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I always count myself lucky that I grew up as a child of the 80's.<br />
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I suppose if anybody is friends with me on Facebook or Twitter, - then they would know that I love the 80's, and that I grew up on electronic movie scores.<br />
I loved the futuristic design, and colour and illustration, and the movies and music of the time were thoroughly unique.<br />
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For the last few years, I've either been touring - playing guitar for somebody else, or putting together music for films that ultimately belong to somebody else, so I haven't really written any new music for a while.<br />
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I had previously (2006 - 2010) written 5 albums, which were mostly theatrical music played between the movies for FILM4 FrightFest, - London's massive 5-day annual horror movie festival, which is held in Leicester Square each August.<br />
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The material was mainly ambient and atmospheric sound design incorporated into four or five minute song type formats - and it was all very 'horror' themed, which was fun to do, but also has creative limitations.<br />
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All of the tours I have played over the last few years have been as guitarist for popular rock artists, and of course the sets were a catalogue of their biggest and most popular tunes.<br />
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At some point during a tour last year, I made a decision that this year I wanted to spend some time developing some of my own music, and just enjoy writing again for the simple pleasure of writing.<br />
and maybe put together a short EP.<br />
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I've had the idea for the last few years to do a more electronic conceptual type thing, but talked myself out of it every time - for all the right reasons.<br />
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Anyway, here we are.<br />
I decided to just get on with some writing, and see what happened.<br />
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I spoke to my friend Nola about creating some new visuals - and very soon, she created the most awesome fantasy, sci-fi pieces of artwork which really helped me to start getting a vibe down.<br />
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I really wanted the music to be exclusively electronic and synth driven, because it immediately transports me back to nostalgic times and the discovery of a whole world of new movies.<br />
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It still (hopefully) has cinematic themes and vibes, but I've made a conscious decision to avoid any aggressive themes, because I've done lots of it over the last few years.<br />
So . . new music, new look - and a bit of a change of identity.<br />
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Come and say hi.</div>
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Dave@Two13.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02069242151634288347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016086519796649582.post-89122222652275359622013-09-02T00:04:00.001-07:002013-09-02T00:04:34.865-07:00Making The Sixth Sense - with Alex Chandon.Hi folks, it's been a while since my last blog, but here we go again!<br />
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I recently worked again with my friend Alex Chandon on a competition film, which was our first film together since Inbred in 2011<br />
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The rules of the competition were very strict and very challenging.<br />
6 lines of dialogue, 6 cast, 6 crew (including post production) a maximum budget of £666<br />
6 hours of shooting time, - and the whole film couldn't be longer than 3 minutes.<br />
Oh, and on top of that, there were only 6 titles to choose from.<br />
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Alex chose '6th Sense' for his film, and we got to work.<br />
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Starring Dominic Brunt (Emmerdale, Inspector Morse & director of Before Dawn) - it was shot in Yorkshire, and told the story of a female psychic spanning several decades of bizarre events and inexplicable phenomena!<br />
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As well as score and sound design - I was on-set to help out wherever I could, which this time around included lighting, silly-string spraying, set-building / decoration, lending a hand with some make-up effects (incredibly executed by Graham Taylor) and some gory late-night limb throwing - which I think we all participated in.<br />
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Once it was edited together, Alex send me a rough version as usual, and I started with music score and sound design.<br />
Alex gave me pretty much free rein to do whatever I wanted, which was plenty of fun, because it gave me the chance to totally play with music, and go nuts with my own sound effects.<br />
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<u>The Music:</u><br />
Aside from a short synth-pop tune for the 80's section, the vibe was mainly sci-fi and suspense for each short section of the film, and if you get the chance to see it, you will understand why.<br />
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<u>The Sound Design:</u><br />
Aside from the usual foley stuff; footsteps, pops, bangs etc - the design was everything from flying fish to floating plasma orbs, with some splashy full-body explosions and nuclear blasts too, so 'eclectic' is probably the word I would choose to describe that.<br />
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6th Sense was chosen for the final six movies of the competition, and was screened on Sunday August 22nd at the biggest cinema screen in the UK - The Odeon in Leicester Square.<br />
It played well to a full house of over a thousand people.<br />
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We came second place, out of over 150 other competition films!<br />
Pretty cool all the same, and loads of fun to make.Dave@Two13.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02069242151634288347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016086519796649582.post-49440329786354020092013-01-07T13:23:00.000-08:002013-10-22T04:27:21.341-07:00Scoring Lee Hardcastle's An Alien Claymation<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">As mentioned in the last blog - I had previously worked with Lee Hardcastle on his earlier film, Chainsaw Babe 3D, so I was pleased when he got in touch, and asked me to score his newest sci-fi / horror opus, 'An Alien Claymation' - which featured animated extra-terrestrial horrors, the likes of which you've never seen!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lee didn't want the soundtrack to be too threatening this time, so instead I put together something with more of an old-fashioned 8 bit game sound to the music, instead of modern layers of sound design.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">An Alien Claymation was a real blast to work on, and this time the score had a much more 80's computer game vibe to it, along with some crazy arpeggiation parts a la Galaxians & various other arcade game machines.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The music / audio was often as over-the-top and bizarre as the hyper-real games themselves, and filled with electronic bleeps, blasts, quirky sounds and sometimes fantastic and intricate little pieces of music to accompany the hypnotic game-play - and fill your head full of maddening sounds.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For the percussions, I filtered down the most basic kick and snare drum sounds I could find, and also emulated rapid game-play sounds from Asteroids and Arkanoid in place of any other percussive sounds.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The film moves very quickly - s</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">o instead of one long sound design - I put together entirely separate, very short pieces for each scene; each with it's own specific mood (suspense, pursuit, attack, carnage etc) which pushes everything along from scene to scene, and hopefully moves everything along at a deadly pace.</span><br />
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<br />Dave@Two13.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02069242151634288347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016086519796649582.post-34246675945622897652013-01-07T13:05:00.001-08:002013-10-22T04:26:41.685-07:00Scoring Lee Hardcastle's Chainsaw Babe 3D<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">In 2012, I really enjoyed working on two films for cult animator and director, Lee Hardcastle - who gave me free reign to run wild on the sound-tracks, and go for broke in the name of sheer mayhem.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />He is the man responsible for the massive internet hit, Pingu's The Thing, and if you've never seen one of Lee's short, colourful masterpieces, then head over to Youtube, and take a look for yourself - or you could just stay right here, and read on!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />I wrote to Lee after seeing his pastiche of Pingu the animated penguin, in a bizarre, super condensed 2 minute claymation version of John Carpenter's, The Thing - and I was pleased and surprised when he asked me to score his next film 'Chainsaw Babe 3D' which was a homage and pastiche to Takena Nagao's cult animation, Chainsaw Maid (2007).<br />I won't go too deeply into the plot, because you can watch the film right here on this blog after you've finished reading.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />It was actually quite challenging to do something like this, because it was silent, and also I'd never scored animated clay before, - so it was great to be involved.<br />On top of that, I was very pleased to be working with Lee, because I like his films so much.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />Chainsaw Babe 3D is totally unpredictable in it's manic intent, and because of that, I treated it like a mini feature-film during scoring.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">The action scenes have a genuine, dramatic intensity to them, so I made a point of forgetting that they were made of colourful plasticine clay, and treated them like regular actors in a frightening story.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">The score works with the story (I hope) rather than being a series of obviously placed, comedic sounds, and the whole film really plays nicely.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />Aside from the obvious homage to the original film, there are crafty nods to classic films like Zombie Flesh Eaters, the Evil Dead films and Dawn Of The Dead.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">In true video-nasty style, Lee distributed the film in both cut and uncut versions, although the violence is intact in both versions of the film - some of the claymation nudity has been carefully censored!</span><br />
