New Jon Sorensen short film BID TIME RETURN. Click on images below for reports on the making of this film.
"You are a poet. You make dreams. You are a descendent of Maya Dreyer and Cocteau. It is lovely work. Congratulations".
BID TIME RETURN. Shot in the Canary Islands.
Now completed.
Above image is Carla Sanchez as Barbara in BID TIME RETURN.
Stills for Jon Sorensen's film BID TIME RETURN by Gordon Chesterman.
Above image is Carla Sanchez as Barbara, Erin Alonso as Tikki and Gadi Cimand as Ivan in Jon Sorensen's BID TIME RETURN.
More BID TIME RETURN photographs on this Site. Click on image.
Carla Sanchez and Gadi Cimand in Jon Sorensen's BID TIME RETURN.
Jon Sorensen as The Traveller and Erin Alonso as Tikki in BID TIME RETURN.
Click on this image to hear THE AGREEMENT from the Jon Sorensen Music Score for BID TIME RETURN.
Carla Sanchez and Erin Alonso in BID TIME RETURN.
Carla Sanchez and Erin Alonso in BID TIME RETURN.
4th November 2010.
Jon Sorensen was invited to write a short piece about his experiences constructing the miniatures for the movie ALIEN (1979).
Click on image left. Art for Jon Sorensen's ALIEN 5, an album of original music he wrote and made available as a free download to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the movie in 1979. The album is permanently available at the Alien Experience website.
November 2010 Wonderfully entertaining review of Jon Sorensen's movie ALIEN BLOOD by Mr Rich and Friends over on BLIP.TV. Click on image right.
Jon Sorensen music track.
ANGEAL PLAINEAD (ANGEL PLANET).
Out 21 December 2010.
Jon Sorensen Music Track.
Jon Sorensen's ALIEN HUMANITAS.
Out 9 November 2010.
Jon Sorensen Music Track Immortal Faith.
Out 31st October 2010.
Jon Sorensen Music Album SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES.
Out 31 October 2010.
The final part of Jon Sorensen's WITCH SYMPHONY Trilogy.
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES. Out 31 October 2010.
Electronic resonances of Celtic Stone Circles as in Nigel Kneale's THE STONE TAPE.
Jon Sorensen Music Tracks fully playable andVideos have been posted by Amazon US, featuring compositions from the 11 Jon Sorensen music albums featured, COOL BEANS: GODS AND GOTHICS, THE CORE OF DREAMS, THE VISUALIST, WITCH SYMPHONY, THE DEATH OF GRASS, THE KEN RUSSELL, 2010:THE 11:11, THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA, THIS ISLAND EARTH, THE YEAR OF THE ALIEN SOLDIER and MUSIC INSPIRED BY THE TELEVISION SERIES PRISON BREAK and from his 9 Downloadable Single EP's, which include Jon Sorensen's FRANKENSTEIN, THE KILLING OF MOBY DICK, and THE STRANGE CASE OF DOCTOR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE.
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New Jon Sorensen music album MUSIC INSPIRED BY
PRISON BREAK released on CD and Download 11th May 2010. A
cool high octane album inspired by the television series. Click on image.
Jon Sorensen's THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA.
Music Album now on CD and Download 11 February 2010.
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Nostalgia Department.
From June of 2009, three of the surviving visual effects miniatures crew from the original ALIEN (1979), Dennis Lowe, Simon Deering and Jon Sorensen shared many memories and banter with the incredible legion of present day fans of that movie on the Alien Experience website to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the movie's release. Over 100 pages of ongoing posts, photographs and film clips remain viewable. For afficianados of a unique movie made by a unique team of talents at a truly unique time.
Click on image below of a Jon Sorensen created VFX cloud storm over the Skeksis Castle miniature from Jim Henson's seminal movie THE DARK CRYSTAL.
Jon Sorensen Music on SoundUnwound Music Encyclopaedia. Click on image below.
Welcome! 12 Jon Sorensen Music Albums and 12 EP's now on I-Tunes Digital, Amazon Worldwide, CD Baby, across the internet and can be listened to in full on Limewire, E-Music, Napster and others prior to purchase and CD's are orderable in good record shops in the U.S. and Europe. Click on image.
Jon Sorensen's THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA.
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Excellent new film by Dennis Lowe with music composed by Jon Sorensen. ALIEN MAKERS FAN FILM.
Click on image of Dennis Lowe (seated) and HR Giger, December 2009.
New Jon Sorensen Music Album THE DEATH OF GRASS, his sequel to his WITCH SYMPHONY released on CD and Download 31 October 2009, the Celtic New Year. Click on image right.
