GALAXY STUDIOS ANNOUNCES 3-PICTURE DEAL WITH FILMMAKER RICHARD ELFMAN

First Film, FORBIDDEN ZONE 2, to Include Music and Original Songs by Four-time Oscar-Nominated and Emmy and Grammy Award-winning Composer All Three Films To Employ Revolutionary Auro-3D Immersive Sound Format Danny Elfman

June 24, 2015

Wilfried Van Baelen’s Belgium-based, multi-faceted post-production outfit,

GALAXY STUDIOS, announced today that it has finalised a three-picture production agreement with 

filmmaker Richard Elfman (MODERN VAMPIRES). The deal also incorporates Van Baelen’s Auro 

Technologies, ensuring the revolutionary immersive sound format AURO-3D® is employed across all of 

the upcoming three pictures. 

Richard Elfman’s first film under the Galaxy/AURO-3D® deal will be a sequel to his wildly successful cult 

hit, the musical/fantasy FORBIDDEN ZONE. Four-time Oscar®-Nominated and Emmy® and Grammy 

Award®-winning composer Danny Elfman and actress Jenna Elfman (DHARMA & GREG) are both 

attached to FORBIDDEN ZONE 2, with further names soon to be announced. 

The AURO-3D® listening format delivers the most natural immersive sound experience on the market. It 

is an exciting move from two-dimensional surround sound formats to three-dimensional sound, 

achieved by adding the missing and final dimension in sound ‘height’ in front of and all around the 

viewer. AURO-3D® is the only sound system on the market that has just one file, making it easy for 

distributors to achieve high-resolution audio on any system in the world. The format is currently on 

display at the Cannes Film Festival in an AURO-3D® theater specially constructed next to the AURO 

offices and lounge on the Hotel Majestic Plage. 

About working with the new AURO-3D® sound format, Elfman said, “Hearing is believing. What stereo is 

to mono and 5.1 to stereo, AURO-3D® sound is to 5.1. AURO-3D® changes the way media will present 

sound. As FORBIDDEN ZONE 2 is wall-to-wall music—to be released along with a video game—AURO-

3D®’s immersive sound will really knock the ball out of the park. I’m very excited!” 

Wilfried Van Baelen added, “FORBIDDEN ZONE 2 is a gift for the AURO-3D® format – the original was a 

cult kaleidoscope of ideas, sounds, and imagery, and we could not be more excited to help push 

Richard’s sequel into a similarly surreal dimension. The technology used will match the ambition of this 

startlingly visionary filmmaker.”