Back after a five year hiatus, we have keyboardist Damian Calcagne, guitarist Justin Mazer, bassist Jonathan Toscano and saxophonist Dan Myers improvising a wild soundtrack to the 2015 post apocalyptic action juggernaut, Mad Max: Fury Road. We recorded this session at The Pine Box studio in Boonton, NJ.
Episode 14 - The Fall w/ Sarah Goldstone, Dave Harrington & Caitlin Gray
Keyboardist Sarah Goldstone (Hurray For The Riff Raff), guitarist Dave Harrington (Darkside), and bassist Caitlin Gray, improvise a beautiful and wide ranging soundtrack to Tarsem Singh’s 2008 adventure fantasy film, The Fall.
Episode 13 - Vanishing Point w/ Scott Colberg, Kirk Schoenherr & Steve Okonski
Bassist Scott Colberg (Calexico), guitarist Kirk Schoenherr (Nick Murphy fka Chet Faker) & keyboardist Steve Okonski (The National Reserve) swung by the studio to create a new improvised soundtrack to the classic 1971 American action road movie, Vanishing Point.
Episode 12 - Raiders of the Lost Ark w/ Jonny Lam, Ish Montgomery & Philip Mayer
Happy One Year Anniversary to Cinema Improv!
For the 12th episode, we are lucky to have guitarist Jonny Lam (Sinkane, David Byrne), Michael Ish Montgomery (Sinkane) & Philip Mayer (Natalie Merchant, The Band's Visit musical) in the studio. Join us for an improvised soundtrack to one of the greatest films of our time, Raiders of the Lost Ark!
Episode 11 - Koyaanisqatsi w/ Justin Mazer, Caitlin Gray & Matt Trowbridge
Our 11th episode features guitarist Justin Mazer (Ryan Montbleau), bassist Caitlin Gray (Hurray for the Riff Raff), keyboardist Matt Trowbridge (RANA) and drummer David Butler (Guster, Marco Benevento) as they improvise a soundtrack to Godfrey Reggio's cult classic documentary, Koyaanisqatsi. Philip Glass move over!
Episode 10 - Enter The Void w/ Dave Harrington, Robbie Seahag Mangano, & Steve Okonski
We are going big for episode 10 with the most psychedelic and intense film to date and I couldn't have assembled a better crew of musicians to tackle it. Today we have Dave Harrington (Darkside) on guitar, Robbie "Seahag" Mangano (Tom Morello, Sean Lennon) on guitar and bass, and Steve Okonski (The National Reserve) on keys and synths. Enjoy!
Episode 9b - 2001: A Scott Metzger Remix
Guitarist Scott Metzger was inspired by playing on the Cinema Improv episode of 2001: A Space Odyssey, so he decided to make his own remix of the session. What he came up with is a very cool and weird piece of music that totally spins the original on its head.
Episode 9 - 2001: A Space Odyssey w/ Marc Friedman & Scott Metzger
This month we are going way past the moon in an epic drama of adventure and space exploration with Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. I'm really excited to have this trio for this film consisting of Marc Friedman (The Slip, Ryan Montbleau) on bass, Scott Metzger (JRAD, Wolf!) on guitar and myself on drum kit and percussion. Get ready to get weird!
