Current
Snowferno :: [YouTube trailer 1] :: [YouTube trailer 2] :: Music & design by Mike and Brent, website by Brent for our first iPhone app partnership with Ben Britten (programming and artwork). "Snowferno" is an original rolling ball puzzle game for iPhone and iPod touch. Navigate the original 'snowball in hell' through the Earth to where cold weather awaits on the other side. Inspired by Dante's Inferno, your personal hell is a cave that contains 20 unique puzzle challenges standing between you and Winter. SALE: $0.99 on the App Store for a limited time.
Survivor: Live! :: Arrangements written and produced by Brent for the interactive, first-of-its-kind live stage show based on the Emmy-award winning television show. A joint effort between CBS Consumer Products and RWS & Associates Entertainment, Inc. and written & directed by Joey Wartnerchaney. Performances four times daily throughout the summer seasons at Denver's Elitch Gardens, Oklahoma City's Frontier City, and Buffalo's Darien Lake.
Through A Glass, Darkly :: Original music, lyrics, and story by Mike for a 45 minute choral oratorio looking at the effects of crystal meth addiction in the GLBT community. Commissioned by Dr. Stan Hill and the Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus for their 2008 season and their performance at the GALA Choruses Festival 2008 in Miami. The world premiere was March 29-30, 2008 at Ted Mann Hall on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis. Twin Cities Public TV produced a video of the concert and included interviews with some of the cast and artistic team. The video premiered statewide in MN on Saturday 6/21/08 and is available for purchase on DVD from TCGMC.org.
Subsequent productions:
GMCW (2009),
Miami GMC (2009).
(listen)
Theatre
Go-Go Beach :: [music samples] :: Original stage musical with score by Mike and Brent. Colorful pop culture and the whimsical 60's beach party movie genre meet the blossoming hippie movement. Official Next Link Selection of NYMF 2006. Exclusive stage performing rights represented by Theatrical Rights Worldwide.
Playground :: Original music by Brent for a 80 minute modern dance theatre piece about one man's turnaround thru a visit to life's emotional playground. Created by Platforms co-choreographer and former Fosse dancer Jeff Shade.
The world premiere was December 4-6, 2008 at Manhattan Movement and Arts Center. Proceeds went to benefit two suicide prevention hotlines,
The Nine Line and The Trevor Project.
Platforms :: Original music by Brent for the 2007 "Born at NYMF" commission. Winner of Peter Filichia's 2007 Talkin' Broadway Summer Theatre Festival "Wild Card" citation and the NYMF "Excellence in Choreography" award. Starring Tony nominee Deborah Yates and Ted Levy, co-conceived by director Holly-Anne Ruggiero and bookwriter Delaney Britt Brewer. Choreographed by Ron De Jesus, Linda Goodrich, Jeff Shade, Nick Kenkel, and Matt Wiliams. World premiered at The Theatre at St. Clements, NYC -- Oct 2-6, 2007. (listen).
Film
Last Days of Left Eye :: Feature length documentary film score by Mike and Brent for the Vh1 Rockdocs series. Directed by Oscar-nominated Lauren Lazin. North American Theatrical Premiere: 3/13/07 at South By Southwest. Broadcast premiere: 5/19/07 on Vh1. (Buy on DVD)
Waking Dreams :: [YouTube clip] :: Score by Brent and End Credits song by Mike for the short film by
John Daschbach, starring
Ben Shenkman and
Tina Holmes.
Online / Interactive
Man of the People :: Audio producing and editing by Brent for an 11-episode audio sitcom. Listen to the episode archive free on-demand at woody4mayor.com or subscribe to the iTunes podcast to download all episodes. Called by some "The Nixon Tapes meets The Office", the series was created by Kleban Award-winner Jeremy Desmon and is voiced by Broadway's Sebastian Arcelus, Linda Gabler, Michael Thomas Holmes, Russell Koplin, and Lauren Weisman. The first episode was posted online on 8/26/08, with new episodes posted each Tuesday until Election Day, 11/4/08. (iTunes)
Live Entertainment
Carnaval de Fuego (2006) :: [Act I :: Act II :: Act III :: Act IV] :: Original score by Mike for the 2006 nightly spectacle at (then) Six Flags Elitch Gardens. A celebration of fireballs, flame juggling, clowns, tribal percussion, and more. Act IV features a remix of The Doors' "Light My Fire" with vocals by Broadway's Lisa Howard. Originally produced in 2006 by Joey Wartnerchaney and available for bookings exclusively by Manhattan Creative Group. Music tracks listed below.
