http://www.danielwaltermusic.com/news News for Composer Daniel Walter Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:12:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just found out that I'll be heading back up to Seattle in a couple weeks to record a few more cues for X-Ray Dog.  Looking forward to that, in addition to a couple upcoming local brass recording sessions for the tracks we laid down in Seattle earlier this month. http://www.danielwaltermusic.com/news/2010/03/seattle-strings-round-2/ Just returned from recording strings for X-Ray Dog at Studio X in downtown Seattle.  Recording brass next week and then looking forward to the final mix. http://www.danielwaltermusic.com/news/2010/03/seattle-string-session-wrapped/ 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. http://www.danielwaltermusic.com/news/2010/02/bygone-behemoth-to-premiere-at-sxsw/ Currently looking forward to a recording session for some orchestral trailer cues with X-Ray Dog.  I'll be heading up to Seattle for the session in just a few weeks. I'm also beginning work on a new short that should be finished by the first of March.  A lot of new writing ... http://www.danielwaltermusic.com/news/2010/02/seattle-string-sessions-new-project/ Finished off 2009 with some promo work for ABC and wrapped up additional music duties on "Party Down," selected as one of AFI's ten best shows from 2009.  Heading into 2010, so far I have a late February recording session for orchestral action adventure cues with X-Ray Dog.  More to ... http://www.danielwaltermusic.com/news/2010/01/2010-2009/ Starz original series "Party Down," for which I am an additional music composer, was named one of the top ten shows of 2009 in the AFI Awards.  AFI placed "Party Down" in the company of outstanding shows like "Glee," "Mad Men," "Big Love," and others.  See the full list here. "PARTY ... http://www.danielwaltermusic.com/news/2009/12/party-down-named-in-afis-10-best-of-2009/ I've started writing additional music for season two of "Party Down," a Starz original television series produced by Paul Rudd and Rob Thomas (Veronica Mars, October Road).  Outside of that, work continues on highly cinematic orchestral action adventure cues for X-Ray Dog. http://www.danielwaltermusic.com/news/2009/12/party-down-season-two/ Brand new X-Ray Dog release, "Bite Size," makes a number of my tracks available for licensing in commercials.  Out of four discs with over one hundred cues, the promo features my own track, "Going It Alone," from start to finish.  View and listen here. http://www.danielwaltermusic.com/news/2009/11/new-tracks-available-for-licensing/ It's been a long, long process, but I am finally just about finished with a tremendous upgrade to my studio involving lots of new software, new gear, and five new computers networked together to run it all.  In short, my palette has just been significantly expanded.  I will now be ... http://www.danielwaltermusic.com/news/2009/10/studio-news-tmz-cues-and-trailer-cues/ "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. http://www.danielwaltermusic.com/news/2009/09/andheri-wins-again-and-upcoming-orchestral-recording-session/