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<br />Dave@Two13.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02069242151634288347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016086519796649582.post-15914379419673307322012-08-31T00:05:00.001-07:002012-08-31T00:05:48.835-07:00Previous Albums Blog.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">The festival runs for 5 days, so I always tried to keep the material was as wide-open as possible, whilst still exploring the darker themes.</span></div>
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Here is a selection of tracks from each of the albums, which is followed by a few words on each CD.</span><br />
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This was the first CD I'd ever written, and I still think that the material is (musically) the most accomplished so far from any of the other CDs - perhaps because it was the first time I'd tried to do anything like this.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">If I was to re-edit this album - I would still probably remove a couple of tracks for timing and vibe reasons.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Artwork is courtesy of FrightFest, and was created by the one and only Graham Humphries</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I used the same writing ethos from last year's CD, and included a few homages to some movie sub-genres.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Complex sequencing has always been one of my favorite guilty pleasures, and I think I really let the sequencer genie out of the bottle on this CD, and just enjoyed some good old fashioned cinematic electronica.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I put a little video together for one of the tracks, called 'Wrecks' which hopefully you can see at the bottom of the blog.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Emma Brown re-appears on this CD for another lush vocal performance on Ghosts Of The Sea Lanes, and the ethereal spoken-word vocals are from TV voice-over artist Lucy Thorpe, who was a great sport and a total trooper - delivering my cooky dialogue in fine style.</span></div>
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Quick blog!<br />
This is my homage and cover version of the main theme to John Carpenter's infamous siege movie, Assault On Precinct 13.<br />
Carpenter's theme for this gritty classic from 1976 is an exercise in electronic minimalism, for which he and his films would later become associated.<br />
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From beginning to end it states loud and clear that this movie means business, and eschews elaborate complexity in favor of a basic musical structure and simple phrasing.<br />
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The entire score for Assault On Precinct 13 (as with Halloween) was written in just three days, <br />
and after more than 35 years still stands up as one of the most iconic, recognizable and defining scores from the 1970s.<br />
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In order to cover the theme tune, I had to really dig into the various elements section by section.<br />
While doing this, I suddenly heard elements that had previously completely passed me by - especially in the accompanying string sections.<br />
The timing wasn't anywhere near as obvious as I'd originally assumed, and I realized that although I'd listened to the piece dozens of times over the years - I'd never heard what was really going on underneath the recognizable signature bass-line and delayed percussion of this amazing theme.<br />
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It made me realize all over again that we / I assume a familiarity with so much music - and our ears deceive us into hearing things that aren't necessarily there, and completely filter out amazing and complex details which have been there all the time.<br />
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I've listened to music since I can remember.<br />
Now I wonder if I've truly heard it, - or if I've only assumed that I have.Dave@Two13.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02069242151634288347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016086519796649582.post-44916197462485025702012-03-09T01:00:00.000-08:002012-03-09T01:00:31.546-08:00February 2012: The Official Inbred Trailer<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3lvUCAHRa6I" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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Be afraid. Be very afraid, - because Alex Chandon's all-new horror opus is coming up FAST!<br />
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The fantastic Darclight Films are now sales agents for INBRED.<br />
Their catalogue includes such fare as Wolf Creek, the forthcoming Wolf Creek 2, Storm Warning, The Hillside Strangler and many others - so we're in very good company.<br />
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Just after INBRED was shot, we very quickly put together a 40 second teaser for online promotion.<br />
Alex cut together some scary information over an ominous, gliding, slow-motion reveal of some young folk doing something very unpleasant indeed, and I knocked together some music over the course of an evening.<br />
Since then, the original teaser has reached almost three million hits on just one Youtube page alone.<br />
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In February, I spent some time scoring the 2012 INBRED trailer, which is be the officially circulated promotional material for the movie.<br />
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The NEW trailer is a lot more complex, and really lets people know what they are in for.<br />
It was cut together by ace editor GARETH MOLAN, who is also a producer and director in his own right, and he has created a beautifully super-charged piece indeed.<br />
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This one took a little bit longer to score, and as usual - I was in regular contact with Alex about the audio content.<br />
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So far, the online response has been immense.<br />
It's now at 90 thousand views in just two weeks.<br />
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INBRED is here!Dave@Two13.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02069242151634288347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016086519796649582.post-51548050268514044252012-01-17T12:15:00.000-08:002012-08-31T00:11:27.113-07:00January 2012 - a whole new year<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">January 2012! Unbelievable ...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">A very 'Happy New Year' to everybody, and I hope the holidays were awesome, perfect and perfectly awesome.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">Here we are in 2012, and so far everything seems to be moving in the right direction.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">In terms of music, 2011 was probably my busiest year so far.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">As well as a couple of short films, I completed two new feature film scores in the first half of the year:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">Alex Chandon's supercharged horror opus 'INBRED' - and a traditional thriller called 'UNWELCOME'.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">In the second half of 2011 - it was a pleasure to play some fantastic festivals in Belgium, Germany, Lithuania and Sweden, and also two European tours.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">In 2012, I'm extremely pleased to be playing guitar for Tim Ripper Owens!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">Undoubtedly one of the best and busiest vocalists in the United States - and frontman of such incredible bands as Judas Priest, Iced Earth, Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">I'm working on the set for Tim at the moment, and I have also put pen to paper on a new album of original material, which should be finished and ready to go in the coming months.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">Also currently getting some parts together for another full FILM4 FrightFest score in August.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">Everything is looking good!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span></span><br />
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There have been some incredible reviews and reports about the film over the last five months, which seems to be knocking them dead every time.<br />
I've been putting together a detailed blog about the scoring process on INBRED, which is available here soon.<br />
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The website is looking spick and span after a major redesign and overhaul by my lovely and talented friend, Nola.<br />
She's been working very hard to get everything looking amazing, and I think she's done a wonderful job. Thanks a million Nola, you're the best!<br />
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I'm currently getting ready for a short UK / Belgium tour (guitar) and meanwhile I'm plotting out a new album which is scheduled for completion early next year.<br />
It's hopefully going to be very different, but more on that as it evolves over the coming weeks.<br />
