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UPDATE: “Temma” wins Faculty Select at the 2012 Columbia Film Festival making it one of six films (from an original 41 from the festival) to receive an additional screening at Symphony Space in NYC, as well as an LA screening on June 12th at the Director’s Guild of America!
Jeff recently completed a beautiful, yet haunting score for Meksin Films’ sci-fi short “Temma“. This is Jeff’s third collaboration with writer/director Anya Meksin and marks his second time debuting work at the Columbia Film Festival. The premiere will be at 8pm on Sunday, May 6th at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center. You can learn more about the festival by going to the CUFF website here. Samples of the score and the film coming soon!
Man Made Music, Inc. recently hired Jeff McSpadden to compose a new anthem for Golf Channel’s “Live From” broadcasts. “Live From” covers the events and stories from all of the major golf tournaments across the U.S. each year. To capture the history and grandeur of professional golf Jeff created a highly cinematic piece that brings to life the grand vistas where the games are played, the stories behind the players, and the intense competition with which the tournaments are played. Opening and closing Golf Central fanfare written by Mickey Alexander. You can listen to the anthem in it’s entirety by clicking the following link:
Jeff has recently scored the new HBO Feature Presentation logo! This fresh spin on HBO’s classic theme began airing last Friday, so be sure to catch it! Music produced byMan Made Music, Inc. You can see/hear it HERE (aka HBO Feature Presentation A).
UPDATE: After being chosen for both Faculty and Student Selects as well as selected for an “IFP Audience Choice Award” at the 2011 Columbia Film Festival, Motherland recently won the “Best Ohio Short Film Award” at the Cleveland International Film Festival! Congratulations to the film’s writer, director and star (triple threat), Shariq Siddiqui!
Jeff recently completed the score for the short film Motherland which will be screening April 25th, 2011 at IFC Theater as part of the 2011 Columbia Film Fest. This wry comedy-with-heart takes more than a few pokes at the dynamic between mother and son as well traditional Indian-Muslim values. The score is a unique blend of western and traditional Indian instrumentation and features the rare and beautiful sounds of the sarod.
Click HERE to view a sample!
Jeff’s scoring work with Duotone Audio Group has recently been featured in numerous national ad campaigns! Check out the cinematic approach taken in this recent Verizon 4G LTE spot called “Strike“. For V8, a more intimate approach was taken for Jeff’s composition featured across a series of five “What’s Your Number?” national campaign spots. (View The Wedding Dress here). For non-traditional brand advertising, Jeff was tapped to score a short film for Mitchum directed by legendary documentarian Albert Maysles. Watch an excerpt from “Hardest Working Baker in America” to get a taste of this funk jazz organ score.
Jeff has contributed three string quartet arrangements to jazz drummer Matt Jorgensen’s new CD, Tattooed by Passion, which has been named on a number of Best of 2010 lists nationwide. Additionally, the music has been performed live in Seattle, WA; Denver, CO; Yakima, WA; and coming soon to Philadelphia and New York.
Check out the WORK page for a video of the “making of” featuring Jeff in the studio.