{"id":5123,"date":"2006-07-04T20:28:25","date_gmt":"2006-07-04T20:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box1047.bluehost.com\/~sonicci2\/wordpress\/?p=5123"},"modified":"2015-08-22T13:23:43","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T13:23:43","slug":"new-composition-online-sonic-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/2006\/07\/new-composition-online-sonic-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"New Composition Online @ Sonic Cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><\/span><\/span><\/font><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><\/span> I&#8217;ll keep this entry as short as possible. There&#8217;s not much to say really. I just wanted to let you guys know that I have a new composition available at both Sonic Cinema and MySpace for those of you on that site. It&#8217;s a piece I wrote in early May, but had the idea for back in 2001. It&#8217;s entitled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonic-cinema.com\/audio\/music\/Weightless%20Waltz%20in%20F.mp3\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">&#8220;Weightless Waltz in F&#8221;<\/span><\/a>, an electronic work meant to be part of a concept album\/tone poem\/alternate soundtrack I&#8217;ve wanted to compose for the Stanley Kubrick masterwork <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonic-cinema.com\/film_reviews_individual\/43\/2001-a-space-odyssey\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-style: italic\">&#8220;2001: A Space Odyssey&#8221;<\/span><\/a>. It is the third piece written for this larger work (entitled <span style=\"font-style: italic\">&#8220;Beyond the Infinite&#8221;<\/span>, after a piece I wrote- also inspired by the film- back in 1999, but the first to be recorded\/released. It&#8217;s more waltz-like than an actual waltz (it was timed out to match the first sequence where Strauss&#8217; &#8220;Blue Danube&#8221; was used, but it wasn&#8217;t written to match the action onscreen), but I think it captures the light, melodic fluidity of the form nicely in its&#8217; own way. I certainly hope that you agree.<\/p>\n<p> Also, as I mentioned in my most recent email, I recently joined Society of Composers, Inc., and have begun submitting my music to concerts\/festivals for consideration for performances. Well, yesterday I decided to take a chance on another, much bigger, opportunity. In the coming weeks I will be submitting an application for the fourth annual <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Kronos: Under 30 Project<\/span>. For those who don&#8217;t know, Kronos Quartet is one of the premier string quartets in the world, not only famous for their classical performances and recordings, but also collaborators on innovative scores like <span style=\"font-style: italic;font-weight: bold\">&#8220;The Thin Blue Line&#8221;<\/span> (by Philip Glass), <span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-style: italic\">&#8220;Heat&#8221;<\/span> (Elliot Goldenthal), <span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-style: italic\">&#8220;Requiem for a Dream&#8221;<\/span> (Clint Mansell), and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonic-cinema.com\/film_reviews_individual\/6\/spider\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-style: italic\">&#8220;Spider&#8221;<\/span><\/a> (Howard Shore). The past three years they have held open applications for composers under 30 to submit for them. The selected composer will then compose a work specifically for Kronos, who will then perform it after working with the composer in preparation for the world premiere, this year at Carnegie Hall. This is as close to a long shot as you can get for a composer, but my feeling was, &#8220;What do I have to lose by applying?&#8221; What I would gain should be kind of obvious.<\/p>\n<p> Anyway, that&#8217;s all I have for now. I hope you enjoy my latest composition.<\/p>\n<p> Thanks for listening,<\/p>\n<p> Brian Skutle<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonic-cinema.com\/\">www.sonic-cinema.com<br \/> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/brianskutle\">www.myspace.com\/brianskutle<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.societyofcomposers.org\/user\/brianskutle.html\">www.societyofcomposers.org\/user\/brianskutle.html<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/skutle\">www.cdbaby.com\/skutle<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/skutle2\">www.cdbaby.com\/skutle2<\/a> (Currently Out of Print)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll keep this entry as short as possible. There&#8217;s not much to say really. I just wanted to let you guys know that I have a new composition available at both Sonic Cinema and MySpace for those of you on that site. 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