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I'll be working on video and audio demos for the album very soon, which should be available here.Dave@Two13.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02069242151634288347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016086519796649582.post-1227582304988191372011-05-05T11:40:00.000-07:002011-10-18T02:37:21.067-07:00Update on Matt Bloom's short film 'Endless'<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603306014733116946" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSDdZUxg_sdF7xjQwCS49fmD0vc-YPXuDVBMHaIDzOvEJzj9nsMxJ5kJ7Alz33ozg0zg_rcfJ0mPn7Visqtpq7MbBFx3jhMENAwe8TmiPMYzjqQ2xPhnot-Uj4gfEegbpIBLaAuahcpSU/s320/crewpic2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 230px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="260" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/orMU3Xl9Joo" width="400"></iframe>Dave@Two13.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02069242151634288347noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016086519796649582.post-17573664651951153822011-02-03T07:36:00.001-08:002011-02-03T07:58:20.670-08:00Endless - The Finished FilmA couple of months back, I wrote a little bit about the process of composing music for a short film called 'Endless' for award winning writer and director, Matt Bloom.<div><br /><div>Endless is a completely fresh and contemporary take on the vampire theme. Starring Chris Geere (Band Of Brothers) - the 8 minute duration of the film plays in super slow motion, and is the story of a siege that takes place over 30 seconds.</div><div><br /></div><div>Below is the full film, and be sure to check out Matt's other fantastic work at <a href="http://www.mattbloom.co.uk/">www.mattbloom.co.uk</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="400" height="260" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/orMU3Xl9Joo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Dave@Two13.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02069242151634288347noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016086519796649582.post-46534168509507116872010-12-16T09:56:00.000-08:002011-10-18T02:38:35.388-07:00Inbred Teaser Trailer<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;">Presenting a quick sneak peek at the long anticipated new British horror film from director Alex Chandon, Inbred. A</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"> demented horror film with nowt taken out, and featuring Jo Hartley (Dead Mans Shoes, This Is England) and Seamus O'Neill (This Is England '86, and Steven Spielberg's forthcoming WarHorse</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;">)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The last few months have been super-busy, with the London FILM4 FrightFest soundtrack in </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">August, and 4 different short films since then.</span></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The first of which is a beautifully stylish contemporary vampire piece, called “Endless” - and is produced and directed by award winning TV director Matt Bloom.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Endless is a completely different kind of short film.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It was shot from start to finish on a Phantom Slow Motion camera, and the results are quite simply stunning.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Often shooting at speeds of 400, 500 or 800 frames per second, - the film plays like an involving and intricate Alfred Hitchcock set piece, with stunning levels of suspense and dramatic energy in just 8 short minutes which absolutely draws you into the film from the outset.</span></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Matt originally described the idea to me as ‘a whole horror film in car-crash slow motion, with endless moments of terror’ – so I was really eager to see how he had managed to accomplish such an alternative idea.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535770898561355842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmmCICjJWs1VNiIK8nzu-dmvE5eUgelgz31FbGgtkim6YvAWYRm02cJrtREpqcY3SZmE4w4eTv4SOR6W-MzsGygTL4kXlKEpg_1l7Km45-WadBxVIhurHMaHfpxpG6I05spWm_OOCQ_M4/s200/DSC_0076.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 134px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;" /></span></div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I have always been a huge Brian De Palma fan, and I don’t think anybody has really come close to the levels of drama and energy in some of his beautiful signature slow motion set pieces from films like Dressed To Kill, Blow Out and Obsession, - so I was really excited when I saw the rough cut of the film, because it reminded me of some of those very special sequences from some of my favorite films.</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></i></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">There is no dialogue at all, so from a musical perspective, it was a completely unique challenge, and a fantastic learning experience too.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Visually, the film is very strong, – so it became evident early on that it would be so easy to overcook the score, and we didn’t want to resort to obvious cheap (modern) gags like having a huge, ear-splitting “bang” on every single cut.</span></div><div><div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">One of the most difficult things from my perspective was to blend subtle emotional sections with high drama, tension and dread - in such a short space of time, and without any dialogue to misdirect the proceedings.</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></i></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535770426773777170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinywBB-zj8Mepepgb8an-tQkWLTkEqG5_7DsPXx8z-4gkIHWOrhpG_T41oWZCQu4JAR79bxpJoxJd6LIbwfUl2UiIMZh12d9ziEsXXmOs1Rdopcd37_PA0wJCwKMeDfKliApINHy0NMQU/s200/matt+directing+endless2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 159px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Before work had started on the score, we swapped a stack of eclectic music back and forth online, and Matt had some strong ideas and musical references up front, which really helped in establishing a tone. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></span></i></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheo3WaQzNSSeMqPQ6sZFwoiJtUQFbI9fMljLFnpvNwWclgQ5HDH-f5RSyuu8HWW3bTzQV2x5ma_vJBgD0AeWz_VQ9tD_DrnLD9MnYtfk8xmWc_C09rRI4vTR1Q0rr5cryeT7PyyqjHCOE/s1600/EL_Crew.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535769918166476642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheo3WaQzNSSeMqPQ6sZFwoiJtUQFbI9fMljLFnpvNwWclgQ5HDH-f5RSyuu8HWW3bTzQV2x5ma_vJBgD0AeWz_VQ9tD_DrnLD9MnYtfk8xmWc_C09rRI4vTR1Q0rr5cryeT7PyyqjHCOE/s320/EL_Crew.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 229px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left; width: 320px;" /></span></a></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Endless, directed by Matt Bloom, and staring Chris Geere (Band Of Brothers, Casualty, The Bill) is coming in Autumn 2010</span></span></div>Dave@Two13.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02069242151634288347noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016086519796649582.post-36157595886420210932010-08-24T11:53:00.000-07:002010-08-24T12:27:54.574-07:00FILM4 FrightFest 2010 Track Samples<img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKx_FSzauAFTVEEf5lxpS1IVB4wec5r-VzFH7s6DAMXYGOlJPiZtZgwf0UlKl5sbmiBU94PLYMeT1RUCoeN8lfNnSdEIv7vOujCc2dY4scIVm10guN65bmrTATpKNSvi4wVv2pYrYOyM/s400/FF.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509058093334636690" /><br />Greetings folks!<br />It's almost that time again!<br /><br />The clock is ticking, and on Thursday August 26th - FILM4 FrightFest 2010 will be here!<br />The UK's biggest and best horror festival is upon us once again - and for the fifth time, it's an honor and a pleasure to put together the music for the event.<br /><br />So click on the MP3 player to hear some snippets and sample tracks from the CD for this year. The full album track list is also below!<br /><br />Best wishes, and see you on Thursday!<br /><br /><div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbuaXiWdD0zVXaENlUZg0VWQYxtUma8yAjhcux5ZnCR-feIhSJ8D2ZR1Cuo5vq7cBcIuiDI4ygllRbpoiMglVpRdW7EoGsdlW657sOwsItgRi4xuFrQJLNFsZqlI-fddstfQcvEUwtppg/s320/Tracks.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509057728980492850" /><br /></div><div><p style="visibility:visible;"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://assets.mixpod.com/swf/mp3/mff-mpodmin.swf" height="208" width="158" style="width:158px;height:208px"><param name="movie" value="http://assets.mixpod.com/swf/mp3/mff-mpodmin.swf"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="scale" value="noscale"><param name="salign" value="TL"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="flashvars" value="myid=64909373&path=2010/08/24&mycolor=358500&mycolor2=000000&mycolor3=c49d9d&autoplay=false&rand=0&f=4&vol=100&pat=0&grad=false"></object><br /><a href="http://www.mixpod.com/playlist/64909373" target="_blank"></a></p><br /></div>Dave@Two13.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02069242151634288347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016086519796649582.post-46636871814968928532010-08-24T00:18:00.001-07:002011-10-18T02:40:56.566-07:00Escape From New York: Cover Version<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508874186483796786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSoyPPCM-7SmmkuvQkOFW-ADKKGoYFEUYQjunkQSlgVJzRqmQw5EKaDqP9ZdfZZa5J7bvxHXBx3TaCKIm7dPEEA41nMNHTG1yF9LZ57xhJ4rOMCg6e8De-7CSMKgtVfUm1aSy4BZAWJ4/s320/escape_from_new_york_poster_01.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 320px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 213px;" />Some love it, some don't - but Escape From New York is one of my favorite films of all time - and probably the first time I was utterly spellbound by a film soundtrack.<br />
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As a ten or eleven year old kid, I was blown away, and completely hooked from the very first second - as the main theme began to swell ominously over a black screen, right up to the last repeated sequence as the credits play out.<br />
