I am the composer and music supervisor for Genderfreak, a new film by Becca Louisell. Below is a music video and Kickstarter campaign for the film: I wrote the song in the music video and co-wrote the lyrics with Louisell. I am excited to be working on a film that deals with transgender issues in […]
“6 Giorni Sulla Terra”, directed by Varo Venturi, was released this weekend in Italy. I had the privilege of being a co-composer of the film along with industry veterans Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil. This was my first co-credit with them. The music on the official website features a track I wrote: http://www.6giornisullaterra.info/ The film’s […]
A music library track I composed was recently featured in a Target commercial for hand sanitizer, part of their national “Everyday” 15-second spots. View it below:
Update: This concert has been rescheduled to June 4. I am one of three orchestrators arranging for Dirty Vegas’s Synesthesia concert with live orchestra at the New World Center in Miami next week. The event will present the unique combination of a live 30-piece symphony orchestra performing with grammy award-winning Dirty Vegas along with other […]
I’ve written another app similar to my keep mainstage running app — Quicksilver Or Steam. What this app does is quits Quicksilver when you’re playing games in Steam, and launches Quicksilver when Steam has quit. I know I’m not the only one with this problem – you’re playing Left 4 Dead 2 and suddenly you […]
I recently completed the music for a trailer for Saving Jake, a novel by Ophelia Julien. You can watch it here: Saving Jake can be purchased here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1930076150/newleafbooks/103-7494912-6890200 Trailer Animation and Photography by Dashiel Hermann: http://www.frontendback.com/ Additional Photos by Carmon Elliot: http://www.pbase.com/taliesin You can visit Ophelia Julien’s website here: http://www.opheliajulien.com/
I need to write Britney Spears-type lyrics for a pop song, so I created a Wordle of all of her lyrics from 1999-2010: The results were not that surprising, but it’s still helpful. Wordle link: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1920760/Britney_Spears_Complete_Lyrics Vector PDF download Another version with over 1000 words: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1920824/Britney_Spears_Complete_Lyrics_2 Vector PDF download
I know I’m not the only one with this problem: You have this giant MIDI keyboard that doesn’t produce sound on its own, and most of the time, playing it doesn’t do anything. You have to launch logic, or mainstage, or ableton, or digital performer, open a new project, setup a new patch, and then […]
The first fruit of my labor at my new job–arranging, music programming and orchestrating for Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil–has been released. “Teufelskicker” (Devil’s Kicker) opened #4 in Germany last weekend, and the soundtrack CD is for sale. I am proud to share one writing credit with Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil, for track 15, […]
Below is a time-lapse nature music video highlighting the MP3 “Age of Innocence” using my amateur photography of Los Angeles: The extremely talented Ian Maksin is featured on this track, which is available for download here.