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(6/10) Update: Check out Bill's score from Lady Death the Motion Picture (including the original CD artwork) here! Also, new music from Wolfenstein (2008) has been added. Listen here!
(5/10) Bill just recently received the BMI TV Music Award for CSI: NY season 6 at the annual BMI Film & Television Awards dinner held May 19, 2010 at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Photo of Bill receiving BMI award.
(5/10) Welcome to the newly updated billbrownmusic.com ! If you are on facebook, stop by Bill's music page to check out more new music, photos, and news.. and make sure to say hi while you're there!
(5/10) Bill is currently wrapping up season 6 of CSI:NY (working on the season finale right now!) Some great episodes coming up in the next weeks so stay tuned to CBS! CSI:NY season 6 DVDs are available for pre-order at Amazon now.
CSI:NY
(9/09) Check out Bill's recent interview with Daily Film Music Excerpt:
DFM: What were the official guidelines you received at the beginning of the show about what the music should sound like / achieve?
Bill Brown: "The producers for CSI:NY were already listening to a lot of orchestral film music in preparation, and when I came on board we folded all of my orchestral music from games into the mix of ideas (some of those cues even became temp score for the pilot and subsequent episodes). There was definitely something darker and grittier about the pilot of CSI:NY compared to the other two shows and the score needed to reflect that.."
The Devil's Tomb
(7/09) Bill's score from The Devil's Tomb is now available! Sound clips and more info can be found at MovieScore Media.com The CD is distributed by Screen Archives Entertainment You can download the album in 320kbit mp3 format here Or download the album on iTunes And check out Bill's recent interview chronicling his experience scoring The Devil's Tomb on ScoreNotes.com!
(8/09) Check out Bill's recent interview with The Daily Film Music Blog Excerpt:
DFMB: Could you describe some of the themes written for the picture and where can we spot them most noticeably?
Bill Brown: "There are just a handful of themes that are used throughout. The Nephalim theme shows up first in "The Message" but the first time we hear it in the context of the film, it is distilled down to eerie alternating minor seconds in the strings. I originally used a few low Tibetan choir samples along with the string parts for the Nephalim theme, but decided to hold off on using those until the climax of the film where there are more obvious supernatural things happening on screen. That theme evolves as the crew goes deeper into the underground facility, until they find "The Temple". This is where the more supernatural aspects begin to show up in the score..."
