First Feature Length Score

" i got the call 2 months ago while i was in the sierra nevada de santa marta, colombia. everything in perfect alignment. i’ve been working towards this for years..

i am scoring my first proper full-length feature film

working with a director & writer i feel in joyous alignment with - the emmy-award-winning Jason Mannings. his art and output is beautiful and world-class. our communication is excellent and fluid in the way that i fully want and need. together, there is constant learning and growth and full-spectrum depth and joy, clear vision, and inclusiveness towards the unseen and unknown (happily and honestly tracking our blindspots and areas of difficulty and challenge). all with great space for other projects and without a feeling of urgency or rush. fully reflective of exactly the way i want to be working now.

greatly looking forward to eventually sharing this with the world and also soaking in every piece of the process. it will take some time. it will take all the time it needs. it will be a few years from now, safe bet, so don’t “hold tight” just yet! ..much else to share in the mean time. love "

Hwuy’xwet Pune’luxutth (Opening Penelakut)

Race Face Creator Series presents: Hwuy'xwet Pune'luxutth (Opening Penelakut) Filmmaker: Jason Mannings At its core, Hwuy'xwet Pune'luxutth follows a group o...

watch the full film now on youtube. many thanks to jason mannings and the people of penelakut island and all others who contributed to this project. a GOFUNDME for future trailbuilding is also up and running now.

more music for film & screen

Things have been more publicly quiet, compared to recent years, as more behind-the-scenes work of composing for screen has been developing and getting more prioritized focus.

So far in 2020: music for a Patagonia commercial has been completed, 10 pieces for Destination BC (videos and commercials) have been created, music in The New Coorporation, and a small handful of songs have been confirmed for a numbered of yet-to-be announced short and feature length films, and relationships with high-calibre budding and establised filmmakers continue to be cultivated.

Watch a playlist of music-for-screen projects that exist of youtube here.

'tetrahedron' short film

Is it still a kingdom amidst a wild decline in life? Director: Jason Mannings Director of Photography: Jason Mannings Production Company: Alt BC Edit/Color/Sound: Jason Mannings Music: Souns (Michael Red) Thanks: Tetrahedron Outdoor Club + Kodak + ISLA Records Something of a mood-sketch, shot casually during an overnight hike in a fave sub-alpine zone on the coast of British Columbia. Hiked in right after a lovely little music festival in the woods. I brought just over two half cartridges of film, which gave me about 3-min that I could roll for — Kodak 500T & Tri-X. Wish I'd let the shots breathe longer, but alas, was hella rationing those seconds. Perhaps next time I'll bring more film. ... I once watched a raven, Perched on a bluff, Unzip my knapsack, Remove my lunch box, And fly away. Congratulations, madam. I always marvel at those dark feathered pairs, Reigning high over their respective enclaves, Be they flapping in the present, Or soaring thru the arcane. A hot mess of ancients forests, so recently upturned, What if someone typed, Replace all [woodlands] with [timberlands]. Is it still a kingdom, I wonder, amidst a wild decline in life? Let us dream of somewhere without many of us, Fit for a visit, sometimes, to search or recall. A place with tools to do so much with so few, And yet the wisdom to all but set them aside. Nature knows life as moments. Brief is a sunrise. A flicker. A ripple. A gust. If earthly matters do and then die, Should we all not perhaps keep that in mind? ... https://www.jasonmannings.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jasonmannings/ http://www.michael-red.com/ https://isla.bandcamp.com/album/souns-re

the talented Jason Mannings put together a little video diary piece of recent wilderness wanderings on the sunshine coast, with souns as the soundtrack.

some music work for Destination BC

first foray into this sort of thing. music for destination bc's ongoing ad campaign. 8 pieces have been released so far, with more rolling out over the year. many thanks to jason mannings for providing the link, shawn parkinson for being a great project lead, and for jenny lea and skeena reece for lending their incredible voices to the work.

From mountains to ocean, from wildlife to city life, check out some of the best of BC. Featured locations: 1. Vancouver Island 2. Kinuseo Falls 3. Great Bear Rainforest 4. The Big House, Klemtu 5. Haida Gwaii 6. Cinnamon Ridge Trail, Kamloops 7. Cinnamon Ridge Trail, Kamloops 8. Kelowna 9.

Vancouver exists in the heart of nature, surrounded by towering mountains, lush rainforest, and the Salish Sea.

The staff at Spirit Bear Lodge in the Great Bear Rainforest on BC's Central Coast describe the magic of the area and the thrill of seeing the local wildlife, including the elusive white Spirit bear.

low indigo 012

happy to announce 'smoke mountain' is out today. a oollab between myself and synkro, together with remixs from eli muro, jade statues, and self evident. also featuring "slow video" from jason mannings. folks can grab on bandcamp and most other stores and streaming sites. vid up on youtube as well.