NewswireTODAY - /newswire/ - Hollywood, CA, United States, 2007/08/06 - Mauricio Saravia recorded with international singer Samantha Newark on the soundtrack for the forthcoming documentary about his life - SaraviaFilm.com / MauricioSaravia.com / ArtistInterviews.com.

Mauricio Saravia’s passion for music led him to compose the soundtrack for the documentary with original ambient and electronic music. The lyrics from the songs were taken from his books of poetry.

An ambient version of one of the songs on the soundtrack was used in Varda Hardy’s short film “The 1,000 Sides of the Moon” which features Saravia reciting his poetry. The short film was screened at the Cannes International Film Festival in the Short Film Corner in 2007 and was included in a Moving Pictures magazine compilation "DVD Volume I". The short film also screened at CineSpace and HollyShorts Film Festival in Hollywood. The sound design for Saravia's song that was used in "The 1,000 Sides of the Moon" was done by Michael Furjanic who is known for “The Jesus Camp”, “Favela Rising” and “American Desi”.

International singer and songwriter Samantha Newark lent her vocals to 5 of Saravia’s songs and performed live on the documentary. Samantha's original music and vocals can currently be heard on such hit MTV’s shows as “Laguna Beach” “Punked” “My Super Sweet Sixteen”, "These Girls", "Crazy 6" and in the 2007 fall lineup on the new CW network. She has been a featured vocalist on multiple live and recording projects here and abroad lending her talent to Play Station game titles such as “God of War”, “Twisted Metal: Black”, “James Bond 007: Everything Or Nothing”, "Dark Cloud 2" and "Britney's Dance Beat". She has also done voice done the vocals for "Purojekuto A-ko" and the did the voice of Ariel for "The Transformers".

Samantha has also made quite a mark on the voice-over world for her work as the lead on the cartoon series "Jem and the Holograms", which gained her an international following. She has also lent her voice on commercials and television projects. Samantha was also selected by renown singer and songwriter Leonard Cohen as one of her two back up singers and rehearsed for a tour that is currently on hold.

Brittany Pettersen also recorded the vocals for 2 of Saravia's songs and performed live for the documentary film. Brittany had previously recorded with several electronic music producers and played live in Denver, Colorado. She rehearsed and recorded with Saravia when he was just starting to create electronic music. They teamed up once more for the soundtrack of the documentary. Brittany flew from Colorado to be a part of this project.

Both singers were filmed on two different important venues in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles, California.

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