Hans Karl SCORING RESUME (All Contents Copyright (c) 2008 by HK. All images Copyright (c) 2008 by respective owners.

2007-04-29T12:13:00.000-07:00

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Hans Karl -Score Composer
www.hanskarlmusic.com

September 2011---Composed the music for a "micro pilot" film short entitled 'Foreshadow,' which was produced by JB Movies, LLC and director John Bosley:

http://www.youtube.com/user/ebosley#p/a/u/1/rl-WSEc-dBE

March 2011---CBR TV 2011 - Comic Creators/Celebrity Interviews Show (Comic Book Resources - online) - Jingle theme music, as well as, bumper and stinger music, composed for this online comics/popular media website (www.comicbookresources.com ). Interviews to begin airing soon in spring/summer of 2011.

February 2011---Composed the music for a "micro pilot" film short entitled 'Awakening,' which was produced by JB Movies, LLC and director John Bosley:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dns3ifdbt80

July 2010---Released the new instrumental album entitled 'Themes For Scenes.' This is a compilation album of music composed for documentary film, trailer and animation work:
http://www.myspace.com/574623023

February 2010---Composed the opening Main Titles music for the proposed feature length indie film called 'The House.' This is the opening credits sequence for the film and is computer animated. Film short produced by JB Movies and director John Bosley.:
http://www.genreaddict.com/movies/track-of-the-day-main-title-from-the-house-by-hans-karl

June 2008---Have finished scoring the documentary 'Robert McGinnis: Painting the Last Rose of Summer.' The music I composed and contributed to this score is mostly a combination of romantic celtic, classical, and traditional orchestral type styles.

January 2008---The demo episode #1 of 'THE HYRDE' animated series for mobile phones has been completed. You can see this demo episode that I scored currently at Newgrounds:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/420310

July 2007--A previously composed jingle for Network Music - now part of KILLER TRACKS - entitled 'E-Lounge' has been used in a Major Motion Picture that is exhibiting theatrically in the Netherlands. This quirky and evocative piece of electronica music seems to just keep going as far as film and license usages go. Not unlike that certain bunny from the battery company!!

June 2007---Composed the music for an animated bumper for the VES 50: The Top VFX Films of all Time (http://www.visualeffectssociety.com/documents/ves50revelfin.pdf) This animated piece screened at the Visual Effects Society Festival of Visual Effects at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills and celebrates the Top 50 VFX Films ever made! Created and produced by The Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood and Pam Hogarth (http://www.gnomonschool.com/), this animation was very inspiring for music! Currently, this animation is part of HKVT's new DVD scoring reel, available upon request.

September/October 2006--Congratulations go out to Hans Karl!
The committee from The Toofy Film Festival has chosen Hans' music to play with other independent music selections at the Toofy Film Fest 2006. The festival is taking place from September 28 – October 1 in Boulder, Colorado.Mr. Karl's music will play over the loud speakers before each film showing starts and after the showing has finished. His name, album names, and web address will be projected on the big screen so Toofy patrons know where to get his music. Toofy will be attended by top industry professionals from around the world! To learn more, please visit the Toofy website at: http://www.toofy.com/schedule.html

March 2006--Hans Karl has finished scoring the documentary entitled JAMES BAMA AMERICAN REALIST. This is a fascinating look at the work and life of the painter and illustrator, known in America for his Doc Savage paperback covers and other illustrations for Coke and Chrysler. Bama is also quite famous for having painted in the Cowboy and Native American Genres for quite some time now, as his large body of work involving Cowboy and Indian themed paintings will attest to.

