SELECTED PROJECTS

Premiering at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival www.thesearchforgeneraltso.com Directed by Ian Cheney Produced by Jennifer 8 Lee & Amanda Murray

The Search for General Tso (2014): An original score that blends a Spaghetti Western sound palette with Eastern melodies and phrasing to recount the story of the Americanization of Chinese food. World premiere at Tribeca Film Festival; official selection at Seattle International Film Festival and Independent Film Festival Boston. http://vimeo.com/66158362

WINNER Jury Award 2014 Rome International Film Festival World Premiere/ Official Selection 2014 Sarasota Film Festival Who goes to war and who returns? Terra Firma weaves together the stories of three women veterans who served in Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan in the early days of Bush’s War on Terror. After struggling for years with combat related PTSD they have each found a way to heal the hidden wounds of war through farming. Website: http://terrafirmafilm.com Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/channels/terrafirmafilm

Terra Firma (2014): A rootsy partial score that’s alternately dark and uplifting depicts the challenges of female combat veterans returning to civilian life. Jury award winner, Rome International Film Festival (GA).

This is the trailer for My Brooklyn, a documentary by Kelly Anderson and Allison Lirish Dean that documents the ways government and corporations colluded to remake Downtown Brooklyn's Fulton Mall, displacing longtime businesses and shoppers. More information can be found at www.mybrooklynmovie.com. Like us on facebook at www.facebook/MyBrooklyn.

My Brooklyn (2012): Elements of hip-hop, soul, R&B, pop and folk are fused in a score that traces the gentrification of Brooklyn from the 1970s through today. Audience award winner, Brooklyn Film Festival; TV premiere on PBS’ America ReFramed.

'The City Dark' is a feature-length documentary about light pollution and our connection to the stars. It premiered at SXSW 2011 in the feature competition (and won 'Best Score/Music!'), and is now making the festival rounds. We're preparing for a limited theatrical release for Fall 2011. For more information, or to host a grassroots screening, check out www.thecitydark.com! Trailer edited by Frederick Shanahan Music by the Fishermen Three

The City Dark (2011): This original score melds organic and electronic textures to paint a picture of human, animal and environmental lives on a planet that never sleeps. Best documentary score at SXSW 2011; Emmy nomination for Outstanding Science and Technology Programming; official selection at MountianFilm in Telluride, SXSW, Independent Film Festival Boston.

King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation. In the film, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the east coast, move to the heartland to learn where their food comes from. With the help of friendly neighbors, genetically modified seeds, and powerful herbicides, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America’s most-productive, most-subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil. But when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system, what they find raises troubling questions about how we eat—and how we farm.

King Corn (2007): A folksy and boisterous score accompanies two friends on their journey into the American heartland. Peabody award winner; 60-city theatrical release; TV premiere on PBS’ Independent Lens.

Truck Farm (2011): An urban folk opera as surprising and fun as its subject, a garden in the back of a pickup truck in New York City. Official Selection, Mountainfilm in Telluride.

Bluespace (in production): In this orignal score, underwater soundcapes and surf rock are stirred together using studio and field recordings, emulating the liquid spaces surrounding us.

Out of State (in production): Taking inspiration from traditional Hawaiian music and the southwestern desert landscape, the score reflects the struggle to maintain identity in exile.