News Archive

November 2011 Randin at Salty Horror
	On November 6th at 4:30pm, Randin spoke on the panel "Creating the Perfect Horror Score" at the Salty Horror International Film Festival, held at the Park City Public Library's screening room.

November 2011 Randin scores Begin Again
	Randin has completed the music for eLLeSSe Productions' feature length family drama about a foster child and the parents who love her. The Salt Lake City, Utah production is complete and coming in Winter 2012. View the trailer Randin scored HERE.

October 2011 Randin's Music used by NASA
	This is old news, but we've just learned that Randin's orchestral piece 'Illumination' was used by NASA in a video about the final space shuttle mission. The piece plays between about 0:50 and 4:40 in the video HERE.

August 2011 Randin at The HollyShorts film festival in Los Angeles
	Hollyshorts, in Hollywood in August, included three films Randin worked on - rom-com Love Sick, cannibal comedy A Taste of Love and zombie comedy My Undeadly.

July 2011 Randin At The Action on Film International Film Festival in Pasadena
	Cannibal love story A Taste of Love WON Best Song and three other films Randin scored screened at AOF - silent film Eggsistential Issues, rom-com Love Sick, WWII drama Reue. A Taste of Love & the Pulp Boy theme were also nominated for Best Composition. AOF Website

June 2010 Randin Scores Saturnalia
	Randin has completed the score for Gustavo Mercado's feature film Saturnalia, a thriller inspired by the true story of a homeless woman who lived undetected in a retired man's home. The film is currently in post-production in New York City. Check out more info HERE and the trailer HERE.

June 2011 Love Sick WINS Utah Short Film of the Year!
	Congratulations to writer-director Kevin Lacy on the second big award for Love Sick, the Utah Arts Festival's Utah Short Film of the Year! Watch the film with its baroque-folk-postpunk-wedding music score HERE.

June 2011 Randin AT Who Likes Short Shorts?
	Seven films scored by Randin screened at Short Shorts, yielding two winners out fo the four awards given - Audience Choice for Offing Adolph and 2nd Place overall to Reue. Congratulations to the filmmakers at Killship and Ridgeline Creative!

June 2011 Randin at The Foursite film festival
	Three films Randin scored were official selections of the Foursite Film Festival in Ogden, Utah, June 9-11 2011 - WWII drama Reue, period drama Reco and minimalist relationship drama Conversations.

May 2011 Randin Completes Jake's Dead
	Randin just completed the epic score to the horror feature/thriller from director Jack Graham, the story of two brothers coping with the loss of their father with the aid of a questionable narcotic. The film is currently in post-production in San Francisco, California.

May 2011 Randin At The Park City Film Music Festival
	Three shorts Randin scored were recognized with Gold Medals at the festival - period drama Reco, silent film comedy Eggsistential Issues and drama Dismatta.

 

December 2010 Randin scores Reue
	Randin just completed the score for director James Cawley & Ridgeline Creative's World War II drama Reue.

 

November 2010 Randin to score Saturnalia
	Randin has signed on to score Gustavo Mercado's feature film Saturnalia, a thriller inspired by the true story of a homeless woman who lived undetected for nearly a year in a retired man's home. The film is currently in post-production in New York City. Check out more info and the trailer here.

 

November 2010 Randin at The Who Likes Short Shorts? film festival
	Eleven films Randin scored were featured among the two screenings at this inaugural short shorts festival. Director Kevin Lacy was on hand to accept the first screening's Audience Choice Award for Numerica and Randin accepted the overall 3rd Prize on behalf of the OTTP/Project Impulse fim Deus Ex Machina.

 

November 2010 A Taste of Love Wins at The Salty Horror international film festival
	Randin was on hand when the cannibal comedy A Taste of Love, featuring his wall to wall score of tango and a Marvin Gaye spoof, won Best Short Film (under $50k) at the horror festival's first year. The film also just won Best Film of the Year at the Salt Lake Film Society's Best of Open Screen Night. Congratulations to director Chase Weston and the whole SLIP team!

 

July 2010 Randin Wins at The action on film international film festival
	Randin's "Grayham Overture" has WON Best Composition and two shorts he worked on - Sameena Likes Me & Two Brothers at Galarra - screened at AOF in Pasadena, California, 23-30 July 2010. aof website

 

June 2010 Best Score Winner 48 Hour Film Project SALT LAKE CITY UTAH
	Randin's genre-bending work mixing authentic period and modern horror music for the silent film Eggsistential Issues won the Best Score award at the Salt Lake City 48 Hour Film Project. Congratulations also to Best Actor Danny James! Click the image to watch the film on youtube.

 

May 2010 Randin completes Leo Las vegas
	Gritty roadhouse and ambient electronic rock accompanies the short film starring John Fiore from The Sopranos and Brotherhood, from director Wolfgang Muchow and PixelVision Productions.

 

May 2010 Randin scores at Park City Film Music Festival
	Randin spoke on the composers panel and performed at the Egyptian Theater as part of the Park City Film Music Festival, where he also received awards for his work on Two Brothers at Galarra, Sameena Likes Me, Churhi and Flowers for Annabelle.