“The Flop House” it’s a very funny podcast in which three friends discusses bad movies. Occasionally they have live shows which sell out very quickly (and I’m going to one next week). When they read letters from their listeners Elliott Kalan always makes up a song. I set one of these Letter Songs to music, and they…
Read moreNew Performance of “The Man With a Movie Camera” at the Museum of the Moving Image
SCREENING & LIVE EVENT Man with a Movie Camera with live music Part of See It Big! Documentary Saturday, February 13, 2:30 p.m. BUY TICKETS With live music performed by Donald Sosin (keyboards), John M. Davis (keyboards, accordion, theremin), John Mettam (percussion, electronics), and Mattias Olsson (drums). Music by John M. Davis and Donald Sosin.
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“Sons of Liberty,” a three-episode miniseries on The History Channel, premieres January 25th at 9PM EST. Be sure to stay to the end, because I have an “Additional Music By…” credit in addition to my usual “Music Editor.”
Read moreSerena Strong
Here is some music for a short film that played in the Urbanworld Film Festival in September of 2014. Serena Strong Cue 1 Cue 4 Cue 5
Read moreBuckbeak Takes Flight
I like to do a heroic mock-up now and then to keep me on my toes (see many other examples here), and when Pro Tools 11 came out back in April I wanted a big project to stress test the new format. I chose “Buckbeak’s Flight” from John Williams’ score to “Harry Potter and the…
Read moreThe Young Person’s Guide to Cineperc
Here’s a mock-up I did for Cinesamples CinePerc library in which I used each of the four divisions of the library — Core, Pro, Aux and Epic — in turn. For inspiration I relied on Benjamin Britten’s “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra” and Handel’s “Sarabande” from his Suite in D minor HWV 437…
Read moreGoldberg Variations Variations
I recently had to create some radio source music for a film, and the director specifically wanted Bach’s Goldberg Variations. My first recording here is the famous theme, played on my piano in my living room. Goldberg Aria Here is another take of the same piece: Goldberg Aria Take 2 And here is Variation 19….
Read moreNew Commercial Music
I just did a series of commercials for a hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska. Spot 1 with images of a man and boy fishing Spot 2: with runners at a track meet I made another version that was a little softer. Spot 3 – 0n a racquetball court. This is based on a Bach prelude….
Read moreThe Piano in Blue
I just ran across this post on the Cinesamples website and thought I would promote it on my own: The Piano in Blue Mike Barry was kind enough to be my “ears in the booth” at a recording session at the now-defunct Clinton Studios. As you’ll see from his story, at least a part of…
Read moreMy First Podcast – Tempo Mapping in Pro Tools 10
I don’t teach very often, but one question keeps coming at me in various settings: how does one map tempos in Pro Tools to a pre-existing recording? Rather than write the answer, I decided to make a podcast. Now if anyone asks me again I can just give them the following link: http://www.johnmdavis.com/wp-content/movies/Tempo_Mapping_in_Pro_Tools.mov It’s also…
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