Rights & Inquiries

A Complete, Independent Work

ILLUMINE is a fully developed body of work — a fourteen-language novel series, an original soundtrack, and a feature screenplay — created and owned by one author, and open to the right partnership.

Ownership. Larry Cortez is the sole author and rights holder of ILLUMINE in all its forms — the novel and its fourteen city editions, all song lyrics, the soundtrack, and the screenplay. The work is independently created and self-funded. No rights have been assigned or encumbered.

The Work at a Glance

14City editions, 14 languages
38Original songs (lyrics by the author)
1Feature screenplay (Bangkok origin)
14Read-along soundtrack pages

One story — a young photographer and an aging filmmaker losing his sight — retold across fourteen world cities, each in its own language, beginning in Bangkok. Every edition carries an original soundtrack the reader can hear while they read.

A Note on the Music

The current recordings are demos — built with AI music tools the way a composer sketches at the piano before the orchestra arrives. Every lyric, melody, and emotional direction was written and directed by the author; the AI was the instrument. The destination is a live recording with real voices and real instruments. In any registration or licensing, the human-authored elements (lyrics, arrangement, and the author's own performances) are claimed, and AI-generated audio is disclosed.

With Thanks

ILLUMINE has been carried this far by the encouragement of early listeners, readers, and friends who believed in the story. Their generosity of spirit means a great deal. (Named acknowledgments appear only with each person's permission.)

Inquiries

For film & production, music & licensing, publishing & translation rights, or legal representation, please reach out directly:

dircinelarrycortez@gmail.com

A full authorship summary, the complete lyrics, the novels, and the screenplay are available to qualified parties on request.