Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Buck the Movie is going to Sundance!!



The Votes are in and "Buck" a documentary I helped to score about Buck Brannerman is one of 16 films from a field of over 300 chosen for the 2011 Sundance Festival.

"The Horse Whisperer" may be the stuff of Hollywood legend but the cowboy who inspired the novel and the film is very real. Buck Brannaman - master-horseman, trick-roper, raconteur and no-nonsense philosopher - is a true grit cowboy who travels the world enlightening his followers with a wisdom that's frequently more about human relationships than about horses. As Buck says in his signature, hard won wit. "Often instead of helping people with horse problems, I'm helping horses with people problems".

BUCK, a poetic and visually stunning feature documentary, follows Brannaman from an abusive childhood that almost “broke” him, through early fame and foster care, to a life of fiercely dedicated work as a teacher, who possesses near magical abilities as he dramatically transforms horses with understanding and respect. He often expounds on the similarities of redirecting the mind and energy of troubled horses with the trials of parenting children.

The astonishing strength of character it takes Buck to overcome and transcend the darkness in his past is poignantly reflected in the relationship with his youngest daughter Reata, who is becoming nearly as good a rider and roper as her dad. Driven by his mission to enlighten his followers, he spends nine months a year away from home. He travels alone in his horse trailer from clinic to sold-out clinic, from Maine to California, from Beeville, Texas, to Libby, Montana, dealing with often fractious horses and humans. But as he says to his students: “If you got a taste of what I’m talking about, you couldn't get enough of it. You’d rather do that than eat. You may spend your whole life chasing it, but it’s a good thing to chase."

Thursday, July 1, 2010

RETRO FUNKY for Doctor VIN

Ahhh Dr.VIN I churned out the Porn Funk for this one.
It's so wrong it's just right.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

College Boys Live now on DVD

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Thursday, May 13, 2010

The New Recruits coming to PBS 6:15:2010

The New Recruits is a feature documentary about a battalion of jet-setting business students armed with a radical plan to end global poverty: charge poor people for goods and services. They spend one year struggling with startups to peddle drip irrigation in Pakistan, LED lights in India, and toilet service in Kenya.

The New Recruits takes an unflinching look at social entrepreneurship, a movement touted as the new alternative to charity—its ideals, practitioners, and realities. An unlikely cross between The Apprentice and Slumdog Millionaire, The New Recruits is a hilarious, evocative, edge-of-your-seat thrill ride along a road paved with good intentions.

Preview Here:

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

"CHALK TALK" score for Gatorade Web Documentary




Go inside the G series Mobile Locker Room with St. Louis Rams Defensive End
Chris Long.

Music by Peter Rundquist


http://www.gatorade.com/default.aspx#mobilelockerroom?s=chalk-talk

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Roads To Memphis


Check out my most recent filmscore on PBS' American Experience.

On April 4, 1968, escaped convict James Earl Ray shot and killed Dr. Martin Luther King. This is the fateful narrative of the killer and his prey, set against the seething, turbulent forces in American society at that time.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/memphis/