An eerie, brooding minimalist theme to introduce John Carpenter's bleak dystopian vision of Manhattan Island as a futuristic prison, and foreboding sections of music to perfectly compliment the apocalyptic narrative.<br />
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I'd wanted to put together a cover of this for years, but didn't get around to it for some reason. After all - what's the point?</div><div style="visibility: visible;">But recently, I thought 'what the hell' - and I'm glad I did, because it was fun figuring out the parts, although I admit that picking out some of the subtler layers was way more complicated than I originally thought it was going to be.</div><div style="visibility: visible;">All the same - it's quite a minimalist piece of music, and it would be easy to clutter it with unnecessary bits and pieces.<br />
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I have tried very hard to remain as faithful and true as possible to the vibe, sounds and layers used in the John Carpenter/Alan Howarth original version - while also trying to get a bit more clout into the rhythm parts, some extra guitars - and there's an additional little solo run in there too towards the end.<br />
Incidentally, the version used on the film credits has some additional reverb, which was presumably added during the mix. The version on the original soundtrack album is completely dry, and doesn't sound anywhere near as powerful. I've gone the reverb route on this cover version for reasons of authenticity.<br />
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</div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508873204139107202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUw7xuXqjEmWhRYh3a3EzZH_EYiqEkqlVX4zy3afTzeZow6BMHIW1jIsshFbg6Ua3J5HmSFrZoHasXxvZfwqCVo_124QiXvvlh7jSNgv65SCJGU0j82gFD72Kxrl60txKLQFdvw8wfA80/s400/escape-from-new-york.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 263px;" />Dave@Two13.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02069242151634288347noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016086519796649582.post-23764976722987830892010-07-08T04:10:00.000-07:002010-07-08T04:32:17.804-07:00Out Of Sight - Out Of Mind<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1fVoX-hK4Dmgd6IhN7Pxs_jJtcT9A6kcfWtY4hrBMA1duQMoOPuh7FABd9hnW6EzLOfJq0RepE2Z4GHBa32O9Fpq94tR29fTMULgmCMHX1VJ-Dxf-NrFnrGaJ1kVXmAAUgb3-l1NtvfQ/s200/LS10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491491495242322706" />Blimey – have you ever tried to capture a clean recording of something outdoors in Britain?<div>If you had, - you would probably notice a loud background rumbling after a while – which our ears seem to filter out, so we don’t realize it’s actually there.<br />I was recording a thunderstorm in the communal gardens, which we share with our neighbors, and I realized that there was a weird rumbling hiss, which was even louder than either the rain – or the infrequent thunderclaps I was trying to capture.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-AEBNL4ok5TnZukyhnRPKCPHYeROlN6KZEh21kTWR1DxT6jfCdwOXa6aIys0Ym3DAUUU7Ccm8OtvnE4Ki3np5aJfbmmSVyc8Wsrgca4mdRBKyrWa2g04wzliWPOa7iw2w8NszW173Z5k/s200/Mic_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491493094212702914" /></div><div>The microphones I were using were extremely good Rode stereo mics, so that wasn’t the problem – and I was recording in 24bit on an Olympus LS 10 – so there shouldn’t have been any quality issue at all.</div><div><br /></div><div>There wasn’t any wind on the mic heads, so that wasn’t causing the issue – and then it occurred to me that the sound was actually car engines, and the sound of tyres on the surface of a road – I’d just never noticed it previously! It’s just there in the background – compartmentalized by our brains into a folder somewhere, named ‘Pay No Attention’ I had never noticed how loud or intrusive it actually was, - or how consistent.</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLfWuTHTvCWkdwLZa3vR-hu_9JVnBEmMECCEke4-UxvSiBiZSysTRGwgYzRdPqhZqd-NNbWrOtSsL6MJQxKYQk0feU5DN9Fbr-jSh4DRr5ZXVbDmeG2deJEzskG6Ro7ILmzeK4EsnRLfQ/s200/Plane.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491492460279865058" />So – I took my recording equipment, and set it up in the countryside to record some running water (or something like that) miles away from any major roads or motorways, - and of course – somewhere in the distance - a plane engine went by – then another, and then another. Deep, massive, rumbling engines that fill the air with sound for minutes - one after another, throughout the duration of the day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Now I’ve realized that because I know it’s there, - I can hear it all the time – and it goes on consistently for about 20 hours a day. </div><div>A couple of months ago, when the Icelandic ash cloud caused flights to be cancelled for weeks across Britain – I realized that the noise pollution levels had dropped away a little bit, because there were no in or outbound passenger flights.</div><div>The skies were spookily silent. It was amazing!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7GOvCRKIjyrkPMcnsft_j5QNAgNbyQBw1XTtB8mcMX3Xh09XzfI9KXZkJPmTPmHEFTyPkD0nSQgkffEB5uj6dMOh2OxklkUzEpMrbYh3dFL-auHsDXdeM2s1bzzn3sZV7IpC3IhK-Qn0/s200/Pier.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491494324035995346" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On another occasion – I was standing at the very</div><div style="text-align: left;">end of Bournemouth pier, to capture some water sounds. The perfect place! I couldn’t have been any more out to sea unless I was in a boat. All was going well, until somebody on the beach cranked up a generator, and then another one started up a rickety van to move beach huts around! Unbelievable! </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>Motors, engines, fans and man made sound is everywhere, and we seem to have evolved in order to accommodate noise pollution, and literally refuse to realize that it’s even there – to the point where you can’t even record nature anymore.<br />The implications are ridiculous. It’s making me paranoid even writing about it!</div><div><br />Out of sight – out of mind!</div><div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJn3rLIXkze8PJ4cwK7l2K-Z1nLLI7lJRo1r34NIphG1fMf5ywgv_kcdvJ38DcXKEGxzb9PNRwHXs-iuUbzEnhE5x0sPUlmVtRsE253I5mFQqlPYLXa3pS68NmAa2qDfXCzBc0JHFO2EU/s200/Door.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491494987005045298" /></div></div></div>Dave@Two13.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02069242151634288347noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016086519796649582.post-80495024819783335792010-04-13T05:19:00.000-07:002010-05-05T12:51:30.515-07:00Hammer Horror: Blood, Breasts & Giant Moths vs the new flesh!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" ><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZV248A5jxCML_r1tRfexjFwadD_pJSKnwVd4OOrRegEPwdTKP0MaolXP-mEAyyBgaFxfUnrqokC5naLhBAFsxgP2KPpsXkv5CHS-oIQf6HRieqWj0yDvoTHDXgaHxkVkVu2FrNllCq4/s320/twins+of+evil+hands+of+the+ripper+320x240.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464520287006487074" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Way before the days of DVD or even VCR - the TV channels in the UK would often screen lurid double bills of horror pictures.</div><div>From the obvious 1930's Universal successes; - like Dracula,</div><div>Frankenstein or Bride Of Frankenstein - through to the more obscure 1940's titles - like Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man, House Of Dracula, Ghost Of Frankenstein etc - there was always something to look forward to throughout the week.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXy86hmCJ6hMpujIU77fHEeg-jZZI9yKuPt6aWxHt_0IH9RQ2lc5tq0KKj9a8Cp67oOkd8V_KrSLe5435Y_4qGZKmSTv4NbHZy3zmsDUalY9Ec_1V44w0f7x-9YPhs9bQ2eE7vLfll0bM/s320/dr_jekyll_and_sister_hyde_poster_02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464513193564871506" /></div><div><div>Although the black and white Universal horrors were fantastic and fun, Hammer horror films were always a lot more interesting to me as a child, because there was far more chance of seeing</div><div> bloodier, and more visceral carnage, and with any luck - some female nudity. </div><div><br /></div><div>At the very least, there were sure to be the odd corset threatening to burst open if ever a Hammer scream queen either ran too fast, or screamed too loudly! Everything from Dracula AD.1972, Vampire Circus, The Blood Beast Terror and Twins Of Evil, to now rarer films like Crescendo and Scream Of Fear were shown fairly regularly.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38mkhtxoa7OinKGtJjbPD6mo74G0A55Tzn7IpQXfljWC2ZdqR_36N9q-15jU42_Olws7a-yPfOZ-Cd3tMjvH5gIwofnt30iuHJPlYMkJklI14LhTgexYvmJZ3SdM9FOplXMoYZM7bDn8/s320/CountessDracula_small.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464518646793076658" /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Back then, there must have been some extremely cool people working for the television networks.</div><div>On Mondays, there was usually a Hammer double bill. On Wednesdays there was always a sci-fi duo - where movies like Mighty Joe Young would be paired with The Beast From 20 000 Fathoms, or This Island Earth would be screened alongside Forbidden planet.On Fridays - usually both Universal and Hammer aired on different channels - and midweek late-night screenings of eclectic 70s horror films were quite normal: Burnt Offerings, The Wicker Man, The Omen, Holocaust 2000, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, Death Line - and so on . . .</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCU7q5kQWhP_hcSO2rA3K6L7196U-Nw-PKSgw9EVTfmrdCUcXC-KT-E2msl_JQ7ZzCDzENwmks2b58e-SrDEfgtye2Nkog4oNEIyI2sykBktb1owoeEcF2sWfKyAAC5b810gtktVEZ3F8/s320/SOF.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464507894005899794" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zPvcXqMD86ecjFJjueqiPqsdArE_wjKy8QkgR75ljmih0CKA9i2UMcyN8kLvyqSZgxmULVAveO1nvIJGPrPOCVB4caESfhrUKLIFb4T38YX-8Hmr7vHKihL07gBYHaAvebLy3SKTBko/s320/Confessions.