LA-based music company <a href="http://www.visualmusicartists.com.“>Visual Music has scored a high-profile film short sponsored by Canon, which demonstrates it’s new Cinema EOS C300 series cameras.
“Sword” was directed by Felix Alcalá and Larry Carroll for executive producers Patti and Dave Coulter’s Passport Films. <a href="http://www.visualmusicartists.com.“>Visual Music‘s creative director <a href="http://www.visualmusicartists.com.bio.html”>Tom Seufert coordinated and produced the music with Emmy Award-winning composer Dean Grinsfelder, Devon Seufert and his Dubstep project <a href="http://www.visualmusicartists.com.indexpropellant.html”>Propellant. “Sword” is one of four films that screened at Paramount Studios in November.
“Sword” is set in a future where guns have been outlawed and human rights have been trampled upon by an authoritative militia. Dean Grinsfelder handled the orchestral duties, incorporating his own electronica and overdubs from Devon, who also contributed two underscore cues. The score contains a remixed version of <a href="http://www.visualmusicartists.com.indexpropellant.html”>Propellant‘s song “Lost,” which is also featured in the closing credits. Devon composed and produced “Lost,” with lyrics and vocal performances by Morgan Lyon and D’Cipher (C. McDaniel).
Other recently completed <a href="http://www.visualmusicartists.com.“>Visual Music projects include Kohler, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Dollar General, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Chrysler SRT, The Atlanta Lottery and P&G (Tide).
Credits
CLIENT: CANON
TITLE: “Sword”
DIRECTORS: Felix Alcala and Larry Carroll
PROD CO: Passport Films
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Patti Coulter, David Coulter
PRODUCER: Jim Unger
PRODUCER FOR CANON: Steve Tobenkin
EDITING HOUSE: Miller Wishengrad Post
EDITOR: Mike Miller
EXEC PRODUCER:
MUSIC HOUSE: <a href="http://www.visualmusicartists.com.“>Visual Music
CREATIVE DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: <a href="http://www.visualmusicartists.com.bio.html”>Tom Seufert
COMPOSERS: Dean Grinsfelder and Devon Seufert
MUSIC ARTIST: <a href="http://www.visualmusicartists.com.indexpropellant.html”>Propellant
CASTING Sanford Casting
COLORIST Bob Festa
SOUND Rob Newell
COLOR New Hat
COSTUMES Hank Ford
CAMERA ACCESSORIES Clairmont Camera
CAMERAS and LENSES Canonยฎ
TALENT Starring Jason Connery, Peter O’Meara, Jessica Matsumoto, Lane Townsend with Jason Simms-Prewitt, Edward Walton, and Jamal Hepburn.
About <a href="http://www.visualmusicartists.com.“>Visual Music
<a href="http://www.visualmusicartists.com.“>Visual Music is a boutique music house encompassing an extraordinary group of star composers, new emerging artists and award winning composers, songwriters and sound designers.
<a href="http://www.visualmusicartists.com.“>Visual Music‘s mission is to deliver inspired creative innovation to clients by exploring diverse musical possibilities within <a href="http://www.visualmusicartists.com.“>Visual Music‘s roster which includes Academy Awardยฎ nominated sound designer Herwig Maurer (Apocalypto), Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica), Gossip Girl’s Transcenders, hot new bands like Dubstep artist <a href="http://www.visualmusicartists.com.indexpropellant.html”>Propellant and KCRW discovery Big Moves plus 20 award winning staff composers and songwriters. For more info on <a href="http://www.visualmusicartists.com.“>Visual Music please visit www.visualmusicartists.com.