The Starmind Record

This has been a very busy year for me.  The good news is that creatively, it has been one of the best years in a long time.  I’ve taken on several new musical endeavors as a drummer but I’m also writing more actual music.  One thing I’ve always wanted to do is score a film or TV series and luckily enough, some very talented actors and writers approached me about composing the music for one of their original productions. 

The Starmind Record is the story of two Los Angeles documentary filmmakers that encounter an extra-terrestrial intelligence.  It begins with the filmmakers discovering a strange man in the desert.  Soon afterwards, an extra-terrestrial intelligence begins to affect the world at large and people start showing up at the filmmakers’ home, looking for this intelligence.  The filmmakers have to deal with this situation and well….let’s just say things gets a little scary. 

I was really excited to work with writer/director Tennyson Stead to tell this modern sci-fi story and being a big fan of Mark Snow (X-Files) and Brad Fiedel (Terminator and T2), I wanted to go with a synthy, electronic sound for the score.  Tennyson was very open to that idea and the results have been awesome!  The series is just about wrapped now and you can watch the episodes on YouTube, vimeo and at the series’ homepage, http://www.thestarmindrecord.com.

8 Sided Films is a very creative, dedicated, talented collective of film, theater and television industry professionals.  In addition to the projects they’ve released, they’ve also built an online community for actors, writers, directors, producers and other creative types, so after you watch The Starmind Record please feel free to poke around on their web site.  Check out the 8 Sided Forum for blogs, profiles and videos of the ensemble members doing what they do best.  Let ‘em know that I sent you, too. :)

Enjoy!