I wrote the soundtrack to a film called Joshua<\/em>,<\/a> directed by George Ratliff, with Vera Farmiga, Sam Rockwell, and Jacob Kogan, (who weirdly appeared in an <\/a>episode of Wonder Showzen<\/a>). 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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\nExcerpt from Joshua<\/em>
\nCaroline Pliszka, solo violin<\/small><\/p>\n

NB The link above “\u201c 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<\/em> 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. <\/sm><\/p>\n

Joshua was recorded by Dan Bora at the Looking Glass Studios <\/a>in September, 2006.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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