Soundtrack Factory

The Freedom Diaries

2006-03-15T11:28:00.000-08:00

The second project in the Glimmer Network was launched last week. Go check out The Constitution Project!

Rebel Without A Band

2006-02-06T10:04:00.000-08:00

Rich made this short film about James Dean and Fairmount Indiana:

Nearest Cross Street

2006-01-31T10:48:00.000-08:00

I posted a short film (6 minutes long) at YouTube. Check it out

When movie posters collide...

2005-10-22T14:58:00.000-07:00

Separated at birth...

Halloween is my birthday...

2005-10-21T22:23:00.000-07:00

And conviently enough the two presents I'm getting for myself go on sale at midnight that day. LiningUpTV DVDStar Wars Episode IIIAnd yes, I'm going to watch them in that order! LiningUpTV is going to be the coolest thing to hit my DVD player this year. I can't wait!

Star Wars DVD line up - DESTINATION: VIRGIN HOLLYWOOD!

2005-10-21T22:05:00.000-07:00

Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith is coming to DVD November 1st at MIDNIGHT. Yes that means Halloween 2005 in Star Wars style! The new Virgin Megastore at Hollywood&Highland is the place to be, just a few feet away from where fans lined up for all 3 prequel movies on Hollywood Blvd. The official line begins 24 hours in advance, 11:59pm Sunday October 30. Its Halloween in Hollywood, so

The art of making soundtracks...

2005-10-18T13:05:00.000-07:00

I feel like Rich and I discovered something when we started this project. That is that it is possible to be totally inspired by music and lyrics telling you a story. I know this sounds obvious but I'll try to describe what I mean that is perhaps not so obvious. The very first night I heard one of these was in 1999 when Rich had just given me MEMORY MOTEL. He had prefaced the soundtrack

Learning about music

2005-10-18T10:27:00.000-07:00

I'm currently subscribed to Napster, Rhapsody and Pandora. When I first heard about Pandora I got really excited because there have been so many times I was listening to a song, like, for example, Going To A Go-Go or Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson and I would be focusing on the drums or tamborine and so want to hear more songs that had the exact same quality. I thought Pandora would offer

LiningUpTV is a Network devoted to Star Wars Fans

2005-10-17T11:19:00.000-07:00

Our partner in crime, Justin Sewell put up a site for his film LiningUpTV which comes out on DVD soon! Check out the trailers: Trailer B Trailer A For the release of Episode I in 1999, Star Wars fans expressed their fandom the craziest way possible: A 6-week Line Up in front of several movie theaters across the US. The concept spread, with more and more "line ups" organized around the globe.

sad/violent music

2005-10-11T15:43:00.000-07:00

So I'm working on a new soundtrack that I'm calling "The Good, The Bad and The Wicked". It's an updated version of THE GOOD, THE BAD and THE UGLY. While TGBU was set against the Civil War, this story is set against the new civil war between the red states and blue states. In the background of the story is a GW-like character who is waging this ammoralisitc war against American society.

When movie posters collide

2005-09-30T15:41:00.000-07:00

Totally random - nothing to do with STF, but I noticed this and wanted to share the observation: It's kinda like they were separated at birth....

new soundtrack from last year

2005-09-27T17:45:00.000-07:00

LOST IN THE NOIZE is a soundtrack post that I created last year but just now published because Rich wanted to put this up after we had established the site and after people had a chance to understand the concept. I think this is one of the best Rich has done. He originally created it in 1999 and I've been listening to it for 6 years now. Peace, James

Updated: MICKEY RAT IS DEAD!

2005-09-22T18:59:00.000-07:00

I updated the story for MICKEY RAT IS DEAD! This is the original story that Rich wrote 5 years ago when we first started this project. When we uploaded this soundtrack we thought we had actually lost this original version which is why the story was so short compared to the others. But it was just misplaced! Rich found it last week when he was looking for something else and I retyped it today.

New Soundtrack

2005-09-01T11:32:00.000-07:00

I felt I had to rush to get this soundtrack up. I've had a little downtime and needed to take the window of opportunity to assemble this soundtrack. Rich's (true) story is about the night he and his friends took the new drug that was to become "Ecstacy". This was 1979 and Disco was in full swing in NYC. You can consider this a "period" film, kinda the same why AMERICAN GRAFFITI was a period

THE NIGHT THEY INVENTED ECSTACY

2005-09-01T11:28:00.000-07:00

The morning of Dec 31, 1979.Miss Jones, Rolly, The Lady & Michelangelo are getting their winter coats from the weary checkroom girl of the huge dark empty STUDIO. They are in their 20's as is almost everyone back then - It is 9 AM outside while inside STUDIO it is still night. A single strobe light flashes on the dance floor, illuminating the busboys

New soundtrack (finally!)

