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Screen Horror Film For Release On Vimeo On Demand

TRAILER FOR "SCREEN"

Screen is a great looking new horror film from David Paul Baker which features some of my music and is due for imminent release on Vimeo On Demand. The film is about a group of horror fans who are found dead in front of an old drive-in screen. We go back 24 hours to follow two of the characters from this group who discover people died at the drive-in back in the 70s and the screen is haunted… The movie was shot between Tulsa and Cleveland, Oklahoma and bristles with a style reminiscent of horror movies like Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween mixed with a classic grindhouse feel.

“Simultaneously reminiscent of Grindhouse Exploitation films and the new and old waves of “found footage” flicks, and with an opening newsreel sequence, and that kind of foreboding, Tubular Bells-ish music that just isn’t used in movies often enough anymore, SCREEN, directed by David Paul Baker is low-budget, self-sufficient Indie gold at it’s very best.”

Yell Magazine

Screen horror film with music by Simon WilkinsonThe film featuring my music will be released on Vimeo On Demand on the 15th December and you can watch a trailer from the movie above, or sign up to the movie’s mailing list for updates here.

Writer/producer/director David Paul Baker has a lot of other film ideas in the pipeline including City Of Sin, a branded hub destination for features and shorts under one umbrella.

You can follow news about Screen, City Of Sin and David’s other movie and short film projects at the following links:

http://www.screenfilm.co.uk

http://www.cityofsinworld.com

http://www.davidpbaker.co.uk

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Night Visions: Astro La Palma Time Lapse Film Featuring My Music

Night Visions: Astro La Palma (6 min short film)

Here’s the full 6 minute time lapse film Night Visions: Astro La Palma from Daniel Lowe at Star Mountain Media which features some of my music in the soundtrack. Daniel’s written a detailed blog entry about the making of the film over on his website here.

“I hope that you enjoy the film, creating it was definitely a highlight experience in my life that I will always remember.”

Daniel Lowe

Check out more links to Daniel’s work here:

http://starmountainmedia.com

http://www.facebook.com/StarMountainMedia

http://plus.google.com/100737817695588760327/posts

http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=FilmTimelapse 

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Night Visions: Astro La Palma (Time Lapse Trailer) By Daniel Lowe

Night Visions: Astro La Palma (trailer)

Here’s the trailer for a great new time lapse film from photographer and filmmaker Daniel Lowe at Star Mountain Media. Daniel has licensed music from me previously for his excellent time lapse piece Outer Banks and this new film is just as stunning to watch. The trailer features my track Sabotage from volume 6 of my royalty free music collection Dark Matter.

“It was filmed over 14 days (and nights) on the island of La Palma, Spain off the coast of Africa. I’ll be writing a blog entry soon with more personal details about my trip.  Until then, please enjoy the video trailer.”

Daniel Lowe

Daniel has lots of great time lapse clips, stock footage and photography you can license for use in your own projects over at his website so go check it out:

http://starmountainmedia.com

http://www.facebook.com/StarMountainMedia

http://plus.google.com/100737817695588760327/posts

http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=FilmTimelapse

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Dark Ambient Space Track Through The Ergosphere Now On iTunes

Dark Ambient Space Music: Through The Ergosphere by Simon Wilkinson

My dark ambient space music track Through The Ergosphere is now also available to buy on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and Spotify if you prefer to buy your music through one of these providers.

You can also buy the track directly from me here on this website and this is also where you will need to go if you want to license the track for use in your own videos.

Buy Through The Ergosphere on iTunes

Buy Through The Ergosphere on Amazon

Buy Through The Ergosphere on Google Play

Stream Through The Ergosphere on Spotify

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Clip From Documentary Exuma Featuring Some Of My Music

Fish Personalities

Here’s a short clip from a new documentary film by Colin Ruggiero called Exuma that features some of my music. The film features some stunning underwater and time lapse photography:

“The Exumas are a string of small islands in the Bahamas. “Exuma” is the first film to highlight the beauty of these remote “out islands.” The film is a view into this surreal world of sand, sky and water through the eyes and thoughts of a young woman who lives there. Underwater and time-lapse imagery are used to show a side of the Exumas that few people, even those lucky enough to have visited, have ever seen.”

