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Two tracks from the ‘Rubberneck’ score danielle

Two tracks from the in-progress score to Alex Karpovsky’s Rubberneck have been added to the site.   The film premieres later this month at the Tribeca Film Festival.

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cheat sheet

Hello, If you’re a first-time visitor and want to get a very quick sense of what my music is about, I would recommend listening to ‘Concert Day’ (audio player above the video player) and ‘History’/’Improv’ and ‘Nativity’

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‘God is the Bigger Elvis’ premieres April 5th on HBO god is the bigger elvis_2

Oscar-nominated documentary God is the Bigger Elvis will be premiering April 5th on HBO.   You can watch a short trailer for the film

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‘Tent City, USA’ premieres April 5th on OWN tent-city-image

Feature documentary Tent City, USA will be premiering April 5th on HBO.   You can watch a trailer for the film

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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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‘God is the Bigger Elvis’ receives OSCAR® nomination. AMPAS1

God is the Bigger Elvis has been nominated for an OSCAR® for Best Documentary Short Subject.

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New Release Includes First Recording of ‘Before the paling of the stars’ spirit_of_xmas_present

The Elysian Singers of London have just released a new album, The Spirit of Christmas Present. The album includes the first ever recording of my carol ‘Before the paling of the stars’.   The album is available through Amazon (USA

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‘God is the Bigger Elvis’ makes OSCAR® shortlist. AMPAS

Rebecca Cammisa’s HBO film God is the Bigger Elvis, which I had the privilege of scoring, made the OSCAR® shortlist for Best Documentary Short Subject.

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I am deep into scoring Jessica Goldberg’s film Refuge and already have some wonderful contributions from Lee & Tyler Sargent (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah). Lots of guitar on this one. Very exciting.   New contact details: business inquiries should

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Pegasus perform ‘Turn, Beloved’ on 18 September 2011 Screen shot 2011-08-08 at 8 Aug   1.09.59pm

On 18 September 2011, Pegasus (Matthew Altham, cond.) will perform “Turn, Beloved” as part of a concert celebrating settings of texts from the King James version of the Bible.   The performance will take place at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane

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