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Latest films: Full Circle @greenerdoc @safeplacedoc
Other projects: @thesocialdilemma @illuminarium @thelovebugsfilm @chasingcoral @chasingice
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A beautiful premiere for #fullcircledocumentary wi

A beautiful premiere for #fullcircledocumentary with some beautiful people at @officialsbiff. So grateful to be a part of this team.
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#documentary #filmcomposing #composerlife #filmfestival

Very excited to officially announce what I’ve be

Very excited to officially announce what I’ve been pouring my blood sweat and tears into for the past few months.

FULL CIRCLE - a feature documentary about @trevor_kennison and his story of reinvention after his traumatic injury - will be Premiering at @officialsbiff next week. (Any Santa Barbara or LA folks want to hang out?)

Through the process of recording the score, I connected with the film’s @craighospital and worked with an all-star roster of incredible musicians and collaborators who resonated with Trevor’s story. I couldn’t be more thrilled to share the score and the film with the world. Congrats to @howjoshisliving @conorsux @emyreznik @savagepedestrian and the entire @level1 team.

Score credits:

Orchestrator Jeff Kryka #jeffkryka
Music Editor Max DeVincenzo @foxtracksmusic

Guitar Eric Howk @eric_howk of @portugaltheman
Piano Justin Kauflin @justinkauflinmusic
Trumpet Patrick Henry Hughes #patrickhenryhughes
Solo Violin Brian Krinke @krinkebrian
Drumset Jason Barnes @cybrnetx
Bass Guitar David Bergner @davidbergnermusic
Additional Drums Max DeVincenzo

Orchestra @pretium_scoring
Orchestra Contractor @pretium_music_official
Concert Master Sabrina Dascalu @sabina.dascalu_violinist
Conductor Bernhard Melbye Voss @bernhardvoss
Recording Supervisor Leigh Phillips @lpfilmmusic
Recording Engineer Lukas Turnovsky @treehouse_studios_vienna
Recording Assistant Jonas Schwarzwimmer
Recording Producer @emad.attar_
Recorded at #Tonzauber – @wienerkonzerthaus, Treehouse Studios, Vienna, Austria

Trumpet Recordist Adam Copelin @jacopelin
Trumpet Recorded at TNT Recording, Louisville, KY @tnt_recording
Solo Violin Recordist Eric Law

Music Mixed By William “Kip” Kuepper #kipkuepper
Music Mixed At Coupe Studios @coupestudios in Boulder, CO

AI Headshots - Part 5: The Neon 80’s and my seco

AI Headshots - Part 5: The Neon 80’s and my second renaissance

In the 1980s, I felt like I had sold out. My wardrobe was reduced to plaid shirts and playing shows at rodeos(?) (pic 3). I even made a botched attempt at peddling a new line of synthesizers in electronic magazines (pic 4).

Then I discovered neon, and my whole world lit up. My life on the road was at an end, but my creative boundaries extended far beyond the shapes and sizes of standard keyboards as my band of doppelgängers and I experimented in my neon-drenched studio.

BTW, these are all imaginary, computer-generated images combining text prompts and my own image.

#aiheadshots #aiphotos #stablediffusion #artificialintelligence #deepfake #fearthefuture #1980sAI

@workofsam is one of the most talented, hard-worki

@workofsam is one of the most talented, hard-working, and prolific filmmakers that I know. I was so honored to work with him again on @safeplacedoc, an important and revealing piece for the @nytimes. One of the hardest pieces of footage I had to score, but so necessary for the world to see.

Jerod Draper, a 40-year-old father in southern Indiana, was arrested while high on methamphetamines during a traffic stop in 2018. He was taken into custody at the county jail — and several hours later, he was dead. Authorities did not immediately investigate the circumstances of Draper’s death.

Click the link in my bio to watch the full film.

#documentary #documentaryscore #composer #nytopinion

AI Headshots - Part 4: The 70’s In the beginnin

AI Headshots - Part 4: The 70’s

In the beginning of the 1970’s I decided to switch over to guitar. This way I could move around my weird tiny stage with more ease. I even grew my hair out, along with another arm to play on the higher frets simultaneously (pic 2). The crowds still loved my one man act, flooding the hills and the mountains, so much so that they just kept putting microphones all over the stage to capture my raucous performance from all angles.

