Megan Carnes

Film Composer

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- FILMOGRAPHY
  
  Faith in Destiny (2012) (Tallgrass Film Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival) directed by James Choi
  
  Jelly Babies (short) (2012) (in progress) directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
  
  Turnip Head (short) (2012) (Oak Cliff Film Festival Official Selection) directed by Lawrie Brewster
  
  Quack (short) (2011) (Loyola University Campus Movie Fest) directed by Matt Liljegren
  
  Funny Business (short) (2011) (Chicago 48 Hour Film Project) directed by Chris Davis
  
  DISCOGRAPHY
  
  Music for Made-Up Scenes (2012)
  
  Piano works v. 1 (2011)
  
  BIOGRAPHY
  
  I was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, growing up with my mom, dad, and younger brother. My parents' dreams of me ever getting a real job were crushed when I began playing violin in 4th grade and fell deeply in love with music.
  
  I attended undergraduate school at Loyola University Chicago, where I majored in music and studied composition with Gustavo Leone. I also minored in film. It was there that I developed a serious interest in film scoring.
  
  Since I began scoring films, I have composed for several directors, most notably Hollywood actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, award winning filmmaker James Choi, and accomplished Scottish director Lawrie Brewster. Films featuring my music have appeared at Cannes, Berlin, Tallgrass, Oak Cliff, 48 Hour, and Campus Movie Festivals.
  
  I am always looking for new projects. If you'd be interested in working with me or asking me anything at all, send me an email using the contact form!
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- Mar 17, 13
  
  Finally got the time and inspiration to write a new piece: Specks of Light
  
  Wanna download it, remix it, etc.? Here it is on hitRECord.
- Dec 10, 12
  
  I scored a feature length film!
  
  The soundtrack is available for free download.
  
  CLICK HERE TO GET IT RIGHT MEOW
  
  <3
- Oct 18, 12
  
  My old reel was over a year old, so I decided to make a new one!
- Sep 29, 12
  
  Faith in Destiny score preview!
  
  This cue is called “I’m Here.” I’m quite proud of it :) Hope you like!
- Sep 19, 12
  
  hitrecord:
  
  “cool guy action stuff (cue)”
  Audio by megancarnes
- A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.
  
  Sep 17, 12
  
  Leopold Stokowski (via raineydaze)
- Sep 13, 12
  
  The Rains of Castamere- Solo Piano Cover
  
  Enjoy, Game of Thrones fans! (and non-fans, I guess)
- Sep 12, 12
  
  Airborne for Solo Cello
  
  Here’s the other piece I composed for the highSCORE festival in Pavia, Italy! I think this one is the better of the two, but that’s just me! The performer is the amazingly talented Marta Fornasari.
- Sep 11, 12
  
  The Shapeshifter
  
  This is the clarinet quintet I wrote for the highSCORE Music Festival in Pavia, Italy. The wonderful performers are the Allclarinets Academy.
  
  I wrote this as a theme for Littlefinger from ASOIAF, maybe you can hear a bit of his character in it :)
- Sep 03, 12
  
  hitrecord:
  
  “November” (Tiny Film)
  
  REmix by Kubi
  
  Visual REsource by mirtle
  
  Audio REsources by DustyGrandDreams and megancarnes
  
  ==
  
  Contribute to the Tiny Films Vol. 2 collaboration HERE!
  
  —
  
  mirtlemyth:
  
  November (a tiny film for hitRECord)
  
  a love story made by kubi
  
  illustration & story by mirtle
  
  voice over by DustyGrandDreams
  
  A completely unexpected (but awesome) use of We Are All Stardust <3
- Aug 23, 12
  
  I’m composing while the sun is still out. This is weird.
- Aug 17, 12
  
  Gnossienne No. 1 redux
  
  Just a lil remix of Erik Satie’s awesome piano piece that I did for a film I’m scoring! (hint: drugs are bad)
  
  Download it and use it on hitRECord! <3
- First thing I've composed using my new sample library, hope you like!
  
  Aug 13, 12
- Jul 26, 12
  
  This is my name on a concert poster. Twice.
- I did sound design for Jelly Babies
  
  Jul 17, 12
- Name your own price for my EP!
  
  Jul 05, 12
  
  Good news, everyone! Music for Made-Up Scenes is now available for the WONDERFUL amount of however much you feel like paying! $1? $5? $1000? However much you think it’s worth! If you are completely broke, you can even download it for freesies! Woohoo!
- Jun 02, 12
  
  Decided to take some pictures of myself with all of my instruments today… it was difficult.
- May 17, 12
  
  A little remix I did.
  
  on hitRECord.
- May 15, 12
  
  Music for Made-Up Scenes is here!
  
