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“Wonders of the Arctic” – Thunder Bay screening

Wonders of the Arctic - Thunder Bay event

The 3D IMAX documentary that I worked on in late 2013 is making a visit to Thunder Bay on February 26th at Famous Players SilverCity (Cineplex). For one night only, Science North will present both the film and a short documentary chronicling the making of the film. Special guest, director David Lickley will also be present to talk about the film and the NOHFC mentorship program that both myself and George Renner of Renner VFX.

Here are the particulars:

February 26th, 2015
6:30 PM
Famous Players SilverCity
$8 for Members
$10 for Non Members

Click here to RSVP on Facebook.
Click here to purchase tickets to this special event.

 

Besides watching the film’s trailer above, you can also listen to some snippets from the soundtrack! The score was written by Amin Bhatia, but features special appearances by myself and Polaris Prize winner, Tanya Tagaq.

Wonders of the Arctic

Last Fall I had the fortune of working on a 3D, feature-length IMAX documentary put together by Science North called “Wonders of the Arctic”. I was chosen to participate in a mentorship program, working under award-winning composer Amin Bhatia (Flashpoint and more). I traveled back and forth to Toronto to work at Amin’s studio throughout October and November, assisting where I could.

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As soon as I met him, we clicked and I knew I’d be contributing meaningfully to the project rather than being “the intern”. I added my vocal talents to the score, wrote music for a cue and even secured Tanya Tagaq, the internationally acclaimed Inuit throat singer (who has collaborated with some of my idols like Mike Patton and Bjork) to feature on soundtrack. Tanya and I even did a bonus improvised throat singing session that started with birdlike coo’s and escalated to aggressive polar bear growls. What a spirit! It was a wild experience to interact musically at that level.

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Towards the end of the creative process, we prepped for the live recording session at CBC’s Glenn Gould Studio using musicians from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Canadian Opera Company. I can’t even describe the feeling of sitting in an empty theatre listening to an orchestra perform some music that I helped create. The only comparable experience would be watching the final film in 3D on an IMAX screen!

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The film was recently premiered at Science North in Sudbury with over 400 people in attendance. I was reunited with the director David Lickley and composer Amin Bhatia as well as various other crew members that worked on other components, like Dave Clement who helped get some of the fantastic underwater footage.

A huge thank you goes out to Science North and the NOHFC for giving me the opportunity to participate in such an exciting project. You can watch it on the big screen in Sudbury, click here for showtimes.

Wonders of the Arctic

Last Fall I had the fortune of working on a 3D, feature-length IMAX documentary put together by Science North called “Wonders of the Arctic”. I was chosen to participate in a mentorship program, working under award-winning composer Amin Bhatia (Flashpoint and more). I traveled back and forth to Toronto to work at Amin’s studio throughout October and November, assisting where I could.

IMAX-2

As soon as I met him, we clicked and I knew I’d be contributing meaningfully to the project rather than being “the intern”. I added my vocal talents to the score, wrote music for a cue and even secured Tanya Tagaq, the internationally acclaimed Inuit throat singer (who has collaborated with some of my idols like Mike Patton and Bjork) to feature on soundtrack. Tanya and I even did a bonus improvised throat singing session that started with birdlike coo’s and escalated to aggressive polar bear growls. What a spirit! It was a wild experience to interact musically at that level.

GG players wideshot-2

Towards the end of the creative process, we prepped for the live recording session at CBC’s Glenn Gould Studio using musicians from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Canadian Opera Company. I can’t even describe the feeling of sitting in an empty theatre listening to an orchestra perform some music that I helped create. The only comparable experience would be watching the final film in 3D on an IMAX screen!

wonders_of_the_arctic_xlg

The film was recently premiered at Science North in Sudbury with over 400 people in attendance. I was reunited with the director David Lickley and composer Amin Bhatia as well as various other crew members that worked on other components, like Dave Clement who helped get some of the fantastic underwater footage.

A huge thank you goes out to Science North and the NOHFC for giving me the opportunity to participate in such an exciting project. You can watch it on the big screen in Sudbury, click here for showtimes.

Thunder Bay Tourism Videos

Many, many months ago, myself and Rob Benvegnu were assembled to collaborate on music for a series of commercials for Thunder Bay Tourism. Having always been an advocate for my hometown, I was honoured, and excited to work on a pretty big project with someone I hadn’t worked with in years. Rob and I used to play in a band together in 2003, but haven’t really worked on anything since. He was busy with his dance group CoNcEpTs while I ventured into the world of the one-man-band. He’s been producing lots lately though, winning an Aboriginal People’s Choice Award for Shy-Anne Hovorka’s album ‘Pseudo’ as well selling beats as his alter-ego, RaWb EaTs. Working with him on the music was a lot of fun, and we went through many different versions before settling on the one you hear there. We experimented with different sounds and styles, but I think you’ll agree that the finished product flows along quite nicely just as it is!

We teamed up with Dave Angell from Dining Room Studios to first record the music for the 3 spots, as well as the whole gang from Imaginarium Studios who then synced it to their finished video. The whole production was coordinated by Generator, with Robin Moss (a British songsmith himself) writing the script. There are more credits on each of the videos if you click through to YouTube, but give them a watch, who knows what people and places you’ll recognize! Here they are, broken up into the 3 main tourist seasons: Summer, Fall and Winter.

Feel free to leave a comment on the actual video pages or down below!

Demo Reel

After having done soundtracks for short films, commercials and web-series, etc for a few years now, I’ve finally assembled a demo reel.

Check it out!

I wrote all the music, and all audio recordings were done by Dining Room Studios. Footage graciously provided by Curtis at Apple Wagon Films, Piotr and Milosz at Imaginarium, Shannon at Shannon Lepere Photography and Alan on behalf of Thunder Bay Ventures.

You can see a list of the projects I’ve worked on under the Composition tab.