| Upcoming: |
- LOFOTEN - ISLANDS OF LIGHT (documentary by Claudia Buckenmaier) - also: Songs in collaboration with Anna Carla. A preview of our first song "Promise" can be heard here. |
| Festivals: |
SVET-AKE (THE LIGHT THIEF): - Toronto International Film Festival (September 9-19) - Calgary International Film Festival (September 24 - October 3) |
| 08/17/10: | SVET-AKE (THE LIGHT THIEF) was shown at the Locarno Film Festival. |
| 06/02/10: |
The 4/2010 edition of the film magazine
zoom features an article
on the scoring of SVET-AKE (THE LIGHT THIEF), including interviews with director Aktan Arym Kubat and myself.
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| 05/19/10: |
Aktan Arym Kubat's SVET-AKE (THE LIGHT THIEF) received a lengthy standing ovation after the official screening in Cannes. The Hollywood Reporter writes: "The long, sustained pitches of the traditional Kyrgyz music that is the film's soundtrack add to the woeful nostalgia [...]. " 
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| 02/02/10: | The music for Aktan Arym Kubat's feature film SVET-AKE (THE LIGHT THIEF) is finished. Our last recordings were made at Obligat in Weimar where we also mixed the score. |
| 11/22/09: | Another festival for THE DRUMMER: this time it was shown at the St. Louis International Film Festival. |
| 10/18/09: | THE DRUMMER was part of the Atlanta Asian Film Festival. |
| 10/05/09: | THE DRUMMER was last shown at the Edmonton International Film Festival. |
| 09/26/09: |
The German DVD edition of THE DRUMMER has been released. The extras include three trailers, a Making Of (including a short
bit about the score) and the Trey Lee music video. Optional subtitles are in German, English and French. The DVD can be
ordered directly from
good!movies or through
Amazon a. o. |
| 09/25/09: | THE DRUMMER keeps touring the international festivals. The most recent ones were the Wine Country Film Festival and the Bluegrass Film Society. |
| 09/09/09: | The German "Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden" (FBW) has awarded the "Prädikat: besonders wertvoll" (predicate: particularly valuable) to THE DRUMMER. Congratulations! |