The live music and dance show “Don’ts For Dancers,” a theatrical dance and live music performance, begins its Australian tour today. I arranged and produced some music for the show and for clarinet virtuoso Nicole Canham who directs it. Playing first in Canberra, Brisbane, and Cairns, the show takes a satirical look at the conventions of social dancing. Singer Vanessa Jourdan was collaborating with us in the music production.
Bugbaby featured by PBS
Our film Bugbaby, with Mink Stole as the lead and myself as composer, has been featured by the local PBS in San Diego and will be playing this Saturday, Feb 11, at the Horrible Imaginings Film Festival. I think this is festival #20 for Bugbaby, the little film that could!
Review of Magic Hourglass
A nice review of The Magic Hourglass and my score for it was written by Mark Sevi for the Orange County Screenwriters. The Magic Hourglass is a mystery/fantasy film that I scored last year, written and directed by Robert Rollins.
Celebrating 5 years with Blue Shield of California
I wrote some music for a Blue Shield of California commercial five years ago, and Blue Shield has been using my music continuously ever since. There have been dozens of commercial spots that used my music, but here are some of my favorites:
Bugbaby wins Audience Choice
At the New Orleans Horror Film Festival our film Bugbaby has won another award, this time for Audience Choice. It has been a good year for Bugbaby, and there is consistent buzz about my film score music everywhere it’s played. The film was written by Dan Spurgeon, directed byRebecca Lorenne Doppelt, and produced by The Visceral Company. Here are the festivals and awards to date:
Audience Choice Award
New Orleans Horror Film Festival
Best Horror Short Award
Phoenix Film Festival
Maryland International Film Festival
Spooky Movie International Film Festival
Big Bear Horro-Fi Film Festival
Williamsburg International Film Festival
Atlantic Film Festival
Atlanta Horror Film Festival
Atlanta Shortsfest
New York Hell’s Kitchen Film Festival
Black Rock Film Festival (at Burning Man)
Tickle Me Ottawa Festival
Bugbaby accepted to 4 more festivals
Rebecca Lorenne Doppelt’s film Bugbaby (with my film score) has been accepted to four more film festivals, three of them in one day! They are the Atlanta Horror Film Festial (September), the Atlanta Shorts Fest (September), the Maryland International Film Festival (October), and the Williamsburg, Brooklyn Independent Film Festival (November).
Magic Hourglass score complete
The film score for Magic Hourglass is complete! It was mixed by John Rodd and sounds fantastic. If you are a film composer you should try to work with him. Check out the first three samples on my Demos page to hear it.
Magic Hourglass session
The recording of the film score for Magic Hourglass was a success! I recorded the music over several days, and these wonderful players came in for the last day. Directing players is always a composer’s favorite part of the process, and director Robert Rollins was able to sit in with us too. The musicians in Los Angeles are the best.
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- Jeremy Borum producing the recording session for The Magic Hourglass
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- Michelle Coletta recording clarinet for The Magic Hourglass
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- Paul Cartwright recording the violin in the Magic Hourglass. He’s a wizard with the violin.
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- Pete Jacomson recording the cello in the Magic Hourglass
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- Recording Magic Hourglass with a string quartet and clarinet
I’m now sponsored by FXPansion
I got my first composer sponsorship today from FXPansion, the makers of BFD and Guru. I have an artist interview on their site along with a few music samples that use their products. They make the best drum libraries out there, so check them out!