey
2017 Call of Duty: WWII
2018 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms[13]
2018 Rampage[14]
2018 Insidious: The Last Key
2018 Escape Plan 2: Hades
2019 The Lion King
2019 Aladdin[15]
2023 Parque Warner Madrid
Hellfest

TV-Spots (selection)
Year Title
2010 How to Train Your Dragon[16]
2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017 Only the Brave
2018 Avengers: Infinity War[4]
2018 Solo: A Star Wars Story[4]
2018 Incredibles 2
2018 Maze Runner: The Death Cure
2018 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom[13]
2019 Captain Marvel[17]
2019 Breakthrough[18]
2022 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish[19]

Amusement parks (selection)
Name Location Notes / References
The Oath of Kärnan Hansa-Park with Budapest Symphony Orchestra[20]
Highlander Hansa-Park
Nessie Hansa-Park
The little Tsar Hansa-Park
Krake Heide Park
Flug der Dämonen Heide Park
Colossos Heide Park
Schweizer Bobbahn Heide Park
Ghostbusters 5D Heide Park
Wüstenflitzer Heide Park
Star Trek: Operation Enterprise Movie Park Germany with Budapest Symphony Orchestra[21]
Excalibur - Secrets of the dark Movie Park Germany
The Lost Temple Movie Park Germany
Movie Park Studio Tour Movie Park Germany
Chiapas Phantasialand with Budapest Symphony Orchestra[22]
Talocan Phantasialand
Mystery Castle Phantasialand
Theme area Klugheim with Taron and Raik Phantasialand
Theme area Rookburgh with F.L.Y. Phantasialand
Crazy Bats Phantasialand (formerly Temple of the Night Hawk)
Blue Fire Europa-Park
Dancing Dingie Europa-Park
The Smiler Alton Towers
Wicker Man Alton Towers
Galactica Alton Towers
Fireworks 2015 / Monorail Alton Towers
Towerstreet Alton Towers
Spinball Whizzer Alton Towers
Curse at Alton Manor Alton Towers
Dwervelwind Toverland
Troy und Scorpios Toverland
Fēnix Toverland
Port Laguna Toverland
Helix Liseberg
Valkyria and Loke Liseberg
Kingi Linnanmäki
Taiga Linnanmäki
Derren Brown's Ghost Train Thorpe Park
Mami Wata Fantasiana Erlebnispark
Pulsar Walibi Belgium
Karma World and Fun World Walibi Belgium
Tiki Waka Walibi Belgium
Wilde Hilde Schwabenpark
Timber (The Gravity Group) Walibi Rhône-Alpes
Mystic Timbers Kings Island
Orion Kings Island
Legoland Discovery Centre Worldwide
Sea Life Worldwide
Madame Tussauds London
Dynamite Freizeitpark Plohn [23]
Land of Legends and Fury Bobbejaanland
Batman Gotham City Escape Parque Warner Madrid

Television (selection)
Title Notes / References
Grimme-Preis [24]
Welt der Wunder [25]
2011 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships [26]

Discography

Soundtrack CDs (Auswahl)
Year Title
2012 Shadows Of Darkness – The Van Helsing Show
2013 Magical Valley – Official Soundtrack
2013 Minas Abenteuer – Der Baum der Wunder
2014 Chiapas DIE Wasserbahn – DER Soundtrack
2015 The Soundtrack Of Mami Wata
2015 Heide Park Resort Soundtrack
2015 Magic Forest – Official Soundtrack
2015 Der Sound des KÄRNAN
2016 Liseberg Soundtrack-CD
2016 Hollywood On Parade
2016 Klugheim Soundtrack
2017 Star Trek: Operation Enterprise – Der Offizielle Soundtrack
2017 Thorpe Park Resort Soundtrack
2018 Troy – Official Soundtrack
2018 Avalon – Official Soundtrack
2018 Port Laguna – Official Soundtrack
2020 Alton Towers Resort Soundtrack

EPs
Year Title
2018 Budapest
2018 Winterstorm

Awards
  • 2012: European Talent Award in category Best Sound Design for Sebastian Kübler, given at the SoundTrack Cologne 9.0[27]
  • 2012: Kultur- und Kreativpiloten Deutschland, given by Initiative Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft des Bundes[28]
  • 2013: FKF Award for Soundtrack of the theme area of Magische Vallei at Toverland, given by Freundeskreis Kirmes und Freizeitparks (FKF)[29]
  • 2013: 2nd place Gründerpreis NRW[30]

