NME Online Magazine and James Semple
This week has been “the” week for James Semple, who composed the spooky music for THE QUEEN OF CROWS e-book trailer. I’m working on an interview with him for FlamesRising.com, and in that interview he confirms that he has been selected to work on the film score for the upcoming horror flick HOUSE OF HELL.
In [...]
2010.08.14 In Between Shows
I’m back from GenCon: Indy and am getting ready to help out with Wizard World: Chicago next weekend. GenCon was a learning experience this year; it was announced that I’m one of the developers for a card game based on the HACK/SLASH comic which is now published through Image. Between promoting the demo with Matt, [...]
25% Off THE QUEEN OF CROWS e-BOOK! Ends Monday
Hi everyone,
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FlamesRising.com Announces e-Book Trailer
The horror and dark fantasy webzine FlamesRising.com posted an announcement for THE QUEEN OF CROWS e-book trailer today entitled “James Semple and Monica Valentinelli Partner for Trailer.”
Check out a quote from the article where the announcement describes some of Semple’s other compositions:
Once the theme of the music was decided, Semple worked his magic and [...]
[Video] Promotional Trailer for THE QUEEN OF CROWS
Hi everyone! I’m really excited to share with you the promotional trailer for THE QUEEN OF CROWS e-book. The music was composed by James Semple, a professional in the entertainment industry. In addition to his work in film, he also has composed soundtracks perfect for gaming including Four Shadows: Music for Trail of Cthulhu and [...]
2010.07.11 Setting Music to the Trailer
Today I had a meeting with the composer for the music to THE QUEEN OF CROWS promotional trailer. The first thing we did was listen to various sounds and whatnot to decide what the feel of the music should be. Did I want the composition to be dramatic and tense or smooth and understated? Did [...]
Design Notes for THE QUEEN OF CROWS at FlamesRising.com
FlamesRising.com posted my design notes for THE QUEEN OF CROWS today. I’m sure you’ve all heard me talk about how important the creation process is before; this diatribe delves into the collaboration and the reason why I offered this e-book to you.
Here’s a quote from my notes:
One of the primary goals I have for the [...]
2010.07.05 Frickin-Frackin Technological Snafus
Finished making the trailer and finding the sound effects for the music today. I decided to go with that “old film” feel as much as I could. Initially, I was going to do a black-and-white silent movie with scrollwork on black panels as the promotional text. It ended up being too hard to see the [...]
2010.7.02 Music is the Universal Language
Had an exciting conversation with a professional composer this past week. While I work on the novel, I’m also looking at ways to promote THE QUEEN OF CROWS to raise funds for the print edition, which people are asking for.
Hey, people. Remember that our world isn’t set up to allow writers, artists or musicians to [...]
The Long Walk, Navajo and Inspiration behind THE QUEEN OF CROWS
Lately I’ve felt that truth is definitely stranger than fiction. I’m sure that many of you have heard of the new immigration law in Arizona by now. Well, the news really struck me because, if you don’t already know, THE QUEEN OF CROWS was inspired by an event that took place in Arizona almost a [...]
