DEFYING DELETION [2010]
composer
Lamassu Productions
Directed by Andre Anton

 

“Defying Deletion: The Fight Over Iraq’s Nineveh Plains” focuses on the ethno-cultural persecution facing the Assyrian Christians in Iraq.

 

SCREENINGS::.

• 2010 Northshore Film Festival

• 2011 Detroit Independent Film Festival
  ** WINNER for BEST DOCUMENTARY **

• 2011 Beverly Hills Film Festival

• 2011 Tupelo Film Festival
  * *WINNER for BEST DOCUMENTARY **

• 2011 Fresno Film Festival

• 2011 Boston International Film Festival

• 2011 Rochester International Film Festival
  **WINNER for BEST OF FEST AWARD **

• 2011 Southern California Film Festival

• 2011 Blue Water Film Festival
  ** Selected as a Finalist **

• 2011 Flint Film Festival
  ** WINNER for BEST DOCUMENTARY **

• 2011 Made In Michigan Film Festival

• 2011 East Lansing Film Festival

  
  

ABOUT THE SCORE::.

Andre brought me onto this project after hearing the work I've done with Douglas Schulze [Dark Fields] and Robert Butler [Spirit Of Isabel] I hadn't done a documentary before, and it's a bit different from what I'm used to doing. I had to create the music cues before ever seeing any footage. Andre gave me some ideas to work from, and soon I had the pieces ready to deliver!

I created the music with lots of soundscapes, violins, guitars and my own special effects. I breathed into a microphone, then stretched the timing out, added a pitch-shifter, and other toys to create the atmosphere you hear in most of the score. I love being able to create an instrument so to speak, to give it originality to the film.

The film is a real eye opener, and I highly suggest viewing this documentary.