News

Happy New Year and thanks for visiting.

In soundtrack news I wanted to let you know about a new feature called 360. It's directed by Fernando Meirelles (City of God, Constant Gardener) and written by Peter Morgan (The Queen, Frost/Nixon) and features a terrific cast including Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, and Eminem in a globally shot adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's "La Ronde." For the score I went back and re-recorded my bossa-torch-song "Helium Reprise," adding many elements to the arrangement including a new growly, blistering whisper of a vocal by the amazing Mike Patton. Look for it in theaters in spring 2012.

The documentary Buck is the story of Buck Brannaman, a true American cowboy and inspiration for "The Horse Whisperer" who eschews the violence of his upbringing and teaches people to communicate with their horses through sensitivity, rather than punishment. This is an amazing and touching film, and moviegoers agree - it won the Documentary Audience Award at last year's Sundance Film Festival and has been shortlisted for the 2011 Oscars! It's still playing in some theaters and is available on DVD from Netflix, Amazon etc. I highly recommend this picture, and you'll recognize several re-recorded Tin Hat tunes in the score.

Flat Daddy, a new documentary profiling military families and the stress and hardship of multiple deployments (as well as the program that provides life-size photo-realistic cardboard cutouts of the deployed service members that can be brought to picnics, baseball games, birthdays…thus the title), had its sold out premiere at the IFC Center as part of the DOC NYC Film Festival. My score is a combination of guitar and chamber based music with orchestral elements. Look for it at a festival near you and check back for other release info.

A few other things to mention: I've recently finished a score to an otherwise silent short film entitled "CPR" - realized by first time director Kimberly Warner, it just took Silver at the Oregon Film Awards Short Film Competition.

And I'm finishing up a great and important documentary called "The Revisionaries" - a fascinating look at the Christian right's agenda as it plays out in the Texas School Board (and so in text books all across America). Check back for details and look for premieres this spring: http://cprfilm.tumblr.com/ http://www.therevisionariesmovie.com/

I'm also happy to announce that I've signed on with Evolution Music Partners in LA - they will be handling my Feature Film and Television work - look at the Contact page for details.

Tin Hat has big news too as we're just signing a deal with the N.Y. based record label New Amsterdam Records and will be releasing our E.E. Cummings Project CD with them this spring. (tentatively titled The Rain is a Handsome Animal) We'll be touring both East and West coasts with concerts planned at The San Francisco Jazz Festival and Symphony Space, NY, as well as World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, and others. Details can be found on our recently revamped website and facebook page - (and links are on the Tin Hat page of my site)

The Steel Trio is planning a rare live concert during the Sundance Festival with guest drummer Pat Campbell (of Old Joe Clarks fame). Check back if you plan on being at the festival for details.

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