11/26/11 Just started a new and very exciting project. Details soon but I'm excited to say it's a great film and we're having fun working on it! As soon as we can announce it we will...
11/9/11 Currently preparing for James Newton Howard's concert with the DALLAS SYMPHONY in January 2012. Also begininng work on SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN and THE BOURNE LEGACY. Recently finished work on two great short films: the comedic TANDEM, and a twisted noirish CHILLY. Meanwhile the short film COMMERCE has continued it's successful run at several prominent film festivals including AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL, STARZ DENVER FILM FESTIVAL, BENDFILM, RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, and the BOSTON FILM FESTIVAL.
05/09/10 M. Night Shyamalan's THE LAST AIRBENDER and Philip Noyce's SALT (Angelina Jolie) are completed. Both are epic and massive and yet couldn't sound more different from each other. In addition to arranging and programming I co-produced the score with James and performed many of the guitars on the score. Also, look for the DVD to I Bring What I Love which is a great documentary about Youssou N'Dour that I contributed to. We are currently working on the next Ed Zwick film, Love And Other Drugs which includes amazing performances by Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway.
02/03/10 We've just returned from London where we recorded the score to NANNY McPHEE & THE BIG BANG with Emma Thompson and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Next up are M. Night Shyamalan's THE LAST AIRBENDER and Philip Noyce's SALT (Angelina Jolie).
03/02/09 Scoring is wrapped on INHALE, a really great film by Baltasar Kormakur and 26 Films and featuring an intense performance from Dermot Mulroney (who, incidentally, also performed in the orchestra during the recording sessions). I have just finished working on several films for The Lifetime Network based on works by author Nora Roberts: HIGH NOON, MIDNIGHT BAYOU, and NORTHERN LIGHTS, two of which I co-composed with Chris Bacon.
1/20/09 The P.J. Hogan film, Confessions of a Shopaholic, is completed! In addition, the surfing documentary Bustin' Down The Door is now available on DVD. I've also just completed High Noon, the first of several films for The Lifetime Channel. Coming up are "Midnight Bayou" and "Northern Lights" which I'll be composing with Chris P. Bacon.
9/9/08Of Great And Mortal Men, a 43 song collection about our past Presidents, bad and good, is being released any day now along with an accompanying 100 pages book with illustrations of each of the 43 subjects. I performed on Jeff Pitcher's contributions and had a great time doing it. There's a lot of great music here so check it out, just in time for a potentially painful election season. It's coming out on Standard Recordings.
In other news I'm working on the PJ Hogan film, Confessions Of A Shopaholic and preparing for another series of movies based on best-selling author Nora Roberts for the Lifetime Channel. More to come!
8/6/08 • The surfing documentary Bustin' Down The Door has been released in theaters. You can check out the site for details. This was a really fun and inspiring project and I encourage everyone to check it out. Also, I contributed a couple of tracks to an excellent upcoming documentary about Youssou N'Dour entitled "I Bring What I Love" that will be premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival.
4/28/08 • Squeegees has completed it's run and was a huge success! It's still available at the ABC.com site so if you haven't seen it take a moment to check out this series. I've posted some new music on the site including some stuff from Squeegees, a track called Hard Ride that will be on the upcoming SCOREGASM library, from Extreme Music and a track called Ax Weilding Maniacs.
12/24/07 • Happy Holidays to everyone. Charlie Wilson's War, I Am Legend, and The Great Debaters are completed! In addition I'm just finishing work on a great documentary called Bustin' Down The Door which will make its world premiere at the Santa Barbara Film Festival on January 27. The comedic series of short films Squeegees will debut on ABC.com in February!
5/25/07 • I've just returned from a month at Abbey Road Studios recording and mixing the score to The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep with James Newton Howard. The crew at Abbey Road was great and working with the stellar engineers Geoff Foster and Simon Rhodes was a great experience. Besides the score we recorded a string arrangement for a Sinéad O'Connor song to be included in the end credits as well as logo music for Samuels Media, one of the studios involved in producing Michael Clayton.
In July we begin work on I Am Legend, starring Will Smith.
2/4/07 • Chris Bacon and I have just completed work on two Lifetime Original Movies adapted from best-selling author Nora Roberts' books. Angels Fall, starring Heather Locklear, premiered on January 29. Blue Smoke, starring Alicia Witt, Matthew Settle and Scott Bakula, will air on Monday February 12 with several repeat airings scheduled.
