Monday, January 21, 2008

Acquired

Last month I finished the score for the short drama, Acquired directed by Desmond Faison. The film is a sensitive and humanizing story dealing with friendship, romance and HIV. After discussing with Desmond the sound he was looking for, I chose to use ethereal female vocals to capture the humanity of the characters (showcased heavily in "Acquired Theme" as well as in "Tim and Krissy" and "Realization").

I recorded the vocals at Brian Young's studio (The Dream Academy) and asked a good friend, Kristina Keener, to provide the "ahhs" and "oohs." We were under a time crunch (as is always the case with these sorts of things), and Kristina managed to fit in a block of time to record before she had to jump onstage and belt out some showstoppers in the musical revue "Smoky Joe's Cafe." Her voice really added a plaintive desperation to the theme.