Mark Killian came
Center Stage witgh
Mark Gordon to talk about composing the score for "
La Mission."
Growing up in the
Mission district of
San Francisco,
Che Rivera (
Benjamin Bratt) has always had to be tough to survive. He's a powerful man respected throughout the Mission barrio for his masculinity and his strength, as well as for his hobby building beautiful lowrider cars. A reformed inmate and recovering alcoholic, Che has worked hard to redeem his life and do right by his pride and joy: his only son, Jes, whom he has raised on his own after the death of his wife. Che's path to redemption is tested, however, when he discovers Jes is gay. To survive his neighborhood, Che has always lived with his fists. To survive as a complete man, he'll have to embrace a side of himself he's never shown.
MARK KILIAN biography
Born and raised in
South Africa, Mark came to the
USA to pursue a career in film scoring in
1994. His academic life in his native country (
Masters Degree in composition) and very active performing career (as a pianist who played with people like
Darius Brubeck,
Shirley Bassey,
Airto Moreira and
Ladysmith Black Mambazo) prepared him for his enrollment into
USC's
Film Scoring program. Upon completion he was hired by film composer
Christopher Young as an assistant and then joined
Machine Head in
Venice where he wrote music for countless
TV commercials for companies like
Apple,
Budweiser,
American Express and Toyota.
Mark's first feature film
Lovergirl was scored in
1997 and since then he has written scores for a wide variety of films including
Traitor,
Rendition,
Before the Rains and most notably
Tsotsi which won the
Oscar for
Best Foreign Language Film in
2006. His latest film
The Ward has him working with legendary horror director
John Carpenter. Recent films La Mission,
Legacy and
The Least Among You are also being released in
2010.
Other visual media work includes the
ABC TV series
Daybreak and
Jake In Progress, Fox's
Kitchen Confidential, the documentary
The Last King, the
Aztec Pantheon exhibit at the Getty museum and music for the games
Full Spectrum Warrior and
The Matrix:
Path of Neo.
Non visual work includes 2 albums under the name 'The
Gravy Street', 2 albums with
Electronic outfit Ape
Quartet, a
KCRW Anne Litt remix of an
Ozomatli track and string arrangements on a
Glenn Hughes album.
Mark's deep understanding and appreciation of world music, jazz, electronica and modern classical music has formed a musical style which has been described as rhythmically sophisticated, evocative and driving, while retaining a raw emotional simplicity that draws on the creative use of everyday sound.
Center Stage with Mark Gordon is a weekly talk show that looks at independent film and the people who make it happen in front of the camera, as well as, behind the scenes. Each week, the program features some of the most inovative and creative people woking in film today. From award-winning actors like
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- published: 15 Apr 2010
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