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464515848942212930" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Much like the British sex comedies that promised nudity, rudeness and titillation, and usually delivered it all in a</div><div>respectably naive - but definitely appealing way, - there was always something naughty about a Hammer horror feature. Although they weren't particularly graphic by European standards - there was something completely unique and enticing about the lurid titles, garish artwork and the promise of some lusty macabre mischief which made them absolutely essential viewing.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's only natural than some purists would regard Curse Of Frankenstein (1957) and Dracula (1958) as the artistic pinnacle of Hammer's output, and seem to blankly disregard the later, more graphic and commercially exploitive films such as Vampire Lovers, Lust For A Vampire, Hands Of The Ripper . . and so on. Films which responded to the increasing demands for more blood, more sex and more excuses for female nudity. However, in my own biased way, I think that these later films perfectly captured the overall Hammer aesthetic - which at the time was all about providing the audience with exactly what they wanted: Glossy sexy horror mayhem in a loud and colourful package.</div><div><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_41goHuujIm2x8GPQRpbCelzkLyVg9WP39RSQ3kM-7I6eQ0Ms-40NbUB4WvjiqX9fC_xvKZEJaPV8O3aOT2bxyNRsDiu2q7URJKMMwwLMF8hnTMmiom0P9Wup0E9xUrjFlPtAdRsdLWU/s320/1024x768.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464518118733665954" /><div>The days of video were still over a decade away - and the horror cycle had come full circle once again.Cinema audiences wanted to be entertained for 90 minutes, and Hammer were doing just that. Werewolves, dinosaurs, vampires, giant moths, Dr Jekyll becoming a semi-naked sister Hyde, ghouls, witchcraft and any myth or legend was fair game.</div><div>Unfortunately for studios like Amicus and Hammer, a film called Night Of The Living Dead (1968) came along soon enough - which fearlessly depicted scenes of graphic onscreen violence and cannibalism, racial and incestuous sub-text and the breakdown of society as a whole.<br />The Exorcist (1974) was right around the corner, which was to change the genre irrevocably with previously unheard-of use of bad language, and incredible scenes of blasphemy, crucifix masturbation, vomiting and the violent psychological breakdown of a 12 year old girl.</div><div>The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was also unleashed in 1974, which dragged the viewer further down into the traumatic horrors of necrophilia, cannibalism, torture, murder and screaming insanity.</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVhz81Zie28bC3MyiCW5KnLmG_1lOilRiVdYYcKOU4mFcbXlHP0eA5nnhlLfWciAw7yFEeVtNyy51__rSC_NO-lzPdA_2Nz9XtiJS9ZtxRT886Jn8aiCYAGvK1jX9Vo1LePkIBv7BzKM/s320/Beacham.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464515596086654194" /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Alan Gibson's Dracula AD.1972 was released in the same year as The Last House On The Left, - and the buxom gorgeousness of Stephanie Beacham or Caroline Munro was simply no match for the sexual violence and visceral affront of Wes Craven's assault on the senses.</div><div><br /></div><div>Dracula AD.1972 and The Satanic Rites Of Dracula (1974) were riding on a fresh new wave of British camp hipness and 70's fashion, which took Dracula away from the fantasy of gothic castle sets, paranoid village taverns and Romanian forests, and into present day swinging London. But it was too late. The public had seen too much - and wanted much more . . . </div><div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 131px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu7T3koiEtL1HdXEUlTuxES3kLgyoFKB_oJiS9k758LAULCGDJxfHpn-1Ah0QPg8AMW3NNdZ96j1YCcOEd1mppiiS1U3ViHjR196i6W7FOphn3Tb0aWPpkWw4-iJuwTAWTq0gVNPKoG9k/s320/Last_House.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464509936557743234" /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Perhaps by way of retaliation to the aggression of the new wave of American cinema, - or possibly an attempt to go with the modern flow of the market, Hammer responded in 1976 with To The Devil A Daughter, based on Dennis Wheatley's novel of the same name - in which an American writer falls into conflict with some very organized Satanists headed by Christopher Lee, - and battles to save the soul of a young Nastassja Kinski.</div></div><div>The film features an extremely alarming and protracted scene of violent birthing, in which a pregnant woman - without the use of any anesthetic, has her legs tied shut, so the unborn baby (devil) has to practically rip it's way out of her womb - all accompanied by agonized screams. </div><div>A deliberately loud, aggressive and very uncomfortable scene, which goes on and on and on! Additionally, the film features unashamed outright full-frontal nudity courtesy of Ms Kinski - who could have been as young as 15 or 16 at the time. (Kinski has often stated in interviews that she lied about her true age to get additional work, and uncertainty remains as to whether she was actually born in 1959, 1960 or 1961)</div><div>Heavy material from the Hammer camp, but ultimately betrayed by a low budget and televisual tone.</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 209px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQigJiWHiwC0UQNzRYgwXEOw5pDKmI1SJhSQrZ3X4-6SgRnH_UeaXyuyzX2cUgQSZ1HN4uLBTt_HWESAT1GBcRfjvUQou4EBbDt6qYtfl8_6BSIzIZl2sJMgheQqI7BaDDD5sZDyvt16A/s320/to+the+devil.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464514381518338338" /><br /></div><div>The latter half of the 1970's brought with it a new cinematic age of bigger budget graphic mayhem, where previous social taboos were ripped to shreds, and shotgun blasted heads, scalpings, razor slashings, torture, satanism and violent murder were mainstream, and on the indie / drive-in circuit, things were really getting down and very very dirty.<br />Low budget film makers were looking for new ways to violate and revolt audiences.</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3_80itMm8kHJWeCXFiBh1_1CIMAymcDd_sT7_rJVbV8gjOQR1EoO8M5bSg6UsmTC4EA5p7F3VwU9bM0Izebgtct4fuJaPe8mrbj3FHZeYrsEDCf4g8Mh-nSILPRpKdeYJL889bRfzzQ/s320/last_house_on_dead_end_street_poster_01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464513712128888962" /></div><div>In 1977, The Last House On Dead End Street set a new precedent in cinematic sleaze, with a snuff-film premise, and</div><div>extensive scenes of torture, disembowelment, razor-attacks and humiliation which left nothing to the imagination.<br />I Spit On Your Grave (1978) features a rape sequence that lasts for almost 30 minutes, and a now-legendary (offscreen) castration, axing, hanging exploitation finale.</div><div><br /></div><div>The gothic fantasy world of Hammer horror films seemed to be over. Usurped by the public hunger for more extreme, more realistic, more outrageous and violent cinematic fare.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>However in 1980, a whole new chapter was about to unfold, and television would never be quite the same again.</div><div>For the time being though, one thing is for sure, - nostalgic evenings of early childhood remain precious, and recent tides of forgettable cinematic flotsam and jetsam will never wash away memories of Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Ralph Bates Jenny Hanley or Linda Hayden.</div><div><br /></div><div>So while 'torture porn' sub-genres burn themselves out in the most graphic depictions of brutality and human cruelty, - and while the modern horror film seems to be more like a test of endurance than an actual story . . . Hammer will always be king of the castle.<br /><br /><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxNZwdacs2MeokuqtKdVLf68HO3d-h-Y-_Zfav9CuHW2duPWsDhxebCaDzfjzC_kH7ECCZuUJMGjNkogwYnwo1Pac8Sd25Gluxk-ZVNPfUENGQMr8Fw1aN12ag5L2ljTXMAUcBBiP8_Q/s320/TheVampireLovers.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459614875580301346" /><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzu-iQ-fFxiR1BFLgsiAqyjdcsGRap91KhXYkAeAbpCdl9k1qGYt9Alks8UpPzoM39j_4jcagePd9BQWijYaNfgJoV7nIMQWY5Nml3FPZTt5H3nHmoMgvEpZsn_b0222y5UkogYNz2Rs/s320/dracula1972_Small.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459615325696913346" /></div></div>Dave@Two13.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02069242151634288347noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016086519796649582.post-89575867323281824382010-03-11T04:30:00.000-08:002011-02-07T03:03:01.259-08:00Oblivion - 2007<img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhHrSp3CzAcSxp8eAyTBlhv3x9e6Wq-nK44fWeIoKsDo3NmJvxpDH7eRaoMl0_LpO4rAEbv-axeT2eLT-Ok57RNz7XtrpJglEgJp11eCjB_2-AEpBayJ6Yg3Pxz_rIAaI5Y9edhSE794Y/s320/Ob_Tray.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447460791816655874" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Oblivion was the direct follow up to Oscuro, and was composed & arranged from May to August, - completed for the FILM4 FrightFest at the end of August 2007.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">With a further thirteen thematic compositions to tie in with the festival, - the pieces were initially more ambitious than the CD from the previous year, although things didn't necessarily work out in quite the way I had expected.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Oscuro was my first attempt at putting this kind of material together, - and it went down pretty well, so I thought I'd go all out on the weirder aspects of the material for the second CD.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I had been making notes and scribbling down ideas about possible pieces for the CD for about a month before writing and production took place, - and at the time, I was reading Vincent Bugliosi's book, Helter Skelter - which is about the events surrounding Charles Manson. </span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 205px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhx9i3w-VF-F0g9aKyPMNd_E8DzIZOSrsaNvq62QEYLLfXNSGfRJH_zkKLXX_44KH_fkYM6daL4U1TQK2wqRhxFnGae_qsLXGW2Vg03zky4zp3pZLGE51_0qJofJ6Pp6Uk4QUfh7IPIPw/s320/HS.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447455357261092962" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The first piece on the album was a very dark and paranoid tune. Harpsichords, pianos and bizarre strangeness, all of which was supposed to suggest somebody's descent into madness, - or possibly the protagonist's twisted enjoyment of the journey into psychosis, - which was the overall subject for the whole CD.