Projects

Sony ATV Publishing

  • This project involved the composition of over 50 musical cues for a Sony music library in 2007.

Dark Horse Comics

MPformance.com

  • Music and sound design for downloadable mp3 featuring Ean Sheehy’s (SCI: Criminal Intent) performance of Andrew Vachss’ “Step On a Crack.”  2010.
  • Music and sound design for a downloadable mp3 featuring Maggie Estep’s performance of Andrew Vachss’ “Reaching Back.” 2010
  • Music and sound design for a downloadable mp3 featuring Maggie Estep’s performance of Andrew Vachss’ “Sure Thing.” 2010
  • Music and sound design for a downloadable mp3 featuring Chet Williamson’s performance of Andrew Vachss’ “Dress Up Day.” 2010
  • Music and sound design for a downloadable mp3 featuring Chet Williamson’s performance of Andrew Vachss’ “Hitman.” 2010
  • Music and sound design for a downloadable mp3 featuring Chet Williamson’s performance of Andrew Vachss’ “Cain.” 2010
  • Music and sound design for a downloadable mp3 featuring Chet Williamson’s performance of his story ”A Lover’s Alibi.” 2010
  • Music and sound design for a downloadable mp3 featuring Zak Mucha’s performance of Andrew Vachss’ “Witch Hunt.” 2010
  • Music and sound design for a downloadable mp3 featuring Dan Boice’s performance of Andrew Vachss’ “Dead Game.” 2010
  • Music and sound design for a downloadable mp3 featuring Dan Boice’s performance of Andrew Vachss’ “Value Received.” 2010
  • Music and sound design for a downloadable mp3 featuring Dan Boice’s performance of Andrew Vachss’ “Cripple.” 2010

Ten Angry Pitbulls – A Marketing and Design Company

  • Haiku Trailer – Live Body provided a sound bed, sound design and video editing for the trailer promoting the November 3, 2009 release of Andrew Vachss’ novel Haiku.  The novel features a reading of the book’s prologue set against sounds composed by Live Body.  The video can be seen on Mr. Vachss’ YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKgpyokxapk.  Live Body also did it’s own version of the trailer, which can be seen on the Live Body YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/LiveBodyProductions
  • The Family of Choice Webcast (January 2009) – Edited the entire three-hour event into almost 100 bite-sized individual video clips covering every question/discussion topic from the webcast.  Composed music and provided sound design for the credits that run before and after each clip. These clips can be viewed on Mr. Vachss’ YouTube Channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/burkesdogpansy) or by visiting The Zero – The Official Website of Andrew Vachss (www.vachss.com).

Virgin Comics

  • Devi trailer – Our version of this trailer is the one that got us our gig with Virgin Comics.  April 2007.  A clip from this trailer is posted on the Samples page.
  • Ramayan 3392 AD trailer — Our version of this trailer was the second half of our “audition” for Virgin Comics. April 2007.
  • The Sadhu trailer -The musical score for this trailer was completed in August 2007, and the trailer went live on the Virgin Comicswebsite in October 2007.  The Sadhu was in production to become a major Hollywood film starring Nicholas Cage before Virgin Comics closed up shop and was acquired by Liquid Comics in 2008.
  • Seven Brothers and Gamekeeper mini-site intros – Posted to Virgin Comics’ official site in September 2007.
  • The Dock Walloper Trailer - Live Body’s score for this project was completed in March 2008. The book tells the story of a crime lord’s rise to power during the 1920’s Prohibition era.  It is the brainchild of film director Ed Burns and is co-penned by comics legend, Jimmy Palmiotti.  The trailer went live on the Virgin Comics official site in April 2008.

2B Media and Liga Inc.

  • Desert Island Music - Jonathan Davis episode. Premiered September 2007 on ARC -the A&R Channel.
  • Desert Island Music - Battlecat episode.  Premiered October 2007 on ARC – theA&R Channel.
  • Desert Island Music – Photek episode.  Premiered March 2008 on ARC – the A&R Channel.

Dolores Kohl Education Foundation

  • StoryBus DVD – the StoryBus is a 37-foot Winnebago that’s been transformed into a children’s literacy museum on wheels. It transports a supplemental early literacy program that is helping to create a solid foundation for reading and future success for thousands of children in Chicago’s low-income communities. The StoryBus DVD will help to extend the reach of this very important children’s program.  Live Body has completed 60 minutes of original score for this project.  The DVD was released in September 2008.

2121 Productions

  • Theme song for the web-based action-adventure series Vixens of Virtue, Vixens of Vice.  Completed December 2008.  So what is Vixens about?  Take Buffy the Vampire Slayer, mix it with The Brady Bunch and just a dash of the original Batman TV series and you have Vixens. Six super sisters are brought together by a mixed marriage – their father was a hero, their mother a villain. Three of them are super heroes.  The other three sisters were born without powers and plot revenge on their do-gooding counterparts whom they resent.  Empowering to women, irresistible to men, the Vixens are as dangerous as they are beautiful in this live-action mixture of action and camp. For more, visit the Vixens HQ at www.vixensofvirtuevixensofvice.com.

Cinemacomics

  • Musical score for The Misadventures of Clark and Jeffersontrailer.  Misadventures is a Cowboys and Native Americans meet aliens tale that is packed with action, comedy and romance. The trailer went live at http://www.webcomicsnation.com/cinemacomics in November 2007.  To view the trailer, scroll down to the Cinemablog! section of the site.  Scroll down further within that section to find the trailer. The fourth and final issue in the series shipped in April 2008.

Toddstar Productions

  • Musical score for animated short titled Curtain Call.  Cara Shatzman, the principal of Toddstar, is an up and coming independent animator/director.  This short premiered at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts in December 2007.  Positive reviews were received from many sources, including legendary animator, writer, film maker, artist and educator, John Canemaker.

Luminous Processes

  • Composed the musical score for a flash-animated cycle of poetry (Fountain of Ash). The first piece in the cycle (Gethsemane) was completed in 2007.