Brian’s story was featured today in a USC Daily Trojan column on Dreammaking. The article talks about Brian’s past with being an EMT and working toward a medical career before deciding to follow his passion in music. Check it out.

http://dailytrojan.com/2010/08/30/leaving-behind-medicine-for-music/

SCOREcast is an interactive news website that serves as a centralized hub of discussion and debate for all professional working members of the film music industry. It currently receives over 37,000 hits per day. The site is recognized as an official “film music news provider” by the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) and is a part of the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) press core in 2010.

Check it out!

http://www.scorecastonline.com/2010/04/brian-ralston-10-lessons-on-breaking-in.html

In order to get the data to stream to your iPhone through the app, one does need to take a minute to sign up for a FREE account on InstantEncore.com to log into the app. But that has benefits too. They also do the free Apps for the NY Philharmonic, London Philharmonic Orchestra, etc…and there is a lot of cool free music available on those apps as well.

According to The Hollywood Reporter on Feb. 10th, 2009, “‘Don’t Fade Away’ is materializing deals for New Films International. The drama, which stars Mischa Barton and Ryan Kwanten, has proven a strong seller for the company, which sold the movie to Falcon Films for Lebanon…”Fade” also was part of a two-title, all-rights deal the company signed with Kanal D/D Prods. in Turkey…The deals cap off a successful festival for New Films, which recently extended their output deal with MGM for all TV rights in all of Latin America for 3 more years.”

DON’T FADE AWAY Synopsis:

Life was easy for Jackson White. With looks, brains, and athletic ability, the world’s possibilities seemed limitless. But, when he came to New York City to pursue a career in the music industry, he was so seduced by money and status that he lost track of who he was. Now, with both his personal and professional lives on the edge of ruin, he’s been called home to care for his dying father. While in North Carolina, he’ll have to confront the friends he lost track of and the girl he never met.

Brian was brought in very late in the post process to score the film. In fact, Brian had only 5 days to write and record the score for the film. The film’s sound mix was completed this past week at the Wow & Flutter dub stage in Santa Monica, CA. Look for the film to hit the festival circuit later this year and probably see a commercial release in 2010.

Brian’s music returns to the stage this month for the stage play THE MONK at the Exit Theatre in San Francisco presented by NO NUDE MEN PRODUCTIONS. Brian last worked in theatre in 2003 on the staged musical SnEauX! – The SINsational Gothic Figure Skating Musical at the Matrix Theatre in Los Angeles where Brian served as the orchestrator and arranger for that musical.

For THE MONK, Brian was approached by longtime friend and collaborator Lisa Fowle (www.dragonflysound.com) about working with her on the music for the show. Lisa was already on board for the show’s sound design and music. Brian’s music is dark, classical and gothic inspired with a little inspiration from Enya and other celtic like qualities. (See the music page for show excerpts).

The play revolves around a Spanish monk, Ambrosio (Ryan Hayes), whose life is crossed by a pair of young women: the tragic nun Agnes (Lisa Swanson) and the impoverished aristocrat Antonia (Margery Fairchild), both of whom will be key in the arrogant cleric’s fall from grace. As Ambrosio is guided down a path of dissolution by a mysterious beauty named Matilda (Cassie Powell), the story weaves in and out of the quest for Antonia’s hand by the handsome cavalier Lorenzo (James Tinsley) and the desperate search by Don Raymond (Cordell Wesselink) for the missing mother of his child. Along the way, ghosts and demons intervene, bandits attempt murder on hapless travelers, and nothing short of the Spanish Inquisition turns up for the finale.

THE MONK will play at the Exit Theatre in downtown San Francisco Thursday Oct. 9th (preview) then Friday and Saturday nights thru NOV 22. Tickets: $10 first weekend, $15 – $20 subsequent performances. For reservations email ambrosioandmatilda@gmail.com or call 415-994-1367.

9/Tenths was released on August 28, 2008 on DVD in the Benelux territories including The Netherlands and Belgium. The title has been changed for those regions to “The Survivors“. Most likely due to the fact that the phrase “possession is nine tenths of the law”…where the film’s original USA title comes from…does not have the same meaning in other languages as it does in U.S. english.

Of Brian’s score, Dutch Filmworks says “The sizzling soundtrack by Brian Ralston makes ‘The Survivors’ an unusually nerve-racking film experience.”

GRADUATION will have its hi-definition television premiere this week on the HDNet Movies channel. HDNet Movies is usually a part of a high definition package on the various affiliates. So, you have to be subscribed with your cable or satellite provider to receive HD programming to receive the channel. (Note: “HDNet Movies” is a different channel than its sister channel “HD Net”). HDNet Movies is available in the US on AT&T, Bright House Networks, Charter Communications, DIRECTV (ch. 78) , DISH Network (ch. 9423), Insight, Mediacom, Time Warner Cable (ch. 1858), Verizon and more than 40 NCTC cable affiliate companies. The networks are available in Canada via Bell Express VU, Cogego, Shaw Cable, Star Choice and more. For more information visit www.hd.net.

The film will be broadcast twice in glorious 1080i HD with 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround on the evening of Wednesday, May 28th, 2008.

Air Dates:
Wed, May 28th – 9:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM PT
Wed, May 28th – 11:00 PM ET / 8:00 PM PT

So, mark your calendars and reserve a spot on the couch this wednesday night, as it is a chance to see GRADUATION presented looking better than the standard definition DVD and for the bargain price of free.