From the very beginning, directors Drew and Nate Garcia knew they wanted to make the musical score for Treasure Trackers something special. For the Garcias, an emotional cinematic journey hinged on a nostalgic, larger-than-life sonic experience. One of their earliest decisions was to bring on board their rising composer who had previously scored their award-winning short film, Hero. Listen to Halloween Hoedown below!
Robin Hoffmann, known for his mastery in classical composition and orchestration, worked closely with the directors throughout the production to develop and refine the film’s musical themes. To achieve the big, cinematic feel they envisioned, the team headed to Europe, where Robin recorded the score with a 90-piece orchestra. The result is a lush, dynamic soundscape that adds a layer of grandeur and depth to the film, transporting audiences into the heart of the Treasure Trackers’ sense of family-fantasy, adventure, and nostalgia. Robin Hoffmann’s music doesn’t just accompany the film; it enhances the emotional journey of the characters and the audience alike, rendering it an integral part of the Treasure Trackers experience.
Treasure Trackers Will be available to purchase on digital 10/1.
TREASURE TRACKERS follows the adventure of three middle school kids who band together to find their small town’s mythic treasure— and destroy it. The story begins with Leah Weaver’s arrival in the nowheresville Southern town of Carterville, where her father has just dropped her off with her kooky aunt and uncle while he takes up work abroad. A fish out of water, Leah has trouble fitting in at the local middle school, until she meets fellow misfits Tessa and Marshy.
When Leah learns the folklore surrounding the small town’s founders from the amiable librarian, Mr. Bigsby, Leah recruits Marshy and Tessa in a hunt for the hidden gold. Leah soon discovers that there is much more to the legend than she originally understood: the gold bars are cursed by the town’s local witch, the “Raven Witch”, and it now possesses the trapped soul of the evil town founder, Silas Carter. Whoever finds the gold risks releasing Silas’ wicked spirit on the world. Leah, Marshy, and Tessa’s hunt for the gold bars is given new meaning when they discover that the local bully, Rhett Perry, and his high school friends are also on the hunt. Now it’s a race to solve the clues left behind by Silas Carter to destroy the cursed gold, and prevent Rhett and the teenagers from releasing his evil spirit on the world.
With help along the way from Tessa’s mysterious grandmother, the kids continuously work to outsmart the teens, leading to a final clue that brings about the treasure hunt’s climatic ending: Silas Carter’s gold can only be accessed through a magical portal on Halloween night. On All Hallows’ Eve, the trio of misfits embark on their final mission to destroy the gold, a journey which takes them into a magical realm overseen by none other than the Raven Witch.
Treasure Trackers stars Charity Rose, Amelia Salazar, Sean Jay, Sam Coffelt, Kim Sandwich, Cooper Tomlinson, Zephaniah Terry, Jaymee Vowell, Mike Stanley, Jim Johnson, Matthew Tarricone, Constance Reynolds, Alfred E. Rutherford, Julie Oliver-Touchstone, Cliff Jestice, Patrick G. Keenan, Leora Berry, Chris Thiede, and Austin Von Johnson.
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