I know I have. Last year, I started having conversations with the team at NASA Capsule Parachute Assembly System (CPAS) about using my music in their test videos. The first result of which can be seen here. Whether you’ve dreamed of space travel or just being John Williams like I have, it’s exciting to pair [...]
Movie Soundtrack Soon to be Available
May 11, 2013 by
We’re currently putting together parts of the score for the feature film iCrime to publish as a soundtrack album. The score is a fun, heavily rock influenced collection of almost 60 minutes of music. As soon as the mixing for album is complete, we’ll announce a release date. Didn’t see the movie? Click here and [...]
Richard Carey Ford
April 1, 2013 by
Ford is a storyteller – even his instrumental works are theatrical. Writing in a deliberately accessible style full of a sense of forward motion and story, rhythm and vitality are fundamental to his works. Unafraid of a melody people can whistle, Ford’s songfulness combines a relentless faith in possibility with courage and a love of large canvases. [...]
The Amazing Shannon Langman
April 1, 2013 by
I had a fantastic photo shoot with Shannon Langman today. Now comes the hard part: choosing which of the wonderful shots she took to use. Ah, well, with problems like these… http://www.shannonlangmanphotography.com/
Film Scoring Can Be Taught: AFA Summer Composers Program
March 1, 2013 by
This summer I will be back teaching at American Festival for the Arts Summer Music Conservatory by popular demand. Ostensibly a film music unit, we have expanded it to a two-week program and are partnering with Aurora Picture Show student filmmakers. I’m very excited to be bringing media composing to these students. If the crop this [...]
Composer / Prankster Richard Ford
November 10, 2012 by
In this article, Houston musician and writer Joel Luks writes about the Houston Heights Orchestra and new music in Houston. For the article, he interviewed me along with Artistic Director and conductor Jaemi Loeb. Link to the original article: http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/04-15-12-beyond-beethoven-heights-orchestra-turns-houston-into-a-new-music-hotspot/ A GRASSROOTS EFFORT Moving past the dead guys in wigs: Heights Orchestra turns Houston into a new music [...]
Upcoming Projects and Performances
September 12, 2012 by
Just announced: Bolts of Melody will receive its second performance of 2012 at 3 p.m. on November 18 at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. Maestra Jaemi Loeb will again be conducting, this time with the Centre College Orchestra and professional singers from the area. Keep an eye out for the Kickstarter campaign we’ll be [...]
What do we really hear?
March 12, 2012 by
Of late, I’ve started grappling with and rethinking composing. Looking at it from two angles has freed up my process and helped me write a lot more music in a shorter period of time. First is the idea that a piece be fun for me (radical idea!) and second that what people hear listening to [...]
Great Composers Course
February 27, 2012 by
You’ve discovered you actually like some classical music. Now what? What should you listen to next? How do you tell what’s playing on the radio? How do you know one composer from the next? How can you enjoy the music you hear more? I have good news! All these questions can be easily answered, and [...]
Houston Heights Orchestra Announces New Music Project
February 2, 2012 by
Houston Heights Orchestra New Music Project Supporting Houston Composers and Composition Students click here for the application page Beginning in late January, the Houston Heights Orchestra will host occasional reading sessions for new orchestral works at any stage of completion. We welcome submissions from composers of all stripes – amateur, professional, student. While there is [...]
