News

New IMDB Page

June 14th, 2009

You can now view an IMDB page with a partial list of my credits:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3468082/

A lot of great projects going on right now, look out for an update later this week.

Videos, Credits Updated

May 25th, 2009

The site has been refreshed with new clips and a current credits list. An update with some new music should be on the way fairly soon.

“Andheri” Wins, 2 Short Films Wrapped

May 18th, 2009

“Andheri” won Best Dramatic Short at the Breckenridge Film Festival.

I just finished scoring two short films, with a couple more coming up very soon.  I have also continued working on cues for X-Ray Dog.  A site update is on the way with new music and videos.  Stay tuned.

“Andheri” Receives Jury Award at IFFLA

April 28th, 2009

“Andheri” was awarded with Special Jury Honorable Mention at IFFLA this past week.  Congratulations to Sushrut Jain and the whole “Andheri” crew.

Starz Original Series “Party Down,” and more

April 22nd, 2009

2009 has been a terrific year so far.  I had my first X-Ray Dog track come out in January on their “Night Hounds” disc.   “Andheri” has been very successful, having been picked up for international distribution by Premium Films and placements at many film festivals.  “A Work of Art” was picked up at several festivals as well.  “Russel Fish” was picked up for its first festival this week – the Palm Springs Film Festival.  Finally, my music is featured on a number of episodes of “Party Down,” which has been playing on Starz this month.

Currently, I am beginning work on four short film scores and I have several X-Ray Dog tracks in the works for upcoming releases (May-June).

“Andheri” Picked Up for Distribution, More Festival Selections

March 8th, 2009

“Andheri” has entered a distribution agreement with Premium Films, a French distributor that represented three of last years five Academy Award nominated shorts and one Academy Award nominated animated short.  The film has also been selected for several more festivals, bringing the current list to:

Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival (February)
San Francisco Asian-American Film Festival (March)
Method Fest (March)
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (April) [SPECIAL JURY AWARD]
Nashville Film Festival (April)
Newport Beach Film Festival (April)
Gulf Film Festival in Dubai (April)
Breckenridge Festival of Film (June) [WINNER - BEST DRAMATIC SHORT]
Edinburgh Film Festival (June)
Arcipelago International Short Film Festival (June)
Palm Springs International Short Film Festival (June)
Stuttgart “Bollywood and Beyond” (July)
Indianapolis International Film Festival (July)
Expresion en Corto International Film Festival (July-August)
OFF/ON Warsaw International Short Film Festival (October)

“A Work of Art” has also now been selected by both Method Fest and Newport Beach Film Festival.

I am wrapping up writing for “Party Down” and looking forward to beginning work on four short films in the next few months.

Moving from 2008 to 2009: Festivals and More

February 11th, 2009

Both “Andheri” and “A Work of Art” are official selections of Method Fest 2009.  Sushrut Jain (“Andheri” director) just returned from the Clermont-Ferrand festival in France.  Andheri played each day of the week-long festival to a theater packed with over 1000 festival-goers.  It was well-received with crowds forming lines for every showing and answering the film with vigorous applause daily.

2008 was a busy year with ten projects wrapped and several lined up for 2009.  Lately I have been writing music for the Starz original program “Party Down,” a comedy from executive producers Rob Thomas (Veronica Mars) and Paul Rudd of Judd Apatow fame, under television composer Josh Kramon (Veronica Mars, October Road).

Finally, I have my first cue featured with X-Ray Dog on their current “Night Hounds” release.  The cue is currently the opening title track on my site’s music player, “Last Chance.”

More to come.

Music Updated

January 7th, 2009

There are some new pieces on the audio player, including the end credits theme from Andheri and a piece from an upcoming X-Ray Dog release.

Some major developments coming up in early 2009, so stay tuned.

“Andheri” an Official Selection of the Clermont-Ferrand Festival

December 5th, 2008

One of the world’s most prestigious and renowned short film festivals, the Clermont-Ferrand, has selected “Andheri” as one of 74 films out of 5000 submitted.

“A Work of Art” Wins 2nd Place in dvxuser.com Twilight Fest

November 17th, 2008

Mike Manning’s “A Work of Art” has been awarded second place out of 70 films in dvxuser.com’s Twilight Fest.  View the detailed results here.  A review of the film singles out my music: “That score by Daniel Walter is killer. Simply killer! Whoa!”