E-mail: judyandjeff@judyhyman.com
Website: www.judyhyman.com
Phone: 607.277.7025
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E-mail: judyandjeff@judyhyman.com |
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The film is an evocative,
painstaking period piece enhanced stunningly by a spare, pulsating score.
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album that hypnotizes, disturbs, and drags up all the images of David Lynch's
movies you might or might not have seen. Time Out, London ...music of astonishing centrifugal force ... breathtakingly complex rhythms ... unexpectedly rich textures ... stunningly modern ... gravity and grace. The Plain Dealer, Cleveland ... a rubbery artrock sound that suggests Civil War music as interpreted by Talking Heads, especially in songs sung by guitarist Jeff Claus. Boston Globe |
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Judy and Jeff are founding members of The Horse Flies, a band that has recorded 7 albums, including 2 on a major label, and toured extensively in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. The Horse Flies have been featured on MTV, Prairie Home Companion, All Things Considered, World Cafe and Mountain Stage and have been written about in Rolling Stone, Musician Magazine, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and many other major publications. Judy and Jeff also compose and record music for feature films, video, television, and multimedia. With classical training and roots in both modern rock and traditional fiddle music, Judy joined the Natalie Merchant band for her Folk 2000 and North America 2004 tours, and performed on Merchant’s album, House Carpenter’s Daughter. The lead track on this album, Sally Ann, was written by Claus and Hyman and performed by Merchant and band on Late Night with David Letterman in August 2004. It is also included on Merchant’s album Retrospective. In June 2006 Judy received an Emmy from The National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in the category Musical Composition/Arrangement: Special Achievement for her score for PBS special The Cultivated Life: Thomas Jefferson and Wine. She has played on and created string arrangements for numerous recordings for a wide variety of artists. Judy is the subject of the cover article in Fiddler Magazine’s August 2004 issue. Critics have described her work as “haunting”, “gorgeous”, “sepia-tone”, “stirring”, “powerful”, “impressive”, “beautiful”, “rousing”. . . Talented songwriter, guitarist with a powerful sense of time, and creative sound designer, Jeff was featured in an article in Acoustic Guitar Magazine in October, 2000. His voice has been described as “a masterful combination of the best parts of Neil Young and Michael Stipe” and his lyrics “distinctively quirky”. |
SELECTED FILM, TELEVISION, MULTIMEDIA CREDITS
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Through Deaf Eyes (documentary -- full score) John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature (documentary -- full score) Disappearances (feature film – full score) The Cultivated Life: Thomas Jefferson & Wine (documentary - full score) Produced by MadisonFilm. Explores Thomas Jefferson’s lifelong passion for fine wine and his efforts to introduce wine culture and European vines to the U.S. Aired on PBS. In June 2006 received an Emmy from The National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in the category Musical Composition/Arrangement: Special Achievement. The Year that Trembled (feature film - full score) Produced by Novel City Pictures. Directed by Jay Craven. Starring Jonathan Brandis, Marin Hinkle, Kiera Chaplin, Henry Gibson, Martin Mull, Bill Raymond, Fred Willard, Sean Nelson, Jonathan Woodward, Lucas Ford, Danica McKellar. A 1970 coming-of-age story, Viet Nam war chronicle, and unconventional love story set in the shadow of the demonstration and shootings at Kent State.
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A Stranger in the Kingdom (feature film - full score) Produced by Kingdom County Productions. Directed by Jay Craven. Starring David Lansbury, Ernie Hudson, Martin Sheen, Bill Raymond, Sean Nelson, Jean Louisa Kelly, Jordan Bayne, Henry Gibson. Set in the 50's, a small, northern Vermont town is shocked to discover that the new minister they've hired is black. When the minister is accused of murdering a young woman whom he sheltered, the town's veneer of peace and tranquility is further shattered. Where the Rivers Flow North (feature film - full score) Produced by Kingdom County Productions. Directed by Jay Craven. Starring Rip Torn, Tantoo Cardinal, Bill Raymond, Michael J. Fox, and Treat Williams. Set in 1927, this is the story of an old Vermont log-driver and his Native American mate who face the extinction of their primitive, rural way of life when the building of a huge hydro dam threatens to flood them off their land. Producers Guild of America Nova Award, 1994. Thomas Jefferson Memorial exhibit (video - full score) Produced by the National Park Service. Depicts the history and legacy of Thomas Jefferson. Running continuously at the memorial site, this video was nominated for a WorldFest Houston Award in 2001. Dream Anatomy (DVD - full score) Produced by MadisonFilm for the National Museum of Medicine. An interactive DVD about the history of anatomical illustration. Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians (DVD – full score) Produced by MadisonFilm for the National Library of Medicine. An interactive DVD about women in medicine. Return of the Cuyahoga (documentary - most of the music licensed from us) New York Times Year in Travel 2007 (online presentation - music licensed) Produced by Emily Rueb. Any Given Sunday (feature film - music licensed) Directed by Oliver Stone; licensed excerpts from our score for "Where the Rivers Flow North." CBS NCAA pre-game programming (television - music licensed) Licensed excerpts from our score for "Where the Rivers Flow North." MTV's "Rock the Vote" (television - music licensed) Licensed our song "I Live Where It's Gray" for an episode of a series about adolescent health issues. |