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May 10, 2006The biggest news for www.musicbycato.com in 2005 was the completion of his score to the dark comedy feature "Mini's First Time" (starring Nikki Reed, Alec Baldwin, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jeff Goldblum and Luke Wilson, directed by Nick Guthe and produced by Kevin Spacey) that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on May 1, 2006. The score, produced by Cato for Creative Soundscapes, combines an eclectic blend of electronica, female solo voice and acoustic elements. "Mini's First Time" will have its theatrical premiere at the end of July 2006, starting with Los Angeles and New York.
In addition, Cato also scored the feature documentary film "Truth In Terms Of Beauty" for 3-time Oscar™ nominee, director and writer Vince DiPersio. The documentary tells the amazing life story of legendary photographer Herman Leonard. This film, executive produced by Elizabeth Avellan, will also premiere in 2006. The score to "Truth In Terms Of Beauty" is co-published by Creative Soundscapes and a score CD is available (please contact us).
"Works by Cato", an eclectic and expanding collection of compositions by Cato, has continually been updated by Creative Soundscapes with new compositions, many of which have already been licensed in major motion picture trailers and commercials.
Also nearing release in 2006, after having been pushed back for rewrites and remixes, is the debut CD from Cato's recording project Eccotonic, which has already seen tracks licensed by network television and generated label interest in both the US and Europe. This includes a compilation release on the Pacha label of the track "Flow Motion", the title track of the CD.
November 1, 2004
It has been a busy year for Creative Soundscapes, incl. placing the music of Cato in many more feature film marketing campaigns such as Sky Captain: World Of Tomorrow, Exorcist: The Beginning, 21 Grams and Something's Gotta Give plus several commercials and industrials. Resident composer Cato now has his own website for film, television and interactive media scoring at www.musicbycato.com. Please visit this page for more about Cato. Creative Soundscapes continues to administer his music catalogue and 'Works' collection.
The flash website for Cato's artist project, Eccotonic, is now online. Please visit www.eccotonic.com.
Information about the music of Cato will now be directed through www.musicbycato.com (film, television and interactive media scoring) and www.eccotonic.com (artist project). Creative Soundscapes, Inc. and this site remain the home of his expanding "Works" collection and his work in feature film marketing and commercials, as well as publishing, administration and licensing activities. Please check all our sites regularly for news and updates.
December 15, 2003
The Creative Soundscapes website is back online! After some busy months of
music production, changes are pending with both the website and our general
operations as we move into 2004. Read on for more about this later.
Far from being an inactive period, 2003 has seen Creative Soundscapes supply
music to many varied projects. These include more feature film trailers
than ever before, like Cold Creek Manor, Once Upon A Time In Mexico
(theatrical), Underworld, Mona Lisa Smile (theatrical), Basic, Identity,
Seabiscuit, X-Men 2 and The Haunted Mansion.
Cato also scored a national Chrysler commercial launching the Crossfire car,
effectively being a part of replacing the failed (and very expensive) use of
a certain, very famous singer that had accompanied their recent commercials.
It seems the agency/client figured that a healthy dose of Cato's hardcore
electronica was just the ticket to bring younger demographics back into
focus. We did not argue.
Creative Soundscapes just released the debut EP from Eccotonic, which is
Cato's new recording project slated for a full CD release in 2004. This
project brings together different sonic flavors, vocal and instrumental
talents to produce an electronica sound unique to Eccotonic. Gary Ford at
Different Waves in New York is currently representing Eccotonic and actively
seeking further distribution for this exciting project. Please email
info@eccotonic for further info.
Towards the end of 2003 Cato also scored the indie feature film "Jimmy
Bones" for Abundance Productions. Starring Louis Mandylor (perhaps best
known for his role as Nia Vardalos brother in My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
this film is a gritty, noirish crime drama about an ex-con who cannot escape
his past. It opened to great acclaim at the New York International
Independent Film & Video Festival in November, 2003 were it won the Audience
Award for Best Feature Film. Louis Mandylor won for Best Actor.
Although we will still be maintaining and expanding the existing Creative
Soundscapes Music Library, 2004 will see the company focusing more on artist
projects and releases, as well as original scoring for film, television and
interactive media. First and foremost will be the release of a full length
Eccotonic CD. In addition Cato will be working on more CD projects, alone
or in collaboration with other artists. These CDs will be available through
the CS website as well as through other distribution channels, and will be
made available for licensing in film, television and interactive media.
More information will follow as these projects develop.
This website, along with eccotonic.com, is
now hosted on a new service that will enable us to stream Quicktime movies
and mp3 audio in the near future. These additions will appear online in the
coming months.
November 7, 2002
The last few months have been exciting ones for Creative Soundscapes.
Resident composer Cato recently completed his work on "Freelancer", a much
anticipated sci-fi/ space trader computer game by Digital Anvil/Microsoft.