February 2006--Scored an animated short tribute to director John Lasseter from Pixar that screened at the annual VES Awards at the Hollywood Bowl. The animation was viewed by over 800 top Hollywood Visual Effx professionals. This wonderful 3-D animated short, which was created by students at the GNONOM SCHOOL OF VISUAL EFFECTS in Hollywood (http://www.gnomonschool.com/), was a blast to work on! The short features Luxo the Lamp (the Pixar character seen at the beginning of all Pixar Cartoons) and the Gnomon Gnome (I like to call him Gnomey!). The piece was directed by the talented Francis Glebas (Disney, others), and produced by the wonderful Pam Hogarth from the Gnomon School. The animation is a student tribute to the one of a kind director/creator John Lasseter from Pixar (www.pixar.com), who was honored by the Visual Effects Society this year at the annual VES Awards in Hollywood on Feb. 15, 2006 (http://www.visualeffectssociety.com/)

August 2005--"I attended the Siggraph con at the L.A. Convention Center on August 4, 2005. I’ve got to tell you people, this is an exciting time to be working in the fields of Computer Animation and Music Composing. The show was fascinating" from new animation software being developed and used, to the latest technologies in the art of CG animation, this show is a must for any fan/creator who works in the realms of digital animation or digital music scoring."

July 2005--Hans Karl was an attendee at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con International, which took place from July 14-17, 2005. Hans had a wonderful time at the con this year, and he enjoyed seeing many of his fans, as well as, business associates and friends at the event.

June 2005--Gumshoe And Brock, the new CG animated short which was scored by Hans Karl, is now available on DVD. Please contact MusicByHKarl@aol.com to receive a copy of this incredible cartoon if you have interest in Hans Karl scoring your next animated/film/other project. This cartoon and it's characters were created by the talented animator and director named Marty Clayton.

April 2005--Composed the music for an animated TV commercial created by RCAMedia for a company called Bailbond Girl. It is a really fun ad, featuring an animated superheroine accompanied by Hans Karl's brooding and orchestral "superhero" style music.

July 2004--Hans Karl was an exhibitor at the 2004 San Diego Comic Convention, which took place from July 22-25, 2004. At the show he debuted his newest CD Ambient Chair Music-New Music Inspired by the Artwork of Ragnar.

July 2004--The album "Ambient Chair Music" receives a very positive review from the Orange County Register.

July 2004--Karl releases the new instrumental album entitled "Ambient Chair Music." This is an album of all new contemporary electro-lounge and cue-ish type music inspired by the illustrations of Ragnar.

March 2004--The Greatest Challenge, scored by Hans Karl, showed at the 2004 San Jose Cinequest film festival. The short film was selected to show with 3 other locally produced short films presented by Cinequest and KQED. Cinequest had 800 short films submitted this year, 75 of those were selected for the shorts showcase and 4 were picked for the KQED presentation which showed at the 1100 seat San Jose State Event Center this March.

December 2003--Hans Karl’s previously composed jingle for RCA/BMG music (originally a Network Music Company) entitled E-Lounge is used throughout the last couple of years in Canadian Episodic Television, as well as, in Brazil. Most notably, it is used in the Canadian broadcast X-Zone.

November 2003--Composed the score for the short film entitled The Greatest Challenge. This film was written and directed by Shawn Flanagan, and produced by Almaden Films. Shortly, I will have a new reel that will showcase one or two scenes from this film along with my other trailer and TV/Film work.

June 2003--Composed the music underscore for a new trailer promoting the video release of a Chinese television series called The Master Swordsman. The show starred Jimmy Lin, David Chiang, Hung Yen Yen and was directed by Daniel Lee, the director of Jet Li's film Black Mask.

June 2003--Composed the music underscore for a new trailer promoting the video release of Treasure Hunt, starring Chow Yun-Fat. This 1994 film was directed by Lau Chun Wai, and also starred Ng Sin Lin. This is one of Chow Yun-Fat's Chinese films, and has been described as having "superb action, lighthearted comedy, and heartbreaking romance."

December 2002--The album SHAGXOTICA! is picked by the Orange County Register as one of their Top Ten Oc Albums Of 2002.

August 2002--The album SHAGXOTICA! is discussed in a feature article about SHAG'S painting career which appeared in OC Weekly.

June 2002--Scored a Florida State University Grad Thesis short film entitled Two-Bit. This film centers on the story of two brothers who pull off a heist at a dog racing track. The film was shot in 35mm and contains very handsome production values.

April 2002--The album SHAGXOTICA! receives a positive review from the Orange County Register's own Robert Kinsler.

