Second Image Studio’s feature film Against Time is now available in Blockbuster, Netflix, and other DVD sales and rental outlets.
The film stars Robert Loggia, Ean Merrig, and Craig T. Nelson, and features fifty minutes of live orchestral score by Michael Gordon Shapiro, recorded with the Budapest Film Orchestra. A soundtrack album for the film is currently in preparation.
Game music site GSoundtracks.com interviews Michael about his work for Empire Earth 2 and other gaming projects.
Film music website musicfromthemovies.com includes Michael in its “Hidden Treasures” column.
I’m pleased to announce that Identity: Zhongshan Zhuang, the guzheng concerto which I wrote with Victor Cheng, recently added another US performance to its history. The Cape Symphony performed the concerto this past Saturday and Sunday, including it with a selection of pieces from or related to Asian cultures.
As with every performance of the concerto to date, Su Chang returned as soloist. The Cape Cod Times said, she “plucked the multi-stringed guzheng robustly, creating an alluring sound-world, her vibrato extracting a vocalist’s texture from the instrument”.
Our recording of the concerto is available on most digital music marketplaces, including Amazon and Apple Music/iTunes. Orchestras interested in performing the piece can visit Janen Music Publishing for more information.
The world-renowned San Francisco Symphony will perform Michael’s concerto for guzheng as part of a February Chinese New Year Concert. The concert will be conducted by Mei-Ann Chen, who also conducted the concerto last year with the Chicago Sinfonietta. Su Chang will join the Symphony as guzheng soloist.
The concert will be on February 21st, 2015. More information can be found here.
