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Why You Should Hire Andrew Ingkavet to Score Your Next Film.

  • Easy To Communicate With - Andrew's experience as a "wide-angle" creative has allowed him to cross the language barriers between visual and audio, stage and screen, front of the camera to behind the camera.  Music is the subtext which needs to be congruent with your vision.
  • Able to Follow Direction - Every film needs a leader with final creative call.  Following direction without ego is absolutely important especially for the Composer.
  • Understanding/Sensitivity to The Story - As we are talking about creating a collaborative work of art, understanding the vision is essential and a personal sense of passion and interest in your story.
  • Passion - Film is Andrew's great love.  Some of his favorite films include: Amelie, Amorres Perros, Blood Simple, Chinatown, Yojimbo, Maria Full of Grace, Mystic River, Waking Ned Devine, The Godfather, Rashomon, Taxi Driver, Dark City, City of Lost Children, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Grave of the Fireflies, Princess Mononoke, The Incredibles, The Matrix, The Conversation, City of God, All About My Mother, The Sweet Hereafter and the list goes on and on...
  • Understanding of Cinematic History - Knowing from where we came enables us to go forward.  Having a depth of cinematic history allows for easier communication when discussing references.
  • Organized - A proven process of collaborative creation honed over years of experience in film, theater and advertising.
  • Presentation - As a former Creative Director in advertising he can walk you through the work clearly, concisely and effortlessly.
  • Professional - Written agreements detailing schedule, deadlines, fees, and rights signed and agreed to by all parties before work begins.
  • Dependable - Deadlines always met
  • Quality - All music in film is in service of story.  Nothing takes a viewer "out of the story" than bad sound and music.  Andrew is a multi-instrumentalist with training in jazz and classical music from major institutions including New York University, Mannes College of Music, and The Juilliard School.  His music has been heard on stages, screen and even the United Nations.  
  • Technical - Andrew works out of a state-of-the-art project studio with the option of recording larger ensembles nearby.  
  • Community - Andrew is Head Monk of 300 Monks, an audio agency with a large roster of talent from orchestrators, producers, copyists, arrangers, musicians, voice and other composers.
  • Location - Based in New York City, Andrew is connected with the local music scene as well as nearby schools NYU and Juilliard offering a plethora of choices for live musicians to record.
  • Curiosity - Andrew has an insatiable curiosity. Why repeat when we can break new ground?
  • Recognition - It is interesting to note how many Best Picture Academy Awards also garner a Best Score award each year.  Correlation?  Of course.  Win awards with a powerfully told story in picture and audio.
  • Value - A true partner in your filmmaking success - priceless.

     

     

 

 
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Monday, 29 September 2008 16:59

 

2007's independent release garnered strong reviews and wide audience support including a Best Director award at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. 

DVD Release date November 11,2008 

Featuring the music of Andrew Ingkavet. 

Noelle  Pre-order now at Amazon.

From an interview with David Wall, director: 

"For the soundtrack, Wall made a point to avoid the traditional syrupy sound of Christmas so we went with the exotic musical imagery of Andrew Ingkavet.  “I had listened to a bunch of music from artists who were very keen to put traditional “Christmas” in their music.  Andrew is a Buddhist and Christmas is not something he’s spent a lot of time thinking about…to him it’s not tradition or structure, it’s a magical story.  That’s what I was after more than anything in the music…magic.  True Magic.  He’s an amazing artist and he nailed it!” 

Last Updated ( Friday, 31 October 2008 00:55 )
 

Composer Andrew Ingkavet's music has been described as both "wondrously melodic, magical, and fantastical” and “hauntingly beautiful."

Daily Variety said of his score for the recently released feature film ‘Noelle' that Andrew’s “delicate film score… (is one of the film’s) standout production values.”

 

"Andrew is one of the most patient and sensitive artists I have ever worked with; a composer who is not only capable of creating beautiful music, but of creating music that accurately serves the essence of the film itself. He possesses the uncanny ability to translate the language of the filmmaker - ideas, words, images and moods - into a score that loses none of its own uniqueness and originality along the way."

- David Wall, Volo Films, LLC - Writer/Director of Noelle.

 

 

The son of Chinese/Thai and Korean immigrants, Andrew grew up believing there were only 3 choices in career choice: a doctor, lawyer or an engineer. He is lucky to have "escaped" and to be painting sonic pictures for film and theater for the pure joy of it. Andrew’s work includes scores for award winning films such as “Other People’s Children”, “The Might Humble Blueberry”, “Noelle”, “Hand Off” and “Donny & Clyde” and the animated films “Coqui” and “Phos.’

 

He was recently nominated for Outstanding Original Music at the 2007 NY Innovative Theater Awards for his 70 minute score to the multi-media theater production "Abandon" at LaMama ETC. A former singer-songwriter for publishing company MMA (Grammy-winning rockers INXS’s in-house company), Andrew began scoring films while working in Hong Kong as one of MTV-Asia’s first VJs. Andrew earned a Bachelors in Music from New York University where he studied jazz performance and music business and continued orchestration/ composition studies at Mannes College of Music and Juilliard School of Music.

 

Andrew is a true partner in the process of creating a story. A keen observer and skilled listener, he absorbs what a director wants to express and transforms that into a score that becomes a beautfully written emotional subtext for the story, be it a film, a theatrical production or a dance piece.

 

 


 

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