News

Deru - Say Goodbye To Useless

[Your Name Here] — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:09:52 +0000

1/2 of The Track Team, Deru (Benjamin Wynn), has a new record out today. You can catch it in the iTunes "New and Noteworthy" section or right here (iTunes link). Enjoy!

The Stranger Reviews the Spectre Score

[Your Name Here] — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:45:23 +0000

Seattle's The Stranger just posted a glowing review of the Track Team's recent score to the WB short 'The Spectre'. Check it out here.

Avatar: The Last Airbender Documentary

[Your Name Here] — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:17:31 +0000

from The Track Team on Vimeo.

Last week, director Kurt Mattila came by to film some material for an Avatar documentary he's working on. Here's a short excerpt taken that day of Jeremy playing an old Hunan folk song on the guzheng.

Peanut Butter & Patience - EP

[Your Name Here] — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:41:41 +0000

Ben (Deru) has a new single EP out now called 'Peanut Butter & Patience'. It includes a track from his upcoming record and three remixes.

Read more about it here. Or grab the iTunes link here.

The Spectre

[Your Name Here] — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:33:23 +0000

The Track Team recently completed the sound design and musical score for the first of a series of DC Showcase shorts. 'The Spectre', a period piece set in the 70s, is written by Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) and directed by Joaquim Dos Santos (Avatar: the Last Airbender; G.I Joe: Resolute) with Gary Cole (Entourage) and Alyssa Milano (Charmed) leading the voice cast.

More shorts featuring other DC Comic characters to follow.

Kung Fu Panda Series

[Your Name Here] — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:09:41 +0000

The Track Team will be scoring the music for Nickelodeon's upcoming Kung Fu Panda series.

More info soon...

West Coast, Left Coast Music Festival

[Your Name Here] — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:54:03 +0000

Jeremy recently performed at Disney Hall in the premiere of Michael Einziger's (Incubus) new piece 'Forced Curvature of Reflective Surfaces' for 12 guitars and 14 strings.

The performance was part of the 'West Coast, Left Coast' music festival curated by composer John Adams. The program also included pieces by Terry Riley and Matmos with performances by the Kronos Quartet.

(photo: Timothy Norris)

La Danse Documentary Film

[Your Name Here] — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:34:02 +0000

La Danse, a documentary film about the Paris Opera Ballet by Frederick Wiseman features Genus, composed by Joby Talbot and The Track Team's Ben Wynn, as one of the five ballets in the film. It just got a great review in The New York Times here and the trailer (which features music from Genus) is here. It was just released in New York, with the rest of America to follow.

Facebook page for the film here.

Kanye West

[Your Name Here] — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:24:03 +0000

Apparently Kanye West is into the "Peanut Butter & Patience" video... Trippy.

Here's the link.

And here's the video.

Ben Levy Dance

[Your Name Here] — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:59:19 +0000

Jeremy is currently composing material for Levy Dance's 2010 season. Premiering January 23rd in Washington D.C. with additional performances throughout the U.S.

(Photo by: Weiferd Watts)