SC and New Music
by ryan on 04.20.10 in Uncategorized
Just returned from Santa Cruz. Played a great show at Moe’s Alley. My first time up there. What an amazingly gorgeous place. Almost had, no, I did have system overload when I returned to LA.
The body says… “but I thought we were just having a nice slow breakfast.” and the brain says “get back to work!”.
Amazingly good time though. Played with Tess Dunn who is a remarkable young singer. Seriously, check her out, especially live.
She does a great job to raise awareness about CF and while she suffers from it, you’d never know for all the energy and great personality that she brings to stage and life in general.
Back hard at work with Nina Storey. We have some big things coming. Including a huge showcase at Hotel Cafe. Tickets will be available online soon. We play at 8 and we are bringing some heavy new material to the set. I’m very excited.
Also excited to have finished the film score for a new Hilary Duffmovie. I can’t talk about it just yet, but soon soon. Very cool project, very fun, very good people involved.
back to writing and preparing for the show.
love
ryan
Hotel Cafe Tonight - Wednesday April 14th at 9pm!
by ryan on 04.14.10 in Uncategorized
We are playing a big show tonight. It’s gonna be a huge jam with our 8 piece band. Double Bari Saxes, Nina Storey, Kazoo Orchestra! Come out!
Advanced tickets available here:
https://www.hotelcafe.com/tickets/?s=events_view&id=443
A little treat from the Hotel Cafe. Audio is a bit fuzzy but the video is fun.
by ryan on 03.18.10 in Uncategorized
Nina Storey - Double Down - I Wear You Well
by ryan on 09.16.09 in Uncategorized
As we work to finish mixes for the albums, Nina Storey and i have been recording music in my kitchen to promote and spread the sound and the word. hope you enjoy.
There is more music if you click the music link above. thanks!!!
and share this video with as many people as you can! we could use a little viral love.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEI7jLOMQiQ
Critical Praise for Murder Loves Killers Too!
by ryan on 07.30.09 in Uncategorized
Music reviews for Murder Loves Killers Too have been really positive so far… reviews for the movie in general have been great! It’s nice that people have seemed to get the sense of humor and homages to American Slasher classics as well as the Italian Gialli.
My many thanks to Drew Barnhardt for the being eternal encyclopedia of movies and soundtracks. So many great ideas and references that led to creating this score that is a little Harry Manfredini, a little Fancesco De Masi, a little John Williams (i’m referring to 1978’s The Fury, not Indiana Jones), mixed with a little John Carpenter, Goblin, The New York Dolls, Paul Williams and hopefully a fair amount of my own sound to glue it all together.
“The score is a rich and complex piece.” - Jay Slater, The Dark Side Magazine
“a perfectly constructed score that is perhaps one of the most diverse, and high quality soundtracks in low budget filmmaking. The accomplished composer has worked in elements from the Italian giallo films of the 70’s, synth based tracks from the 80’s slasher craze, and overlaid it all with orchestral stabs, sparse piano elements, and even some heavy fuckin’ metal. Sweet.” - Brutal as Hell
http://www.brutalashell.com/2009/06/dvd-review-murder-loves-killers-too/
“a robust musical score” - Justin Kerswell, Hysteria Lives
http://www.hysteria-lives.co.uk/hysterialives/Hysteria/murder_loves_killers_too.htm
“a funkalicious soundtrack” - Horror Talk
“a great score by Ryan Franks which is a mixture of The Texas Chain Saw Massacrein some parts and ’70s exploitation in others, all of which is good.” - Horror Talk
http://www.horrortalk.com/reviews/MurderLoves/MLKT.html
“an aural gift for viewers as the rock music pounds during party scenes and the cell phone ring moves from background noise to forefront in the films soundtrack.” - Michael Ross Allen, 28 Days Later Analysis
http://www.28dayslateranalysis.com/2009/05/murder-loves-killers-too-movie-review.html
“creative music…courtesy of Ryan Franks.” - Killer Film
http://www.killerfilm.com/film_reviews/read/murder-loves-killers-too-dvd-review-8159
“One thing I am certain of, I loved the song used in the closing credits, “Naughty Mittens.” As demented as the movie, it is pretty sweet.” - Movie ‘Tudes
http://blog.dvdplanet.com/2009/07/murder-loves-killers-too-didnt-ya-know/
“a well done score that sounded great cranked up.” - Arrow in the head
http://www.joblo.com/arrow/dvd_reviews.php?id=2029
“fantastic score” - Icons of Fright
http://www.iconsoffright.com/dvd_reviews/2009/07/murder_loves_killers_too.html
