Rok Starr Films...
issue 5
 
Experimental films by Nicholas Nedelkopoulos with music composed & performed by Probir Geoffrey Dutt. (all on YouTube) History of movement 2 (2016) 101min, 30sec History of movement (2016) 101min, 36sec Psychological Rapport (2015) 15min, 58sec (see below for verbiage) With Guston In Mind (2015) 15min, 52sec (see below for verbiage) The Promise (2015) 15min, 55sec (see below for verbiage) Bright (2015) 15min, 58sec (see below for verbiage) Voltaire’s Distraction (2015) 15min, 23sec (see below for verbiage) The Narrative Always Crashes (2014) 14min, 37sec Walls (2013) 17min, 43sec Femme Fatale (2013) 4min, 35sec                                                                                                          Cathouse (2013) 4min, 41sec Music composed by Stuart Baulk, arranged & performed by Probir Geoffrey Dutt, Sung by Samantha Morley   Psychological Rapport   A film score commissioned by artist and experimental film maker Nicholas Nedelkopoulos. This was the first score I wrote to a series of abstract imagery. Writing music for drama gives you all the inputs you need to mould the score to represent the characters, what they say, what they're thinking. This is absent from this series of experimental films I was asked to score for. All I had was this repetitive, hypnotic, kaleidoscopic sequences to go by. Without the images of the film this music takes on a new meaning but I'd strongly suggest that you look it up on YouTube. With Guston In Mind The renowned artist and experimental filmmaker, Nicholas Nedelkopoulos, asked me to write five scores for some of his recent work. I only had one week available to complete the task so I set about writing one score a day over the week. This was the last of the scores I wrote. Despite the imagery being abstract in a hypnotic, kaleidoscopic and repetitive way, the film actually refers to Philip Guston the printmaker and painter. Nedelkopoulos first found fame in Australia with his etchings and I was curious to see how an artist could transcend from one media to the other. This score attempts to musically explore the movement of an artists mind when creating a work from scratch, then changing their mind with regards what media to use when the piece is half finished. Voltaire's Distraction A film score commissioned by Nicholas Nedelkopoulos for his experimental film of the same name. I tried to move away from the electronic repetition suggested by the abstract images of the film, using orchestral instruments mixed with analogue synths.   Bright   An experimental film score commissioned by artist and filmmaker Nicholas Nedelkopoulos. This was a challenging score, working with the repetitive kaleidoscope effect used in the film. I found myself actually being pulled into the screen as if I was being engulfed. I am always curious to see how film scores work without the film.   The Promise  This was a film score commissioned by the artist and experimental film maker Nicholas Nedelkopoulos. I found that listening to it without the film brings on a whole new dimension. The music was meant to represent the concept of promise repeated yet never fulfilled. The value of the promise diminishes over time, the more it's said the less it means. Eventually the whole purpose of the promise is void. What is the value of a promise that is never meant to be fulfilled?