Amber Music Composes for USA Network's "The Character Project"
Composer Leo Sidran of Amber Music (NYC & LA) composed the music for the new Lauri Faggioni-directed, 18-minute short film, “Wyckoff Place.”
Amber Music underscores diversity with "Wyckoff Place".
The film is one of eight shorts in “The Character Project,” produced by USA Network, RSA Films and Ridley & Tony Scott. In “The Character Project”, eight talented filmmakers were commissioned to create eight short films that capture quintessential American stories. Wyckoff Place follows a group of children from diverse backgrounds in one Brooklyn apartment building, looking past their differences to play together and forge lasting friendships.
According to Amber Music, Sidran’s extensive documentary film scoring background aided him in creating a score that spoke to the innocence of the children without sounding too child-like. Sidran’s simplistic yet beautiful piano composition opens the film, accompanied by a child’s voiceover reading a poem. “I wrote a piece that was basically solo piano, a simple melody that could be played by a child but that has something a little more grownup inside the melody,” Sidran says of the overall score.
“The Character Project” launched online via USA’s website on May 13th and is also available via FOD, iTunes, mobile platforms, syndicated widgets and social media. Lexus, on behalf of their new CT Hybrid, is acting as the presenting sponsor for the series, which also features exhibits in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago in custom-built screening pods.
Check out the trailer for Wyckoff Place here.
CREDITS:
Client: USA Network, USA Character Project
Title: “Wyckoff Place”
Production Company: RSA Films
Director: Lauri Faggioni
Executive Producers: Kim Dellara, Emily Wiedemann
Producers: Jules Daly, Tom Dunlap
Co-Producer: Justin Lundstrom
Associate Producers: Jonny Edwards, Jill Hammers, Max Knies
Director of Photography: Andre Laskaris
Production Manager: Henri Sann
Editor: Mollie Goldstein
Music: Amber Music, Bicoastal
Composer: Leo Sidran
Sound Design: Lauri Faggioni
Sound Consultant: Micah Bloomberg
Final Mix: POP Sound
Controller: Vince Gonzalez
Office Coordinator: Adam Lytle
Payroll Services: Ingenium Business Affairs, Inc., Lauren Valentin, Maggie Elsner