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For examples of music or sound design
created for film, check out the VIDEO clips for
"The Tell-Tale Heart."
All MP3s are set to play in RealPlayer format by
default.
the turning (1.50 min)
the dance of a brooding Indian maiden.
lunar sunrise (5.11 min)
a tense scene finds its resolution in a new
mysterious dawn. Featuring cello, french horn
and electronics.
traum (2.16 min)
soundtrack for a strange dream.
tension (1.04 min)
a short exercise in drum programming.
Pluto (2.12 min)
transmission from an ex-planet.
three masks (2.43 min)
an original composition later used as theme
music for the theatrical production of "Hunting
Cockroaches."
bluesend cycle (1.56 min)
some things don't quite end in tears.
deep and wide, part 2 (2.46 min)
an unusual spy story reaches a happy? ending.
i'm sure i probably love you (3.56 min)
a pop song with mood swings.
every watch a dervish (5.16 min)
a guitar-based mixture of jazz, dance and
middle eastern folk music.
Other Musical Projects
You can also listen to selections from my new
jazz trio SOCIETY GIANTS and laptop/trombone
improvisation duo MEND.
video
All in Quicktime format, compressed in H.264
Music Videos
"Chapel of Mirrors" - music by Thailan, 2006.
"The Red Confession" - music by Displaced,
2006. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
Short Films, Etc.
"2BR02B"
Opening Titles and Intro. (2.01 min)
2006 - Directed by Thomas Miller
Selected for the New York International
Independent Film and Video Festival, 2006.
An adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s story of the
same name.
Responsibilities: Picture Edit, Sound Design,
ADR, Foley, Title Design and Title Music, Sound
Edit and Mix.
"The Tell-Tale Heart"
2005 - Directed by Thomas Miller
A modernized adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's
infamous short story.
Responsibilities: Picture Edit, Sound Design,
Original Music, Foley, Title Design, Sound Edit
and Mix.
Clip 1: The Interrogation begins... (2.39 min)
Clip 2: The Murder (2.05 min)
Clip 3: What He did with the Body (2.34 min)
WARNING: not for the squeamish!
"Road to Niagassola"
2004 - Directed by John Kennedy
A travelogue of a trip to Guinea in a quest to view
the Sosso Bala kept in the tiny village of
Niagassola near the border with Mali, seat of the
first Mandinkan empire.
The following three clips were edited for public
television broadcast.
Responsibilities: Camera and Edit.
Clip 1: Bengali plays a short song (.49 sec)
Clip 2: Tuning and Tying (1.08 min)
Clip 3: Smoking the Keys (1 min)
"Stop Drop and Roll" (1.05 min)
2004 - Written and Directed by John Kennedy
An excerpt from my tongue-in-cheek anti-drug
documentary short featuring some James Brown
and a bit of my own original music.
Responsibilities: Camera, Sound Design and
Edit.
contact:
john at magneticpitch dot com
