first commercial

Heeeey guys.

Thought I'd give you a little update. Still writing music all the time for my super top-secret project. Right now I'm scoring some pre-visualizations and featurettes, and that's going pretty well. They seem to be quite pleased with what I've come up with. Also, the guy who directed the last movie I scored e-mailed me yesterday and asked if he could use my music in a commercial. I took a look at the unpublished link where he had put the music and everything together and I thought it looked pretty good. You can take a look at it HERE.

I'm told it will just be published on youtube and their website to generate more traffic there, but I'm happy about it irregardless.

Another day, another wet pair of trousers.

I'm sure I was going to post this news on my blog anyway, but now that Mom sent the family an e-mail announcing it, it would appear the moment is now...

So, this film I've been working on. It's been tossed around and handled by various people coming from very impressive project experience, like Avatar, Chronicles of Narnia, and of course Lord of the Rings. As far as music is concerned, up until yesterday I didn't expect to be involved much further than trailer spots or featurettes. (behind the scenes type stuff) But I had a conversation with the producer yesterday who told me that Michael Giacchino had been chatting with their director and that they were considering using him. For those of you unfamiliar with his work, he did the music for the series LOST, as well as every Pixar movie, with his latest movie Up winning him an oscar. He's the real deal. So then Zach (the producer) showed the director a sampling of the music I've composed for the film and he was impressed. He asked Zach who composed it and after hearing my name he said "Hm. Never heard of him." Which I found hilarious.

So that was yesterday. Today, he called me while I was at work to tell me that he thought I ought to know that as he had discussed the possibility with the directors and other filmmakers, they have decided to consider me for the actual score of the film, alongside the aforementioned Michael Giacchino, as well as Hans Zimmer. I'll say it again... Hans Zimmer. If you don't know who that is... think of the following movies: Crimson Tide, The Lion King, Prince of Egypt, Gladiator, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Pirates of the Caribbean (2 and 3), The Da Vinci Code, Inception, just to name a few.

As of right now, I don't know how it will play out. I find it pointless to state how excited I am with the notion of working with those two people, or even having my name and theirs used in the same discussion. I definitely will keep you posted. I also wish I could tell you how awesome this movie is going to be, regardless of whether or not I help make it.

Until more!

Keaton

Thanks for all the fish.

I know it's been awhile since I've given you all an update. Mostly that's due to the fact I've actually been busy! I'm working on a film right now that you all illegally know about, and I've been writing like crazy for it. I can't wait until I can actually talk more about it and the extent of my involvement, because I really don't know how involved I am yet. But it's a major production and could really be the bone I need to break into film music. In the meantime, enjoy this song I came up with yesterday.

Bulletproof...

Bulletproof, by Radiohead. I have been meaning to record this for a while now. It's not perfect by any means but I needed to get it out of the back of my head where it's been sitting for a couple months.

Fourth Improvisation/"Love Story" (woops!)

Heeeeey.
This is accidentally mostly an improvised song by Taylor Swift called "Love Story". The only song I know by her and for some reason it was stuck in my head this morning and just came out when I tried to be original. It's kind of a shame that it turned into that because I really liked the beginning... But it's still fun.

Anyways, here it is.

Third Improv.

Third improvisation. Figured out how to hook up the clavinova... kind of. Anyway, hope you enjoy it. It's kind of long, so I won't be offended if you don't make it all the way through.

"Amnus Vera". Which is latin. Probably.

An original composition that I wrote ages and ages ago... but figured I'd record it since I've been on such a piano kick lately. Now there are 8 YouTube-able videos!

My Channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/beaverduke

Improvisation No. 2 - "Unrested"

This is my second recorded improvisation. So if you don't like it, I'm allowed to say "Well... I made it up on the spot, so that's why it's bad." But if you like it, I can say "Thanks, yeah, not bad considering I made it up on the spot. I mean... it could be better, but that's how it goes, you know?...." Either way, you must comment!

music what can be bought.

I'm live! Now all music under the newly founded "Jalyper Studios" label can be purchased directly from here, facebook, or my website. What a miraculous time we live in...

New Song!

This is my first attempt at recording live singing. I'm pretty

happy with the way it turned out and I think Brooklyn did a great job!

>Click this.

a post on behalf of the third occupant of Salem House.

A shout out to the family members who don't get to enjoy Spiche's meanderings on a regular basis.

I apologize for the poor quality.

The Other Side, an online production.

The Other Side, the movie what I scored, is now online for your viewing pleasure. It's about 26 minutes long. The premiere at BYU had a bigger turnout than I thought. Maybe 70 people or so. They all really supported the cast and crew of the film and I thought it was neat how much recognition the film got, made with no budget to speak of, using only people's free hours to produce. I think it ultimately took about a year. I also didn't know I was being paid for it, so it accidentally represents my first paying job as a film composer! I watch it now, and I already hear things I wish I did differently. And that's kind of a good sign to me, because I remember as I was writing it how much I loved it. Now, not so much. Nonetheless, it was sure fun.

Here's the link.

Read Me.

Hello everyone. It's sure been awhile. It appears as though just a few of us (myself not deservedly included) are left in the blogging scene. I'm going to try and keep up better though. I have recently celebrated the completion of a new film score, The Other Side, of which I'm sure most of you are aware. However, NOW there's a trailer that you can watch! You can find it on my website or by clicking here. If you clicked "here", then HA! You've been tricked into going to my website anyway. That's okay though, because there are a few more songs I've written and posted for your listening pleasure. But I've been having some trouble with the widget that plays them lately, so if you experience problems that's why. Anyway, the premiere for the movie is this weekend and I'm pretty excited. It's going to be in a bona fide theater at BYU. It has been the most fun I've had with music so far and I'm excited to keep doing it.

I think that's all for now. Video links trump long blog posts anyway. I guess there's also the fact I have nothing left to say. Except that I'm still looking for a job, but who cares?