Two Steps From Hell is a production music company based in Santa Monica, California. Founded the 14th February 2006 by two composers Nick Phoenix and Thomas J. Bergersen, it has quickly become one of the most prolific trailer music library. Their music is used in many Hollywood production trailers, such as trailers for 2012, Beowulf, Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix, Spiderman 3, Star Trek, The Dark Knight, Sweeney Todd, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Sherlock Holmes, X-Men: The Last Stand, Watchmen, Prince of Persia, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Coraline, The Da Vinci Code, Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant and Wall-E. While their albums are not publicly available
Two Steps From Hell is a production music company based in Santa Monica, California. Founded by Nick Phoenix and Thomas J. Bergersen[1], the company produces music for movie trailers.
In particular, the group's music has been used in trailers for such films as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Star Trek, The Dark Knight, 2012, X-Men: The Last Stand, Prince of Persia, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader as well as video games such as Mass Effect 2 and the British television show Doctor Who.
To celebrate the 20-year anniversary of "Cowboys From Hell", Rhino rounds up a three-disc "Ultimate Edition," a three-disc "Deluxe Edition," and a two-disc "Expanded Edition." All three editions include a newly remastered version of the original album along with unreleased and rare live performances from the "Cowboys From Hell" tour. The "Ultimate" and "Deluxe" editions will also feature a disc of unreleased demos for nearly every album track, plus, "The Will To Survive", a previously unreleased song recorded during the album's sessions.
Although Vulgar Display of Power remains Pantera's best and definitive album, Cowboys from Hell was the creative breakthrough that set the stage for its conception. Not only were its demos responsible for getting Pantera signed to a major label in the first place, but its fresh musical perspective also gave them a much-needed blank slate with which to conquer the 1990s and, first and foremost, erase their 1980s failures…