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Music for ‘Almost in Love’ Almost in Love

Writer-Director Sam Neave and I got together earlier this week and made some music for Sam’s new film Almost in Love. You can hear excerpts on the project’s page.

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Commission for Merton College choir ben_nicholas

I have been commissioned write a piece for the choir of Merton College, Oxford (Benjamin Nicholas, Director of Music).   The piece will be a three-minute, unaccompanied setting of an excerpt from Psalm 119. It will be given its first

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first music for ‘Freeform or Death’ freeform or death

Last week we recorded a little music for the trailer for Tim K. Smith’s upcoming Freeform or Death, a documentary about the iconic radio station WFMU.   You can hear a bit of it over on my Soundcloud page.

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‘Rubberneck’ to premiere at Tribeca Film Festival rubberneck small

Alex Karpovsky’s film Rubberneck (which I’m scoring) will premiere next month at the Tribeca Film Festival.   You can find more information about the film and the screening(s) on the Festival’s website.

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Jessica Goldberg’s ‘Refuge’ Refuge book cover

I will be scoring Jessica Goldberg’s feature film Refuge.   The film, which stars Brian Geraghty and Krysten Ritter, is based on Goldberg’s play of the same name.

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Rebecca Cammisa’s ‘Mother Prioress’ Unknown

I will be scoring Rebecca Cammisa’s HBO documentary Mother Prioress.   This is Rebecca’s first film since her Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning film Which Way Home, which I also scored.

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