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Here’s so highlights of what’s been happening in May:
Acolytes, the film for which I produced the original score (written by J. David Franzke) has seen a limited release. Due to the financial vagaries of Australian film distribution, it’s not going to see a general release. The film had a limited run in Melbourne at ACMI. I went along to see it a couple of times and it sounded much better than when I saw it at the Forum for Melbourne International Film Festival in ‘08. It was at least as good as what I heard when we mixed it in Sydney – the ACMI cinemas really do have great sound. Anyhow, the film is now out through Madman – see here. Here’s a review by David & Margaret from At The Movies, and another by Juile Rigg from MovieTime.
Mr. Franzke and I have also begun work on another film for Acolytes director Jon Hewitt called darklovestory. We only just started and should be finished in about 6 weeks or so.
The Red Tree album, which has in a very on and off way taken 3 years to complete, is finally finished and into its release schedule. The album is epic in its scope and has been a real labour of love for both myself and the band. We’ve all been working really very hard to bring it too fulfilment and the band are going to be doing a bunch of shows around the country in support of the album. The first single “Ziah” is out now and the second single “Ivory and Gold” will be out shortly. Check their MySpace or homepage for details. The singles and LP will be are (or will be) available on iTunes. The launch show for “Ziah” is at the Northcote Social Club on 18 June.
Digital Primate was in the production room for a couple of days with dub versions of his last LP which were dubbed up byMad Professor who also mixed the LP. We added a few bits and pieces to the dubs to flesh them out prior to mastering – some additional bass lines, synth passes using the System 700 (see next), dogs barking and Tibetan Dongzhens. We mastered extra bass heavy (naturally!) and the LP should be out through Shock in the next couple of months. Here’s the DP homepage and MySpace.
I’m mid-way through writing music for the new Melbourne Planetarium show “Our Living Climate”. Nat Bates is taking care of the sound design and so far it’s going quite well. Once things get a little more settled with the score I’ll post up a little taster or two of some of the music.
There has also been the usual raft of various mastering, mixing and teaching jobs as well!