His work on this game started nearly three years ago. In addition to the
music for the Rheinland part of the game, Cato was asked at the last minute
by the game's director to write additional music to replace that of another
composer. The game should hit store shelves early in 2003.
Most recently it was confirmed that the marketing team behind the highly
anticipated sequel "Charlie's Angels 2" decided to use our composition
"Ravenous "as a prominent lead-in piece in their brand new theatrical
trailer. This license comes as part of numerous licenses recently secured
with Columbia Pictures through Music Junkies, including Panic Room, Enough,
Trapped and Half Past Dead. Other major feature film marketing licenses
include Red Dragon and Star Trek: Nemesis. Many more are in the pipeline.
The feature documentary "Modern Tribalism ", scored by Cato in 2001, was
released on DVD on October 22nd. If you haven't seen it, now's the time to
head out to the video store. Exploring the theme of how the modern human
increasingly is rediscovering and reinventing/personalizing ancient tribal
rituals, "Modern Tribalism " has won prizes, received rave reviews and
screened at film festivals all over the country. This month it is headed
for a major, international documentary film festival in Amsterdam. "Modern
Tribalism " is definitely worth your time. Go see it!
July 8, 2002
The mood is decidedly light and positive at Creative Soundscapes these days
since we are looking back at a second quarter which has already brought our
year-to-date result way past our grand total for 2001.
In addition to securing a barrage of new licenses of our music for high
profile trailer campaigns for movies like The Hulk, Minority Report, Mothman
Prophecies, The Sum Of All Fears and Unfaithful (click here for a complete
list of our feature film marketing credits),
Creative Soundscapes have completed two national, 30 sec. commercial spots
for Charles Schwab and their agency GSD&M.
On a more technical note these past weeks has seen Creative Soundscapes'
studio facilities undergoing a major upgrade incl. new Mac and PC systems,
high end analog and digital gear from Cranesong, Alesis, Focusrite, MOTU,
Clavia, Access and Emagic. Further upgrades, incl. a brand new, fully
automated mixing console is planned for the near future.
Resident composer Cato has also scored the documentary film "People Of
Earth", a highly entertaining look at people with various "alien"
experiences that will be screening this summer and was recently honored by
being accepted as a participant in the 2002 ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop that
will take place during July and August.
Finally, "Modern Tribalism" has been picked up for both world-wide DVD/VHS
video release and for cable/broadcast by major distributors. "Modern Tribalism" has been
remixed in 5.1 by Kenny Klimak at Barking Dog Sound
in Los Angeles. "Modern Tribalism"
has also logged another batch of festivals with extremely positive results.
March 25, 2002
The first quarter of 2002 is turning out to be a great start of the year for
Creative Soundscapes and the music of Cato.
As part of several new licenses for feature film marketing, Paramount
Pictures recently elected to use the composition "Hidden Agenda" to open the
theatrical trailer for the new Harrison Ford starrer, "K-19: The
Widowmaker". Other recent feature film marketing licenses include music for
"Signs" (Touchstone), "Sorority Boys" (Disney/Buena Vista) and last but not
least the opening of the SuperBowl spot for "Spider-man" (Columbia).
Creative Soundscapes and Cato also recently completed two original scoring
projects for director Carolyn Coal. The first of these is "We Are Texas",
which is a film profiling the University Of Texas at Austin (the 9th biggest
university in the country). The second is"The Passenger", a dramatic short
subject produced by Mandalay Entertainment for client Enroute to promote
their new 360 degree video camera system. "The Passenger" will be released
on CD-ROM which will allow the viewer to choose camera "points of view" from
a 360 degree palette.
January 27, 2002
"Modern Tribalism", a feature documentary film with an eclectic score by
Cato produced by Creative Soundscapes, is rapidly gaining momentum as it
plays more festivals. Most recently "Modern Tribalism" screened January 12th in Park
City, Utah at Digidance and at the Miami International Film Festival on
January 26th as well as today. "Modern Tribalism" has already played at the following
festivals:
ATLANTA FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL
SAN FRANCISCO DIGITAL UNDERGROUND (Audience Award for Best Documentary)
SILVER LAKE FILM FESTIVAL (Festival Citation)
IFFM
DENVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
EARTHDANCE
HAWAII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
OJAI FILM FESTIVAL
ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
ANCHORAGE FILM FESTIVAL (Best Documentary Runner Up)
"Modern Tribalism" has also garnered stellar reviews like:
"Outstanding lensing...American through and through." (Variety)
"MODERN TRIBALISM is an intelligent, grueling, gorgeous and yes, fun look at some alternative routes to spirituality and community...Covers enough ground for three perfectly good documentaries." (Film Threat)
For the complete review go to:
http://www.filmthreat.com/
For more info about "Modern Tribalism" please go to:
http://www.lowfifilmworks.com
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