Composer / Pianist Jennifer Thomas performs her epic piano orchestra cover of "Requiem For a Tower" / "Requiem For a Dream" on a beautiful Steinway grand, accompanied by the talented dancer Ivorie Jenkins in the desert of Joshua Tree.
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Music Credits
Composition and arrangement by Jennifer Thomas, based on "Requiem For a Tower" cover by Simone Benyacar, Daniel Nielsen, and Veigar Margeirsson (based on Clint Mansell's "Requiem For a Dream")
Performance by Jennifer Thomas - Piano, violin and orchestration www.jenniferthomasmusic.com
Additional orchestration and production by Glen Gabriel in Stockholm, Sweden www.glengabriel.com
Record at Tickled Ivory Studios, Seattle, WA
Mixed and mastered by Rob Beaton in Los Angeles, CA www.meetbeaton.com
Years ago, I was intrigued by movie trailers featuring "epic songs." As I searched RU-vid and found many renditions and covers, I still could not find a piano cover that resonated with me. I decided to create my own arrangement of the song with the piano as the leading instrument. I enjoyed the cover version of "Requiem For a Tower" by the London Music Works. I connected with the tempo and feel of the music. I decided to base my cover of the song off of this version. I covered Requiem for a Tower, a cover of the original composition Requiem for a Dream, (Mansell).
Ryan McNeal's concept was inspired by Dante's "Divine Comedy." On the surface, the poem follows Virgil's journey through Inferno, Purgatorio and finally Paradisio. At a deeper level, it conveys the soul's journey toward enlightenment. This concept was visually evoked through a series of varied angles and choreography, representing a journey to Heaven from Hell. The video opens with our souls awakening. The dance is rigid as the sun is blaring in the desert. By the end, the dancer expresses her freedom with less constrained movement as the music reaches an inevitable apex.
After weeks of contacting piano owners and stores, we still weren't able to secure the instrument for our shoot. The night before the shoot, Kasimoff Bluthner Fine Pianos came through on a white horse with a Steinway Piano for us to rent, complete with German cookies and cranberry juice from the owners who told us hours of stories of many great pianists who have come through their store in Hollywood. If you are ever in the area, you really should stop by and play their beautiful instruments. (www.kasimoffpianoslosangeles.com/)
The rest of the video was shot in Joshua Tree National Park. We bonded as a family as we slept in motels, communicated via walkie-talkies and spent most of our time together. We were up at dawn, sweating in the sun and shivering through the nights, but the footage and the memories generated were priceless.
This video is one of the only music videos on the web that was shot entirely in 4K resolution. It was shot on a RED Epic 4K camera, shot in color, color-graded to black and white.
Film Credits
Director - Ryan K. McNeal (www.rkmstudios.com)
Producer - Justus Meyer
Cinematographer - Jackson Cooper Gango (www.jacksongango.com)
Editor - Alex Jones
Producer - Eric McCoy
Social Media Coordinator - Becky McNeal
Hair/Makeup - Noelle Jensen ( / simplybeauti.. )
Piano and Violin - Jennifer Thomas
Dancer - Ivorie Jenkins
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13 май 2013