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">At some stage during the proceedings, the whole thing needed a bit of a charge to cut through the weirdness, so (probably because of the period and story of Helter Skelter) a piece came together called Bad Acid, which was basically an all-out 60's / 70's groove, with a big, fat, dirty bass-line, and some insane Goblin-esque keyboard solos to fire things up.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The concluding piece on the CD is called 'Pale Broken Cables', which features an operatic vocal performance by a friend of mine, Emma Brown - who has a beautifully emotive & rich cadence to her voice, and also a tangible vulnerability.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Emma features throughout the CD in various guises, as a miaowing cat, giggles, moans and groans etc, however her vocal on this piece was genuinely fantastic.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Typically, the tracks that took the shortest time to write were the ones that seemed to work best.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">'Pale Broken Cables' netted a feature film, - and another piece - 'Fire In Zero Gravity' featured on two documentaries, which wasn't so bad after all.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">As well as that, it did well on the internet, which was a surprise to me, considering the overall tone of the CD.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border="0" width="0" height="0" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyNjg1ODMyNTcyMDcmcHQ9MTI2ODU4MzI2OTcyNiZwPTE4MDMxJmQ9Jmc9MSZvPTExYWI4NzhkYjgzODQwNWNhYjlh/MGRlOTU*NTdlZDI1.gif" /><center><p style="visibility:visible;"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://assets.myflashfetish.com/swf/mp3/mff-mpodmin.swf" height="208" width="158" style="width:158px;height:208px"><param name="movie" value="http://assets.myflashfetish.com/swf/mp3/mff-mpodmin.swf"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="scale" value="noscale"><param name="salign" value="TL"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="flashvars" value="myid=26360081&path=2009/07/31&mycolor=d60000&mycolor2=2b1f1f&mycolor3=f0f0f0&autoplay=false&rand=0&f=4&vol=100&pat=0&grad=false"></object><br /><br /></p></center></div><div><img style="float:right; 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Before that - I'd been completely against the idea of using a loop to create a track, which is ridiculous, because there's so much amazing and incredible stuff you can do with them.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;">All of the sample and loop libraries used on Oblivion were created by the amazing sound synthesist, Ian Boddy. I'd be totally lost without his libraries.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkHmJNDEu0-qTkOOm5fpRh6RvRk-JIAlVJhHP_96R296wd0LQxcCIYN3WXdjZSoN6Wt83iBs0l3ZRJr8Bs1rnp8GkqKgXcm6jtOiUQ1bTLTWNzMmF9zseGJKbtLt68kPS_j-02m-Yr98/s320/Oblivion_Blog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447470577802902514" /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div>Dave@Two13.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02069242151634288347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016086519796649582.post-19256801228113431072009-11-25T12:42:00.000-08:002010-04-26T13:40:11.298-07:00Oscuro - 2006<div style="text-align: center;"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEJca62ec2lEiN12eAnc6Yb5a50GQ6aEDkwZND9_gkNv7-NsObEZcXcxF1H0M77Y1zcBMsIZVUn42Pouu4B-BrPvt3nB2w5YUmKgsQM457hY2YlTl68hN3sOuhcsN95XzDx52UKFQduU/s200/Oscuro_Photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408148208968620946" /></div>
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<br /></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Story!</span></div><div>Oscuro was composed & arranged from May to July, - completed in August 2006.</div><div>It comprises of thirteen original instrumental pieces, soundscapes and dark ambient scenarios, tied together by a conceptual story of a little girl stranded in a weird dimensional netherworld of frightening magic, and bizarre situations.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>This was the first album I had arranged and recorded by myself, because up until that point, I'd only ever worked in a band environment, or as a third party on other artists' work - although I had been writing similar material for a while.</div><div>
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<br /></div><div>This album is really only half of the whole story, because there were stacks of things I had planned - but didn't get to do with some of the characters and settings, essentially because I ran out of time, and the pieces had to be finished by late August of 2006.</div><div>
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<br /></div></div><div><b>Sequencing!</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">The first time I ever heard about sequencing was during some guitar sessions I did for a Sony PlayStation game, called Formula One.</div><div>In fact it probably put me off the subject for years, because at some point during the recording sessions, the engineer / producer Mike, suddenly declared 'we don't record anymore . . . we sequence!' - which I found very difficult to accept.</div><div>Years later - I began to understand the massive potential of sequencers, and bought the little QY 70, which was the perfect thing to learn about some of the basic applications.</div><div>These days, I can't get enough of it.</div><div>
<br /></div><div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUblfCH8TLrP2sPm6fvgsjL04v2TBixwo7-s55sv8KLoiLe42sWxgxhJXD1BMYWowlE5d0OXcqWqgV-XxhPCsR-6xCCPbnR_76TUDjkZNBFmiYK4hBkQGRrxEuhX8T6dsudSKoGzSaSw/s200/Beat_Up_QY.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408148892069234882" /></div><div>A full version of Oscuro with the missing pieces completed and restored is coming in 2010.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: small;">So the Doha Tribeca Festival 2009 is now finished.</span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">By all accounts, it was an incredible weekend - and if the thousands upon thousands of beautiful photographs, and hundreds of pages of awesome reviews, news & information are anything to go by - something very special happened in Qatar this year.</span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In the last blog, I mentioned a collaboration with Jamie Riordan on the Zoetrope trailer for the festival.</span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This piece was broadcast across the globe, in just about every possible media, - and I must admit I would love to be able to find out how many different parts of the world it has played, and to whom - but unfortunately, that's something I'll really never know.</span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The audio design went through various incarnations before the final sounds were laid in, and originally the ideas for the music score were vastly different. However I think the finished trailer is absolutely appropriate in terms of getting across the energy and vibe of the festival.</span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I also think Jamie did a great job of directing, and the piece really speaks for itself.</span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Working on this really reminded me that the powerful chemistry and energy created by image and sound really can represent the language of the world.</span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><object height="260" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8kVFKmIwMi8&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8kVFKmIwMi8&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="260"></embed></object></div><div style="font: 10.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 10.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Until next time - over and out!</span></span></div>Dave@Two13.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02069242151634288347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016086519796649582.post-10070256891651420112009-10-03T03:05:00.000-07:002011-10-18T02:46:08.812-07:00The Doha Tribeca Film Festival<a href=""><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388317233900577890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYM9a83PfNkXvgTISiLc-YX_n-Z0ZmC9N5uWRxMObSQVrCzbe-Jazqui_loKPhTCbGQMtCMo1yqUoVvpGSLsqU4J0gM4dcSleYfAU1EUBthzPTPhfavj-qs-5d7agTsYHfZU1NFeeh_tc/s400/Doha.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 265px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 300px;" /></a><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">For the past few weeks, I’ve been doing some work for the people over at the <b>Doha Tribeca Film Festival</b>, which takes place from October 29<sup>th</sup> – November 1<sup>st</sup> in Qatar</div><div class="MsoNormal">New York's <b>Tribeca Film Festival (TFF)</b> co-founded by Robert De Niro - joined forces with the the Qatar Museums Authority to announce the worlds first <b>Doha Tribeca Film Festival</b> which will take place this month in Doha, Qatar.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">My friend Ben Robinson is currently in Qatar working with the organizers, and putting together various incredible media for the festival - and every now and then he gets in touch with a new piece of work.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">This is fantastic for me, because I get the chance to work with him even if we are on different sides of the planet, and also because it’s a real honor to make a contribution to all the hard work Ben and company are doing for such an immense festival.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The first piece makes a little bit of history as the first short horror film ever from that particular region, and lasts just 60 seconds – but it’s a blast.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Directed by Noora Al Meadadi, It’s called Lunchtime, and you can see it here:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span">My contributions to Lunchtime are the beast / monster sound effects, some additional foley, and the overall music, but as you can see – the team out in Qatar have done a fantastic job.