I’m back home after an 8-day adventure in NYC! I attended the Vimeo Festival, made some new talented friends, and planned out a future music video. A few pictures below, Add me on facebook for more! Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post [...]
I recently had the pleasure of scoring & sound designing this video, directed by the wonderful Celia Rowlson-Hall. She describes it thusly: watch me demolish a city, perform in a broadway show, stroll through the jungle and turn into a ghost… all over a pair of shoes. I’ve been following Celia’s work for a few [...]
I’m off to Sundance with my old Chicago friends Eric Bednarowicz and Joe Martinez. I’ll be there the whole time, drop me a line if you want to meet up! Also, worth a re-post: David Fishel‘s 3-channel video for College Humor’s 2010 “Galactic Empire State of Mind“. Music by yours truly, vocals recorded by James [...]
http://vimeo.com/17467930 Well hey, a film I posted about last december has finally been released! Congrats to director David Fishel on wrapping up this ambitious 12-minute short. It was a nice challenge making music that pulses, swells, and occasionally waltzes. Thanks to these very talented musicians (remember Eleanor from last week?) for playing on the score: [...]
I shot* the above video for my buddy David Fishel’s Davey Dance Blog on a recent midwest vacation. He describes DDB thusly: A project started while traveling Europe during Spring 2007. Armed only with an ipod and a Canon, Davey picks a location and a pop song. Then Davey records an improvised dance. He’s now [...]
It’s hard to believe this day has come: Pipe Dream, a film I finished scoring 2.5 YEARS ago* has finally been released. It’s interesting to hear the musical approach of a younger me and I look back on this one fondly. I’ve written a bit about it before in a previous blog post: Vocals by [...]
I’m excited to be returning for my 3rd year to the Chicago International Movies and Music Festival! Tortue, an experimental short I scored for David Fishel will be screening before the documentary “Sound It Out”: Saturday, April 16th, 3 pm Wicker Park Arts Center, 2215 W. North Ave You’ll find this and other films listed [...]
I recently finished a score for the David Fishel film Cogitat Ergo Sum, and thought I’d share a few snippets with you. Here are 2 versions of the “pulse” theme which propels several scenes, followed by a swelly dramatic thing that accompanies a montage sequence: And here’s a waltz which comes later, followed by the [...]
I don’t have anything Thanksgiving-themed to post, but I do have something holiday-related. This is a piece I did music and sound design for earlier this year.. a parody of Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas. As with Web Site Story, I: 1) didn’t have sheet music so did my best to recreate all the parts [...]
Part 1: (intro and buildup, 2min length) Part 2: (narration into HIT at 1:10, 2min length) Above is some audio of a dreamy score I made last year for the film Pipe Dream (again by David Fishel). It still hasn’t been released but when it is I’ll be sure to post it. Vocals by my [...]