IMAscore

IMAscore GbR

Company type	Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts
Founded	2009
Headquarters	Paderborn , Germany
Key people	Andreas Kübler, Geschäftsführer (Creative Director) Xaver Willebrand, Geschäftsführer (Managing Director)
Number of employees	12 (2020)
Website	https://www.imascore.com/

IMAscore is a German company in the creative industry based in Paderborn, founded in 2009. The team consists primarily of composers and sound designers and is known for its specialization in soundtrack production for amusement parks. IMAscore has also been producing music for film and video game trailers since 2016.

History

The company was founded in 2009 by Andreas Kübler, Sebastian Kübler and Xaver Willebrand. The founders got to know each other via the Internet and had previously pursued joint projects, such as the space rock band Between Horizons, which released two albums.[1] The soundtrack for Krake roller coaster, which opened at Heide Park in 2011, was the first for an amusement park.[2] Soundtracks for various amusement parks and attractions around the world followed. After achieving market leadership in Europe in 2014, the company has developed into the world market leader in the field of music and sound production for amusement parks by 2017.[3][4][5]

With IMAscore, Andreas Kübler was responsible for the composition of additional music for the animated film Sam – Ein fast perfekter Held, which was published in Germany by Universum Film in 2016.[6]

The company received increased media attention from 2016 onwards with the production of music for TV spots and for trailers for films and computer games. IMAscore achieved one of the first major placements of his music with the Omen trailer for the video game Final Fantasy XV published on October 27, 2016.[7] The track Endlessness used in the trailer was then clicked over a million times on YouTube (as of 2019).[8]

The trailer for Insidious: The Last Key, set to music by IMAscore, was nominated at the Golden Trailer Awards 2018 in the category Best Horror. At the award ceremony in Los Angeles on May 31, 2018, the award in the category finally went to the "Hunt" trailer for the film A Quiet Place.[9]

On October 5, 2018, the founders of IMAscore were guests on the live television program Hier und heute of the WDR on the subject of music production for trailers.[10] The company was also presented in the program 17:30 Sat.1.[11]

Composer Andreas Kübler produced the music for the teaser trailer for The Lion King (2019) published on November 22, 2018.[4] The trailer is currently (as of 2019) the most successful Disney film, with 224.6 million clicks worldwide within the first 24 hours of publication.[12]

Productions

The following soundtracks were produced and sold by the company:

Trailers (selection)

Year	Title
2014	The Elder Scrolls Online
2016	The Huntsman: Winter's War
2016	Final Fantasy XV
2017	Geostorm
2017	Molly's Game
2017	Prey
2017	Call of Duty: WWII
2018	The Nutcracker and the Four Realms[13]
2018	Rampage[14]
2018	Insidious: The Last Key
2018	Escape Plan 2: Hades
2019	The Lion King
2019	Aladdin[15]
2023	Parque Warner Madrid
	Hellfest

TV-Spots (selection)

Year	Title
2010	How to Train Your Dragon[16]
2017	Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017	Only the Brave
2018	Avengers: Infinity War[4]
2018	Solo: A Star Wars Story[4]
2018	Incredibles 2
2018	Maze Runner: The Death Cure
2018	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom[13]
2019	Captain Marvel[17]
2019	Breakthrough[18]
2022	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish[19]

Amusement parks (selection)

Name	Location	Notes / References
The Oath of Kärnan	Hansa-Park	with Budapest Symphony Orchestra[20]
Highlander	Hansa-Park
Nessie	Hansa-Park
The little Tsar	Hansa-Park
Krake	Heide Park
Flug der Dämonen	Heide Park
Colossos	Heide Park
Schweizer Bobbahn	Heide Park
Ghostbusters 5D	Heide Park
Wüstenflitzer	Heide Park
Star Trek: Operation Enterprise	Movie Park Germany	with Budapest Symphony Orchestra[21]
Excalibur - Secrets of the dark	Movie Park Germany
The Lost Temple	Movie Park Germany
Movie Park Studio Tour	Movie Park Germany
Chiapas	Phantasialand	with Budapest Symphony Orchestra[22]
Talocan	Phantasialand
Mystery Castle	Phantasialand
Theme area Klugheim with Taron and Raik	Phantasialand
Theme area Rookburgh with F.L.Y.	Phantasialand
Crazy Bats	Phantasialand	(formerly Temple of the Night Hawk)
Blue Fire	Europa-Park
Dancing Dingie	Europa-Park
The Smiler	Alton Towers
Wicker Man	Alton Towers
Galactica	Alton Towers
Fireworks 2015 / Monorail	Alton Towers
Towerstreet	Alton Towers
Spinball Whizzer	Alton Towers
Curse at Alton Manor	Alton Towers
Nemesis Reborn	Alton Towers
Dwervelwind	Toverland
Troy und Scorpios	Toverland
Fēnix	Toverland
Port Laguna	Toverland
Avalon	Toverland
Magische Vallei	Toverland
Helix	Liseberg
Valkyria and Loke	Liseberg
Kingi	Linnanmäki
Taiga	Linnanmäki
Derren Brown's Ghost Train	Thorpe Park
Mami Wata	Fantasiana Erlebnispark
Pulsar	Walibi Belgium
Karma World and Fun World	Walibi Belgium
Tiki Waka	Walibi Belgium
Wilde Hilde	Schwabenpark
Timber (The Gravity Group)	Walibi Rhône-Alpes
Mystic Timbers	Kings Island
Orion	Kings Island
Legoland Discovery Centre	Worldwide
Sea Life	Worldwide
Madame Tussauds	London
Dynamite	Freizeitpark Plohn	[23]
Land of Legends and Fury	Bobbejaanland
Batman Gotham City Escape	Parque Warner Madrid

Television (selection)