Prompt:
[black and white photo of man performing music in front of large crowds in the 1970s]

Following up on my past posts, these are all computer generated images combining text prompts and my own headshots. Thanks again to @daskew32 brilliance and super computer.

#aiheadshots #aiphotos #stablediffusion #artificialintelligence #deepfake #fearthefuture #1970sAI

AI Headshots - Part 3: The 60’s The 1960’s we

AI Headshots - Part 3: The 60’s

The 1960’s were a blur, but @stablediffusion remembered it better than I did. Life on the road had taken its toll on my aging face as I poured my soul into playing my various keyboards, sometimes triple deckers, in front of giant crowds.

Prompt:
[black and white photo of man performing keyboard music in front of large crowds in 1968]

Following up on my past posts, tha is to @daskew32, these are all computer generated images combining text prompts and various headshots from past years.

#aiheadshots #aiphotos #stablediffusion #artificialintelligence #deepfake #fearthefuture #1960sAI

AI Headshots - Part 2: The Renaissance Following

AI Headshots - Part 2: The Renaissance

Following up on my last post, now that the computer knows my image, @daskew32 added prompts such as:

“renaissance era portrait of [MarkCrawford] man with harpsichord”

And out spits out these in about 10 seconds.

#aiheadshots #aiphotos #stablediffusion #artificialintelligence #deepfake #fearthefuture #airenaissance

AI Headshots - Part 1: Teaching a computer my face

I asked @jake.simpson.fiddle for a 1 minute and 39

I asked @jake.simpson.fiddle for a 1 minute and 39 sec (royalty free) Christmas tune for a Christmas scene in a recent documentary score, and out popped this rendition of “Up on a Rooftop.” Enjoy and Happy Holidays!
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#christmasmusic #holidays #documentaryscore #fiddle #scoringlife @workofsam @windovertheearth

These past few weeks were quite a grand finale to

These past few weeks were quite a grand finale to 2022, having traveled across the U.S. to record a film score for an incredible documentary (more on that later) and ending the recording in Vienna, Austria at one of the most iconic buildings of Vienna, the @wienerkonzerthaus, home of Wiener Symphoniker, with some of the best musicians in the world.

Recording with an ensemble like this has been a dream of mine for years and thankful for the team that helped make it happen. Thank you to conductor @bernhardvoss (my music was guided in excellent hands) the brilliant Leigh Phillips @lpfilmmusic for shepherding my musical intentions, concert master @sabina.dascalu_violinist, the exceptional and protools wiz Lukas Turnovsky. And thank you to @anna_patritsiya for capturing all the amazing footage and pics that’ll help create the story behind this score.

Thank you to the US team including orchestrator #JeffKryka for quickly and accurately translating my work into a beautifully readable physical score, and Max DeVincenzo @maxwell.drums of @foxtracksmusic for keeping me on track and organized in preparing and editing the Protools sessions. And of course to director Josh Berman (@howjoshisliving)Conor Smith (@conorsux), Thomas Crandall @savagepedestrian Emy Reznik (@emyreznik )of @level1 for believing in me to go big with this score. In the immortal words of @trevor_kennison : “Let’s Gooooo!”

Of course, gratitude to @emad.attar_ of @pretium_music_official for bringing these 2 incredible groups together this week (and who took this video).

I can’t wait to share this music and film with the world. Stay tuned.

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Mark Crawford @composermc ·

15 Feb

“In Love with Life” - great story on ABC News about Trevor’s story featuring clips from our documentary.

#santabarbarafilmfestival #documentary #seizetheday

https://youtu.be/GXOQDQpRd48

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Mark Crawford @composermc ·

3 Feb

Computer-generated #aiheadshots combining text prompts and my own image. Here are some imaginary memories of my life as a musician in the 80's.

#aiphotos #stablediffusion #artificialintelligence #deepfake #fearthefuture #1980sAI

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1 Feb

Created my new #AI headshots (in under 10 seconds) after feeding a computer past headshots

“renaissance era portrait of [MarkCrawford] man with harpsichord”

#aiheadshots #aiphotos #stablediffusion #artificialintelligence #deepfake #fearthefuture #airenaissance

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