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AICP 2010

admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:32:34 +0000

Here are the titles for this year’s AICP Show.

Music by Michael Montes. Visuals by Trollbäck & Co.

Filmscores: A New Album by Michael Montes

admin — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 22:25:51 +0000

Filmscores is a collection of pieces written over the past ten years for films that include the Oscar nominated “One Day Crossing” and the highly acclaimed experimental documentary “The Windmill Movie.” Special thanks go to the amazing directors of these films and to the musicians who brought their wonderful talents to these tracks.

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World Science Festival

admin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:19:45 +0000

The World Science Festival, an unprecedented annual tribute to imagination, ingenuity and inventiveness, takes science out of the laboratory and into the streets, theaters, museums, and public halls of New York City.

The opening night gala at Alice Tully Hall honoring the renowned physicist Stephen W. Hawking began with these opening titles. Visuals by Trollbäck & Co. Music by Michael Montes.

Verizon FiOS

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 03:16:35 +0000

R/GA has once again tapped Sacred Noise, this time for three new “FiOS Effect” web spots.

Here is “Anthem”, with music by Michael Montes.

Journey Across India

admin — Sat, 22 May 2010 23:22:52 +0000

My friend Mike Matas asked me to make some music for his beautiful film made from 3000 still photos.

53,000 views on Vimeo in the first month.

Mission Blue

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:04:17 +0000

This past April, a spectacular group - marine scientists, deep sea explorers, technology innovators, policy makers, business leaders, environmentalists, activists and artists – gathered for a Galapagos sea-voyage aboard the National Geographic Endeavour. Over four days, attendees experienced seven fully programmed TED sessions. In addition, they explored the surrounding landscape and sea, designed to stimulate the intellect and stir the soul, discovering up close the wonders that make the Land of Darwin one of the world’s most unparalleled adventure travel destinations.

The goal of the voyage was not only to create content to help educate the world about the beauty of and problems facing the ocean but to have attendees make commitments to change. Eight “idea champions” stepped forward with plans for action to help protect the oceans and other attendees rallied around these leaders with offers of support including $17 million raised to fund these projects.

Attendees included Sylvia Earle, Leonardo DiCaprio, Edward Norton, Glenn Close, Elizabeth Banks, Steve Case, Ted Waitt, Bill Joy, Jackson Browne, Damien Rice, Chevy Chase, Jean-Michel Cousteau and 30 of the world’s leading marine scientists.

Here are the opening titles for this first-of-its-kind oceanic conference. Music by Michael Montes.

Here is the press release.

Ameriprise

admin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:37:22 +0000

Sacred Noise teamed up with R/GA for two new Ameriprise spots.

Here is “We’re Here to Help”.

Autodesk Showreel

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:05:52 +0000

Addressing all phases of the design process, from 2D design to 3D modeling, Digital Prototyping to Building Information Modeling, Oscar®–winning visual effects to model-based mapping, Autodesk offers the broadest and deepest product portfolio in the design world.

Here’s the latest Autodesk Corporate Showreel, displaying some amazing examples of design work in the fields of architecture, engineering, automotive, media, and entertainment.

Music by Michael Montes.

Budrus

admin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:00:06 +0000

From the award-winning creators of Control Room and Encounter Point comes a timely and uplifting story.

A Palestinian leader unites Fatah, Hamas and Israelis in an unarmed movement to save his village from destruction. Success eludes them until his 15-year-old daughter jumps into the fray.

Budrus won the Silver Audience Award at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival and will have its US premiere on April 25th, 2010 at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Working with director Julia Bacha, Michael Montes composed the solo piano piece An Early Memory for the film.

“A poignant chronicle… This inspiring documentary stresses peaceful resistance as the best means of conflict resolution…” - Variety

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Chamber Works

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:22:03 +0000

Michael has released new album Chamber Works, ten pieces for various formats: string quartet, small ensemble, piano and cello, electric guitars, electronics. Some pieces are dark and dreamy. Others are raw and intense. All lean towards an overall highly emotional and cinematic effect. Featured performers include an all-star cast of New York City musicians including Erik Friedlander, Andrew Sterman, David Cossin, John Andrews, Jennifer Choi, Joseph Bongiorno and the acclaimed string quartet group Ethel.

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