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Last week, I was working closely with Jamie Riordan on two official Doha Tribeca festival trailers, which will be screened on the TCM channel for the next couple of weeks, and on 35m across major cinemas throughout the Gulf.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This time around, my role was to put together an intense sound design and music score for the pieces, which combine live action, complex animation and intense photography, to produce some super-charged results.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">More details about those next time, because official screenings take place some time over the coming week.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Have a great weekend!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Over and out.</div>Dave@Two13.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02069242151634288347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016086519796649582.post-90847293899572091282009-09-07T07:45:00.000-07:002009-09-08T10:16:20.245-07:00Goodbye to FILM4 FrightFest 2009!!<a><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 395px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyu59kIdUUqVmMyuYBBtvWTATrIeL26dKbtRq1BTwZ_XTSUMuDYNdTHbUoggl7DuTJOGLreyRontA_c_SrWr8RQGyu-R7t56N0A6sR3pQyQBNJ6GjmVpueUNcvCDlNtFbLDOll17Om6lw/s400/Cert_X.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379116161773533858" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So . . . September is here at last, which can only mean that this year's FILM4 FrightFest is unfortunately now behind us - but it's definitely not going to be a dim & distant memory for some time yet!</div><div><div><br /></div><div>Stacks days of amazing movies, and rare guest appearances from a variety of awesome directors, producers, actors etc, - and some truly special movie screenings once again made Leicester Square shiver with anticipation, fear & fright throughout five days across the August bank holiday weekend.</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbY02dtJqxK9VD8HTRx9gh9OhAvAi_SEL9CybmF226JeyClh70Xb-0GR0Q2ivuPcx9_WjpRPCknWYOBiEvy5uV4GO_DcVO5GRoW8DcrIRHf1-ajXX_Uri3TuM4Ha8x0dkHn9OBQITmcw/s320/FF.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379115726141396642" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Without doubt, my favorite moment of all was the chance to see An American Werewolf In London - in Leicester Square - with none other than John Landis himself in attendance, on a massive screen in the Empire Cinema.</div><div>The print was perfect, and the sound was LOUD!</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSVI2fhoArp2fDtUY0ciS0KkLLMg3P1B28Os4YPfisuk5h9BGWChehmYC7Ak_2SxnTUX9_0X7Z4AlDcqnPH9dNtiTnIexoIX4oWLzKzm-6KlYybGjg6A4abf-0u0rHizEwPKHQJYvOW4/s400/american_werewolf_in_london.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379119346657893954" /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>There was also a screening of Paul Davis' immense documentary, Beware The Moon - which is incredible & <b>essential</b> viewing if you're a fan of An American Werewolf In London, and features some of the best and rarest interviews, out-takes, unseen footage & an unbelievably detailed study of the genesis of the film from concept to modern classic.</div><div>I can't wait to see it again!!</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 396px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMkniX28DulLpAm-025eo_z1DmDhTDcYycPoSJEQSlLLHxjGnCTHjZoSGSdJZt4z1H8etooJGq6yhprzuF0qbEKedI8Rb6wh7zaLZr0-lhE2KZfDtDSWfpKdbQ9Pe0DO2SeDxiHpZdtKs/s400/btm+poster+imdb.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379122152709153858" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This year's FrightFest score went out nicely, and could be heard playing between the movies each day in the theatre. Despite some last minute duplication issues on the sleeves, the run of CD's sold pretty quickly. Since then however - a new run of hard copies has been put together, and is available for sale, - and it will also be available on iTunes, Play.com, Amazon etc for download within the next 3 or 4 weeks.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>The previous FrightFest scores from 2006, 2007 and 2008 (see pic below) will also be available sometime in the next month on iTunes etc, either as full album downloads, or individual tracks, but there are still (very few) original copies of each available at the time of writing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>There probably won't be any further runs of those particular albums in the very near future, so if anybody <i>is</i> interested in acquiring one of the remaining CDs, then drop me a line on Dave@Two13.com<br /><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 365px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPurbiCxmDsZ274KaOk6KJsAqeoFKNwWV8A8qKFBAPhiJO5NtZrp24OK9R48yIoJj7gSrZrnFnc2pAx365W9TiEIu_jNw5Y1hr5PZ-Up4BhbzTTPqN4dMs7wNu2D3gEHyDwQFg89OPGOQ/s400/FF_4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379113945657018610" /></div><div><br /></div></div>Dave@Two13.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02069242151634288347noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016086519796649582.post-12832893872168206752009-07-31T07:53:00.000-07:002011-10-18T02:50:37.613-07:00Music for the London FILM4 FrightFest 2009 - some of the pieces<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Is there anybody out there?</span><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello folks, and thanks for the emails & messages regarding the playlist of tunes this time around.</span></div><div><div style="font: 14.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">For interested parties, I've put together a few sections of the pieces for your perusal and perlustration - which are located in the little MP3 player right here:</span></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Kicking things off this year is the full version of the FrightFest Podcast theme (without chattery teeth FX) - a piece which some of you should be familiar with if you follow regular inter-web transmissions from FF headquarters, - but there's also a pretty eclectic range of stuff from the weird & bizarre (Don't Wake Up & Beneath The Keep) to keys vs 6-string duals (Casting The Runes)</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Something I wasn't aware of until recently was the existence of mythological bird / bat like creatures called 'gappes' in the labyrinthine maze of the London underground, and I had to consult the books for some verification of the details.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Taken from the London Underground Guide:</i> Approaching trains sometimes disturb the large Gappe bats that roost in the tunnels. The Gappes were smuggled into London in the early 19th century by French saboteurs and have proved impossible to exterminate. The announcement "Mind the Gappe!" is a signal that you should grab your hair and look towards the ceiling. Very few people have ever been killed by Gappes though, and they are considered only a minor drawback to an otherwise excellent means of transportation."</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh139DTKONY_1qfgamRIlInjA8NvT8BXaqk59dOme8NxFMkzhcHGyhNauOAYZkI_8PneSwFAktoWtB-MGqL_4Lk-PtfwrEtZQaZSFJY_y9xYmbfpNhSHFXvRHUu1Kdwo_I9VZwBpInddh4/s1600/Untitled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358329034296648610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh139DTKONY_1qfgamRIlInjA8NvT8BXaqk59dOme8NxFMkzhcHGyhNauOAYZkI_8PneSwFAktoWtB-MGqL_4Lk-PtfwrEtZQaZSFJY_y9xYmbfpNhSHFXvRHUu1Kdwo_I9VZwBpInddh4/s320/Untitled.jpg" style="height: 240px; margin-top: 0px; width: 320px;" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">So - forewarned is forearmed. Most people will be traveling to FrightFest X via the tube at some point, so I thought I'd pay some respect to these creatures, and feature them in one of the pieces.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">There are a couple of other underground legends on the playlist, but I'll save those for next time.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Until the next blog, take care, stay safe & mind the gappe!!</span></div></center></div><div><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dave@Two13.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02069242151634288347noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016086519796649582.post-11903289098488251452009-07-14T05:45:00.000-07:002009-07-14T07:55:22.387-07:00Music for the London FILM4 FrightFest 2009Is there anybody out there?<br /><div><br /><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh139DTKONY_1qfgamRIlInjA8NvT8BXaqk59dOme8NxFMkzhcHGyhNauOAYZkI_8PneSwFAktoWtB-MGqL_4Lk-PtfwrEtZQaZSFJY_y9xYmbfpNhSHFXvRHUu1Kdwo_I9VZwBpInddh4/s320/Untitled.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358329034296648610" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>It's that time of year again, and the 10th anniversary of the London FILM4 FrightFest is almost upon us.<br /></div><div>From Thursday 27th - Monday 31st August 2009 - the premiere festival of fright will be at it's new home in the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square - and with over 40 movie screenings, amazing guest appearances from John Landis, cast & crew of An American Werewolf In London, Neil Marshall, Chris Smith, David Hess - and many more, there's sure to be something for every discerning horror aficionado.<div><br /><div>For the fourth year running I'll be composing a playlist of new material which will be aired in the theater between the movies throughout five grueling days of fear, fright, mayhem, putrefaction and petrification!</div><div><br /><div>There's lots of musical experimental shenanigans going on so far, and I thought I'd dig a little bit further down to the roots this time.</div><div>The pace is up a little more than usual, and there are more stringed instruments, more greasy organs, thicker bass-lines, more layers of moogs and synthesizers, buckets of sequencing, - but still plenty of spook and atmosphere to keep things eerie, dark and contextual, - with the occasional voiceover here and there, and a hint of 60s vinyl too!