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DARK
CRIMES is a throwback film noir. A real time
thriller with twists, turns, double crosses and of course…murder.
Official
Selection FAIF international film festival – LA
Winner – First
Place, Crime Drama – The Indie Gathering – OH
The score for DARK CRIMES is both a Jazz and Orchestral
score. Recorded live at 4th Street Recording in Santa
Monica with an ensemble of 15 musicians. The dark score
heightens the suspense and intrigue of the complex plot
while continuing to develop the theme of the music box
that plays a key role in the story. ONE SMALL PROBLEM
has high strings walking a tight rope of tension while
alto flute and bass clarinet interplay. Ever looming
closer, the orchestra is increasingly enlarged with piano,
horns, bass, cello and cymbals for the climax. THE CABIN
is transitional music with strings and French horn. The
music helps create that classic film noir mood. CHOLLIE’S
LOVE features muted strings playing solo for this tender
moment between professional thieves. SEDUCTION is a sultry
jazz cue with bluesy vibes over insistent bass.
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THE
LINGUISTS is a feature length documentary
about dying languages and two men that travel the world
trying to save those languages.
Official Selection - Sundance Film Festival - UT
Winner – Best Doc - Garden State Film Festival - NJ
The score for THE LINGUISTS required great sensibility and
a light touch. SIBERIA uses acoustic guitar, accordion and
percussion. It underscores pictures of this cold place and
it’s people that have seen their language and culture
overtaken.
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THE LAST SPEAKERS is a further exploration
into the issue of diminishing diversity in the world’s
languages. (Work in Progress)
The score for THE LAST SPEAKERS is intended to defy traditional
doc music. It really combines the gambit of music styles.
Touches of World Music, Electronica, Jazz and Rock. Most
of the music was recorded at Eggplant Studios in Silver Lake
with a very eclectic set of small ensembles. THAO VILLAGE
combines live marimba and percussion with expertly played
oboe. It creates a sense of gentle strength to depict the
last speaker in a village in Taiwan that is 90 years old. MARY
HIT JOHN is music for an animation segment of the film. Muted
trumpet, saxophone and clarinet perform this dance in ¾ time.
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BERTA is
a feature film that takes a post-modern look at the sexes.
A story of a hip, eccentric lesbian that wants to know what
it would be like to have a man’s body.
The score for BERTA took advantage of the use of sampled
instruments. A large orchestral sound was desired but
not affordable. CLOSEST THING TO RIGHT uses the power of
a large string ensemble to impact the mood of regret, while
still holding onto the hope of better things to come. THE
CLINIC was written to work as both source music for a waiting
room and dramatic underscore for the scene.
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WAY
OF THE PUCK is a feature length documentary
about the professional air hockey circuit and the diverse
range of players that simply love the sport.
Winner of the Gold Remi – Worldfest – Houston
Int’l Film Festival
WAY OF THE PUCK demanded a very diverse score; from
Jazz Waltzes and fleeting Orchestral cues to Heavy Metal
guitar and Rockabilly drums. MALLET hits hard with driving
guitar riffs and backbeat drums. TOURNAMENT is a blockbuster
orchestral action cue. DRAWING ROOM is a brooding Waltz
with alto sax, hammer dulcimer and some tasty brushwork
on the snare. The darkness opens up but just for a moment.
GRETCHEN plays under black and white, 8mm footage of
a young boy skating on a frozen pond as a man reminisces.
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URBAN SPIN CYCLE is
an avant-garde, 30-second cell phone movie. A phone was duct-taped
to a bike tire and then rode down the streets of Silver Lake.
Winner – First
Prize – Cell phone art – PAH*FEST – NM
Hand selected by esteemed judge Francis Ford Coppola. The
entire project was completed in a Saturday afternoon. The
score features alto saxophone and a 200-year-old apple-peeler.
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PSP is a 30-second commercial for
the highly successful Sony PSP.
The entire commercial
can be seen in the sound
design section of this site.
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