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Thread #107921   Message #2241410
Posted By: JedMarum
21-Jan-08 - 01:18 PM
Thread Name: Music for Quantrill Raid Film
Subject: Music for Quantrill Raid Film
I believe I've made mention in other threads about a recent film for which I provided sound track music.

Lone Chimney Film's movie is called BLOODY DAWN and it focuses on the border wars between Kansas and Missouri in the days surrounding the US Civil War. In particular the film focuses on a raid known as the Lawrence Massacre. The raid was led by William Quantrill and 450 renegade riders. The film uses narrative, interviews with historical experts and dramatic reenactment to tell the tale. They have licensed 4 of my recordings for use in the film and I am currently working with them on some of the incidental music.

BLOODY DAWN was released on Jan 11 and is making the rounds of festivals and premier showings. It is expected to be released for television (probably History Channel and/or PBS) by fall of 2008 - and of course to DVD. The shows have all sold out so far, and had great reviews. They've asked me to do some more music (they're making some tweaks to the final cut). There are a few trailer or teaser type clips beginning to appear on Youtube, including a trailer with a song I wrote for the film called, ONE BLOODY FRIDAY.

Here's a link to the trailer. Please take a look - also please rate and comment on the clip at Youtube. Ratings and comments help with the Youtube rankings - which in turn helps draw more traffic.

Also please let me know if this link does not work. I have a friend in Australia who could not connect using the link - but could find it by going to Youtube.com and putting "Bloody Dawn: The Lawrence Massacre trailer" in the search box.