The Wind Gods

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The Wind Gods
Film poster
Directed by	Fritz Mitchell
Produced by	David Ellison
Narrated by	Jeremy Irons
Music by	Pinar Toprak
Production company	Skydance Productions
Release date	2011 (2011)
Country	United States
Language	English

The Wind Gods: 33rd America's Cup is a 2011 documentary sailing yacht racing sports film about the 2010 America's Cup (the 33rd Cup) revised in 2013. The film is narrated by Jeremy Irons, directed by Fritz Mitchell, and produced by Skydance Productions. The soundtrack composed by Pinar Toprak won the 2011 IFMCA Best Documentary Score award. The film aired nationally on PBS (the U.S. Public Broadcasting Service) in 2013.[1][2][3][4]

Film

The film The Wind Gods: 33rd America's Cup was produced by David Ellison, son of Larry Ellison, and his production company, Skydance Productions. Larry Ellison is the syndicate CEO of Oracle Team USA, the winning team in the 33rd America's Cup (AC33), and chairman and founder of Oracle Corporation, the title sponsor of the winning syndicate. David Ellison collaborated with Julian Guthrie on the film. Guthrie wrote the nonfiction book The Billionaire and the Mechanic about the history of Oracle Team USA.[3][5] The DVD and advertising campaign were produced by Bean Labs, in conjunction with Mt. Philo Films.[6]

Synopsis

The film profiles Larry Ellison, Russell Coutts, and Ernesto Bertarelli. Coutts is the skipper for Oracle Team USA who was hired away from Bertarelli's Switzerland's Team Alinghi. Bertarelli is the head of the defending champion, the Swiss syndicate Team Alinghi, running the yacht Alinghi 5, while Oracle runs the yacht USA-17. The film proceeds to cover the proceedings of the America's Cup regatta, a championship composed of multiple rounds of racing.[3][7]

Soundtrack

The Wind Gods
Soundtrack album by Pinar Toprak
Studio	Caldera Records
Genre	Film score

A soundtrack album was released, The Wind Gods: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, composed by Pinar Toprak, released by Caldera Records, ID# C6012, containing 19 tracks, 18 music and one commentary. The film score received the International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Documentary Score in 2011.[1][8][2]

Track listing

[8]

Track	Title	Length	Notes
01	The Wind Gods	2:50
02	First Race 1851	5:52
03	Ellison vs. Bertarelli	1:06
04	The Best Man To Steer The Boat	2:04
05	Childhood	1:52
06	We Are The American Team	1:02
07	There Is No Second Place	1:39
08	Jimmy And His Father	1:04
09	The Final Race	3:30
10	It Was Personal	2:07
11	The America's Cup is America's Again	2:17
12	What's At Stake	1:05
13	The Trophy	1:33
14	Dreams Are To Pursue	1:15
15	One Australia	1:26
16	The 12 Minute Cue	12:18
17	A Noble Defeat	1:26
18	Dreams Are To Pursue II	2:40
19	Audio Commentary by Pinar Toprak	2:54	Bonus Track

Workography

• DVD: Skydance (2013), The Wind Gods: 33rd America's Cup, AC Trimaran LLC; ASIN B00EPBQGYE; UPC 7-92382-32249-7;
• CD: Caldera (2011), The Wind Gods: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, First Floor Entertainment GmbH, Caldera C6012; ASIN B018A29AQE; UPC 4-260352-760120;

Awards and honors

• Winner — 2011 International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) Award for Best Documentary Score [1]

References

1. WTTW National Productions (25 April 2013). "Wind Gods". PRNewsWire. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
2. James Southall (5 January 2016). "The Wind Gods". Movie Wave. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
3. Patrick Hoge (9 May 2013). "Larry Ellison's private America's Cup party". San Francisco Business Times. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
4. "Wind Gods". PBS Northern California KQED 9. 2013.
5. Julie Bort (10 May 2013). "Larry Ellison Graciously Stopped A Journalist From Being Tossed Out Of His Private Party". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
6. "The Wind Gods". Bean Labs. 2014. Archived from the original on 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
7. "The Wind Gods – the story of the 33rd America's Cup". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. Sailing Scuttlebutt. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
8. "The Wind Gods". Caldera Records. 2014. Archived from the original on 2019-05-15. Retrieved 2018-04-25.

External links

• Official trailer: PBS Chicago WTTW, The Wind Gods, WTTW Promos and Previews (05/02/13)
• Official film website: "The Wind Gods, 33rd America's Cup". Archived from the original on 20 June 2013.
• Official album webpage: Caldera Records, The Wind Gods (CD movie score)
• The Wind Gods (2013) at IMDb

See also

• The Billionaire and the Mechanic (2013 book), by Julian Guthrie, documenting the rise of Larry Ellison's challenge for the America's Cup
• Wind (film), fictionalized account of Dennis Conner's loss and then win of the America's Cup