This month I was happy to get the bulk of the score done to a short film by Lantz Stevens, called “Under.” This is a great little art piece with some very thought-provoking themes. Though post hasn’t officially wrapped yet, I’ve uploaded the main theme of the film for your enjoyment.
Also, on a more upbeat note, I’ve been working with Louis Weyrich on the theme song for his new web-series on dysfunctional daters. I’ve posted the first draft of the show theme as well. It’s funky and a little goofy, and was definitely a lot of fun to compose.
The DVXuser forums are a pretty popular place for indie film makers, and they regularly hold “Fests” where members submit short films of a particular genre, and are voted on. Recently, I participated in the latest of these, the DVXuser WestFest. The film I worked on was a very short, short, only about 4 minutes, but the scene was well conceived and shot. Since the whole thing revolves around these 3 bank-robbers in a…wait for it…standoff, I decided to choose an small ensemble to match, relying solely on acoustic guitar, shaker, and whistling. The title cue can be heard on the music player. I’m definitely looking forward to participating in more of these “Fests” in the future.
So after some poking around, I decided to try my hand at a WordPress site. The flash site I set up on Wix is nice, but the load time is a beast, and with iPhones unable to read flash I thought it was time to look at something else. Hope you like it.
Last weekend was the annual 48 hour film challenge. I’d participated in it a couple times in Cincinnati and was excited to get into it again, as it’s usually quite an adventure. My team was composed primarily of friends from the Austin Film Meet this time around. On Saturday morning, I got the script and began working on some ideas, then it was off to the annual IGDA picnic at Richard Garriott’s. When Sunday afternoon rolled around, I learned that some issues with one of the cameras’ footage was resulting in major delays. I decided to just write some music that would be appropriate for the film, should it ever get to me. Unfortunately it didn’t, as they were unable to solve the issues they were having, but hey! I got some good writing done in the mean-time. Check out the cues from “Suffer the Children” to hear it.
