What Tomás is Giving Your Film.

There was an interesting article in the LA times yesterday, an interview with composer James Horner concerning his collaboration with “Titanic’s” James Cameron on his new film “Avatar.  It is a very expensive film, and James Horner, an Oscar -winning composer, is most likely making at least a million dollars on it. In the interview, [...]

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Thanksgiving Was…..A Work Day!

Since our 27 year old Volvo has been in the shop a bit longer than anticipated, we did not go up to be with Tomás’s family yesterday.  In fact, the day before, I realized we had precious little food in the house, and all of our neighbors were out.  I decided to walk to the [...]

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From New York back to Pittsburgh – Home Sweet Home

We are back from our wild 12 hours in New York, where “American Dumpling” was warmly received at the Chashama Film Festival, despite it being a small venue, a ten a.m. screening, and a rather damp, drizzly day. Never mind that as we crossed from New Jersey into New York, over the Verrazano Bridge, and [...]

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No, It’s Not The MotherShip, Yet….

Tomas has been going through his bank of totally unique recordings of guitar “pulses” to experiment with how they might sound as a foundation for a cue in “Ravana’s Game” that needs a beat, but  is too subtle for percussion. I hate to admit this, but some of them sound like a chain saw, severing [...]

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The Imdb made a mistake, and we are in the process of correcting it. Tomas Hart and Tomás Hradcky are the same person.

First off, the Summit is over and we all lived. Tomas and I went downtown on Wednesday and took a few pictures of the pre-preparations, on our way to the health food store.    Below is one of my favorites.  This sign was HUGE!! this from the front seat of the Volvo, driving by. We [...]

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“Ravana’s Game” Update for September

Do you really want to know why it has been two months since a film score update here on “Partners”? Really? Okay, how to ‘Readers Digest’ the past two months.  We had to completely rearrange the schedule we were working on, for reasons way too long to go into.  Plus, they are personal, and really only [...]

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Life Just Got Really Hectic

Eileen Nelson, of “American Dumpling, just wrote to us.  Seems that “Dumpling” has now been accepted into another film festival, the “Action on Film” festival in Pasadena, California.  The festival starts on July 24th,  and there is this sudden mad scramble for a trailer, a press release, and all sorts of promo packages. We just [...]

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New Gear for “Ravana’s Game”, and the Chronological Framework of the Score.

By Kelly Mahan Jaramillo Things are really starting to get fun with this film. Since writer-director David Eblen is one of the few first time filmmakers who understands that the score to the film is important, and realizes that it is prudent to put a little money aside to pay the composer, we are having [...]

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In The Middle Of Prepping For “Ravana’s Game”…

By Kelly Mahan Jaramillo …we completely forgot about Groundhog Day. Who cares about Groundhog Day, right? Well, it just so happens that Tomas’s Birthday is on Groundhog Day – Feb. 2nd. Ooops. We were somewhat adrenaline hung over from the SuperBowl the night before – neither of us are football watchers, but this was a [...]

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A New Film – “Ravana’s Game”

 By Kelly Mahan Jaramillo     The arrival of this film has a rather interesting beginning.  Well over a year ago, Tomas was approached by a filmmaker who had intently perused his page, and was asking Tomas if he would be interested in scoring his film.  It was a full length feature, and wonder of [...]

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