Press Release from Dragon's Domain:
Dragon’s Domain Records presents the premiere release of the original motion picture score composed by Steve Edwards (BRIDGE OF DRAGONS, NINJA, FEAST) for the 1998 action film directed by Dean Semler, written by Michael Sussman and John Kingswell, based on the novel by ‘The Last Canadian’ by William Heine, starring Steven Seagal, L.Q. Jones, Gailard Sartain, Camilla Belle, Whitney Yellow Robe, Brad Leland, Philip Winchester and Leonard Mountain Chief.
Released in 1996, THE PATRIOT follows Dr. Wesley McClaren, a local doctor and former government research immunologist, also a weapons and self-defense expert with an interest in herbal medicine as he is called to a hospital where people start dying from an unknown and very deadly disease. After determining that the cause is a highly dangerous airborne virus, he calls in a Biological Response team who proceed to seal off the town while doctors start to treat patients with a vaccine. The source of the virus is traced to Floyd Chisholm (Sartain), a local militia leader. Chisholm gives himself up at the end of a long siege but not before ingesting the virus himself. Appearing court, he spits on the judge and starts the rapid spread of the disease... Floyd’s followers attack the prison where Floyd is being held and break him out. Floyd and his men proceed to lay siege to the hospital where patients are being treated and take hostages, including McClaren and his daughter, Holly. Can McClaren find a cure for the virus with all these distractions before it’s too late?
Composer Steve Edwards’ music education began at an early age, with training by his mother, Rosalie Edwards. His musical passions broadened and deepened during his years as a student at Interlochen followed by studies at Lawrence University, where he received a Bachelor of Music in piano performance. While studying at Lawrence, Edwards won the Outstanding Classical Soloist award sponsored by Downbeat magazine and the All-American College Orchestra National Talent Search sponsored by Disney World. He was honored with the school’s Nathan M. Pusey Young Alumni Achievement Award. Edwards continued his studies at the Dick Grove School of Music in Los Angeles.
As one of Hollywood’s most prolific composers, Edwards’ original compositions are featured in top grossing films including DALLAS BUYERS CLUB, NOMADLAND, AVA, SOUTHPAW, THE MECHANIC, AMELIA, I LOVE YOU, PHILIP MORRIS and many other films in genres ranging from comedy to action, martial arts and documentaries. His original songs and instrumental compositions can be heard on television series such as TWO AND A HALF MEN, IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA, MAD MEN, THE BLACKLIST, ER, TRANSPARENT and many other series.
Edwards is founder and artistic director of Source in Sync, an independent production music library that licenses music to NBC, CBS, ABS, Fox, WB, Paramount, and many other television and movie studios worldwide. He also co-founded mVibe in 2019, which is the largest licensing platform in the world for cover recordings of hit songs.
Dragon’s Domain Records presents THE PATRIOT, featuring the premiere release of music from the original score composed by Steve Edwards, performed by Symphony Seattle. The album includes liner notes written by composer and author Brian Satterwhite. The music has been mastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland.
