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Saturday, January 12, 2008

Match.com Ad Posted - Update

Been getting a fair number of requests for the match.com commercial i recently did...so i posted the short version of the song here. Full version coming soon...
pb

hola compadres - been meaning to finish this dang song and post it - thanks to everyone for the interest and kind notes and all...fell underwater with a couple of film scores and a record i'm producing, and time is slipping away...yes, soon, i will be efficient and productive and hopefully will record a rock and roll EP for real.

pronto
pb

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Monday, August 06, 2007

Darryl Hunt Soundtrack reviewed in Pitchfork today

Pitchfork Review

The soundtrack to the HBO film, The Trials of Darryl Hunt, which releases today, received a strong review by pitchforkmedia.com today. The film and soundtrack features Paul Brill's acclaimed original score...

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Saturday, June 02, 2007

The Devil Came on Horseback - Film Scored by Paul Brill - Featured Film on MySpace Today

This vital film, which exposes the genocide raging in Darfur, Sudan, is the featured film today on myspace.com. Please visit The Devil Came on Horseback myspace page and send them some love...
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Saturday, May 12, 2007

Publix Ad Featuring Paul Brill's "Start it Again"

Publix Supermarkets is currently running a Mother's Day ad that features
Paul Brill's song, "Start it Again."

The song can be heard here on myspace and is available HERE

Watch the Ad HERE

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Thursday, April 26, 2007

The Trials of Darryl Hunt World Broadcast Premiere TONIGHT ON HBO - 8PM!

The Trials of Darryl Hunt, an HBO film scored by Paul Brill, will make its broadcast premiere
April 26th at 8PM on HBO. Soundtrack CD to follow, featuring Paul Brill's compositions and contributed rare, live and unreleased tracks from Andrew Bird, M. Ward, Dead Prez, Califone, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Portastatic, Last Poets, and many more...

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Sunday, April 01, 2007

New Film Scored by Paul Brill to Screen at Tribeca Film Festival

Following a triumphant premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and SXSW this winter, The Devil Came on Horseback, a new film scored by Paul Brill that exposes the genocide raging in Darfur, Sudan, will play at NYC's Tribeca Film Festival. Highly recommended.

For further screening information and for future festival and theatrical screenings, visit
here


To hear a sample of Paul's score from The Devil Came on Horseback, click
here

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Monday, November 20, 2006

HBO Film Scored by Paul Brill Selected to OSCAR "Short List"
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

THE TRIALS OF DARRYL HUNT is selected to OSCAR "Short List" for BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the 15 films in the Documentary Feature category that will advance in the voting process for the 79th Academy Awards®. Eighty-one pictures had originally qualified in the category.

The Documentary Branch screening committee viewed the eligible documentaries in a preliminary round ofscreenings. Documentary Branch members will now select the five 2006 nominees from among the 15 titles on the shortlist.

Nominations for the 79th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2007, at 5:30 a.m. PST in the Academy..s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

To view full press release and complete list of films, visit: http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2006/06.11.15.html

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THINKFilm has acquired the North American rights to THE TRIALS OF DARRYL HUNT.

The deal was announced by the company..s Head of US Theatrical, Mark Urman, who plans to release the film in exclusive engagements next year. The film will be distributed in association with HBO Documentary Films with whom THINKFilm has previously partnered on some its most esteemed and successful non-fiction titles.

..It..s been our dream to bring Darryl..s story to theaters, and we are thrilled to be working with THINKFilm on the release,.. say directors Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg. ..THINKFilm has a rare and important history of supporting a range of amazing documentaries .. from ..Bus 174.. to ..Spellbound.. to ..Born Into Brothels.. .. and we have long admired THINKFilm..s commitment to bringing non-fiction stories to the big screen. We are so happy to be working with a distributor that understands how to harness the power of the real to compel and move audiences...
Urman adds, ..THE TRIALS OF DARYL HUNT represents our ongoing commitment to non-fiction films of the highest caliber. We look forward to its garnering further acclaim and accolades... To date, the film has won nearly 20 international film festival jury and audience awards following its world premiere presentation in the Documentary Competition at this year..s Sundance Film Festival.

About THINKFilm
For more information, please visit www.thinkfilmcompany.com

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Sunday, October 22, 2006

New Songs, Video from Harpooner Posted

Things in motion...we've posted two versions of the first single from the new record, "Harpooner": Paris is On. Check out the rocking remix by breakbeat master Jason Forrest!

We'll be putting up new songs from the record soon - Harpooner can be heard in its entirety, streaming, at: paulbrill.com

Also - the new video for the song, "Don't Tell Them," is now up - directed by Barney Miller, who has made videos with Kanye West, Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs and Gillian Welch, etc.

