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Music compositions to feature in 3rd season of award winning TV travel show, Departures

Thrilled to announce that some of Richard's music cues will be featuring in the third season of this amazing television series.

The show - with a Gemini win for best photography and a further 7 Gemini nominations to date - follows two travelers on their adventures across the globe.

Music by Richard featured in seven episodes of the second season of Departures. It screens on OLN and City TV in Canada, and worldwide on National Geographic.

More news to follow...

Toronto International Film Festival 2009 for short film film featuring sound design and audio post by Richard

"A Hindu's Indictment of Heaven" a short film by Dev Khanna, which features audio post, sound design and mix by Richard featured in 2009's short film line up at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Described by TIFF as, "a charming tongue-in-cheek drama about a woman who waits outside the gates of heaven for her soulmate," it stars Georgina Reilly - a lead actress in Bruce McDonald's feature film, "Pontypool" (which premiered at last years TIFF).

It is the second time Dev and Richard have collaborated. Last time around, Richard delivered audio post for "Terry Southern's Plums and Prunes"- featuring an original script by Terry Southern (Dr. Strangelove; Easy Rider; Barbarella). This short was also selected by the Toronto International Film Festival, screening in 2007.

'Becoming' awarded 'Best Experimental Film' at Miami Short Film Festival

'Becoming', a short film which features sound design and foley created by Richard, won Best Experimental Film in Miami during late 2009. The short was described as an "8 minute visual wonder" by the festival. The BravoFact! film has played at various festivals to acclaim in North America, Spain and Romania, and screens in New York City during January at the Dance On Camera film festival. It scored an honorable mention for best emerging Canadian Filmmaker at the CFC Worldwide Film Festival in Toronto last year also.

You can read more about the film below - and on the filmmakers website http://www.becomingthefilm.com/Becoming.html

Richard delivers foley for animated TV series, Glenn Martin DDS

Richard recently performed foley for 12 episodes of the Michael Eisener (ex Walt Disney president) animated tv series,
"Glenn Martin DDS" which is currently screening on the Nickelodeon Channel (Nick at Night) and City TV.
The show features the voice of Kevin Nealon, who played Doug Wilson television comedy series Weeds.

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BravoFact! short 'Becoming' - Premieres in Los Angeles, hits 4 Canadian Festivals, then travels to Barcelona Spain for Festival International De Badalona and Miami during November.

Richard completed sound design for Becoming, a visually stunning short film, written, directed and produced by Ayelen Liberona and Joseph Johnson Cami. Extensive field recording and foley sessions were carried out for this piece, as the entire film was shot MOS. The entire soundscape was built from the ground up.

Featuring animations by Carlos Lascano (2005 Oscar pre-nomination), a wonderful cello based score by New York based Rubin Kodheli, and make up/effects by Colin Penman (Hulk; SAW series), it was a fantastic project to be a part of. A 6 minute version will air on Bravo!, and a longer 8 minute cut will head to the film festival circuit. Key dates so far...

June 6th: Opens up the Dance Camera West Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA)
June 16th and 21st: Screens on opening and closing night at CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival (Toronto, ON)
August 15:  Toronto After Dark Film Festival (Canada)
September:  Calgary International Film Festival (Canada)
October: Curtocircuito (Santiago de Compostela, Spain) http://www.curtocircuito.org/?lg=ing
October: Planet In Focus Film Festival (Toronto Canada)
November:  Festival International De Badalona (Barcelona, Spain) http://www.festivalfilmets.cat/principal.php
November: Miami Short Film Festival (Miami, USA)

Watch the official trailer for 'Becoming' here...  http://www.becomingthefilm.com/Becoming.html

UPDATE: The film was recently reviewed by the Goethe Institut where the sound design and music were noted as follows...

"Mention should be made of Rubin Kodheli’s music and Richard Cavagin-Carey’s soundscape, a brilliant fusion of the voices of nature intermixed with menacing eerie chords and arpeggios..."

Read the full article here: http://blog.goethe.de/tanz-de-ca/index.php?/archives/36-Bravo!Fact-and-the-film-Becoming.html

Music cues provided for Gemini Award winning travel documentary, "Departures"

Departures is an inspirational TV show that follows two travellers who drop everything to journey across the world for an entire year. Richard has provided music cues for the upcoming second series of the show.

The show is beautifully shot - and recently won a Best Photography award at the 23rd Annual Gemini Awards - as well as being nominated for Best Picture Editing in an Information Program/Series.

The new series begins airing in Canada on OLN (Outdoor Life Network) in January 2009, and then Internationally to over 40 countries in September 2009 on the National Geographic Adventure Channel.

Films acquired by Ouat! Media for worldwide distribution feature music scores by Richard.

Two short films - both of which feature musical scores by Richard - have been picked up by Ouat! Media for worldwide distribution.

The films are 'Day 3' by Navin Ramaswaran, and 'Last Run' by Brian Yung. The films also feature sound design by Richard.

Ouat! Media is a global media distribution specialist, and part of the Zero Channel Inc. family of companies - which also includes Silver Screen Classics, and Movieola - the short film channel.

Stop Press: "Last Run" won the award for Best International Experimental Short Film at the Illinois International film Festival during October.

This music cue is the main theme for award winning short film Last Run, recently picked up by distribution company Ouat! Media.

'Last Run' main theme by audiosolutions-cavagin

Podcasts created for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Richard recently recorded a number of podcasts for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
The first two of these involved recording CBC Radio 2 host, Tom Allen. Tom presented podcasts on Mozart and Schostakovich.
More recently a podcast for younger audiences was completed for Jack and the Beanstalk, featuring some fun sound design to bring the classic tale to life. The Jack and the Beanstalk podcast has been downloaded well over one thousand times in its first month of publication. Check out examples of Richard's podcasts here... These podcasts are available on iTunes.

This music cue is the main theme for award winning short film Last Run, recently picked up by distribution company Ouat! Media.

Short film Slap! screens at 25th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

Frieda Luk's short film Slap! - featuring sound design, background music cues and mix by Richard - premiered at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival in May. It screened at the prestigious DGA (Director's Guild of America) Theater on Sunset Boulevard.

The film involves Paul, a man completely overwhelmed from breaking up with his girlfriend. Paul decides to commit suicide. Before he gets to the act, God suddenly appears- an unconventional God that surprises, confounds and challenges him.

The festival is celebrating it's 25th anniversary this year.

UPDATE: Slap! recently screened in France, at the Strasbourg International Film Festival during September 2009.

Richard writes musical score for award winning US film

Richard completed the musical score for U.S. film, 'Invisible Man' during 2007. We are pleased to announce that the film has been selected by the jury as a Finalist at this year's Moondance International Film Festival in Boulder, Colarado. The film - directed by Mark Rogers - "revolves around a day in the life of a homeless man in Washington, D.C.", and is described as,"...the classic story of the underdog who fights against overwhelming odds to help his fellow man." 'Invisible Man' features fourteen music cues by Richard. It screens at the festival on September 1st 2008. http://invisiblemandvd.com/

Update: 'Invisible Man' recently won a bronze award at the 30th Annual Telly Awards in the film/video category.
Update: 'Invisible Man' was also an Official Selection at the 14th Annual International Family Film Festival in Los Angeles, and screens there during March 2009.