Deceleration Two

music for "Francis"(2002) An animated film by Brent Green, written by Tim Rutili. Based on a dream in which an elderly woman at the end of her life taunts the lethargic bears in her backyard into finishing her off. Francis achieves liberation amidst the chaos of a Hollywood press conference, her exploding children and a kleptomaniac narrator. Improvised soundtrack for "Fireworks (no mail days are sad days)"(2002). a film by Jeff Economy. The stunning result of an experiment involving a bolex camera, a suitcase full of fireworks and archival footage of soldiers returning home. music for "Salome"(1922) recorded live feb. 22, 2002 at the ferguson theater, Columbia College, Chicago, Il. The biblical story of King Herod's unbridled lust for his 14 year-old stepdaughter, Salome, and the execution of John the Baptist. Starring Alla Nazimova based on the Oscar Wilde play and Aubrey Beardsley's sumptuously fantastic, oriental-inspired illustrations. .