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  • The weather’s getting warmer and I’m starting to think about those clam bakes over on Spectacle Island. The island Spectacle Island - "Renewal"reopened last year for recreational activity after a long rehabilitation effort spurred by the Big Dig, rescuing it from it’s industrial past. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to score a film on it’s history, produced to mark the occasion by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.
  • I’m glad to be adding composer to my list of roles on Lantana Games’ upcoming title Children of Liberty. Children takes place in colonial America on the eve ofJoseph climbing around the Longwharf warehouse. the Revolution. Like everything else about the game, from the story, to the excellent backgrounds and animations by the creative team, an emphasis on historical authenticity and attractive, artistically rendered environments will be the driving factors behind the score.
  • “Follow”, a short art piece I scored for director Elliot Higger was shown at this years ProArts Spring Arts Festival.

  • “Morocco to Israel” won third place at the Carnegie Mellon Faces of Migration International Short Film Festival. The short, about a family of Berber Jews that emigrated from Morocco after the formation of Israel in 1948 and the
    Morocco to Israelindependence of Morocco in 1956, premiered at the 2011 Miami Jewish Film Festival earlier this year. Congratulations to director Avital Epstein! Check out a clip or some music from the film.
  • I recently wrapped up a few cues for 25 Hill, an upcoming film from writer/
    director/actor Corbin Bernsen (LA Law) about a boy who, after 25 Hill his father dies fighting in Afghanistan, continues their plan to compete in the All American Soap Box Derby. Many thanks to fellow composer Lee Strauss of Boathouse Recording for having me help out with the score.
  • Click on the images below to check out the promotional openings I scored for last year’s Independent Film Festival of Boston. This has quickly become the most important IFF Boston 2011film festival in the Boston area.IFF Boston 2011 The event is run by a guerilla team of dedicated volunteers who go sleepless for weeks leading up to the event and create a unique energy among festivals. Excellent work by director/producer Larry Andersen of Spot Editorial and Brandon Schaefer for the original design.
  • Lantana Games' "Children of Liberty"Very excited to have started working as the Audio Director for Lantana Games upcoming title, Children of Liberty. COL takes place in colonial America on the eve of the Revolution. The challenge and fun for me will be in creating a historically accurate sonic environment. Fortunately we’re creating the game ‘on location’, so there’s plenty of opportunity for authentic sound recording!
  • Part II of the PBS program “The Wall: A World Divided”, scored over atThe Wall: A World Divided Kusiak Music, premiered on January 17, 2011. This second part of the program focuses on the unification of Germany and other world events precipitated by the fall of the Berlin Wall. Here are a couple of tracks and clips from Part I.
  • At Kusiak Music we recently recorded the score for a large format film as part of the permanent exhibitions at the new National Museum of American Jewish History, which opened in Philadelphia at the end of November. I prepared the score and provided some orchestrations for the session.
  • “The Exchange”"The Exchange" has now screened at the Naperville Independent Film Festival, the Hells Half Mile Film Festival and the BlissFest 333 Film Festival. Congratulations to director Paul Hirschberger and the rest of the team! Check out some tracks or a video clip from the film.
  • A couple of nice pieces on John Kusiak appeared in recent issues of Electronic Musician and Wicked Local. Many thanks to him for the kind mentions!
  • Over at Kusiak Music we’re working on a new film for the great Errol Morris (Fog of War, The Thin Blue Line), Tabloid. It’s a documentary about a 1970′s tabloid story involving the abduction and sexual bondage of a mormon missionary in the United Kingdom by his ex-lover, a former southern beauty queen.

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