Posts from the ‘Film TV Web Projects’ Category
I produced the “olympic” style music for a 5 part series of short documentaries on Canada’s “storied old hockey barns” for Sportsnet. It was an interesting challenge to help give these pieces their emotional heart, as each is essentially a filmed “still life”, and I had a great time working with director Tate Young and [...]
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Having provided a new theme and music package for the 15th anniversary of Discovery Canada’s flagship program Daily Planet, I’m very excited to be again working with the team at CTV on an exciting new version of the theme to launch the 17th season with new co-host, Dan Riskin. The season kicks off on August [...]
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Discovery Canada’s flagship show, Daily Planet, got a sonic makeover for the premiere of it’s 2010/11 season! I composed an exciting new theme for the show, as well as a full music package including 8 variations on the theme in different styles. These were incredibly fun and challenging to produce, and had me researching multiple [...]
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2010 Directed by Jason Leaver, Produced by Eric Taylor. With over half a million views of it’s first season, this popular web-series is really taking off! The score was produced with live harp and strings, and also features songs off of Late July’s debut album, Side Swept. The second season is currently in pre-production. Update! [...]
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[Currently in production] From Asylum Sound (featuring Adrian Ellis, and Drasko Vucevic of Drastic Music) comes The Mattermorphosis Collection: a new, boutique collection of signature samples for the discerning producer who wants to put a unique and authentic stamp on their productions. Warning: this is not for the feint of heart – if you are [...]
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I wrote and produced the music for this video created by the Marketing and Communications division at the Ryerson’s Chang School of Continuing Education, celebrating their “Leaders in Learning” in 2010. I’ve been working with The Chang School for the past 5 years, producing music for their promotional videos.
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Drawing from a number of pop culture references, Shift is a thrilling CGI animated short film featuring an epic battle between two mortal enemies, and an equally epic and intense orchestral score! Written for brass and strings primarily, it also features a huge gothic choir and incorporates electronic elements and breakbeats. This music was also [...]
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Fall 2009 – art installation part of Nuit Blanche. Directed by Jason Leaver. For this project, I wrote an ambient score (featuring live viola, electric guitar, and sound design) that would loop back, as well as interact with itself on 4 opposing screens at a %25 offset. Here’s a clip of the music on it’s [...]
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Adrian Ellis’ moody sound design is a near-perfect aural background for the gloomy action. – Graeme Stewart, BlogTO Staged and Confused’s 2008 production of The Crackwalker enjoyed fantastic critical reviews and popular success, and many sold out shows. NOW Magazine gave it “NNNN” and called it a “near-flawless production”, and it received 4 stars from [...]
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Head count is a super creepy short film by Sean Carley, for which I wrote an ambient horror style score. The main theme features classical guitar, and this was one of the first films where I decided to use the guitar as a main instrument. Throughout Head Count, you’ll hear electric guitar, not only providing [...]
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