Also, there is a possible sale to TV in Bulgaria!

Visit the samples page to listen to some of my music from the film.

Alan

And…

Well, three of my compositions got a mention:

• Semi-Finalist – RIEVAULX
• Commended – PRODRIVE
• Commended – BRODSWORTH

Not too bad, I guess.

Did any composers out in cyberspace enter? If so, how did you get on?

Alan

Here’s the blurb…

Vox Novus is proud to present ten hours of music, dance, and video,
featuring one-minute works by 600 composers, the most ever to be programmed in a single
show. The show will be part of Congress 2010, the largest annual interdisciplinary gathering in
North America, expecting approximately 10,000 visitors this year.

Emitted from loudspeakers at the four corners of the gallery, the pieces will be sequenced
continually without pause for the entire duration of the show, with a new piece beginning every
minute on the minute. A large analog clock mounted on a wall will allow the audience to follow
each piece’s progress.

Dancers will improvise at the center of the gallery on each individual piece, and live video will be
projected on two opposing walls. The audience will walk freely in and out of the gallery, and
around the dance area, being surrounded by multisensory stimuli from all directions.
Since 2003, 60×60 has been presented in over 200 concerts, shows, and multimedia
installations worldwide with the mission to support and highlight the contemporary art
community by bringing together a large number of artists of multiple disciplines, styles, media
and career stages into collaborative art making in a format that is extremely accessible to the
wide public.

This show is organized by Vox Novus in collaboration with the Canadian Electroacoustic
Community (CEC) and the FoFA Gallery.

Just wish I could be there to hear it!

If you’d like to read more about this event, click the links below to download some PDfs:

• Poster
• Press Release
• Order of Magnitude Info

Alan

The Spell will now be available in North America through some very well known outlets.

Nearer home, The Spell is being shown at the Parkway Cinema in Cleethorpes next Thursday (27th May – see: http://cleethorpes.parkwaycinemas.co.uk) and this will be followed by a Q&A with the film’s director, Owen Carey Jones and producer Neil Harrison.

This event has been organised by Meniscus Films who run an annual film festival in Humberside and Owen Carey Jones did a radio interview yesterday for BBC Radio Humberside promoting the event which you can listen to by going here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/humberside/programmes/schedules – look for Lara King’s Morning Show for the 19th May and it’s about 2 hour 19 minutes into the show.

The judging panel is very high-powered this year: world renowned producers such as Simon Ellis (visit Simon’s website)and Richard Niles (visit Richard’s website).

Other people carefully watching the contest include The Stage’s Scott Matthewman and Director of TV at Universal Music UK Lesley Douglas among others.

I’ve won a few runner-up prizes in this contest before, but it’s been a few years now since I entered.

If I win, I’ll let you know. If I don’t, I’ll simply go all mysteriously quiet for a few days

Alan

The aim is to get more placements in film and TV, especially in the USA.  Very competitive!

If any other composers have had success with Taxi, I’d love to hear from you.  In the meantime, here’s the link to my Taxi homepage:

http://www.taximusic.com/hosting/home.php?artist=alanjmoore

Initially, it will be available in HMV stores and through most online DVD retailers such as Amazon as well as from iTunes.  Hopefully, it will also be available later through other high street retail shops and possibly a supermarket chain.

And, if you need to, this is where you can see the trailer on YouTube: THE SPELL Trailer.

Go get your copy now!

Alan

Anyway, having secured a theatrical release for The Spell, it is now eligible for the BAFTAs and so a full-blooded BAFTA campaign is underway.  Exciting stuff!

Also, as a result of The Spell’s nationwide theatrical release, it has secured a UK distribution deal with Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment, a dynamic up and coming UK distributor.

The Spell will now be released on DVD in the UK on Monday 22nd February.  Initially, the DVD will be available in HMV stores and from most online retailers such as Amazon and LoveFilm.

The film will also be available for download from iTunes from 22nd February and will then be released on Video on Demand through Virgin Media’s FilmFlex channel in March.

Reviews of the film are coming in thick and fast.  Here are a few of the latest:

“Admirably, Carey Jones has avoided creating a ridiculous paranormal plot.” – (The Sun)

“Genuinely scary moments.” (Eye For Film)

“Pitkin displays plenty of torment.” (The Sun)

“Jones has to be congratulated for making a genuine exhibitable feature on comparatively little money.” (Cine7)

“If you like films laced with suspense and psychological horror then you will enjoy this title.” (GoreZone Magazine)

If you’d like to keep up to date with the progress of the film, download the newsletter (link at the top of this post) and you’ll find details of how to get added to the list.

If you haven’t seen the film yet, why not?  I’d be interested to hear your thoughts about my score.

More to follow…

Alan

The National Press show screening for the film took place today and 17 film critics from the national daily and Sunday papers attended, including one very famous television film critic whose favourite film of all time is, allegedly, The Exorcist!

I hope you get the chance to listen to my soundtrack and the 3 songs specially written for the film.

If you’d like to see the film and make an evening of it, here’s a link to the screening times:

http://www.careyfilms.com/The_Spell_Site/the_spell_cinemas.html

If you do see the film, I’d love to hear what you thought of my music

Alan

You Can't Hide From What's Inside You!

This post’s title is the new tagline for Carey Film’s new feature, The Spell.

From Friday 2nd October, The Spell is to be shown at 14 cinemas across the country from Paisley in Scotland to the West End of London and from Sunderland in the North East to Bristol in the South West.

Carey Films will be working flat out to get press and television coverage and will also be distributing around 500 small posters and 30,000 flyers in the cities where the film is to be shown (London, Leeds, Sunderland, Cwmbran, Leicester, Bristol, Coventry, Liverpool, Manchester, Newham, Paisley Reading and Hull).

If anyone wants to help with this, please do let me know – we need all the help we can get as the plan is to distribute these promotional materials in shops, offices, universities, etc. Drop me a line and I’ll pass it on to the film’s producer/director, Owen.

Meanwhile, keep popping back to the site as I’ll be putting up screening times as soon as I have them. Oh, and go and see the film – obviously!

Finally, if you haven’t voted (5 stars please!) for the film’s closing song, Moving On, go and do so now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNXOvHDz_GQ

If you’d like to download the latest newsletter about the film, click here (right click to save): The Spell Newsletter 3

More to follow…