New music on the site
I've obtained permission from the director of Sunday Afternoon to include both music and selected video from the film as part of my website portfolio. The video will be coming soon; in the meantime, you can listen to the full soundtrack, including a bonus cue not heard in the film's final version.
Also on the site is a new version of the animated short Space Alone, with my own all-new music and sound design. Special thanks to Ilias Sounas for allowing me to use his fantastic animation.
Sunday Afternoon premieres May 11
My latest film project, the short drama Sunday Afternoon (previously Left for Dead) directed by Alexandra Thomas, is officially finished! The story can hardly be explained without being spoiled, so I'll just say that it's a surprising tear-jerker. The soundtrack features an original song arranged for both jazz septet and string orchestra, with additional music making use of a similarly jazz-influenced harmonic style.
The film will premiere this Sunday, May 11, as part of a showcase of U.T. graduate student productions screening from 6:00-10:00pm at Alamo South Lamar.
Of Love and Race takes first place at Auburn
On Tuesday night, Tim Tsai's short documentary Of Love and Race (which gave me my first experience writing music for film) was awarded first place in the College Videomaker category at Auburn University's Jay Sanders Film Festival. Congratulations again to Tim on this project's remarkable success!
Of Love and Race will next screen closer to home, as part of the Grad Student Film and Photography Showcase at the University of Texas. The event begins Thursday, April 17 at 6:00pm at the United States Art Authority, next to Spider House on Guadalupe.
Of Love and Race selected for film festival screening
Of Love and Race, the short documentary that gave me my first film composing credit, has been accepted into the Jay Sanders Film Festival at Auburn University! Tim Tsai's film will compete against eight other student films from around the country as part of the Movie Gallery Student Video Competition. The screening will take place on Monday, April 8, from 7:00-9:30pm in the theater-auditorium of the Auburn University Hotel.
Congratulations to Tim on this achievement, and good luck in the competition!
8-bit Adventure
A package arrived today, reminding me of a bit of news I had forgotten to post: I recently won the 14th CGEmpire Music Competition! The theme this time around was "retro," which given the overall theme of the site I took to mean "retro video games." My winning track, 8-bit Adventure Theme, features an epic melody akin to the music of the Legend of Zelda or Final Fantasy series, played with simple NES-style sounds.
Sincere thanks to CGEmpire for hosting the contest, and to Toontrack for providing the prize support: a copy of EZDrummer along with its Claustrophobic and Latin Percussion expansions! These were the contents of today's package, and should be a great boost for my percussion library.