Clifford J. Tasner is Featured Artist on The Orchestre Surreal Radio Soup
At the end of February, I was invited to be the featured artist on The Orchestre Surreal Radio Soup by my friend Ross Wright (aka Elvis...
Carter Burwell’s Score for HAIL, CAESAR! Humorous Homage to Miklos Rozsa and Hollywood's Golden
Last weekend, I found myself in the North Hollywood Cinemark Theater (a much less-expensive alternative to the Arclight where every seat...
Film Music Composition Process: How I Developed a Thematic Idea for "Verbatim: The Ferguson Cas
In this video I discuss my creative process including how a thematic idea develops for a score - in this case for my Sundance short,...
The Power and Vision of a Modern Orchestral Film Score
I attended most of the short film screenings at Sundance this year and Max Savikangas’ modern orchestral score (that inspired me to...
Powerful Use of Source Music in Short Films
As the composer of a short film in this week's Sundance Film Festival, I’ve been eager to see as many as I could of the other short films...
Sundance Premiere of VERBATIM: THE FERGUSON CASE
I finally got to watch Verbatim: The Ferguson Case, the powerful short film that I scored, on the big screen here at Sundance this week....
In The Zone
I have a confession to make. I am an addict, not to a particular substance, but to a particular feeling. The feeling I get when I’m “in...
An exploration of ambience: composing the film score for "Verbatim: The Ferguson Case."
Last June, I met Brett Weiner at the PT Barnum Awards, an annual event that honors Tufts University alumni who have excelled in the...