Now on Amazon US.
Jon Sorensen's THE DEATH OF GRASS, his sequel music album to "Jon Sorensen's WITCH SYMPHONY".
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Music Album Jon Sorensen's THE DEATH OF GRASS on I-Tunes.
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New Jon Sorensen Music Album "Jon Sorensen's THE KEN RUSSELL" now on release on CD and Download.
A tribute album to the greatest film Director in the world. Click on image left.
Ken Russell and Jon Sorensen.
Jon Sorensen's THE KEN RUSSELL music album now on Amazon US.
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Lisi and Ken Russell and Jon Sorensen.
Ken Russell and Jon Sorensen. Aliens and Delius. "THE KEN RUSSELL" released 10 October 2009.
Click on image right of Ken Russell and Jon Sorensen for Sorensen essay on Ken Russell written in 2001.
In celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the original ALIEN (1979).
A Free Downloadable music album ALIEN 5 by Jon Sorensen. An excellent brand new feature length documentary by Dennis Lowe, ALIEN MAKERS, which is linked below and features music by Jon Sorensen and interviews with the crew of the orginal ALIEN (1979). Ridley Scott, pictured above with HR Giger's alien, has just signed to direct a new ALIEN feature. Dennis Lowe has produced two more ALIEN MAKERS Documentaries with Sorensen's music.
Superb new film by Dennis Lowe on Les Bowie, the father of British SFX.
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Music By Jon Sorensen.
Wonderful new Dennis Lowe film on Brit SFX man Kit West, Oscar Winner for Return Of The Jedi.
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Music By Jon Sorensen.
Click on logo for Dennis Lowe's ALIEN MAKERS
A film-maker fan of Dennis Lowe's ALIEN MAKERS at the ALIEN EXPERIENCE Site has just posted a new highly creative fun "trailer" for Dennis's film.
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Jon Sorensen's ALIEN 5 is now kindly being hosted for Free Download at the excellent ALIEN EXPERIENCE Site. Click on stunning image right from Dennis Lowe's superb ALIEN MAKERS.
Jon Sorensen Films and Music Videos presently on YouTube.
Click on image left from Jon Sorensen's 1994 TV Drama A RETURN TO LOVE.
Free downloadable new music album composed by Jon Sorensen to mark the 30th Anniversary of the original ALIEN.
Jon Sorensen's ALIEN 5 can be downloaded by clicking on the ALIEN 5 images above and below.
Jon Sorensen on the ALIEN miniatures unit beside the USCSS Nostromo.
Latest Jon Sorensen Music Album.
JON SORENSEN'S THE VISUALIST.
Now released on CD and Digital.
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JON SORENSEN'S WITCH SYMPHONY.
Newly released on CD and Digital on 9 March 2009.
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JON SORENSEN'S WITCH SYMPHONY.
Newly released on CD and Digital on 9 March 2009.
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Jon Sorensen's music album THE YEAR OF THE ALIEN SOLDIER.
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Jon Sorensen Music Albums now appearing on Amazon.
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New wonderful short movie by Dennis Lowe.
The Swimmer.
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Jon Sorensen music albums now on CD. Click on image left.
Jon Sorensen's "Alien Blood" (2000)
"Alien Blood itself truly begins with a blonde woman standing on some rocky precipice that would look right at home in Highlander".
"I have been absorbed by a delicate thought. It
is how poetry has indefinite sensations. To which end, music is an
essential. Since the comprehension of sweet sound is our most
indefinite conception, music, when combined with an original idea, is
Poetry. Music without the idea is simply..."music". Without music and this
intriguing idea, colour becomes palor and man becomes carcass, and home
becomes catacomb!" (Orson Welles).
"I thank you deeply for your generous gift of
your brilliant, magical and elegant sounds. Your music will always remain
monumental, special and continue to touch my heart and soul". (Lusia, Florida, USA).
"Thank you for this great gift". (Henry Kutakoff, New Jersey, USA)
"Suspend reality. Disconnect. Let yourself drift. Enjoy the sounds of your own
imagination brought to life so vividly. I did not want this music to end". (Ivor Powell, Surrey, England, Producer-"BLADE RUNNER" (1980).
"Beautiful and evocative music from Jon Sorenson; dense with mood and the mystery
of its' underlying theme". (John Coppinger, London, England).
"Your Frankenstein music is absolutely breathtaking! They are unique and exquisite. Thank you". (Ken Russell, New Forest, England).
