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GreenWire Music and Audio is the home of Composer Jeff Tymoschuk and Sound Designer and Singer/Songwriter Dave Stephens. Current News: November 15, 2011: It’s time, once again, for a long overdue update. Dave & Jeff have been keeping extremely busy these days, here’s what’s been going on. In the spring, Jeff wrote the score for the Twilight Pictures feature thriller “Below Zero”, which premiered September 23rd at the Calgary International Film Festival. The film, directed by Justin Thomas Ostensen and written/produced by Signe Olynyk, stars Edward Furlong as a writer who locks himself in a freezer to finish a script only to have the lines between reality and fiction start to blur. In other film news, he recently co-wrote the score (with James Jandrisch) to the Lifetime movie “The Hunt for the I-5 Killer”, starring John Corbett & Sara Canning, and had a little bit of music featured in the Warner Brothers film “Final Destination 5”. His score for “Altitude” was also honored with a Leo Award nomination for Best Musical Score in a Feature Length Drama. Jeff spent some more time in the world of DeathSpank, writing music for “DeathSpank: The last 12 months has seen Dave very busy on both film and music projects. Since the release of his 3rd album - Dave Stephens • Time Will Tell, Dave has been in the full swing of promotion and touring with his live band. The album is now in rotation on over 40 radio stations worldwide, and has garnered some kind words from fans and reviewers alike. 2012 will see the release of a yet to be titled fourth Dave Stephens album. When not working on music, Dave has been mixing episodes of the last several seasons of Blink Media Work's Get Connected and AppTV. Both series take an in depth look at the world of technology and gadgetry. As always, check out www.davestephens.ca for all thinks Dave related. August 20, 2010: 2010 has been a busy year for GreenWire. Here's the latest: In April, Jeff completed the score for Altitude for director Kaare Andrews and Foundation Features/Alliance Atlantis. The film will be released October 26th by Anchor Bay on DVD and Blu-Ray. He also scored the mixed martial arts feature Circle of Pain for Legacy Filmworks and director Daniel Zirilli. The film stars Tony Schiena (The Merchant of Venice), Bai Ling (Red Corner), Dean Cain (Lois & Clark), and MMA fighters Heath Herring and Kimbo Slice, and was released on DVD and Blu-Ray June 15th. And DeathSpank has been released for PSN and XBLA! The game is getting excellent reviews, and the music has also been very well received. Check the Press section for reviews as well as some new interviews. Dave is on the cusp of releasing his third solo album titled Time Will Tell. This album has been in the works for the last 18 months and promises to have all the fixin's of a good Dave Stephens record. For more information on Dave's new album and his music in general, visit: www.DaveStephens.ca. June 28, 2009 Jeff is currently scoring the Escape Factory/Foundation Films feature film Altitude, directed by long time collaborator Kaare Andrews, and starring Jessica Lowndes (90210), and Julianna Guill (Friday the 13th). The supernatural thriller will be released by Alliance Films in 2010. In addition, he’s also been spending the last few months writing the score for the forthcoming game DeathSpank from Hothead Games and Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert. More information will follow when it's availiable. And lastly, Jeff has signed with Ari Wise and The Canadian Composers Agency to represent him for film and television work. Dave has been focusing on the recording of his third album, Time Will Tell, check www.davestephens.ca for more information. October 29, 2008: It was a busy summer for both Jeff and Dave. Jeff spent the summer working on Episode 2 of Penny Arcade Adventures for Hothead Games, which was released today for XBox Live Arcade, PC, Mac, and Linux (with PS3 to follow soon). More information can be found here. He also contributed four tracks to the forthcoming release Rock Hybrid Trailers for the Megatrax Production Library, and has just completed work on the Paperboy Pictures action film Snakehead. Dave's been mixing the Blink Media TV series Get Connected, as well as writing music and preparing for his new album. As always, for more information about Dave's music, please visit his website. May 24, 2008: Penny Arcade Adventures: On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One, was released May 21 for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and XBox Live Arcade. The game features an original score by Jeff Tymoschuk, and was released by Vancouver game company Hothead Games. The game's been receiving some very positive reviews, if you're interested in checking it out, it's available for purchase here. May 10, 2008 Jeff's been interviewed for GameZone.com about his work on Penny Arcade Adventures, the interview's available in the Press section of the site. There's also some new music posted in the Music section (logically enough, I guess), a big action piece called Seventh Seal. Check back in the coming weeks for more new music, including some selections from Penny Arcade. Feb 20, 2008 Welcome to the new website! As you can tell, things have changed around here pretty drastically,there's a bunch of new music in the Audio/Video Gallery, take a look around. Jeff recently finished scoring director Rick Alyea's comedy feature That One Night, as well as Looking for Justice, a documentary on fair trade coffee production, directed by The Shell director Clif Prowse, and Enigma: Exorcism, a documentary for Vision TV, directed by Paul St. Amand. He will be in San Francisco for the Game Developers Conference from Feb 20-22. If you happen to be there, flag him down and say hello. Dave is working hard on his music career in Southen California. He's enjoyed much success with his latest release Stories For Copper since moving to the South, and his now working with his brand new band on live performances and recording a new album to be released in early 2009. Watch for Fools Rush In - A Loving Tribute to Rick Nelson to be released in the coming months. Dave contributed his recording of the pop legend's first single I'm Walkin' to the upcoming tribute. Check back often for more news and updates... |