Colin Ruggiero

Find out more about Exuma here:

http://www.exumafilm.com

https://www.facebook.com/exumafilm

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New Time Lapse Film From SicilyΔLapse Featuring My Piano Music

Earthquake Δ Valle del Belice

Here’s a beautiful, atmospheric and touching new time lapse video from the wonderful SicilyLapse filmmakers illustrating the sad events of 1968’s earthquake in Western Sicily:

“On 15 January 1968 a violent earthquake affected a wide area of western Sicily, involving dozens of countries, especially those of the Belice Valley. We counted 370 dead, 1,000 injured and about 70,000 displaced persons.”

SicilyΔLapse

The video uses my royalty free piano music track The Falling Snow and you can see more work from SicilyLapse on their Vimeo pages or main website:

http://www.sicilylapse.com

https://vimeo.com/sicilylapse

http://www.facebook.com/SicilyLapse

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My Ambient Music Featured In New Xbox 360 Game StarDeath 3000

StarDeath 3000 promo video

My ambient music track Through The Ergosphere is featured as the soundtrack to a new Xbox 360 game called StarDeath 3000 from developers Beebapps: “In the vastness of the cosmos two huge entities are battling for control. They suck the life force from entire galaxies to use in the ultimate struggle against their nemesis…” You can buy the game for $1 (or 69p on the UK channel) or try a free demo of the game at the following links:

Full game:
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/StarDeath-3000/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258550d91?cid=SLink

Free trial version:
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Trial-Game-StarDeath-3000/00000000-0000-4000-8000-000058550d91?cid=SLink

You can buy the track as an mp3 here on my site, and also license it for use in your own projects:
http://www.thebluemask.com/through-the-ergosphere 

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Books For Film Music Composers

I’ve found the following books for film music composers to be very useful when working with writing music to picture and generally getting set up for working with production music. They also serve as good tutorials for general music production & theory and offer advice about promoting and selling your music to film producers and getting your music placed in film & TV productions:

This Is Your Brain On Music
This Is Your Brain On Music
Daniel J. Levitin
A fascinating book that looks into the science of how we’re emotionally affected by music. The author is an experienced sound engineer, music and neuroscientist and brings his experience to rationalise and explain some of the mechanics of why we love to hear certain songs. Excellent reading for anyone with a love of music.

 

Music for New Media: Composing for Videogames, Web Sites, Presentations and Other Interactive Media
Music For New Media: Composing For Videogames, Web Sites, Presentations And Other Interactive Media
Paul Hoffert
Learn to: score videogames, develop music for different characters, address the standard types of scenes and cues and formats required by game publishers; develop music for web sites, use sound technologies with mobile devices to create ringtones and other sounds; create demos and portfolios for getting clients.

 

Cash Tracks: Compose, Produce, and Sell Your Original Soundtrack Music and Jingles
Cash Tracks: Compose, Produce, And Sell Your Original Soundtrack Music And Jingles
Jeffrey P. Fisher
Learn everything you need to know to make jingles and score video productions with this new, updated second edition of this popular book. Prepare and present your demo recordings, work with clients, craft profit-producing copy, promote your work, protect yourself legally, get the money you deserve and more.

 

How to Get Your Music in Film & TV
How To Get Your Music In Film & TV
Richard Jay
Tips and advice on getting your music placed in film soundtracks and on TV shows from independent musician and composer Richard Jay. A detailed look at how musicians, songwriters, publishers, and indie labels—producing every kind of music—can earn good money from placing their music into film and TV in the United States and beyond.

 

The Score: Interviews with Film Composers
The Score: Interviews With Film Composers
Michael Schelle
A collection of in-depth conversations with contemporary film composers of every style, background, and position in Hollywood’s hierarchy, offering a cross-section of current thoughts about the process of film composing, styles of film music, and working within today’s entertainment industry. Great interviews from film composers including Thomas Newman, James Newton Howard, Howard Shore, John Barry and many more.