Title	Notes / References
Grimme-Preis	[24]
Welt der Wunder	[25]
2011 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships	[26]

Discography

Soundtrack CDs (Auswahl)

Year	Title
2012	Shadows Of Darkness – The Van Helsing Show
2013	Magical Valley – Official Soundtrack
2013	Minas Abenteuer – Der Baum der Wunder
2014	Chiapas DIE Wasserbahn – DER Soundtrack
2015	The Soundtrack Of Mami Wata
2015	Heide Park Resort Soundtrack
2015	Magic Forest – Official Soundtrack
2015	Der Sound des KÄRNAN
2016	Liseberg Soundtrack-CD
2016	Hollywood On Parade
2016	Klugheim Soundtrack
2017	Star Trek: Operation Enterprise – Der Offizielle Soundtrack
2017	Thorpe Park Resort Soundtrack
2018	Troy – Official Soundtrack
2018	Avalon – Official Soundtrack
2018	Port Laguna – Official Soundtrack
2020	Alton Towers Resort Soundtrack

EPs

Year	Title
2018	Budapest
2018	Winterstorm

Awards

• 2012: European Talent Award in category Best Sound Design for Sebastian Kübler, given at the SoundTrack Cologne 9.0[27]
• 2012: Kultur- und Kreativpiloten Deutschland, given by Initiative Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft des Bundes[28]
• 2013: FKF Award for Soundtrack of the theme area of Magische Vallei at Toverland, given by Freundeskreis Kirmes und Freizeitparks (FKF)[29]
• 2013: 2nd place Gründerpreis NRW[30]

References

1. "5 Fakten über das Phantasialand (Teil 2) | #FaktenAkten | PHL-Infos". YouTube (in German).
2. "Eine musikalische Reise zur Krake". Parkscout.de. 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
3. Laura de la Motte: Kredit für Kreative, in: Handelsblatt 193, 8 October 2014, S. 44f.
4. WB/mai (2018-11-26). ""König der Löwen": Musik aus Paderborn". Westfalen-Blatt. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
5. Luis Hohaus (2017-06-16). "Wo die Ohren sausen". Jugend und Wirtschaft. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung und Bankenverband. Retrieved 2018-12-14. (=Sonderseite Jugend und Wirtschaft der F.A.Z. Archived 2017-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, 16 June 2017; retrieved 19 January 2019.)
6. "IMDB-Eintrag zu Andreas Kübler". imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
7. Dominik Zwingmann (2016-10-27). "Final Fantasy 15: Gold-Status erreicht und neuer CGI-Trailer "Omen" veröffentlicht". Pcgames.de. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
8. Epic Heaven Music (2016-10-27). "Really Slow Motion - Endlessness ("Final Fantasy XV - Omen" Trailer Music)". YouTube-Video. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
9. "Golden Trailer Award, Best Horror (GTA19/2018), Nominees". goldentrailer.com. Archived from the original on 2019-01-05. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
10. "Die Filmkomponisten". WDR Mediathek. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
11. Jennifer Janski (2018-08-13). "Filmmusik aus Paderborn". SAT.1 NRW, Kultur. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
12. Mitchell Peters (2018-11-24). "New 'Lion King' Trailer Scores Record Views in First 24 Hours". billboard.com. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
13. "IMAscore vertont für Disney". Radiohochstift.de. 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
14. Dominik Zwingmann (2017-11-19). "Rampage: Trailer der Videospielverfilmung mit Dwayne Johnson". www.pcgames.de. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
15. R. Lukas (2019-04-10). "Der ewige Kreis: Neuer Trailer zu "Der König der Löwen" IST DA!". Moviejones.de (in German).
16. "Music by IMAscore featured in How To Train Your Dragon – The Hidden World TV campaign". 2019-01-17. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
17. "Colossal Trailer Music". Facebook (in German). Retrieved 2019-02-14.
18. Christina Bendigs (2019-03-28). "Von Magdeburg nach Hollywood". Volksstimme.de (in German). Magdeburger Verlags- und Druckhaus GmbH.
19. "https://twitter.com/IMAscore/status/1613474384387121152". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-05-17. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
20. Peter Mantik (2015-06-13). "Sierksdorf – "Kärnan" nimmt Tempo auf: Testfahrt im Schienenlabyrinth". Lübecker Nachrichten. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
21. Alexander Louis (2017-05-01). "Der Soundtrack zu "Star Trek: Operation Enterprise": Diese Musik läuft bei der neuen Katapult-Achterbahn im Movie Park Germany!". Parkerlebnis.de – Freizeitpark–Magazin. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
22. Christian Buhl (2015-08-12). "Chiapas – ein oscarreifer Soundtrack!". Phantasialand–Magazin (Online). Retrieved 2019-01-19.
23. Gerd Betka (2019-03-30). ""Dynamite" besteht erste Tests in Plohn". Freie Presse (in German). Medien Union GmbH Ludwigshafen.
24. "Paderborner Firma macht Grimme-Preis Musik". Radiohochstift.de. 2014-01-17. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
25. Sebastian Wolfrum (2012-11-23). "Löffingen: Top in der Tongestaltung - badische-zeitung.de". Badische Zeitung. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
26. Christa Maier (2012-03-17). "Löffingen: Ganz neue Töne aus Löffingen". Badische Zeitung. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
27. Sebastian Wolfrum (2012-11-23). "Löffingen: Top in der Tongestaltung". Badische Zeitung. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
28. "Kultur- und Kreativpiloten, Titelträger 2012".
29. "FKF-Award: Vergangene Preisträger". FKF-award.de. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
30. "Gründerpreis 2013 (Pressemitteilung)". Gruenderregion.de. 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2019-01-19.

External links

• Official website
• IMAscore discography at Discogs