2011-05-19 Passed by Chateau Miraval before the Cannes Film Festival for a visit with Brad Pitt to discuss the
Studio Miraval renovation which we will be starting this fall. This is a gorgeous studio with a history spanning over 30 years which has not yet been connected to ProTools. The
SSL 4000 board is in fine shape and the
recording hall is big enough for at least 40 musicians.
Robert Mann and Brad Pitt in the vineyards of Chateau Miraval, France, May 2011
Photo by Angelina Jolie
2011-04-24 I have started a blog at
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here for news you won't find elsewhere and posts not necessarily about me. You can also follow me on Twitter at
@ThenCameNow.
2010-07-12 I have been asked to compose for the
Forum of New European Opera taking place July 29 through August 1 at the Abbaye in Pontlevoy, France, home of
The Eur-Am Center. I chose a piece I recently finished for the film "Flight" and orchestrated it for double ensemble (five winds and five strings), 3 sopranos, harp and percussion. The main event will be Benjamin Britten's Turn of the Screw, a two and half hour opera based upon the novel by Henry James, produced by my friend Halldor Laxness and conducted by
Leonardo Gasparini whom will also be conducting my piece on Friday July 30.
Click here to listen.
2010-05-21 The music for
Futuroscope is now finished and installed in the
Cité du Numérique. To see an animation of the interior with a preview of the ambient music,
click here. Thanks to
byVolta for another superb production.
2010-05-14 The Green brother's (AcroTwins) new film entitled "Flight" is underway. They're doing groundbreaking things again with their fearless brand of extreme sport paragliding. My soundtrack will be finished in June and distribution starts quickly afterwards.
2010-03-02 The film
Espion(s) which I composed for has been nominated for a César Award for Best First Film and also the film A l'Origine has been nominated for Best Score, bravo to Cliff Martinez, great to have been on your team.
2010-02-07 Futuroscope, the science amusement park in Poitiers France, has commisioned me to compose the ambient soundscape for the soon to be redesigned
Cité du Numérique. The interior architecture is being designed by
byVolta and I am happy to work again with them on a new project. I have decided to use the
Golden Ratio or
1.618 discovered by
Leonardo Fibonacci as the base of the sound design and music. A CD will be released later in the year.
2009-11-12 The film I scored last year called "
Lift" about the world champion paragliders Tim and Anthony Green, will be airing in France on
Canal Jimmy's "
Vertigo" Monday Dec. 7 at 20h40. Subsequent broadcasts will be on Thursday Dec. 10 at 23h50, and Sunday Dec. 13 at 17h20.
2009-03-24 I'm off again to Los Angeles to work on "
A l'Origine" directed by Xavier Giannoli starring François Cluzet and Gérard Depardieu as well as the Iraq war documentary "
Severe Clear" directed by Kristian Fraga. I return to Paris early June.
2009-03-03 Just finished the score for the docu-film "
Lift" produced by AcroTwins about the paraglider world champions Tim and Anthony Green. It will be airing soon on Discovery and other extreme sports channels as well as hitting the film festivals this summer. The score will be available soon on iTunes.
2009-01-19 I attended the première of "
Espion(s)" last night in Paris. I co-composed several cues with
Cliff Martinez three of which you can hear on this page. Director
Nicolas Saada,
Guillaume Canet,
Géraldine Pailhas and
Stephen Rea all spoke before the film.
Matthieu Sibony and myself represented the music department. It was a tremendous pleasure to have worked with Cliff, my mentor and friend, on this great score. The soundtrack can now be downloaded on
iTunes,
eMusic,
Virgin France, and
Amazon.
2008-10-08 I'm back in Paris currently producing my third CD of ambient music for Partners in Rhyme. Last month I put on my other hat,
photographer, to produce a story
Brad Pitt photographed of
Angelina Jolie and their six children for
W Magazine. It was a huge pleasure hanging with Brad in the darkroom for a couple weeks. The story will appear in the November issue.
2008-08-22 My second collection of
ambient works is now available from Partners In Rhyme in both CD and download formats. More royalty free tracks for your production needs can be downloaded at
MusicLoops.com
2008-07-29 I had the priveledge of composing additional music for the film "
Espions" the past ten weeks. Director
Nicolas Saada has a great bilingual film in his hands, starring
Guillaume Canet and
Stephen Rea. Produced by
Première Heure, it will be in theatres starting January 2009. The working title in English is Spy(ies).
2008-06-10 The title theme for the new
Koppel on Discovery series about China entitled "
The People's Republic of Capitalism" was co-written with
Cliff Martinez and features some of my screaming guitar work. It airs July 9 2008.
2008-05-04 I have completed the score for "Stand Up Sortie", a film about two special service military snipers taking out a drug cartel produced by
R&R Productions and directed by Roham Rahmanian. The trailer will be posted here soon.
2008-03-05 I'm now in the midst of composing textures, percussion and transitions for the upcoming video game Career Criminal being developed by
Midway Games.
2008-01-19 The film
Stiletto, directed by
Nick Vallelonga starring
Tom Berenger and
Stana Katic, is finished. In addition to creating textures, I also did the original score mix. Next up is additional music for the new
Discovery Channel called "Investigation Discovery" or "ID Channel".
2007-10-06 I have relocated back to Los Angeles after 19 years in Paris. I'm here for an indefinite period. My dear Paris will be missed!
2007-09-07 The experimental film
Orpheus Descending which I both scored and sound designed won the ‘Mention du Jury’ at the Festival Silhouette in Paris. You can catch an interview with myself, director
Clayton Burkhart and cinematographer
Dan Salzmann on Canal+.
2007-08-30 Production for the
Daniel Hechter ad is finished. It was great working with my good friend Steve Hiett. Playing guitar with Steve on this project was a welcome change and pleasure.
2007-06-15 The theme and mnemonic for
France Telecom has been completed. It will be implemented next year with arrangements for TV, radio and online. Thanks to all at
byVolta Sensitive Factory for their tremendous production.
2007-05-29 My collection of royalty free ambient works entitled “
Auraspheres” is now available from Partners In Rhyme in both CD and download formats. And more royalty free tracks for your production needs can be downloaded at
MusicLoops.com
2007-04-22 The sound installation for
Vélizy2 in Paris has been installed and sounds great. Thanks to
byVolta Sensitive Factory’s production.
2007-03-15 Altern Ego directed by
Frédéric Monpierre will be airing on Canal+. Details will be posted here soon.