 

From Score to Screen: Sequencers, Scores & Second Thoughts-The New Film Scoring Process
From Score To Screen: Sequencers, Scores & Second Thoughts – The New Film Scoring Process
Sonny Kompanek
With the advent of MIDI sequencers, high quality sample libraries and low-cost recording gear, just about any composer anywhere can score a film. Well-known composer Sonny Kompanek teaches this new film scoring process at the prestigious New York University and now he shares his secrets with the pages of From Score to Screen.

 

The Guide to MIDI Orchestration 4e
The Guide To MIDI Orchestration 4e
Paul Gilreath
An essential book for anyone working with MIDI orchestration. With detailed methods of scoring for all sections from strings through to percussion. Aimed directly at users of libraries such as East West/GPO/Vienna and other major packages but also wide enough to cover all approaches to orchestral MIDI arrangement. Essential for beginners through to pros.

 

Complete Guide to Film Scoring: The Art and Business of Writing Music for Movies and TV
Complete Guide To Film Scoring: The Art And Business Of Writing Music For Movies And TV
Richard Davis
I’ve found this to be a useful guide for any composer interested in learning the standard requirements for scoring to picture, eg basic film history, spotting, preparation etc (although quite US-centric). Also includes interviews with composers Danny Elfman, Elliot Goldenthal, Mark Isham, Alan Silvestri and many more.

 

Orchestration by Cecil Forsyth
Orchestration
Cecil Forsyth
Originally written in 1913, the book focuses on traditional approaches to writing for orchestra. Although not perhaps as relevant to more contemporary approaches to scoring, there is a huge amount of useful information on the different orchestral sections and is an extremely useful text for film scorers.

 

The Study of Orchestration (Third Edition)
The Study Of Orchestration (Third Edition)
Samuel Adler
Offers a wealth of material for music students to create a full orchestral score by choosing the appropriate instruments, instrumental combinations and instrumental techniques.

 

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Music Composed For Full Length Dakotalapse Time Lapse Film Horizons

Horizons Full Length Dakotalapse Time Lapse Film With Soundtrack Composed By Simon WilkinsonI’ve just finished composing the music soundtrack to the new full length Dakotalapse time lapse film Horizons by Randy Halverson.

Horizons is a stunning 31 minute film of time lapse photography shot mostly in South Dakota and also at Devils Tower in Wyoming. You can buy a download of the full length film featuring my track in stunning HD from the link below.

The music I custom composed for the film is a continuous 30 minute atmospheric ambient music track called Frozen White Light which is available to buy and license for use in your own films, documentaries and YouTube videos over in my online shop.

There’s a trailer for the full length film with music by Bear McCreary here or you can buy the full length 30 minute film with my soundtrack over on Dakotalapse.com:

http://dakotalapse.com/2013/06/horizons-feature/

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Promo Video For Atmospheric Ambient Music: Frozen White Light

Ambient Space Music: Frozen White Light by Simon Wilkinson

Frozen White Light by Simon WilkinsonHere’s the promo video for my latest atmospheric ambient music track Frozen White Light which features a short extract from the full length track (the full track is over 30 minutes long) and is available to buy and license for your own films and documentaries from my website here.

The track is a long and slow moving ambient piece of music with a peaceful atmospheric and hypnotic feel, ideal as musical background for films, documentaries, time lapse films, art installations and exhibitions etc. (as heard in the soundtrack to the full length Dakotalapse time lapse film Horizons by Randy Halverson). Due to its long and unobtrusive nature, it can also be used as calming background music for studying, writing, relaxation, meditation, yoga etc.

When I was working on the track, it was usually in the small hours of the morning and my 1 year old daughter (who’s always been a problem sleeper) would often start her nightly routine of waking up crying. I noticed that when I went to comfort her and brought her into the studio while the track was playing, she would immediately calm down and become transfixed with the music and the video. After about 10 minutes of sitting there listening quietly on my lap, she would always fall back asleep, which amazed us because we’d tried everything up until that point. So it could also work as sleep therapy if you or your children have problems sleeping!

Get the full length 30 minute track and find out how to license it for use in your own projects here:

http://www.thebluemask.com/frozen-white-light