Monday, December 05, 2005

Mosskirk Harvest - Katie O'brien

I have yet to write the big romance cue and the action march for Mosskirk Harvest. I was sent the link to the website of the actress who will be playing the hero's wife. Samson and his wife are both field operatives that work together - in a real action hero sense.

But when she is murdered he suffers terribly with grief. I have already written draft cues for the crushing loss he suffers and also a Samson hero theme for when he is prep'ing to go into action, or for scene changes.

When I saw the photographs of Katie O'brien I was completely knocked out. She has been cast as Samson's wife. Her face is so descriptive of all the aspects I'd read about in the script. I could "hear" both the cues I needed to write, so I'm really looking forward writing both over the next few weeks.

The director, George Elder, is sending me the rushes soon. Can't wait. He is also putting together a teaser trailer for the production. It'll be terrific to put out some early stuff for this job because it will be 2006 before its finished.

Saturday, December 03, 2005

My Band Wins WBBA Championship Section

The band I am Musical Director for wins the Championship Section of the WBBA Contest. The test piece was The Year of the Dragon by Philip Sparke and is very demanding.

There is a huge high pressure trombone solo in the middle movement and our trombone player won the soloist's prize.

Also I won the Best Conductor's Award.

A good day out all in all.