Elias Constantopedos Scores Fashion Industry Chronicle: "The Tents"
Elias Constantopedos, a 2011 film scoring graduate and recipient of the Elmer Bernstein Award in film scoring, has scored the NYC fashion documentary, The Tents. The
film is slated for television broadcast in February, 2012. The film,
directed by James Belzer, featuring the major industry designers,
chronicles the history of New York's fashion week and its early presence
in the tent of Bryant Park. Additional NYU composers, current and
alums, who worked on the film include
Nicole Brady, Karim Douaidy, Gabriel Hayes, Robert Hann, Agatha
Kasprzyk, and
Ben Lear.
The official trailer can be found here (www.TheTentsMovie.com)
Alum Jonathan Hartman Scores "The Employer"
Jonathan Hartman,
former student of Ira Newbown, completed scoring 73 minutes of original music
for the feature film, "The Employer", written and directed by Frank
Merle. The film, a psychological thriller starring Malcolm McDowell, Paige
Howard, David Dastmalchian, Michael DeLorenzo, and Billy Zane, is about a group
of 5 abducted strangers, that find themselves locked in a room together, pawns
in game to find the next corporate team member.
2010 Grad Owen Wang nominated for Taiwan's Golden Horse Award
Owen Wang, a 2010 film scoring graduate, composed and orchestrated
the score for a Taiwanese commercial feature film “Jump Ashin!” this Spring.
This month his score got nominated for the Golden Horse Award (equivalent to
the Oscar in Taiwan) for the best original score. Click here to view a trailer clip from "Jump Ashin!".
Inyoung Park Scores 2011 Film Poongsan
Inyoung Park, a 2010 film scoring graduate, composed and orchestrated the score for producer Kim ki-duk's Poongsan 풍산개, directed by Jaihong Juhn . The
independent feature film opened at number two at the box office in theatres
throughout Korea. Earlier this year, Director Kim ki-duk's movie Arirang received the top prize of the "A Certain Glance" section at this year's Cannes International Film Festival. Kim Ki-duk has previously won Best Director awards at both the Berlin International Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival.
Stefan Swanson and Rashaad Green score at Sundance
GUN HILL ROAD, directed by Tisch School of the Arts graduate filmmaker Rashaad Ernesto Green and scored by Steinhardt alumnus Stefan Swanson, was announced as one of the selections in the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. This feature length film, starring Judy Reyes (SCRUBS, HAWTHORNE) and Esai Morales (NYPD BLUE, LA BAMBA), explores the dynamic in a Puerto Rican family in the Bronx when its father, returns home from prison after a 3-year absence and tries to reestablish his role as father and husband.
Green and Swanson have collaborated on four other films including PREMATURE, which was recently broadcast on BET's "Lens on Talent" hosted by Kim Fields. This film has won over 17 awards on the festival circuit including the Grand Prize at the HBO Short Competition at the 2008 American Black Film Festival, the 2009 National Board of Review Award, and the 2009 Directors Guild of America Student Award. Swanson worked with New York artists Celli Pitt and Bridget Barkan to create a score that explores the contrasting moods of childlike innocence and fear found in the film.
As Green notes, "PREMATURE would not have been as successful if it were not for the score. Stefan added such a beautiful emotional element to the piece by thinking outside the box and listening to the heart of the character."
Swanson's scores for PREMATURE and another of Green's films, CUTS (Finalist for the HBO Short Competition at the 2009 American Black Film Festival), have been broadcasting on both HBO and Cinemax throughout 2009 and 2010.
Conrad Winslow Awarded ASCAP's Morton Gould Young Composer Award
Alumnus Conrad Winslow was a winner of the 2010 Morton Gould Young Composer Award, selected from amongst 730 entries. This highly competitive award is given to composers between the ages of 13 and 29. In 2009 Winslow graduated from the Scoring for Film and Multimedia program where he studied composition with Justin Dello Joio. During that time he was also selected by the American Composer's Orchestra as one of the six top emerging composers for its 17th Annual New Music Readings.