References
  1. "5 Fakten über das Phantasialand (Teil 2) | #FaktenAkten | PHL-Infos". YouTube (in German).
  2. "Eine musikalische Reise zur Krake". Parkscout.de. 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  3. Laura de la Motte: Kredit für Kreative, in: Handelsblatt 193, 8 October 2014, S. 44f.
  4. WB/mai (2018-11-26). ""König der Löwen": Musik aus Paderborn". Westfalen-Blatt. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  5. Luis Hohaus (2017-06-16). "Wo die Ohren sausen". Jugend und Wirtschaft. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung und Bankenverband. Retrieved 2018-12-14. (=Sonderseite Jugend und Wirtschaft der F.A.Z., 16 June 2017; retrieved 19 January 2019.)
  6. "IMDB-Eintrag zu Andreas Kübler". imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  7. Dominik Zwingmann (2016-10-27). "Final Fantasy 15: Gold-Status erreicht und neuer CGI-Trailer "Omen" veröffentlicht". Pcgames.de. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  8. Epic Heaven Music (2016-10-27). "Really Slow Motion - Endlessness ("Final Fantasy XV - Omen" Trailer Music)". YouTube-Video. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  9. "Golden Trailer Award, Best Horror (GTA19/2018), Nominees". goldentrailer.com. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  10. "Die Filmkomponisten". WDR Mediathek. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  11. Jennifer Janski (2018-08-13). "Filmmusik aus Paderborn". SAT.1 NRW, Kultur. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  12. Mitchell Peters (2018-11-24). "New 'Lion King' Trailer Scores Record Views in First 24 Hours". billboard.com. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  13. "IMAscore vertont für Disney". Radiohochstift.de. 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  14. Dominik Zwingmann (2017-11-19). "Rampage: Trailer der Videospielverfilmung mit Dwayne Johnson". www.pcgames.de. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  15. R. Lukas (2019-04-10). "Der ewige Kreis: Neuer Trailer zu "Der König der Löwen" IST DA!". Moviejones.de (in German).
  16. "Music by IMAscore featured in How To Train Your Dragon – The Hidden World TV campaign". 2019-01-17. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  17. "Colossal Trailer Music". Facebook (in German). Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  18. Christina Bendigs (2019-03-28). "Von Magdeburg nach Hollywood". Volksstimme.de (in German). Magdeburger Verlags- und Druckhaus GmbH.
  19. "https://twitter.com/IMAscore/status/1613474384387121152". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-05-17. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  20. Peter Mantik (2015-06-13). "Sierksdorf – "Kärnan" nimmt Tempo auf: Testfahrt im Schienenlabyrinth". Lübecker Nachrichten. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  21. Alexander Louis (2017-05-01). "Der Soundtrack zu "Star Trek: Operation Enterprise": Diese Musik läuft bei der neuen Katapult-Achterbahn im Movie Park Germany!". Parkerlebnis.de – Freizeitpark–Magazin. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  22. Christian Buhl (2015-08-12). "Chiapas – ein oscarreifer Soundtrack!". Phantasialand–Magazin (Online). Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  23. Gerd Betka (2019-03-30). ""Dynamite" besteht erste Tests in Plohn". Freie Presse (in German). Medien Union GmbH Ludwigshafen.
  24. "Paderborner Firma macht Grimme-Preis Musik". Radiohochstift.de. 2014-01-17. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  25. Sebastian Wolfrum (2012-11-23). "Löffingen: Top in der Tongestaltung - badische-zeitung.de". Badische Zeitung. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  26. Christa Maier (2012-03-17). "Löffingen: Ganz neue Töne aus Löffingen". Badische Zeitung. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  27. Sebastian Wolfrum (2012-11-23). "Löffingen: Top in der Tongestaltung". Badische Zeitung. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  28. "Kultur- und Kreativpiloten, Titelträger 2012".
  29. "FKF-Award: Vergangene Preisträger". FKF-award.de. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  30. "Gründerpreis 2013 (Pressemitteilung)". Gruenderregion.de. 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
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