</div><div><br /></div><div>The 4 pieces completed at the time of writing are pretty diverse, with another 9 to go between now & the end of August, and the tracks will range from strange, cryptic, dark and moody, to all out retro rock fusion, and will hopefully reflect the good vibes and energy of the FrightFest.</div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFscMT8w0l_1whiGl6J3lWljFV5LhW0E79wn-7vFzXlchV88jFzwb6rBHz2Mx4eeFxZin9YAhxNsj9ki14w5doSt_uSgqCIp4sUwYwMHIYpK6TYO7C8VXNRC7MdgnpmMSq_ywoc5p0-as/s200/Fret_Work_Small.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358314624461730082" /></div><div>The intro track is quite thematic. I wanted to start the CD with a live dynamic this time around, so it was time to break out a variety of guitars - and make a very conscious effort to strike the right balance between electric and acoustic to really give it a fuller and more authentic 70s movie edge. Of course, a piece like that wouldn't be complete without a manic solo trade-off between strings and keys to grease the tracks, and keep things rocking and rolling along.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8W-jYd-dL7_p0ol-2mSI5DkdMDJs9Tfr-XtoKXdRPfqBsqlBcDKCxhO_jKUhWjLO4meFzUWYTj3UZHliAwgtB0ieH5RSCLj1S-QYNv56_4zjKIZfz7Eea33INhtEM-lcdVm326-98SJI/s200/Mic_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358312691005306050" /><div>I definitely wanted less synthesis and more authentic natural sounds on this collection, so I've been investing some quality time up front into recording a miscellany of stuff I found in the attic with a Rode NT-4 stereo mic and a couple of little Behringer C-2 condensers - and then twisting torturing & squeezing the results into weird sounds.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>There's nothing more satisfying than hitting inanimate objects with something, recording the results and bingo! An interesting new sound is born.<br />So far I've recorded old broken instruments, fire, kitchen utensils, weather, cats etc etc - and I'm sure there'll be plenty more before it's finished.<br /><div><br />So, if anybody's listening - the candles are burning, the valves are smoking and the speakers might catch fire at any time. </div><div>Catch you next week for further info!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Boring gear list:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Mics:</span></span></span> Rode NT-4 stereo / Behringer C-2 (pair)</span><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 152px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT_wM-41SsygauwLniU5zy60101IC6-DoBwrOXrkM6Xmp8Og2EAYICEo6sAS30QU9sW-n2LVpAPgPBGcDalK4ZnCQSUo_xC8PbFg341MEMhbm12LwdIQPW9WvgHUbpw9RFo-2475fZQBo/s200/Mic_3_With_Txt.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358313046505636322" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Guitars & Amplification:</span></span> Dean acoustic / Gibson Les Paul Standard / Bailey Electric / Engl Powerball / Laney Cabs</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Pedals:</span></span></span> Engl Z-5 / Boss Acoustic Simulator / Boss TU-2 tuner / Dunlop CFH Dime wah</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Alesis stuff:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> MEQ 230 / 3630 Compressor<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Behringer outboard:</span></span></span> UltraFex Pro / V-amp Pro<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">M-Audio stuff:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span>Black Box / Trigger Finger / FW 410 / Edirol PCR midi trigger<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Apple Stuff:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span>2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon / Mac Powerbook<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Recording:</span></span> Logic Studio / Audio Hijack Pro / Olympus LS 10</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3f154J2BpT1CA5IspzjuFcnPQ9NENAwZiKlR1g_RTGQ1z1Cxzv6-ZLZcpJ9KfmJZSnVFqTUQeOMKILYANLTsD7qJmDcFVOgWXx8m37xCxG-vpQoqbdhCycmrFvtyLBhYsKzdqol95BIk/s200/Engl_With_Txt.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358313438726837602" /><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0SQ_TbiRLj3Gsxjru2oSKj2MSk2Iu_-1olm0ITp05Wqpr_8PpXAj3rOdLAoTXoiKc1YoSq9QRveINny4pLV9qAUfl-OY-uK0pzpVX3wXXLzDBf9Gv4Ft73vtbqYktGW_jDAmjZ_746pY/s200/Guitars.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358302971430292882" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dave@Two13.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02069242151634288347noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1016086519796649582.post-5889952917530259482009-06-08T14:08:00.000-07:002009-07-13T03:51:08.905-07:00ADOV / Cannes / Stuff!<a><img src="http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd139/Two13dotcom/Flier_2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a><br /><br />As it says on the flier: -<br /><br />Written & directed by Darren Ward (Sudden Fury, Nightmares) – A Day Of Violence is undoubtedly one of the most uncompromising & gritty features to emerge from the UK in 25 years. Influenced by British & Italian violent crime thrillers of the 70s, and with parallels to The Long Good Friday, and Lucio Fulci's The Smuggler (Luca il Contrabbandiere), it weaves a dark tale of life and death in the underworld.<br />Searing with force, and charged with unflinching horror & uncompromising dialogue – A Day Of Violence is here . . .<br /><br />Alarming stuff!<br />So, after 16 months, hundreds of conversations, thousands of bullets, . . . . . millions (well maybe not 'millions') of hours writing music and making sounds - A Day Of Violence is finished, and all is looking positive.<br />ADOV Screened well in Cannes, and is earning good feedback from around the globe, however some territories were slightly alarmed about the levels of onscreen carnage. That didn't seem to put them off though, as the intention was always to release a toned-down domestic cut, and a strong uncut version of the film.<br /><br />As Darren was putting himself about Cannes, and doing his thing with a variety of distributers, producers, actors & directors, he also unexpectedly bumped into Eli Roth (Cabin Fever, Hostel) - and as Eli is a big John Morghen fan - he took a copy of the movie home with him.<br />The legendary Giovanni Lombardo Radice (usually under the name John Morghen) has graced so many of the best & most notorious Italian horror movies & thrillers of the last 3 decades, and his ever expanding legions of fans hopefully won't be disappointed with his featuring role (and of course, his demise) in this film.<br />It was through Giovanni that I became involved with the production of ADOV, which is something I'm very grateful for, because not only did I unexpectedly get to score my first full feature - I also got the chance to fulfill one of my lifetime ambitions - to work on a film with the legendary man himself.<br /><br />Work on ADOV has been very progressive, because it was scored whilst much of the film was still being shot, - and so over the months, we've all tried very hard to put together something which looks and sounds quite different.<br />The raw dark, edgy visual aesthetic is underscored with an ethereal dreamy quality, combined with darker orchestral sections, and synthesized electronic elements which hark back to the halcyon days of the late 70s & early 80s.<br /><br />Obviously, the 80's was a fantastic and important era of discovery. Home video came along, and a whole new world opened up to anybody with even the most fleeting interest in movies.<br />Although we didn't know each other until the beginning of 2008, - we (Darren and I) grew up watching many of the same movies & TV shows.<br /><br />During various conversations, we could refer to the films that we'd grown up with, and we identified that many of the films and TV shows of that time were very 'music-heavy' - which was part of their character & charm. So we decided to adopt that perspective for ADOV, and try to get back to our 80s roots.<br /><br />Memories of the LWT or Thames Television ident (usually just before something cool started). The Sweeney, The Professionals, Hazell and various other gritty TV shows of the time still seemed to loom large in our collective influences.<br /><br /><a><img src="http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd139/Two13dotcom/Sweeney.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Those influences - combined with being weaned on a diet of films like Dirty Harry, Death Wish, The French Connection, Night Hawks and dozens of Italian Cop thrillers pulled us like a magnet back to our past.<br />So many scores these days are quite formatted and generic. Popular music trends almost dictate that scores are heavy on percussive elements, and recognizable popular signatures.<br />Action scenes seem to rely on heavy use of garage drum rhythms with huge production - and less so on actual dramatic music, which is a great shame.<br />With ADOV, we made a conscious decision to lean towards retro, and away from current popular styles & sounds, - which was not only very cathartic, but also lots of fun to just open the gates, and let it all fly.<br />I did manage to spend a couple of days on set from time to time, and I've yet to meet many of the cast & crew, although I feel like I know the characters intimately. Some of them far too intimately.<br /><br />We spent 3 final, intense days right here in my flat - mixing, tweaking & making last minute adjustments before Darren took the finished film away to the Cannes film festival, and I have to admit that after living with it for the last year and a half, and getting so close to the characters, I seriously miss working on it now that it's all finished.<br />The official artwork for ADOV is courtesy of master illustrator & graphic designer, Graham Humphreys - and as you can see, it looks absolutely fantastic.<br />People in the know will recognize Graham as the man behind some of the finest cinema art ever created, past and present.<br />More detailed information about Graham's incredible work coming soon.<br /><br /><a><img src="http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd139/Two13dotcom/ADOV-1-1.png" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br />A Day Of Violence premiered on Saturday 27th June in the Harbour Lights Picturehouse, Southampton.Dave@Two13.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02069242151634288347noreply@blogger.com