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Babylon Central - A FILM BY ERIC HILTON OF THIEVERY CORPORATION - CD / DVD Instores July 27th
ESL Music is pleased to announce the release of “Babylon Central” – The DVD film and the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD packaged together in a US import 6-panel CD / DVD digipak.
The directorial debut from Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation, Babylon Central is an original screenplay and film, shot on location in Washington, DC. The film stars Joe Steger, Neda Zahrie, and W. Ellington Felton, and showcases a musical score created by Hilton in the style of his record label, ESL Music.
Music has been the driving creative force behind Hilton’s career with Thievery Corporation and ESL Music. He has carefully selected 42 different songs for inclusion in the film score. The result is an incredible 17-song soundtrack that includes rare, vintage, out-of print, and unreleased sonic gems, including a
previously unavailable remix of “Amerimacka” by Thievery Corporation.
Grooving fluidly across genres, the Babylon Central Soundtrack features must-have classics like “Leaving Babylon,” a smoky reggae excursion by DC hardcore punk luminaries Bad Brains, “Hang On In There,” a socially charged funk and soul epic by 70’s crooner Mike James Kirland, and “Coming From
The Top,” the massive horn-punctuated break beat showstopper by Thievery Corporation.
Babylon Central is a fictional story from the mind of Eric Hilton and developed into a screenplay by Hilton and Philip Hawken in 2006, a debut for both.
The film is about Sebastian James, a courier by day and aspiring DJ by night. When he fails to deliver an important package for his boss, public relations guru Julian Gold, Seb finds himself an unwitting participant in an economic power-play with a Saudi Prince as the Saudi government attempts to divest from the US
dollar. As Seb begins to fall for the Prince’s daughter, his friends are dragged into the conflict. Throughout his struggle, the dark powers that operate in Washington, DC (modern-day Babylon) are revealed, and the Achilles heel of the US Empire is exposed.
For a complete overview of the film, including the trailor, interview with the director and actor bios, please visit www.babyloncentralfilm.com
For further information, please visit www.beggarsgroup.ca
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