Archive for the ‘Festivals’ Category

“Bygone Behemoth” to premiere at SXSW

Harry Chaskin’s animated short, “Bygone Behemoth,” which I scored last summer, will premiere at the SXSW Film Festival next month in Austin, Texas.  Watch the trailer here.

“Andheri” Wins Again, and More

“Andheri” won the Grand Jury Prize at the San Francisco Shorts fest a couple of weekends ago.
I started writing some cues for TMZ/Extra this week.
I had the tremendous pleasure of recording vocalist Jacob Luttrell this past weekend for a song I cowrote and will coproduce with Ben Crippin Taylor.

“Andheri” Wins, 2 Short Films Wrapped

“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

“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

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 [...]

“Andheri” Picked Up for Distribution, More Festival Selections

“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 [...]

Moving from 2008 to 2009: Festivals and More

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 [...]

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

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

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!”

Festivals and More

Post-production on Andheri is finished and the film will begin showing at festivals in the next few months.
A Work of Art premiered to a lively crowd at the Cella gallery in North Hollywood last weekend, and is currently one of seven finalists out of 70 submitted films in the dvxuser.com Twilight Film festival.
Work continues on [...]