Opal

Excerpt from OPAL (2011) by Reel Indian Pictures. Sample Film Music Scoring by Brent Michael Davids. "Opal" was produced by Kelly Byars and Ramona Emerson, written and directed by Ramona Emerson, and features an all Native American cast. The clip's original music is copyright by Brent Michael Davids, ©2012. The film is copyrighted by Ramona Emerson and used here with permission. For more information, contact Reel Indian Pictures: http://www.reelindianpictures.com/Pages/contactus.aspx

Film Composer Brent Michael Davids is the country's top award-winning American Indian composer, and a citizen of the Mohican Nation. In 1996, Davids composed his first feature film score, commissioned by the Santa Fe International Film Festival, for "Silent Enemy" (1929: Paramount) that was performed live-to-picture at the Grand Illusion Theater. Considered the senior fellow of American Indian composers, the world's most celebrated ensembles have commissioned him, including the Kronos Quartet, Joffrey Ballet, Chanticleer and the National Symphony.

His original music scores, for films like "Dreamkeeper," "The World of American Indian Dance," "The Business of Fancy Dancing," and "Raccoon & Crawfish," have appeared on ABC, NBC, Hallmark, PBS, and on radio broadcasts for NPR, NAPT and AIROS, including "A Prairie Home Companion" show. With two university degrees, Davids trained at Redford's Sundance Institute with Shirley Walker (A League Of Their Own), and apprenticed in London with Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare In Love). A Great Film Needs A Great Composer! www.filmcomposer.us