News & Current
- John has been profiled in Electronic Musician's Composer Spotlight series. Check it out here!
- A Very Special Love Story, a work in progress from Errol Morris for Showtime is being scored at Kusiak music. The film is about a 1970's tabloid story involving the abduction of a mormon missionary in the United Kindom by his ex-girlfriend, a former southern beauty queen.
- Honoring the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Eric Stange is directing After the Fall for Spy Pond Productions. The film, to be shown on PBS, explores personal and political histories of the Berlin Wall and includes interviews with world leaders, diplomats and individual citizens.
- Five 90-minute films for the "We Shall Remain" series aired on PBS's American Experience in April/May 2009. They are currently the top non-fiction programs downloaded on I-Tunes. Wounded Knee (episode #5) was screened at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
- "I Am . . ." is a national tv, radio and internet advertising campaign for Nationwide Insurance being aired in early 2009. The campaign was directed by Errol Morris and produced by TM Advertising.
- Laura Longworth's film "Luckey" was featured at the 2009 South by Southwest Film Festival!
- "People in the Middle for Obama" directed by Errol Morris for People for the American Way, with music composed by John along with Mark Mothersbaugh.
- "Have You Seen Andy" winner of the Emmy for Investigative Journalism!
- "Secrecy" winner of Special Jury Award at Sundance 2008 and Best Documentary at the Newport International Film Festival 2008. (See Below)
- "The Singing Revolution", having broken all previous box office records in Estonia, and screened in LA and NYC to rave review, has since appeared in festivals in Canada, France, South Africa, Berlin, Poland, Norway and New Jersey.
Projects currently in production or recently completed include:
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- "The Fall of the Wall"
- 2010
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honoring the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, this film explores the history of the
Berlin Wall by telling the stories of ordinary people whose lives were caught up in these turbulent times
and explores the end of the Cold War from the inside perspective of world leaders and diplomats.
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- "Warp"
- 2009
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an original dance to be composed by John and choreographed and danced by Prometheus Dance. Performances are on May 15 and 16 at the Institute for Contemporary Art in Boston. Tickets availble at WorldMusic.Org.
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- We Shall Remain
- 2007-2009
- a five part television series for American Experience documenting the history of Native Americans from their point of view. The first episode, "After the Mayflower," airs April 13, 2009.
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- "Yellowstone - Our Restless Earth"
- 2009
- a film for the National Park Service shown at the Yellowstone National Park Visitor's Center.
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- Illinois Holocaust Museum Karkomi Permanent Exhibition
- 2009
- opening and closing short films from an 11-part sequence that tells the story of the Holocaust and presents personal stories of Chicago-area survivors.
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- "The Polio Crusade"
- 2009
- a documentary on the March of Dimes' crusade to eradicate Polio, produced by Sarah Colt and based in part on David Oshinsky's Pulitzer Prize winning book, Polio: An American Story. First broadcast on February 2, 2009.
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- ""Scarred Justice - The Orangeburg Massacre - 1968"
- 2009
- a documentary on the Orangeburg, South Carolina shootings that occurred on February 8, 1968.
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- "Survivors"
- 2008
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a short film directed by Errol Morris featuring celebrities and non-celebrities who have survived cancer speaking about their experiences.
The film was part of "Stand Up 2 Cancer", a fund raiser broadcast on NBC, ABC and CBS to 170 countries.
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- "Secrecy"
- 2008
- a feature-length documentary on secrecy in the American government, produced by Robb Moss and Peter Galison of Harvard University (Chyld King, editor)
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- "The Nominees"
- 2007
- John and Andy Willis wrote the score for this 5-minute film by Errol Morris that opened the 2007 Academy Awards ceremony. It features brief and funny interviews with virtually all the Oscar nominees. The program aired on February 27th, 2007.
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- "The Singing Revolution"
- 2007
- a feature-length film on Estonia's liberation from the Soviet Union in 1992, produced by Mountain View Productions (NYC)
- Check out John's essay on how he approached the score.
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- National spots
- for Silk Soy Milk, Quaker Oats and Earthlink
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