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Dec 19, 2007 08:09AM
I wish this site had a means to upload music. As it is, you need to go to Myspace or filmcommunity.com to hear my work. Check it out:
http://www.myspace.com/stuartbalcomb
About Stuart Balcomb
Dec 15, 2007 10:28AM
Composer Stuart Balcomb works for film and TV in Los Angeles. Before moving to LA he studied vibes with Gary Burton and taught composition and arranging at Berklee College of Music in Boston from 1974-78; he has written arrangements for Woody Herman, Cher, Donald O'Connor, Andy Williams, Magician David Avadon, Gary Burton and the Buffalo Philharmonic, and composed for "Batman: The Animated Series" (Fox network) and "The Black Door." which won Outstanding Achievement at the Elevate Film Festival.
He also scored "The Ore," a pilot for the Sci-Fi channel; five films for the Elevate Film Festival; 3 hours of music for Peter Sterios' yoga DVD "Gravity and Grace"; and "Deeper," director Mikki Willis' submission for Steven Spielberg's FOX series ON THE LOT, co-produced by Mark Burnett. His soundtrack for the documentary "1000 Journals" premiered at the 2007 AFI Film Festival, Los Angeles, and will be seen in February at the Berlin Film Festival.
His orchestrations include: Captain Ron, Blank Check, Sleep Walkers, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Star Kid, Hudson Hawk, Corky Romano, Fear Dot Com, Virginia's Run, Michael Jackson's World Tour, Triple X (xXx), The I Inside, The Touch, Shanghai Knights, Gods and Generals, Surviving Christmas, Connie and Carla, Miss Congeniality 2, Underdog.
Yoga Master Peter Sterios writes about "Gravity and Grace": "From the beginning of this project, it was clear to me that those involved in putting together my first yoga DVD all shared one vision: to create from a space of inspiration. From the outset, the cinematography, choreography, editing, authoring, and finally with the composing of original music which you will find on this CD, every aspect reflected that commitment made by all the artists. Stuart Balcomb's music is the icing on an already amazing cake that brought all the pieces together seamlessly. This music is perfect for creating the 'acoustic space' for yoga, for massage, for meditation, and for any activity where music and sound can invoke the power to transform."
Balcomb writes: "This is a new kind of yoga soundtrack. I took an approach entirely different from what has traditionally been done. After seeing the elegant footage, I knew I needed to 'sculpt' the music to enhance the movements instead of simply writing tunes that would merely function as background music. Peter and I spent two days meticulously spotting the footage to determine different changes in energy levels and movements for almost every frame of film. This is something normally done for a feature-length film, not yoga videos. It then took 5-1/2 weeks of solid composing, recording, and mixing to create three hours of music for the DVD."
Produced by Conscious Enlightenment and Transcendent Sound, the "Gravity and Grace" soundtrack, containing over two-and-a-half hours of music, is now available as a double CD at YogaMates.com.
You can hear this and other music at:
http://www.myspace.com/stuartbalcomb
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