"Jon, your music is breath-taking! Have you worked with Steven Spielberg? Does he know about all your
talents?" (Roza Nadine Carter, UK)
"Thank you so much for making your music available for free downloads... I will be donating my contribution to the (child abuse charity) NAPAC -www.napac.org.uk" (Jimmy Edmonds, Film Director, Gloucestershire, UK).
"Thank you for your generous gift of
music to all us film-makers... I will be donating to the cerebral palsy charity SCOPE".
(Yen Rickeard, Director, UK).
"Thank you for your gift to all of us. I truly appreciate it". (Eric Scot Porter, Composer, Oregon, USA).
"Great Music! Greetings, Jon....I am a writer/ director/ producer in the
States...I just
wanted to THANK YOU for making your music available for FREE. I truly enjoyed the tracks that I've heard. It is a
BEAUTIFUL thing for you to ask to donate for Children's Charities through
your work. I certainly will honor your request, sir. Have a GREAT
day!" (Ros Mickens, New York City, Los Angeles).
"Hi Jon...It's fantastic the amount of music you've been able to
produce ". (Scott Benzie, Film Score Composer, UK).
"Just like to say thanks for making your music available for free with the
admirable suggestion of donating to a charity. Mine is going towards a lady who
will be completing the British 10k London Run 2008 in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis
Trust".(Jonathan Chen, Film-Maker, Animator, Artist, UK).
(Jonathan Chen (above) utilised a track from Sorensen's Album "Alien Soldier" on a fun animated showreel commericial he created called "The New Commander 4" which you can view by clicking HERE).
Netherlands "review" of Sorensen's Feature Film ALIEN BLOOD below.
"A rare gem in British independent filmmaking".,
February 16, 2008
"This is a film that requires some patience,
and for that reason may not be compatible with the regular Multiplex-movie-goer.
But for those who watch movies for their content instead of only for fast moving
ridiculousness, this is a very interesting one, because it is a little of a lot
of things and a lot of never seen before. Apparently the
producer/writer/director Jon Sorensen (responsible for the special effects of
Alien, The Dark Crystal, Moonraker and Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits, to name a
few) had trouble finding funds to finance the film, because in Britain it was
the first independent film with a science fiction theme in at least ten years.
Producing it himself he then eventually managed to go on with the project, and that
is a very good thing, because he made certainly the first British independent
film of ANY kind that is remotely like ALIEN BLOOD. The film evolves around a
hunted mother and her child, which is the target of the incredibly unrelenting
mostly masked persons, the leader of which mentions to be responsible for "this
project". A family having a dress-party for the millennium gets involved and
without us learning the exact truth about the mother and the child, the film is
keeping the viewer constantly involved with them, concerned for them. Without
much plot this is a very poetic film, of which each and every frame could be
framed and hanged on the wall for it's sheer beauty. The atmosphere reminds a
little of some of the best Jean Rollin pictures, especially Requiem For A
Vampire, as it shares a very long beginning without any dialogue, and a sneaked
in vampire theme combined with some implied lesbianism plus the fact that people
who come "from another world" speak French lead to believe that the director
indeed wanted to include some nods to the French auteur filmmaker. With it's
visual poetry, stunningly thrilling atmosphere, wonderfully worked out story and
questions that still remain after the closing titles have ended, this is a very
special film. Some people complain about the acting in many films that are made
with a comparatively small budget, but even the most cynical of those could
complain here. The acting has to be done without a lot of lines, so facial
expressions are very important, and the cast deliver a great performance. The
DVD has an interesting monologue by Sorensen, in which he shares a good deal of
information about the production of the film and beautiful shots of the location
(just as beautiful) where Alien Blood was shot".
Jon Sorensen and Dennis Lowe. Click on image left to be taken to Dennis's wonderful creative projects and artworks, including as of 3 March 2009, Dennis's stunning new short movie, THE SWIMMER.
Dennis Lowe has been Visual Effects Supervisor on many feature films including "THE ENGLISH PATIENT", "COLD MOUNTAIN", and the German period epic "PERFUME". He is also a sculptor, painter and a dedicated experimental film-maker. Jon Sorensen worked with Dennis on the original ALIEN. Click on image above for Dennis's wonderful photographs of this period and those for Arkadon, his visual effects company formed shortly after ALIEN.
A work of genius.
Jon Sorensen over San Francisco. Click on image left to be taken to the Site of John Coppinger. This features artwork by him executed for Jon Sorensen's feature film project "Theatre Of The Bleeding". Plus other examples of John Coppinger's wonderful and original talent.
Buy this book...click on image.
An ancient document which recently turned up on the Web.
Netherlands "review" of Sorensen's Feature Film ALIEN BLOOD below.
(Film Images © Jon Sorensen/West Coast Films.2012).