2005-08-11T17:13:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time since the last soundtrack I know. Both Rich and I have been super busy. My wife and I had our second baby, so between family and work I have had no free time and it takes about 10 to 12 hours of work to produce each soundtrack. But! - I just uploaded Richard's new soundtrack ROLLING STONES LICK IRAQ. It is the sequel to BLOGIRAQ NOW and it follows the main character

ROLLING STONES LICK IRAQ

2005-08-11T17:08:00.000-07:00

Bro- Before my voice fails or my eyes close or my ears are filled with concrete, I hit the meds heavyduty and listen to what I found: kinda weirdo fucked-up paradise with naked women dancing on my chest and fireworks exploding in my veins and just the tiniest slice of ache between my legs which I grabbed onto before I fell backwards into the tornado

Been Busy

2005-07-18T17:30:00.000-07:00

Richard and I have been super busy at our day jobs. We have another soundtrack on deck though called "The Night They Invented Ecstacy". It is inspired by the song The Night They Invented Champagne - from the 1958 movie Gigi with words by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe, (sung and danced by Leslie Caron dubbed by Betty Wand, Hermione Gingold and Louis Jourdan).

Cinnamon Girl posters added

2005-04-08T14:38:00.000-07:00

I added two posters for Cinnamon Girl. One poster was designed by Rich and the other is mine. Rich took the approach of fragmenting the image of a woman to suggest the fragmentation of personality. It's also really sexual/sensual which I think is in keeping with the character of Christina/Angela. My approach is closer to a graphic novel style of imagery. I really like the way Frank Miller

BlogIraq Now posted

2005-03-29T09:04:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, Richard's newest soundtrack was just published - BLOGIRAQ NOW. I think this is one of the best we've ever done. Rich told me after he made it how psyched he was making it and how great he felt once it was done. I also think it's incredible and have been listening to it constantly since assembling it. I can't wait to get Richard's director's commentary recorded for this. For me

BLOGIRAQ NOW

2005-03-29T08:36:00.000-08:00

Just Do It. Dear Fried My Little Brains, Fried My Little Brains- I jus keep singin it! FRIED MY LITTLE BRAINS! I wont move over! I wont get done! FRIED MY LITTLE BRAINS! FRIED MY LITTLE BRAINS! Yeah, we took some Killer Shit jus before we went on patrol- Fuckin green strobe lights! Turn out the lights, she's coming to fight & then she'll go- Cowgirl swears she needs to ride a pod!

FREE LIKE JAMES DEAN

2005-03-10T14:51:00.000-08:00

50 years ago this September 30th, James Dean died at 24. Raised in the small-town of Fairmount, Indiana, before exploring NYC and Hollywood as an actor, his grave in Fairmount has become a destination for pilgriming fans from all over the world. Every September to commemorate his life/death the followers gather for a weekend and the numbers have grown exponentially over the years. These fans

MY GAY HEART

2005-02-23T09:53:00.000-08:00

(an unsuicide note) My Dear One, The Angels' wings are beating again like when I was born into a Different World that changed into This Future. Can you hear Them gathering around us? Protecting us. Warning us. Leading us into a Tomorrow that never knows. It is Not Dying. It is Shining. It is Being. It is Knowing. It is Believing. Playing the game of Existence to the End of the Beginning. Our

Mickey Rat Is Dead posted

2005-02-10T09:01:00.000-08:00

We posted our first animated soundtrack today. Mickey Rat Is Dead is Wizards meets Spirited Away. Enjoy!

MICKEY RAT IS DEAD!

2005-02-10T08:40:00.000-08:00

The battle cry of Metal Machine Music resonates across the land. Posters of Mickey Rat cover the walls of buildings. He is the ‘Mao’ Rat – his ears are tied close to his head to give him the look of a prophet. But he is a prophet of doom to a band of rebels who scrawl “Mickey Rat is Dead” over the posters claiming “Long Live Mickey Rat.” Anti-animation meets newsreel footage meets