Saw Ryan Adams perform in Kansas City a few days ago – a true song writer. Those are hard to come by these days. Here’s a photograph of Ryan and Mandy Moore shot by the amazing Cass Bird…
I created the artwork for Contemporary Christian Music artist Phil Wickham latest album titled Response…
A poster I designed for Baldwin. Representing Kansas City across the globe…
My brother-in-law’s animation reel was just featured on Motiongrapher.com – take a look at some of the most amazing visuals!
Phil Borst – Reel from Phil Borst on Vimeo.
One of my favorite soundtracks of 2011 came from the composer Cliff Martinez for his score of Drive. Combining ambient textures and vintage inspired synths from the 80′s Drive has that sort of nostalgic magic to it.
Have a look at an interview with the composer himself, Cliff Martinez…
The trailer for the feature film that I have scored has just been released that stars Michael Madsen, Trevor Lissauer, Daniel Roebuck and Ray Wise. In this trailer I scored the very first two bits of music.
For the film I scored over 40 minutes of music from orchestral to electronic cues. Very happy to show you a first look at Lionhead…
Beautiful drippy oil work, love this blend of objective and abstract.Visit Hsin-Yao Tseng’s website for more…
Sorry for the lack of updates, I’ve been insanely busy with more projects then I could ever imagine I could do all in one season. I just wrapped shooting Standard Style’s next magazine as well as I finished scoring the feature film that I’ve been working on for the past 4 months.
Anyway… it’s that time when people start making lists of the favorite albums of the year etc. but I’ll just share one record that has been on repeat ever since it arrived in the mail…
Ford & Lopatin’s Channel Pressure… I’ve already confessed my love for the album here so I won’t go into it anymore but if you haven’t already listened to this neu-nostalgic synth rock album DO IT now.
Here are some photos from a series I shot in Kansas City for Standard Style Magazine. See more from the series on my website Ryan Strong Photography – Kansas City.
I went out on location to the Cross Roads of Kansas City. I knew I wanted to capture the vastness of some of the older architecture in the area so I went out with a wide angle lens (Canon 17-40mm L F/4.0). I was shooting with my Canon 5D MKII. With a lighting assistant motivating or at least naturally blending in along with the available light I was really happy with how the series came out. I wouldn’t have been able to accomplish this without a good team… great models, Lauren and Tyrie, from Wilhemina Models, stylist Emily Baldwin from Standard Style, make-up artist Alexia Culton and hair by Shelby Herrick…
A few weeks ago I began writing and recording a score to a feature length movie titled Lionhead directed by friend Thomas Rennier. This is a first for me and am very excited to be a part of this. The film features Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill), Ray Wise (Robocop), Richard Riehle (Office Space, Bridesmaids) and many more. The film has already been shot and is currently in post-production.
The soundtrack that I am writing is pretty diverse ranging from large orchestral arrangements with strings and brass to simple quirky pop rock tunes. Right now I am about a third of the way through and couldn’t enjoy the process any more. It has been such a refreshing feeling writing and recording music again. A soundtrack will be released along side with the movie. Keep checking back as I will being posting more on this.
In addition to the soundtrack I have also created the art direction for the poster and other promo collateral to follow. Here is the poster design… drawing by Phil Borst…
