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David Alan Earnest Copyist, Orchestrator
Dave's work on The Basket score involved transferring Caron's sketches
into Finale, a computer scoring program. He was also responsible for
keeping the scores up to date with the latest changes and corrections, and
for designing an appropriate score format for the project. |
Work Experience
North By Northwest Productions/Entertainment
Oct. 98 to May 99Spokane, Washington
Audio Engineer/Sound Designer/Composer. Audio Production for commercial and industrial film/video presentations. Also includes work on the feature films "Shaded Places" directed by Joey Travolta, starring Christina Applegate and Molly Ringwald (sound effects editor, dialog editor, Foley artist, composer on the trailer), "Mel" directed by Joey Travolta, starring Ernest Borgnine (sound effects supervisor, dialog editor, Foley artist), and "The Basket" directed by Rich Cowan, starring Peter Coyote and Karen Allen (orchestrator/copyist on Finale, and worked as assistant to composer Don Caron at the Budapest scoring sessions).
Freelance Composer/Musician/Audio Engineer 1987- present
Wheaton, Illinois/Boise, Idaho
Premieres:
The Avon Lady Meets Frumpy the House Cat (in progress) for the Albertson’s College Concert Band (Spring 2000)
String Trio No. 3 (in progress) for the Langroise Trio (Spring 2000)
Life, Life, Abundant Life 4-part hymn for the First Mennonite Church, Nampa, ID, for their 100th anniversary (10/98) Lyrics by Alice Earnest
Sonatina for Strings by the Idaho Suzuki Institute Strings (6/98)
String Trio No.2 by the Langroise Trio (3/98)
Company Tour by the Langroise Trio (5/97)
Serenade for Strings by the Albertson's College Community Orchestra (5/95)
String Trio No. 1 by the Langroise Trio (3/95)
Bag O’ Tails (five pieces for piano) by David van Schouwen (1991)
Andante for Strings (1991)
Street Attack for strings (1991)
Life is Fine for soprano and ensemble (1991)
Quartet for Soprano Sax, English Horn, Cello, and Piano (1991)
Kuwait: 1990-91 by the Wheaton College wind ensemble (1991)
Rhythminium by the Vallivue High School Concert Band for their 25th anniversary (1989)
All You Servants Praise the Lord by the Grace Baptist Church choir, Meriden, CT, for their 75th anniversary (1987)
Misc. Credits
Co-wrote/engineered music and did sound design
for Mitch Butler’s "Chancy" 3D animated music video featured at SIGGRAPH 99.Recorded/edited voice for Leon MC,an interactive 3D animated character for the Electronic Theater at SIGGRAGH 99. Improv Technology and Mitch Butler Co. (8/99)
Sound design for2 Idaho Farm Bureau TV ads (7/99)
Music and sound design for 11 Boise Hawks (minor league baseball) Radio and TV ads.(6/99)
Recorded, edited, mastered, a classical string trio album for the Langroise Trio. The CD featured works by Beethoven, Schubert, Berger, and myself. (12/98)
Music and sound design for the Idaho Lottery's Battleship TV ad.(8/98)
Music and sound design for Mitch Butler's "The Smell of Horror" 3-D animation featured in the Electronic Theater at SIGGRAPH 98 and the Resfest (1998)
Composed, arranged, engineered, produced and performed four instrumental synthesizer albums. The first two "The Initial Album" (1989), and "Phases of the Mood" (1991) on cassette, and on CD "Visit the Blue Planet" (1996) and "A Call For Rain" (1997).
Post-scored and recorded voiceover for Micron Electronics Shareholder video. (1997)
Pre-scored and recorded voiceover for "Opus CEP", an industrial for Hewlett-Packard, Elgin, Syferd, Drake, and Gourmet Communications. (8/96)
Post-scored and recorded voiceover for "Opus", an industrial for Hewlett-Packard, Elgin, Syferd, Drake, and Gourmet Communications. (5/96)
Post-scored "Gourmet News" a 30-second computer animation by Mitch Butler of Gourmet Communications. This score won the 1995 IFVA Nell Shipman Award of Excellence for original music. (4\95)
Composed jingle tag and music bed for 24 Hour Plumbing. (2\95)
Post-scored Greg Poe Airshow promo for Acclaimed Video. (10\93)
Post-scored Acclaimed Video's demo of services. (9\92)
Composed and arranged background music for a 30 minute "how to" video "Paintless Dent Removal" by Body Works and Acclaimed Video. (7\92)
Composed and arranged background music for a 40-minute sales slide presentation, Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton, IL. Wrote and arranged music to fit the characteristic of each book: children's, Christmas, serious, etc. (1991)
Pre-scored student film "Aprilis" by Tim Fogerty, Art Institute Film School, Chicago. A three minute production featuring three dancers. (1991)
Post-scored cel animation "Passage" by Steve Thomason. A five-minute fantasy story with music constant throughout. (1990)
Performance
Performed
off and on in innumerable gospel, country, rock, and Top 40 nightclub bands playing bass, acoustic guitar, keyboards and singing. (1973 to present)Sequenced and performed the entire orchestral score of Sondheim's musical "Into The Woods" using sequencers and synthesizers, Arena Theater, Wheaton College. (1991)
Performed in concert bands, orchestras and wind ensembles playing clarinet and bass clarinet. (1971-1991)
Education
Wheaton College
Wheaton, Illinois
Bachelor of Music (Composition) 1991
Won the Halverson Memorial Composition Prize two years.
Nominated by the Conservatory faculty for the USA Today Scholastic Team.
Organizations
Idaho Film and Video Association
Boise, Idaho
Member 1995
