2014 - The Year in Review

(image by Artis Rams)As 2014 comes to an end, I'd like to look back on some highlights of my work over the past year.- My music was featured in the beautiful short film “Carry On” by Yatao Li. The film has taken the festival circuit by storm and is on the list of only 10 films eligible for the Academy Award for Best Short Film!- Feature film "Fire City: The Interpreter of Signs”, directed by Academy Award winning creature designer Tom Woodruff Jr. and written/produced by Brian Lubocki and Michael Hayes.- “The Emissary” by Rudy Dobrev, starring Emmy winning actress Margo Martindale, co-starring Law & Order: SVU’s Diane Neal, and edited by Richard Marizy, editor of the Academy Award and Golden Globe winning film La Vie en Rose.- My second film with writer/director Albert Chan was completed. "Descendants of the Past, Ancestors of the Future” stars Chan and Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Tina Chen. The music was recognized with an Honorable Mention for Best Score at the Asians on Film Festival.- Several new projects with writer/director Ben Shelton and SoulPancake including:[list list_style="darkGrayDot"]

• The FlipSide: "The Different Kinds of Love"
• The FlipSide: "Mental Game of Thrones"
• SoulPancake & Lowe’s collaboration: "What the Holidays Would Look Like if Kids Were in Charge"
• A mock action movie trailer for the Kid President TV show.
• Music placed in the hit YouTube series

  "The Impression Guys"

[/list]- Trailer for "The Dancing Pumpkin and the Ogre’s Plot”, an awesome feature animated film I scored last year.- A ton of new library music, including new tracks specifically for the upcoming third season of "King of the Nerds" and the brand new show "Wake Up Call” starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.- An album of orchestral Fantasy Adventure music.- Many  miscellaneous projects, including string arrangements and recordings with my company Short Order Strings, additional music for an android game, and over twenty new projects with pharmaceutical animation company Viscira.- 10 Tutorials/Articles for Audiotuts:[list list_style="darkGrayDot"]

• How to Give Life to Instrumental Parts
• How to Arrange 4-Part Harmony for Strings
• An Introduction to Form in Instrumental Music
• How to Modulate to Remote Keys
• Arranging for Strings: Part 2
• Film Score Harmony: Chords by Thirds
• How (and Why) to Modulate to New Keys
• Enhance Your Music with a Subtlety Layer
• How to Write a Knockoff
• How to Write Theme & Variations

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