John Doryk's Blog (4)

"For Love of Liberty" featuring Halley Berry, Morgan Freeman, Samuel Jackson, etc and music by Larry Brown, Alan Lindgren, and John William Doryk won Gold at the Park City Film Music Festival. It has also recently been nominated for 2 MPSE Golden Reel Awards.

 

Just had to brag a little.

I am currently scoring music for a 5 hour mini-series called "For Love of Liberty:The Story of America's Black Patriots" hosted by Halle Berry and featuring Avery Brooks, Morgan Freeman, Samuel Jackson, Ice T, Alan Rickman, Alec Baldwin, Bill Cosby etc.(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800037/) I am co-composing with Emmy award composer Larry Brown and Alan Lindgren. The series covers the history of America's black patriots from the 1700's thru the… Continue

Recently, I had the opportunity to record several of my cues with the Kiev Symphony Orchestra in Kiev, Ukraine. The cues were recorded as concept demos for several clients who are considering having me score with live orchestra on a number of feature film and documentary projects in the fall. The first cue is a re-recording of "Powers of Ten", recorded with a 100 piece orchestra, 40 voice choral, and solo mezzo soprano. I directed/produced over broadband video conference from Colorado Springs.… Continue

Check out a new cue on my page called "Journey". It's based on a suite of themes I'm currently working on for a "film trailer" publisher who's intention is to have te cues eventually re-recorded by live orchestra and pitch to film trailer houses in LA. I just got back from working for 23 days as sound recordist on the indy feature film "Winning Favor" starring Matt Ashford ( Days of our Lives) and Candace Rose (ER, CSI, Law & Order). Back in the studio, I'm working on a new theme music… Continue