Idryonis Studios got a gig to compose and produce the music for a ~40 minute short film called Destined by Siberian Productions. I was pulled on board to add several special effects (involving a fairly elaborate soul transfer), create the main title, create the final mix, and bail out a massive sound disaster caused by a surprisingly incompetent on-set sound engineer.
I was part of the Badger Tsunami film team again. Here is the complete version of our 2011 Project Twenty1 submission – “My Brother’s Keeper.”
Not only did I get to play a mob henchman, but we ended up getting showered with nominations and snagged 1 award.
Awards:
Best Music
Nominations:
Best Sound
Best Visual Effects
Best Cinematography
Best Directing
I did the 48 Hour Film Project again this year with Badger Tsunami creating “The Strange Game”.
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I did most of the filming, the final editing, final mixing, and all of the special effects.
What started out as a joke on top of a joke on top of an accident, turned into a surprisingly sharp little video.
Credits:
Finished: 2008 – Refinished: 2011
This song was meant to be a compact and efficient foot-tapper.
Jon wrote this with his band Tragedy Fails. He came to me because he wanted to record a “band version” of this tune.
It had been a long time since I had to “collaborate” with a bass player as a drummer. In all of our other recordings, I always played both. It’s very easy to do both actually. You tend to place bass notes in the same spots you place drum hits.
Recording the cello parts with Sachino was quite a bit of fun as well. He’s one of those guys that you can simply sing a part to, and without missing a beat, he’ll play it exactly how you wanted it on the first try.
This tune was revisited this year because Jon felt like our original version wasn’t quite complete. He wanted to fill it out with some electric guitar parts and he had a few lyric updates. It took a bit of convincing, but I finally relented. We also added the context of the beginning of the song being recorded with a room-mic.
Overall, I’m glad we made the changes. The song is quite a bit more “full” now.