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March 2007 |
The Bracelet of Bordeaux will be screened at AFI-Dallas March 24 and April 1. My recital was a huge success. Thank you to all who participated and who was in the audience. Usher count was 135 in attendance. The program included Pavane, Contrasts for alto saxophone and piano, dB:Digital Bliss-a surround sound experience to video by Keith Houk, VU: Analogue Bliss, and The Lily. What a wonderful way to finish my Masters! Graduation is in May. |
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photo caption: (from left) Wayne Brooks, Timothy Hester, Eric Arbiter, Katherine Ciesinski, Brian Thomas, Richard Nunemaker after the performance of The Lily. |
December 2006 |
The Bracelet of Bordeaux will be premiered in The Woodland on December 16-19. |
November 2006 |
Jo Ann Fleischhauer presents Parasol Project. An art installation at the Blanche Foley House across from the George R. Brown Convention Center. It features my surround score / sound design. Now through mid February. |
October 2006 |
Brad has been nominated for an Emmy for his score to the PBS feature: "Art is All Around Us." Congrats to Doug Robertson for his nomination for his audio mixing for the same show. I could actually hear everything! Update: Brad remains Emmy Nominated as the award went to the music for the Miss Texas Pageant. Congrats to Richard Callaci for his work. Doug won for his audio work. Most deserved! |
March 2006 |
Brad has signed on for his second feature film score for The Bracelet of Bordeaux. More information is on their web site. You can also see a cast and crew list on IMDB. Echoes of Innocence will be released on DVD March 28. It is available almost everywhere. Go online to preorder. To coincide with this release will be the award winning soundtrack. It will feature over 45 minutes of music from the movie. It is available through iTunes and is distributed by Movie Score Media Sweden. |
February 2006 |
Brad finished the score to the PBS HDTV
special Art is All Around Us. It airs local on Houston PBS Channel
8 on April 10, 2006. 26 minutes of music was created for this feature,
which includes 7 pieces customized to reflect the public art featured
in this program. Mark your calendars! |
November 2005 |
The Newest "Engines of Our Ingenuity" CD Rain, Steam, and Speed is released. The CD can be obtained through KUHF. A suite of the incidental music will be available soon. Brad’s New England Journey was given its orchestral premier Monday, November 14 at the Hobby Center’s Zilkha Hall. The piece, originally written for 5 strings and 4 winds, was expanded for 17 strings and 4 winds. Michael Lowe and the Houston Chamber Orchestra performed it along with a familiar composer roster including Mozart, Vivaldi, and Bach. |
September 2005 |
Echoes of Innocence is released to theaters nation wide. The music
score is already getting recognition: "“Echoes of Innocence” has expertly dealt with a touchy
subject using the finest set direction, musical score and the best talent
in actors who fit into their roles like a glove. "It is very well put together,[and] terrifically scored..." |
August 2005 |
Brad starts scoring the PBS-Houston special: "Art is All Around Us." More to come. Update: 11/17/05 Hard Drive crashes on the video side has delayed this project... |
July 2005 |
Brad wins the 2005 Aurora Awards Gold Award for his score to Echoes of Innocence . The Aurora Awards is an independent film and video competition. Echoes of Innocence will be released in Theaters nation-wide on September 9, 2005. It is distributed by New World Pictures. More information and movie trailers at their web site. |
April 2005 |
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38th Annual Worldfest Film Festival- Saturday April 30, 2005:Echoes of Innocence was awarded a Gold Special Jury Award for the movie's music score. The score competed in the "craft" categories against all 500 of the independent feature films submitted to the festival. The movie's composer, Brad Sayles, was on hand to accept the Special Jury Award Saturday night. Sayles said, "This experience has been incredible and I look forward to the future partnership between myself and Todd." The Worldfest success comes on the heels of Echoes of Innocence "Best of the Festival" win in Colorado Springs, CO's Envoy Film Festival. The movie also received an overall Honorable Mention and an Award of Distinction for Direction & Creativity in this year's Communicator Awards. |
January 2005 |
Brad wins The Communicator Award of Excellence for his incidental music
to the popular "Engines of Our Ingenuity" CD Music for a While. |
November 2004 |
Review from Gods of Music.com Often, when we are listening to orchestral and chamber music, we are searching for new direction, yet our senses really do not want to stray from the familiar. As a result, we look for things that break the rules, but just a little. In this regard, the track called ‘Echoes of Innocence’ by Brad Sayles would best be described as twentieth century meets romantic. Utilizing intertwined melodies in the violin and cello, and later in the vocal lines, this piece would be at home in any college level program to demonstrate just what make good harmony and counterpoint. It captures quite a bit from the style of Aaron Copeland, while blending true romanticism and Schoenberg styled elements to create a poignant, lingering impression on the ear. Mr. Sayles has studied his craft well, and as you will hear in this track, he knows how to score for the visual mediums of film and video. As an aside, be sure to go to Brad’s site (www.BradSayles.com) and check out the first movement of the ‘New England Journey’, In the Berkshires, on the sounds page. You will detect the Copeland influence in much of Brad’s work, yet I find that it seems to pay homage to the style, as opposed to reinterpreting it. Anyway, as to the ‘Echoes of Innocence’ track, Brad has a real delicate ear when it comes to handling motion in the individual instruments. The slight little fugue that occurs at the 1:50 mark between the violin and cello seems to work extremely well. Both parts carry a message, and they are clear to the ear without clutter, and without stepping on each other. I only have minor issues with this track, and they are in no way a reflection on the composition, or on the artist’s abilities. First, it strikes me that the piano track has a little too much reverb, when compared to the solo string parts. It seems to blend better with the full orchestra. Second, I think the use of ‘boy’ choir sound has been a bit overdone lately in way to many movies. It was a novel concept when John Williams did it in the score for ‘Poltergeist’, but I just feel that I may have heard this once too often. Bear in mind that I still feel that Mr. Sayles has handled the parts well. If you want to get a test of a modern classical composer who knows the roots of music, and how to pay tribute to those roots, then be sure to check out this track, as well as his other music. Bill Wright |
October 2004 |
Brad finishes the score to New World Pictures' Echoes
of Innocence. Brad has signed on with director Greg Mansur from TCU to score a |