SDO contest and "Payoff" soundtrack
June was a busy and exciting month hear at the studio. In the beginning of the month I composed and recorded an electronic score for a short film that was entered in the SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) "Capture the Sun" Contest. L.E. Spry and I took first place in our category. We were very happy with the results and it fueled our desire to do more. The film "Payoff" came in from Jack Russo's Film School. "Payoff" is the result of students work over the semester. It was a fun film to work on. The temp track had only about 4 cues, but I saw the need for a few more. The film put me in mind of what would be the first 12 minutes of a TV crime drama. Something along the lines of a CSI or Law and Order. That feeling actually pushed me in the direction of a mixture of synthesizers, rock, and orchestral elements. Two of the cues allowed me to flex musical muscles I hadn't used in a while. The temp score had some industrial electronic or house electronic...