Western and Being Evel
Last week we wrapped mixing work on the feature documentary entitled Western, the new film by Bill and Turner Ross. I had previously worked with the Ross brothers on both of their last two films Tchoupitoulas and 45365, and similar to those projects I had an absolute joy working on the soundscape for another beautifully composed portrait of a place.
I have a small window of a couple weeks working on a selection of short films and commercial projects before starting on my next feature documentary mix for the film Being Evel, directed by Academy Award Winner Daniel Junge (whom I had worked with previously on Fight Church and Beyond the Brick: A LEGO Brickumentary) and produced by Johnny Knoxville and George Hamilton.
Newly On Demand
Speaking of Fight Church, the film is now available on Netflix (and is currently sitting pretty on Rotten Tomatoes). Also newly available online is Caucus on Netflix, and Angel’s Perch and Cement Suitcase on Hulu. All of these films are also available on iTunes/Amazon and everywhere else you can purchase movies on demand!
Recent Projects and Festival Updates
As for more recent projects, the feature sci-fi horror film Nightmare Code had its festival debut at Shriekfest earlier this month and won the award for Best Thriller. It will also be playing at the New Filmmakers Festival in New York at the end of this month.
Also, the feature documentary County Fair, Texas that I mixed earlier in the summer just released a teaser trailer for the film
Meanwhile The Last Season is going strong in the festival circuit, playing at the Camden Film Festival, the Ashland Film Festival’s World Cinema Week, and with upcoming screenings at the United Nations Association Film Festival, and the New Orleans Film Festival, where the short film I mixed Easy is also playing.
Skywalker and MPSE
And finally, I’d like to take a moment and reflect on the joy of being up at Skywalker Ranch at the end of September as a guest of the Sundance Sound Design & Composing Labs, where Western was one of the select films chosen. A segment of the film was worked on up there at the ranch, including a section of score recorded on the fantastic sounding scoring stage, and it was just an absolute joy to be in Northern California mingling with the wonderful folks at the Sundance Documentary Labs and Skywalker Sound.
And last but not least, as of this month I am now an Active Member of the Motion Picture Sound Editors society, and have been invited to serve on their Blue Ribbon Panel to vote on final awards and board elections. I’m excited to be a member of the organization at last, in the company of many exemplary sound editors, and to help (in the words of the MPSE) “raise awareness of what the sound track is capable of doing to support the art of motion pictures and television.”
Lawrence and the creative team at Lotus Post for the final mix of Western
Turner Ross at the Skywalker Scoring Stage for Western
