In Her Time (2024)

Director - Diane Severin Nguyen

Premiere - Whitney Biennale (USA), Rockbund Art Museum Shanghai (World)

Score - guitar, bass, power electronics, percussion

From dream pop to harsh noise and back again, this score mirrors Nguyen’s portrayal of the way that history circulates in the present.

Petro (2023)

Director - Sean Mattison

Premiere - Festivál Internacionál de Cine de Morelia

Score - guitar, charango, bass, percussion, synths, cello

Nuevo Canción songforms and trailer music intensity are combined for this documentary on the historic rise of Gustavo Petro from M-19 guerilla leader to president of Colombia.

Chèche Lavi (2019)‍

Director - Sam Ellison

Premiere - International Film Festival Rotterdam

Score - french horn, voice, cello and accordion

For this quiet and intense film character themes to paint a picture of what Robens and James, traveling from Haiti, might be thinking as they found themselves stranded at the US-Mexico border.

Two Gods (2020)‍ ‍‍

Director - Zeshawn Ali

Score - trumpet, french horn, viola, harp and organ

Longtones of french horn and organ meet spectral violin and harp beds to soundtrack the story of a casket-maker in Newark, New Jersey.

Survival Prayer (2013)‍ ‍ ‍Director - Benjamin Greené

Premiere - Camden International Film Festival

Score - string quartet

This is one of my earliest film scores that I’m still really proud of. Stories of the lifeways of the Haida Gawaii are soundtracked by a string quartet recorded live in a church.