April 2002--Produced and Released the album "SHAGXOTICA!-New Music Inspired by the Paintings of SHAG." This CD of original instrumental compositions is a collection of tunes inspired by the work of the artist SHAG. Described as sounding like "the beat generation meets generation X", it is a hybrid of various musical styles such as lounge jazz, electronica, exotica and cartoon music. The CD is available at many retail locations throughout Southern California, as well as many online retail sites. Please go to www.hanskarlmusic.com for ordering information.

February 2002--Scored an independent short film entitled Cop Zone, which was picked as an official selection at the Cinequest Film Festival in Northern California. This short was directed by Shawn Flanagan and produced by Almaden Films/Connolly Entertainment.

May 2001--Keyboard Magazine choice as their Unsigned Artist Of The Month for the May 2001 issue of the publication.

April 2001--Feature article in the Orange County Register with an artist interview and background info.

March 2001--Released the extended score CD for the film Boneshakers. This composer promo CD has over 45 minutes worth of music, mixing up styles such as techno, ambient and orchestral writing.

July 2000--Two techno/rock style instrumental Compositions licensed to Canon Computer Systems, Inc.

April 2000--Composed and sold an instrumental industrial jingle to Network Music, a music library collection that is now a part of the Killer Tracks production music library (Universal Publishing).

March 2000--Scored a PBS interview which aired on March 28, 2000 on KOCE in Huntington Beach, CA. The interview was with the internationally known artist SHAG.

December 1999--Licensed a techno/rock style instrumental composition to a Bay Area TV commercial for a limousine service called Legrande Affaire. The commercial was produced and directed by Shawn Flanagan (who also directed Boneshakers).

November 1999--Recorded and produced an excerpts CD (13 minutes long) of music from and inspired by the Original Motion Picture score to Boneshakers. The music on this CD represents more of a pop/techno element that was inspired by themes and ideas from the original score to BONESHAKERS.

May 1999--Scored a feature length film entitled Boneshakers, which was directed by Shawn Flanagan and Produced by Almaden Films/Connolly Entertainment. It was shot in and around the city of San Francisco. The plot centers on a group of enterprising kidnappers who kidnap homeless people and sell their body parts. Review Quote: "More firepower, flying kicks, fine performances and fun than any independent film I've seen." -Chris Catalano (B-Movie Magazine).

Winter 1998--Rock Dog Records, an Independent L.A. label, releases one of my instrumental compositions on a compilation album of all instrumental music. The style of the composition is industrial/techno. The album has received radio airplay/rotation on new age and instrumental music stations throughout the United States.

September 1998--Scored an L.A. City College student short entitled Postcard, which was directed by Miwa Iwamoto. The film was shot in 8mm/Black and White and is a surreal fantasy in the style of the original Twilight Zone series and the old Dragnet TV episodes. The musical style of these instrumental cues is old fashioned in nature: 1950's atomic age TV music in the style of Bernard Herrmann and old thriller/B sci-fi movies. The end titles have a cool swing/lounge feeling; sort of like a happy chewing gum commercial from the late 50's or early 60's.

Spring 1998--Scored an L.A. City College student Short entitled My Brother, Mi Hermano, which was Directed by Jose Hermosillo. The film was shot in 16mm/color and is a look at a little boy's life experience of growing up in East Los Angeles. This short has been screened at several film festivals, including The Burbank International Children'S Film Festival in early October of 2000. This festival was held at the AMC 8 theaters in the Media City Center in Burbank, CA.

September 1997--Scored a two part news segment and interview with visual futurist/production designer Syd Mead for Orange County News Channel (OCN). Syd Mead, the subject of the scored interview, did production design work on the films Blade Runner and Aliens, as well as many others. The musical style of the instrumental cues is sci-fi/ambient/electronic.

June 1997--Recorded and produced my first CD of all Original compositions on my own Impala Records label. The album, entitled Sea Of Dreaming, is an eclectic mix of instrumental pieces that contain styles ranging from light Jazz and Pop to electronic/New Age and Classical. United States contact information for hans karl:Hans Karl-Liquid Years Musicwww.hanskarlmusic.com

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