entangled species

Entangled Species from Applied Acoustics Systems grants exclusive access to the beloved tools, inspirational encounters, and living sounds of composer David Kristian. This organic collection of arpeggiators, pads, loopers, synthesizers, keyboards, noises, and sound effects shall evolve as a natural extension of the sonic inventory of anyone into electro-acoustic, ambient, and film music arrangements. And with String Studio VS-1 as your middleman, these sounds are just a few tweaks away to become your own.

splinter cell: conviction

David is now working full-time with Ubisoft's Splinter Cell: Conviction sound team, and has provided a large number of sound effects, ambiences, and HUD sounds for for the game's Co-Op mode.  This Xbox 360® title, which is now receiving great reviews, was released on April 13th, 2010.  Watch this space for more SC5 news.

morris county

David most recent soundtrack work can be heard in Morris County, an equal parts drama, horror, true-crime anthology and life-cycle piece following three sets of characters on their individual journeys into oblivion. Morris County is written and directed by Matthew Garrett and produced by Thomas R. Rondinella (Unholy, Charming Billy); the film stars Pamela Stewart (A Dog Year, 100 Proof, Amateur), Albie Selznick (TV's 24, Suddenly Susan) and newcomers Alice Cannon and Darcy Miller.  The film had its premiere at the San-Francisco Independent Film Festival  on February 6th, 2009.
 

sei-chikyu ron

David Kristian and co-composer Al Savoie recently wrapped up work on two new projects with Ryosuke Aoike, the first is a live-action/anime dramatic adaptation of Doraemon co-creator F. Fujio Fujiko's Sei-Chikyu Ron Sci-Fi manga starring Tanimura Mitsuki (Tokyo Zombie, Pieces of Love) and Kobayashi Susumu (Kurosagi, Long Vacation). The half hour program is the fifth of six ishoku tanpen-shu (unique short stories), part of Fujiko F. Fujio no Parallel Space, which aired on October 31st 2008 on the WOWOW network. The boxed set of the series is now available on DVD. The second project is Aoike's own The Fleas (for which Al did voice work), a short subject (no pun intended) examining the problems of world leaders from a very different perspective.

the broken imago

David has been approached to score Douglas Buck's Eco-Horror project, The Broken Imago.  Visit the Metaluna Productions site for more info and the teaser trailer, which features David's music and sound design.  Be aware that this teaser trailer is not for the faint of heart.

sisters

David joined forces with Emmy Award winning composer Ed Dzubak to score Douglas Buck's Sisters, which stars Lou Doillon (the new face of Chanel), Chloë Sevigny (Boys Don’t Cry, Big Love, Zodiac), and Stephen Rea (The Crying Game, V for Vendetta).  Sisters is produced by Edward R. Pressman (The Cooler, American Psycho, Bad Lieutenant), who also produced the 1973 Brian DePalma original.  Some of you may remember David and Ed's previous collaboration on Douglas' Buck's Prologue, which appears on Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America.   Read a review of Sisters by Variety's John Anderson.

applied-acoustics interview

String Studio VS1 fanatic David Kristian discusses the particularities of Horror film scoring, the peaceful coexistence of analog and software synthesizers in his electronic music setup, and the art of creating live soundtracks with delay loopers, in this installment of Head2Head on the Applied-Acoustics Systems website.  David is also developing a Cinematic/Textural String Studio sound bank, which should be available later this fall.

catman

David also worked on six episodes of Ryosuke Aoike's Catman for Fuji TV.  David's sound effects and 70's crime film influenced music cues help flesh out  the now longer installments of the cult web animation series which features music from unstoppable Ska group The Planet Smashers.

pithecanth

It's 7am in Tokyo, and lowbrow, or should we say prominent brow humor is the order of the day, as Ryosuke Aoike and David Kristian team-up once again to warp young minds with Pithecanth, a Tokyo TV series about the Java Man, believed to be the the first known specimen of Homo erectus.  Pithecanth is ripe with flatulent monkeyshines, prehistoric highjinks, and classic cartoon humor.  The 13 episode series not only features music and sound design by David Kristian, but he is also part of the voice cast, playing the part of "Sinister", the eldest of the prehistoric clan.

american psyche

David also scored Paul van den Boom's American Psyche, a documentary examining the current social mindset in the United States through a series of interviews with Americans of diverse race, gender, religion, and socio-economic standing.  David also scored the film's trailer and created the music for the Boom Pictures Logo.  American Psyche is currently available on DVD.

the abandoned

Over 70 minutes of David Kristian's unsettling music and soundscapes are  featured along with the work of legendary sound designers Glenn Freemantle and Andy Wilkinson (28 Days Later, V for Vendetta), and composer Alfons Conde (who wrote the opening titles music) in Nacho Cerdà's long awaited The Abandoned. The film stars Anastasia Hille (The Hole, RKO 281) and Karel Roden (Hellboy, Running Scared, The Bourne Supremacy), and was written by Nacho Cerdà, Karim Hussain (La Belle Bȇte, Ascension) and Richard Stanley (Hardware, Dust Devil).

The Abandoned had its World premiere screening at the Toronto International Film Festival as part of the fest's Midnight Madness program, and  was also voted audience favorite during the 8 Films to Die For After Dark Horrorfest in November 2006.  The film opened in theaters across North-America on February 23, 2007.   Read interviews with Nacho Cerda and Karim Hussain in issue #259 of Fangoria and issue #67 of Rue Morgue, which tells the whole story as to why David was called in at the 11th hour to replace most the film's score.