I had the amazing opportunity to record the world’s 5th largest church organ and a 6-singer choir at Christ Cathedral (Crystal Cathedral) earlier in April for the score of Dead Man’s Hand, a nearly 40-minute Great Depression era mob drama by
@houstonsasselli and
@connermcfall !
Big thanks to
@houstonsasselli for bringing me on this project and it was a fun time working with you both!
This collaboration started off back in 2023 during pre-production. Since then, we’ve developed and refined the score on and off. After getting the final cut last fall, we finished the score and recorded elements like solo cello with
@qblache , opera vocals with
@blake.stv , and string orchestra with
@budapestscoring before this session.
After 3 months of coordinating with a team of incredible people, it was a surreal moment to arrive at the cathedral ready to record. Being enveloped by the sound of the organ and choir in such a beautiful space was a magical culmination of this nearly 2-year scoring journey!
Thanks so much to
@davidballorgan , the Christ Cathedral Organist and Head of Music Ministry, for your support and for making this possible and to
@laurenmccaulsoprano for helping contract the choir! Big shoutout as well to
@mixerchristiannn for beautifully recording the organ and choir and to
@josephfmohan for helping me test out the organ music at your church by playing it and giving me feedback!
The film is out now on YouTube - you can check it out with the link in my bio!
Featuring!:
Recording Engineer:
@mixerchristiannn
Church Organist:
@teag24_organmusic
Choir: Holly Roehl,
@erigbyjones , Alyssa Cavero, Dan Babcock,
@itisnotstephen , & Michael Turnblom
Stills from footage by
@brandontran0 &
@brandonlien_ !
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