OUR URBAN WILDERNESS, a new mockumentary with original music by me, took home the Best Creative Short Film Award at the Columbia Gorge International Film Festival this past weekend. The film is a rewriting of American history telling the story of a true national icon, the North American shopping cart, from prehistory to present modern day. Congratulations to director Johnny Winningham!
OUR URBAN WILDERNESS
OUR URBAN WILDERNESS, a new mockumentary with original music by me, will be playing at the Columbia Gorge International Film Festival on Sunday, August 18th, NOON, at the Vancouver Library, 901 C Street, Vancouver, Washington. The music was originally composed for a radio play, also directed by Johnny Winningham, but now has found a permanent home in this funny new film. I'm excited the music will finally be heard at last.
KILLER SISTERS' MIDNIGHT HOUR
Now live on Hulu.com is a new webseries I scored called KILLER SISTERS' MIDNIGHT HOUR, written and directed by Mike Williamson. From the director... "It's old school "Horror Host", meets "DINNER AND A MOVIE", meets "AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON" where we have fictional "hosts" watching digest versions of horror features from the BLOODY DISGUSTING SELECTS series."
I wrote the score for these dueling sisters. It's goofy fun for the attention-challenged online audience of today serving them up a feature film and original skits in an hour long format. The series was produced by THE COLLECTIVE ("V/H/S" anthology film, in theatres now).
For the score I went in a 'BURBS and TALES FROM THE CRYPT direction which was tons of fun. I'll have audio clips of the music up soon!
The show is streaming now on HULU so check it out. It's four 1 hr long episodes.
TOY MASTERS IN FANTASIA
The HE-MAN documentary Toy Masters had a sneak peek premiere at Fantasia Fest 2012 in Montreal in August. The film is still in post with original score soon to come but good reviews are already coming in from Film Threat, etc.
Fantasia 2012
THE TABLE IS A FINALIST AT THE PARK CITY FILM MUSIC FESTIVAL
In good news, my score to The Table turned out to be a finalist at the Park City Film Music Festival. I want to thank Leslie Harlow and the team at PCFMF for making me feel welcomed and putting on another great festival. 9 years! I hope to make it to the 10th next year.
The winners of the Park City Film Music Festival's Documentary Category:
First Place for Best Impact of Music in a Documentary: Composer Joel Douek for "Flying Monsters 3D"
Finalists in this category were the following films:
CONFIDENCE MAN
GETTYSBURG: THE SPEECH THAT SAVED AMERICA
LOST YEARS
THE SKIN I'M IN
THE TABLE
RAY BRADBURY 1920-2012
I wanted to post my appreciation and memory of Ray Bradbury today on news of his passing. I'll never forget when I was asked to write music for a short film the summer of 2000. I had just made a permanent move to Los Angeles, and being fresh out of school, I advertised myself as a composer looking to collaborate with filmmakers. I was fortunate to meet my director friend Roger Lay who presented me with his short film called Homecoming. It was based on Bradbury's short story "The Lake" from his bookThe October Country. Homecoming became the first of three films based on Bradbury's great writing that Roger and I collaborated on and that I had the pleasure of writing music for. We collaborated on these quality stories within the first few years of living in Hollywood which was exciting and gave us a lot of encouragement. The second film I worked on was A Piece of Wood, a short from Long After Midnight. It was shot on 35mm, our first indie short and a bit longer (it was a perfect Twilight Zone or Amazing Stories type of project). The latest (and hopefully not the last) was Chrysalis, a short story from his book S is for Space, where we were able to get a music budget and make a feature length version of Bradbury's work for the first time. DuringChrysalis Roger worked closely with the man himself, adapting his story into a screenplay. I was lucky enough to meet Mr. Bradbury a couple of times. In fact, I'll never forget the time I attended a stage production of Fahrenheit 451 in Pasadena with him sitting directly in front of me in the audience. What impressed me the most was how each ending of a Ray Bradbury story was so inspiring and stayed in your mind long after reading or watching it unfold. Thank you Mr. Bradbury for the inspiration. We will miss you.
PARK CITY FILM MUSIC FESTIVAL
The Table is now scheduled to screen at this year's Park City Film Music Festival in Park City, UT. The documentary will screen on Monday, May 28th at 7pm and Wednesday, May 30th at 5:45 pm. I will be there for the first screening and looking forward to spending my Memorial weekend up in Utah.
Prescreen
THE TABLE documentary I scored is now a featured exclusive available to rent on Prescreen.com. It will be available for about two months then we move to Netflix, itunes etc. Watch it now and stay tuned for more info.
LA United Film Festival
The documentary I scored called THE TABLE has been selected for the LA United Film Festival. It will screen on April 30th at 7pm in Los Angeles. The United Film Festival was voted as one of the 25 coolest film festivals by Moviemaker Magazine.
Los Feliz 3 Cinemas1822 Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Deceit
Deceit is a noir short written and directed by Phil Abatecola hitting the festival circuit soon. Brandon completed the score for the movie back in April.
Synopsis:In the affluence and extravagance of Hollywood, a California detective confronts a mysterious jewel thief that he's been trailing for years. But is he really there to serve justice or for something else?... Obsession, paranoia, and duplicity abounds. At every turn our detective stumbles along unaware of the trick his long-time nemesis has in store for him.
Stay up-to-date with Deceit on facebook and twitter.
"Unexpectedly Inspiring"
Search My Trash reviewer Mike Haberfelner gave "The Table" a very good review stating, "The Table is a touching portrayal of the other side of Hollywood."
Read the full review at Search My Trash.produced by
Ana Barredo, Phil Bishop, Roger Lay jr, Mark Scott Zicree for Grand Fenwick Productions, Urban Archipelago.
directed by Ana Barredo.
starring Mark Scott Zicree, Elaine Zicree, James Troesh, Mark Haynes, James Metropole, Armin Shimerman, Neil Johnson, Guillermo del Toro, and more.
music by Brandon Moore.
The Table Wins Award
Brandon's latest feature won "Best Documentary" at the SoCal Film Festival in Huntington Beach, CA. Congratulations to director Ana Barredo and everyone involved.
The film has now been dedicated to Jim Troesh, an actor/ writer featured in the documentary who passed away last month. His story and contribution to film & television will be remembered.The Table Trailer
Watch the trailer for the new documentary, "The Table," featuring music by Brandon Moore.
The Table is about group of tenacious individuals who meet every week to discuss their strategies on breaking into the exclusive club known as Hollywood.