January
"A Kiss of Chaos" will be showing at the 2010 Soho International Film Festival! The festival runs from February 18-21. More info here: www.siffnyc.com

Also, an old but good review of "A Kiss of Chaos." Click here: www.mibodegaonline.com

December
Good news for "La Soga" around the corner. But for now, this little tidbit: "La Soga" won the Bahamas Film Festival!!!

October
As "La Soga" continues to tour the film festival circuit, here are some of the glowing reviews and articles written about it:

Variety
La Times 1
LA Times 2 (Oooh..controversy!)
Twitch
Movie Moxie

August
The score for La Soga is in the can! I'm proud to say it's my best work yet, featuring the talents of many amazing musicians (more on that later...). La Soga will be premiering at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. Response for this film so far at private screenings has been phenomenal, including this blurb:

"A searing portrayal of a killer's quest for redemption...LA SOGA is many things: a crime story, a love story, and a no-holds-barred examination of the costs of vengeance. It is also flat-out brilliant."
- Junot Diaz,
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of
The Brief Wondrous LIfe of Oscar Wao

In addition, I've started work on Will Wedig's next film, FORGED. This one will be another standout!

May
The website for La Soga is up and looks great! Click on the logo below to check out the trailer, news, and cast bios:

April
Things have gotten extremely busy! Work continues on "La Soga" and will wrap up in May. In addition, I wrote some music for Nickelodeon, which will be posted on the Film page soon. I was also asked to participate in the ASCAP/Columbia Film Music Scoring Workshop. I worked with director Morgan Faust to produce the 2009 Columbia Film Festival Trailer. This was a special experience - I wrote, orchestrated and conducted music for a chamber orchestra (consisting of NYC's top musicians) that was then recorded and mixed at famed Legacy Studios. You can see the result here: http://www.cufilmfest.com

January
I've started work on the score for "La Soga," a new feature film by Josh Crook. The movie was shot in the Dominican Republic, featuring the gorgeous cinematography of Zeus Morand. This project is chock full of music - in addition to the awesome source music by a variety of Dominican artists, my own compositions range in style from solo guitar to bracing atmospheric sounds inspired by the dreamlike quality of the film. Look out for this one!

October
Quick update: I've finished music on another series of children's audio books for Live Oak Media. The series, called Robin Hill School will be out soon. For all those with youngsters learning to read, you can buy them (along with Earl the Squirrel, for which I also wrote the music) here:

July
In a brief lull, I finally found time to update the calendar. I've been busy the past couple of months with two main projects.

First, I wrote the music to the audio book version of the classic children's book "Earl the Squirrel." The audio book is being produced by John Marshall Sound, who recentely helped record the Grammy Award winning audio-book "Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair And Balanced Look At The Right" by Al Franken. "Earl the Squirel" is still being finished, so I have no links or info on where to buy yet. But I'll post a short sample when I can.

Second (and much more time-consuming), I've composed and produced the score to the thriller "A Kiss of Chaos." I think this is my best score yet, featuring my own guitar playing on many cues. The movie itself is a notch above most urban thrillers, incorporating several layers of metaphor into the ol' drug deal gone bad story. Plus, the cast is a great collection of indie up-and-comers. Keep an eye out for it!

May 9& 10
Two more showing of "If You Can't Get There From Here ... Stand Still" (see below). These perormances are part of an evening of new dance works hosted by the Alaine Handa Dance Co.

Merce Cunningham Studio Theater
Berita - 9 pm
55 Bethune St (11th floor)
New York NY
Price: $15
tickets at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/31177

March 15 & 16
Sasha Soreff Dance Company Two work-in-progress showings of a collaborative dance piece. Sasha Soreff Dance Theater will present our new piece "If You Can't Get There From Here ... Stand Still." The work is set to original music by moi. The March 15th showing is at the Ailey Studios from 6:30-8pm and the March 16th showing is at Greenspace at 7pm (click on image below for details). The formal premiere will take place sometime in April at the Merce Cunningham Studio (more to follow on that). I'm proud of this piece, scored for four electric guitars and electronics. Come see what I've been up to!

Click the following link to listen to a section of the piece: Stand Still Coda

December 6-9
DirectorFest 2007 I wrote music for "Autophagy," a one-act play by Sean Graney, directed by Joanie Schultz. Joanie is an extremely talented theater director working in Chicago (www.joanieschultz.com) and is one of this year's four Drama League Directing Fellows. Fans of Damien Rice and Nick Drake will like my music for this one! DirectorFest 2007 will play the Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex, located in Manhattan at 312 West 36th Street. Tickets are available by visiting www.SmartTix.com or by calling (212) 868-4444. Click on the picture for full details:

November 13
Tantrum (Rise of the Dead) is being released by Lionsgate Films! Buy or rent it here:

amazon
netflix
blockbuster

 

May 15-25
I took part in NYU/ASCAP's Film Scoring Workshop. It was an inspiring experience and one that I can definitely recommend to any aspiring film composers. We recorded our cues with an orchestra of top-flight NYC musicians.

You can hear the music (and see the clip) I worked on over on the film score page. Click here.

January 19-27
Salvage is showing on Showtime's The Movie Channel (TMC)

Check here for specific times

October 29, 8:00pm
The Trondheim Symphony Chamber Concert
Trondheim, Norway
Performance of call—distance—response.

October 17
Salvage is now out on DVD and available at major retailers!!

amazon
netflix
blockbuster

 

October 4, 7:00pm
The Infinity Quartet will present a set of new, original compositions
and arrangments of my film music.

Knitting Factory Old Office
(see below for directions)
$8 tickets available at the door

Heh heh, got busy and forgot to update...

May 31, 7:30pm
Ben Hoadley and Friends
Rose Rehearsal Studio, Lincoln Center
Ben will premiere my new composition: call—distance—response.

March 8, 8:00pm
Knitting Factory Old Office (directions)
$8

click here for info and tickets