Brian Emrich

Film:
Brian has been delving into the sound design world with several creditable films to date. Darren Aronofsky's "PI", a psychological thriller that won the "Best Director" Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival was his first venture. From there his style was at full force in Darren's last film "Requiem for a Dream", which roped in Oscar and Golden Globe nominations along with an MPSE Award nomination and Online Film & Television Association nomination for Brian himself. He has worked with director Joel Schumacher on his successful thriller "Phone Booth", and Mark Romanek's highly respected psychological thriller "One Hour Photo" with Robin Williams. His most current work can be heard in the recent release of Lions Gate Films "Wonderland" starring Val Kilmer. Other noted projects are the DVD release of "The Matrix Revisited" documentary along with various independent film shorts.

Brian has also been expanding his talents into the advertising world with several high profile television commercials for Nike and Adidas.

Music:
Psilonaut is his current moniker for music composition. The most recent project is an original track for the new documentary "Moog" directed by Hans Fjellestad, which was composed entirely on original vintage moog synths. The accompanying soundtrack is due out this fall on Hollywood Records. Other projects include a remixed version of "Ghosts" from the "Requiem for a Dream-Remixed" CD and "Third From The Sun", an original track, featured on the successful movie soundtrack "PI", both available on Thrive Records. As Psilonaut he has also created several pieces of music for MTV's website incorporating Thomas Dolby's well-received Beatnik software. Under the moniker of "Furnace" he has created a reworking of Pink Floyd's "Hey You" which appears on the Cleopatra Records release, 'A Saucerful of Pink: A Tribute To Pink Floyd'. These aural trips are all conceived and recorded at Trinitite, his analogue synth-infested studio.

Other Projects:
Brian has also done extensive touring and collaborating with several other musicians. Since 1994, he played bass with Foetus AKA Jim Thirlwell, the godfather of industrial music. He has recorded two albums with Foetus; 'Boil', a live album, and 'York (First Exit To Brooklyn)', a live improvisational symphony performance featuring Lydia Lunch, recorded under the Brooklyn Bridge at The Anchorage. He also collaborated with Thirlwell on his latest Steroid Maximus release.

Other past projects have included touring and recording in Congo Norvell. Along side Kid Congo Powers, former member of The Cramps, The Gun Club, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds; and Jim Sclavunos, current member of The Bad Seeds, they released their 3rd full-length album, 'Abnormals Anonymous'. Brian has also recorded/toured in Jim Sclavunos' solo project, "The Vanity Set", and recorded/toured with the now infamous NYC ska band 'The Toasters'. In 1991, he collaborated with splatter punk best selling authors John Skipp and Craig Spector on a soundtrack for their novel, The Bridge. In 1997, he composed several tracks for a feature length film of J.G. Ballard's "The Atrocity Exhibition".

Films

Wonderland
Feature Film
Directed by James Cox
Lions Gate Films 2003
Sound Designer

Phone Booth
Feature Film
Directed by Joel Schumacher
Fox 2003
Sound Designer

One Hour Photo
Feature Film
Directed by Mark Romanek
Fox Searchlight 2002
Sound Designer

Home
Short Film
Directed by Paul Rachman
SlamDance $99 Special
Sound Designer

The Matrix Revisited
Documentary
Directed by Josh Oreck
Warner Home Video 2001
Sound Designer

Requiem for a Dream
Feature Film
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Artisan Entertainment 2000
Sound Designer

The Official Requiem for a Dream Website

Pi
Feature Film
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Artisan Entertainment 1998
Sound Designer and Foley Artist

The Official Pi Website

The Atrocity Exhibition
Directed by Jonathan Weiss
1997
Composer

Summer of the Serpent
Short Film
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2004
Directed by Kimi Takesue
Sound Designer

Discography

Moog: soundtrack from the film by Hans Fjellestad
Original composition
Hollywood Records 2004

The Official Moog Documentary Website

Soundtrack @ Hollywood Records

Requiem for a Dream: The Remix Project Ghosts Remix
Thrive Records/Sire Records 2002

Requiem for a Dream Soundtrack
Two compositions
Nonesuch Records 2000

MTV Online Jukebox (Soundtrack for MTV.com)
Four compositions for website

Pi (Music for the Motion Picture)
One composition
Thrive Records/Sire Records 1998

Congo Norvell - Abnormals Anonymous
Band member/Composer
Jetset Records 1997

The Foetus Symphony Orchestra - York
Band member
Thirsty Ear Recordings 1997

Foetus - Boil
Band member
Cleopatra Records 1996

The Other Side of Pink (A Tribute to Pink Floyd)
One composition
Cleopatra Records 1999

A Saucerful of Pink (A Tribute to Pink Floyd)
One composition
Cleopatra Records 1995

John Skipp, Craig Spector and Brian Emrich - The Bridge (Soundtrack for the Movie in Your Mind)
Band member/Composer
Dark Dawn Records 1991

The Toasters - Skaboom!
Band member/Composer
Celluloid Records 1987/Moon Records 1994

CD-ROM / Website Projects

The Matrix
Sound Design on website

Website

John Hancock/Signator
CD-ROM
Sound Designer

Zentropy Partners
CD-ROM
Sound Designer

Fleet Bank
ATM Sound Design

MTV
Music compositions on website

BIAS software
Brian speaks about BIAS software

Tours

Foetus
Summer 1995 U.S.
Winter 1996 Europe
Summer 1996 Japan and Europe
Fall 1996 U.S
Summer 2001 U.S.

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