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Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Quaker Oats AD Featuring Paul Brill's "The Troubled Life of Herschel Grimes" Running Nationally
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

The commercial is currently playing across the US on major networks and cable. Check it out!

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HBO Film Scored by Paul Brill Currently Screening at Festivals Across the US
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

As HBO's The Trials of Darryl Hunt (featuring an original score by Paul Brill) is readied for world-wide broadcast and subsequent theatrical release, it is currently making the rounds on the festival circuit, where you can catch an advance screening. To date, the film has garnered 15 Best Documentary and Audience Awards...Variety Magazine calls Paul's music, ""memorably chilling, sounding notes of purest dread." Here is the upcoming festival schedule:

AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY
Austin, TEXAS
Wednesday September 13, 7pm
** Q & A with filmmakers to follow screening
www.austinfilm.org
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GLOBAL PEACE FILM FESTIVAL
Orlando, FLORIDA
Sunday September 17, 6pm
**Q & A with Darryl Hunt to follow screening
www.peacefilmfest.org
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SIDEWALK MOVING PICTURES FESTIVAL
Birmingham, ALABAMA
Saturday September 23, 4:15pm
**Panel with Darryl Hunt, Mark Rabil & Larry Little to follow screening
www.sidewalkfest.com
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DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
Hopkins Center for the Arts
Wednesday October 4, 7pm
**Q & A with Darryl Hunt, Mark Rabil & filmmakers to follow screening
www.hop.dartmouth.edu
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HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
Cambridge, MASSACHUSETTS
Friday October 6, 6pm
**Panel with Darryl Hunt, Mark Rabil & filmmakers to follow screening
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MALIBU CELEBRATION OF FILM
Malibu, CALIFORNIA
October 4 - 8
www.mcof.org
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RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
London, UNITED KINGDOM
Saturday October 7, 7pm
www.raindancefilmfestival.org
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HAIFA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Haifa, ISRAEL
October 7 - 14
www.haifaff.co.il
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VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Vancouver, BRITISH COLUMBIA
October 9 - 10
** Q & A with filmmakers to follow screening
www.viff.org
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CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Chicago, ILLINOIS
Thursday October 12, 7pm
**Panel with Darryl Hunt, Mark Rabil, and filmmakers to follow screening
www.chicagofilmfestival.org
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MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL
Mill Valley, CALIFORNIA
Friday October 13, 9:15pm
Saturday October 14, 7pm
**Q & A with Darryl Hunt, Mark, Rabil, Larry Little and filmmakers to follow screenings
www.mvff.com
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BENDFILM FESTIVAL
Bend, OREGON
October 12 - 15
www.bendfilm.org
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VERMONT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Burlington, VERMONT
October 11- 15
www.vtiff.org
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OJAI FILM FESTIVAL
Ojai, CALIFORNIA
October 12 - 15
www.ojaifilmfestival.com
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NEW HAMPSHIRE FILM EXPO
Portsmouth, NEW HAMPSHIRE
October 12 - 15
www.nhfx.com
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SCRIPPS COLLEGE HUMANITIES INSTITUTE
Claremont, CALIFORNIA
Wednesday October 18, 7:30pm
**Q & A with Darryl Hunt and filmmakers to follow screening
www.scrippscol.edu/dept/humanities/
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BIONEERS MOVING PICTURE FESTIVAL
San Rafael, CALIFORNIA
October 20 - 22
**Q & A with Darryl Hunt and filmmakers to follow screening
www.bioneers.org
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HOT SPRINGS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
Hot Springs, ARKANSAS
Ocotber 20 - 29
www.hsdfi.org
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2006 DOCUWEEK MULTI CITY THEATRICAL ROLLOUT
September 16 - 17 Rochester, NEW YORK The Little Theatre www.thelittle.org
September 23- 24 Hot Springs, ARKANSAS Behind the Mall Cinema
September 30- October 1 Kansas City, MISSOURI Screenland Theatre www.screenland.com
October 9 - 10 Silver Spring, MARYLAND AFI Silver Theatre www.afi.com/silver/new
October 14 -15 Indianapolis, INDIANA Key Cinemas
October 21- 22 Fort Wayne, INDIANA Fort Wayne Cinema Center www.cinemacenter.org
October 28- 29 Salem, OREGON The Salem Cinema www.salemcinema.com
November 6- 7 Austin, TEXAS Drafthouse Cinemas Lake Creek www.drafthouse.com

For more information, please visit www.documentary.org
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