http://nicomuhly.com The official website of the New York-based composer Nico Muhly. Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:30:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/joshua/ http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/joshua/#comments Thu, 17 May 2007 13:10:10 +0000 Nico http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/joshua/ Joshua, directed by George Ratliff, with Vera Farmiga, Sam Rockwell, and Jacob Kogan, (who weirdly appeared in an episode of Wonder Showzen). It is a thriller involving a small boy (who is a piano prodigy) plotting against his family; the score is a piano-based score with a lot of orchestral halo. Fox Searchlight is going to be releasing it in July, 2007. Below, an excerpt from the end of the film, a slow and tense piece. I am really happy with the way this particular nugget turned out. [audio:28 Track 28.mp3] Excerpt from Joshua Caroline Pliszka, solo violin NB The link above "“ which I will keep up as long as it is extant, has a preview of the film which uses a bunch of my music in the first two thirds, and then when the pace of the preview heats up, the sort of typical Showgirls synth drum stuff starts. Culturally, the way we prefer to indicate "excitement" has always been an endlessly fascinating thing to me, because I feel like I have a completely alternate way of getting at this sort of tension. Joshua was recorded by Dan Bora at the Looking Glass Studios in September, 2006.]]> http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/joshua/feed/ 4 http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/choking-man/ http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/choking-man/#comments Wed, 16 May 2007 23:03:14 +0000 Nico http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/choking-man/ Choking Man, directed by Steve Barron. It's a really great movie, I think, and the score is very important to it, which I like, and they gave me an enormous amount of flexibility in how much music there should be and where, etc. With Dan Bora, I created a sound world comprising a small ensemble, and then a spatialized mini-gamelan of gongs, bells, guitars and pianos. We recorded at the Looking Glass Studios in January, 2006. [audio:M17 1.mp3] Choking Man M17: Thanksgiving Day [audio:M20.mp3] Choking Man M20: Thanks]]> http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/choking-man/feed/ 5 http://nicomuhly.com The official website of the New York-based composer Nico Muhly. Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:30:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://nicomuhly.com The official website of the New York-based composer Nico Muhly. Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:30:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/joshua/ http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/joshua/#comments Thu, 17 May 2007 13:10:10 +0000 Nico http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/joshua/ Joshua, directed by George Ratliff, with Vera Farmiga, Sam Rockwell, and Jacob Kogan, (who weirdly appeared in an episode of Wonder Showzen). It is a thriller involving a small boy (who is a piano prodigy) plotting against his family; the score is a piano-based score with a lot of orchestral halo. Fox Searchlight is going to be releasing it in July, 2007. Below, an excerpt from the end of the film, a slow and tense piece. I am really happy with the way this particular nugget turned out. [audio:28 Track 28.mp3] Excerpt from Joshua Caroline Pliszka, solo violin NB The link above "“ which I will keep up as long as it is extant, has a preview of the film which uses a bunch of my music in the first two thirds, and then when the pace of the preview heats up, the sort of typical Showgirls synth drum stuff starts. Culturally, the way we prefer to indicate "excitement" has always been an endlessly fascinating thing to me, because I feel like I have a completely alternate way of getting at this sort of tension. Joshua was recorded by Dan Bora at the Looking Glass Studios in September, 2006.]]> http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/joshua/feed/ 4 http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/choking-man/ http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/choking-man/#comments Wed, 16 May 2007 23:03:14 +0000 Nico http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/choking-man/ Choking Man, directed by Steve Barron. It's a really great movie, I think, and the score is very important to it, which I like, and they gave me an enormous amount of flexibility in how much music there should be and where, etc. With Dan Bora, I created a sound world comprising a small ensemble, and then a spatialized mini-gamelan of gongs, bells, guitars and pianos. We recorded at the Looking Glass Studios in January, 2006. [audio:M17 1.mp3] Choking Man M17: Thanksgiving Day [audio:M20.mp3] Choking Man M20: Thanks]]> http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/choking-man/feed/ 5 http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/joshua/ http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/joshua/#comments Thu, 17 May 2007 13:10:10 +0000 Nico http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/joshua/ Joshua, directed by George Ratliff, with Vera Farmiga, Sam Rockwell, and Jacob Kogan, (who weirdly appeared in an episode of Wonder Showzen). It is a thriller involving a small boy (who is a piano prodigy) plotting against his family; the score is a piano-based score with a lot of orchestral halo. Fox Searchlight is going to be releasing it in July, 2007. Below, an excerpt from the end of the film, a slow and tense piece. I am really happy with the way this particular nugget turned out. [audio:28 Track 28.mp3] Excerpt from Joshua Caroline Pliszka, solo violin NB The link above "“ which I will keep up as long as it is extant, has a preview of the film which uses a bunch of my music in the first two thirds, and then when the pace of the preview heats up, the sort of typical Showgirls synth drum stuff starts. Culturally, the way we prefer to indicate "excitement" has always been an endlessly fascinating thing to me, because I feel like I have a completely alternate way of getting at this sort of tension. Joshua was recorded by Dan Bora at the Looking Glass Studios in September, 2006.]]> http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/joshua/feed/ 4 http://nicomuhly.com The official website of the New York-based composer Nico Muhly. Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:30:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/joshua/ http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/joshua/#comments Thu, 17 May 2007 13:10:10 +0000 Nico http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/joshua/ Joshua, directed by George Ratliff, with Vera Farmiga, Sam Rockwell, and Jacob Kogan, (who weirdly appeared in an episode of Wonder Showzen). It is a thriller involving a small boy (who is a piano prodigy) plotting against his family; the score is a piano-based score with a lot of orchestral halo. Fox Searchlight is going to be releasing it in July, 2007. Below, an excerpt from the end of the film, a slow and tense piece. I am really happy with the way this particular nugget turned out. [audio:28 Track 28.mp3] Excerpt from Joshua Caroline Pliszka, solo violin NB The link above "“ which I will keep up as long as it is extant, has a preview of the film which uses a bunch of my music in the first two thirds, and then when the pace of the preview heats up, the sort of typical Showgirls synth drum stuff starts. Culturally, the way we prefer to indicate "excitement" has always been an endlessly fascinating thing to me, because I feel like I have a completely alternate way of getting at this sort of tension. Joshua was recorded by Dan Bora at the Looking Glass Studios in September, 2006.]]> http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/joshua/feed/ 4 http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/choking-man/ http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/choking-man/#comments Wed, 16 May 2007 23:03:14 +0000 Nico http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/choking-man/ Choking Man, directed by Steve Barron. It's a really great movie, I think, and the score is very important to it, which I like, and they gave me an enormous amount of flexibility in how much music there should be and where, etc. With Dan Bora, I created a sound world comprising a small ensemble, and then a spatialized mini-gamelan of gongs, bells, guitars and pianos. We recorded at the Looking Glass Studios in January, 2006. [audio:M17 1.mp3] Choking Man M17: Thanksgiving Day [audio:M20.mp3] Choking Man M20: Thanks]]> http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/choking-man/feed/ 5 http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/choking-man/ http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/choking-man/#comments Wed, 16 May 2007 23:03:14 +0000 Nico http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/choking-man/ Choking Man, directed by Steve Barron. It's a really great movie, I think, and the score is very important to it, which I like, and they gave me an enormous amount of flexibility in how much music there should be and where, etc. With Dan Bora, I created a sound world comprising a small ensemble, and then a spatialized mini-gamelan of gongs, bells, guitars and pianos. We recorded at the Looking Glass Studios in January, 2006. [audio:M17 1.mp3] Choking Man M17: Thanksgiving Day [audio:M20.mp3] Choking Man M20: Thanks]]> http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/choking-man/feed/ 5 http://nicomuhly.com The official website of the New York-based composer Nico Muhly. Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:30:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/joshua/ http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/joshua/#comments Thu, 17 May 2007 13:10:10 +0000 Nico http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/joshua/ Joshua, directed by George Ratliff, with Vera Farmiga, Sam Rockwell, and Jacob Kogan, (who weirdly appeared in an episode of Wonder Showzen). It is a thriller involving a small boy (who is a piano prodigy) plotting against his family; the score is a piano-based score with a lot of orchestral halo. Fox Searchlight is going to be releasing it in July, 2007. Below, an excerpt from the end of the film, a slow and tense piece. I am really happy with the way this particular nugget turned out. [audio:28 Track 28.mp3] Excerpt from Joshua Caroline Pliszka, solo violin NB The link above "“ which I will keep up as long as it is extant, has a preview of the film which uses a bunch of my music in the first two thirds, and then when the pace of the preview heats up, the sort of typical Showgirls synth drum stuff starts. Culturally, the way we prefer to indicate "excitement" has always been an endlessly fascinating thing to me, because I feel like I have a completely alternate way of getting at this sort of tension. Joshua was recorded by Dan Bora at the Looking Glass Studios in September, 2006.]]> http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/joshua/feed/ 4 http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/choking-man/ http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/choking-man/#comments Wed, 16 May 2007 23:03:14 +0000 Nico http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/choking-man/ Choking Man, directed by Steve Barron. It's a really great movie, I think, and the score is very important to it, which I like, and they gave me an enormous amount of flexibility in how much music there should be and where, etc. With Dan Bora, I created a sound world comprising a small ensemble, and then a spatialized mini-gamelan of gongs, bells, guitars and pianos. We recorded at the Looking Glass Studios in January, 2006. [audio:M17 1.mp3] Choking Man M17: Thanksgiving Day [audio:M20.mp3] Choking Man M20: Thanks]]> http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/choking-man/feed/ 5 http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/wonder-showzen/ http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/wonder-showzen/#comments Wed, 16 May 2007 22:00:29 +0000 Nico http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/wonder-showzen/ Wonder Showzen, which you can buy on iTunes or on DVD. I had a great time writing it; the people who make that show are some of the smartest people around. The premise of the episode that I scored (A Clarence Special Report: Compelling Television) is that this demented puppet, Clarence (at left), asks people sitting on park benches what they think of TV, and then he demands that they, in turn, "make good TV." The results are scored. Sometimes this ended up demanding outrageous miniatures, and sometimes it ended up secretly heartbreaking. The score is for chamber orchestra, and was recorded by Dan Bora at the Looking Glass Studios in April, 2006. [audio:M18 Birds.mp3] Wonder Showzen M18: Birds [audio:M7 Tax Guy.mp3] Wonder Showzen M7: Tax Guy Claire T. Bryant, solo cello ]]> http://nicomuhly.com/projects/2007/wonder-showzen/feed/ 6