Film Scoring Alumni Use Thesis To Create Company
Two recent graduates from the Film Scoring Program: Joe Trupiano & Keith Robinson
Inspired by pioneers of the film, music, and computer science industries, Sample Logic [ www.samplelogic.com ] founders and NYU FIlm Scoring alums Joe Trupiano and Keith Robinson turned their NYU senior thesis in the Music Technology Program on sampling and synthesis into a full-blown company dedicated to creating sound libraries that "blur the line between music and sound design."
Not wanting to go the traditional route of an orchestral library, or be stylistically constrained by catering to the experimental electronica crowd, the pair set out to find-and define-the point where the two met. From banging on dumpsters with crowbars to 3AM recording sessions in the New York subway, Joe and Keith perfected their techniques for capturing everyday organic sounds and traditional instruments and morphing them into unique, never-before-heard musical elements.
Expert in recording techniques, computer music, synthesis, and interactive instrument design, the duo has taken their massive custom libraries of extraordinarily broad and complex timbral elements and delivered them in superbly organized, ready-to-play products. Gigabytes upon gigabytes of inspirational, eminently playable sounds are yours for the taking, either as stand-alone instruments or integrated as plug-ins in your DAW.
News: Read an article featuring three-time Emmy Award-winner and alum John Wineglass
Jacob Yoffee, composer and saxophonist, is a student of Deniz Hughes at NYU Steinhardt. He has scored several films, each with a fresh and unique sound. His recent score for The Ghost & Us,
directed by Emily Carmichael, featured a live jazz score combined with a
standard orchestral underscore and was featured at the 2009 CineVegas
Film Festival. Jacob is the resident composer for the American Studio
Orchestra at Johns Hopkins University and the Maryland Institute of
Collegiate Arts. 
for the Georgian-American documentary film Misha Verses Moscow, directed by John Philp. A native of Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, George began playing the piano at the age of eight and earned a BM from the Tbilisi Conservatoire. In 2001 he moved to the United States, receiving his Masters degree from DePaul University as a student of Eteri Andjaparidze. He was the top prize winner at the Flier International Piano Competition in 2001.
by the Canada Council for the Arts, who awarded her a full professional artist grant in 2008. Other distinctions include the NYU Steinhardt Graduate Education Scholarship for North American Scholars (2008- 2010 academic years) and the Etobicoke School of the Arts award in composition (2003).
Stefan Swanson is an award-winning composer for film and concert. He has composed over twenty scores for films spanning all genres. He has also composed over fifty works for the concert hall ranging from solo sonatas to orchestral overtures. His concert music has been performed in New York City (including Lincoln Center), Philadelphia, and throughout New Jersey.
Michael G. Shapiro (M.A., 1994, Music Composition) is a composer living in Los Angeles, where he writes music for film, television, and multimedia. His feature film credits include Home Room (starring Erika Christensen, Busy Phillips, and Victor Garber), which was released theatrically in 2003; and the indy drama All Over Again (starring Robert Loggia and Craig T. Nelson). Michael's music has also appeared on NBC, Fox Broadcasting, and the Travel Channel. He recently recorded a score for the upcoming computer game "Empire Earth II" with an orchestra and chorus in Budapest, and a number of live ethnic instrumental soloists in Hollywood.
M.A., Film Scoring, Music Composition, 2005
feature, and documentary films. He began his musical journey with study at the Music Conservatory in Karlsruhe, Germany. He was awarded a national grant to conduct research on the perception of film music. A full scholarship from Rotary International launched his professional career abroad where he attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston prior to coming to NYU Steinhardt as a master’s student in Music Composition.
sound editor, and producer whose music spans a variety of musical styles, from orchestral to electronic. Mr. Freiman composed the original score for the feature film Ivory starring Martin Landau, as well as the films Undone and Exit (Best Director Platinum Award at the 38th Annual WorldFest, Houston International Film Festival). Mr. Freiman’s other film scores include the award-winning Bodies (Ojai Film Festival -- Best Narrative Short) and Foreign Policy. His original film music has been performed at Lincoln Center (live with picture) and at a sold-out Carnegie Hall concert, “Composed By Scott Freiman.”