  Download it on bandcamp!
  
  Artwork by the lovely Miss Hannah Barry.
- May 01, 12
  
  Rise- Music Video
  
  My buddy Cameron made a music video for a song off of Music for Made-Up Scenes!
  
  On hitRECord here.
- Wrote a new waltz. If you wanna check it out on hitRECord (to download or remix) click here! Also, in case you missed it, I’m giving away an original composition!!!
  
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- Finally got the time and inspiration to write a new piece: Specks of Light Wanna download it, remix it, etc.? Here it is on hitRECord.
  (No streaming audio available)
  
  228 plays
- Faith in Destiny score preview! This cue is called “I’m Here.” I’m quite proud of it :) Hope you like!
  (No streaming audio available)
  
  181 plays
- hitrecord: “cool guy action stuff (cue)”Audio by megancarnes
  
  1949 plays
- The Rains of Castamere- Solo Piano Cover Enjoy, Game of Thrones fans! (and non-fans, I guess)
  (No streaming audio available)
  
  1312 plays
- Airborne for Solo Cello Here’s the other piece I composed for the highSCORE festival in Pavia, Italy! I think this one is the better of the two, but that’s just me! The performer is the amazingly talented Marta Fornasari.
  (No streaming audio available)
  
  188 plays
- The Shapeshifter This is the clarinet quintet I wrote for the highSCORE Music Festival in Pavia, Italy. The wonderful performers are the Allclarinets Academy. I wrote this as a theme for Littlefinger from ASOIAF, maybe you can hear a bit of his character in it :)
  
  119 plays
- Gnossienne No. 1 redux Just a lil remix of Erik Satie’s awesome piano piece that I did for a film I’m scoring! (hint: drugs are bad) Download it and use it on hitRECord! <3
  
  59 plays
- A little remix I did. on hitRECord.
  
  30 plays
- TEASER TUESDAY NO. 2 I have released one of the tracks from the EP, “Rise!” Woo! You can also download it FOR FREE at Soundcloud or remix it on hitRECord. See ya next week!
  
  30 plays
- flickering so wirrow wrote and recorded a poem called “give me all the flickering lights” on hitRECord and I scored it. hope you like it! :)
  
  20 plays
- Gather around, kids, and let me tell you a story of how this piece came to be. This all happened on hitRECord, Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s collaborative online production company. According to “Jelly Babies Origins” written by lidan, this was how the collaboration started. “I was gchatting with librarygirl6 and showed her a picture of my jelly babies, calling them creepy, that I had tweeted because wirrow had mentioned them and she said ‘this reminds me of cannibalism’ and came up with the idea that we should make a jelly baby version of A Modest Proposal, which we then took to twitter, where Metaphorest had mentioned a possible candy sequel to Strawberry Bootlaces using jelly babies. Then Day Glo got on board and tagooey made the collab, where she posted the original A Modest Proposal text, based on librarygirl6’s suggestion, which Metaphorest rewrote with a jelly babies flare (Metaphorest hadn’t read the original until today! Look at hitRECorders teaching each other things :D ) and I made a little scene using my jelly babies to potentially make this some sort of stop motion thing (and to show everyone what jelly babies actually are) and then Day Glo posted an amazing reading. So, yeah, that’s what hitRECorders can do in a day with a crazy idea on twitter and some spare time.” So that’s how the story began. But there’s more to it! Around the same time the collaboration was starting, lidan skyped me and was like “you should score this once it gets a reading!” She then linked me to a twitter conversation about Jelly Babies and cannibals and I was highly confused and jokingly said yes. Later, she informed me that Day Glo’s reading had been featured on the site and was like “SERIOUSLY MEGAN SCORE THIS NOW.” So, after listening to a bunch of Edward Elgar for inspiration, I did. I used synthesized instruments, because, sadly, I do not have an orchestra at my disposal. I also released a request for people to record themselves playing instruments and uploaded sheet music to the site. Joe liked my score and featured it, which really helped me find instrumentalists. With live recordings from myself, yes-you-am, ashlaaa, raquelpspinto, and my friend Evan Fazio, I was able to mix everything together and create this version of the piece. Here it is on hitrecord. This collaboration really highlights how awesome hitRECord can be. I love that so many of my friends have been involved in it and I can’t wait to see where this collaboration goes! <3
  
  405 plays
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