Jeff has recently finished scoring the upcoming indie feature Abel’s Field starring Kevin Sorbo.  Additionally for the film, he collaborated with singer/songwriter Miriam Jones on an original song.  “Miriam has a voice that has been compared to that of Patti Smith, Norah Jones and Alanis Morissette.” (source)

Stay tuned for theatrical distribution details and be sure to ‘LIKE’ Abel’s Field on Facebook.

The Lifetime original movie, Magic Beyond Words : The J.K. Rowling Story, has received a nomination in Best Sound Editing: Long Form Music in Television according to Reuters. Congrats to Jeff Ryan for the achievement!

For a list of all nominees, visit www.mpse.org.  Other contenders in the category are:

BEST SOUND EDITING: LONG FORM MUSIC IN TELEVISION

The 12 Dates of Christmas

Alphas “Pilot”

Avalon High

Magic Beyond Words : The J.K. Rowling Story

Terra Nova “Occupation/Resistance – #12 & #13″

For showtimes and show details on Magic Beyond Words : The J.K. Rowling Story, visit www.mylifetime.com

Christian Gerhartsreiter aka ‘Clark Rockerfeller’ is back in the news.  To learn about what is called ‘the longest running con in FBI history,” watch the Lifetime original movie ‘Who Is Clark Rockerfeller?’ with an original score by Jeff Toyne.

For showtimes, visit Lifetime.com or download the episode from iTunes

On Monday, January 16th Jeff Toyne will give a Q&A alongside Melissa Manchester, Mary Steenburgen and Abe Sylvia after a special screening of Dirty Girl for the SCL (Society of Composers and Lyricists).  The screening will take place at the L.A. Film School in Hollywood starting at 8:00pm.  RSVP’s must be made through the SCL.

The National, Chris Cornell, Melissa Manchester and Mary J. Blige are among the acts shortlisted for the original song Oscar. Thirty-nine tunes were selected in all, and now move on to the next elimination round.

The National’s “Think You Can Wait” appeared in the Tom McCarthy drama Win-Win; Cornell’s “The Keeper” was featured in Machine Gun Preacher; Manchester’s “Rainbird” took flight in indie Dirty Girl; and Blige’s “The Living Proof” was heard in The Help.

(Source: The Hollywood Reporter)

Jeff Toyne is featured on page 8 in SOCAN’s Winter issue of “Words + Music”. Download a free PDF of the entire issue here.

Grammy Winner Melissa Manchester and Oscar Winner Mary Steenburgen along with writer/ director Abe Sylvia and Dirty Girl’s composer, Jeff Toyne, talk about the making of RAINBIRD — an original song by Melissa and Mary featured in THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY release, DIRTY GIRL — original soundtrack on LAKESHORE RECORDS.

Jeff Toyne’s score to the Lifetime Original Movie, ‘Taken in Broad Daylight‘ starring James van der Beek, Sara Canning and Levar Burton, is now available on iTunes, Amazon.com, and CDBaby. The score features chilling experimental electronica, touching orchestrations and piercing vocals by Melissa Kaplan.

The album includes 21 tracks and contains over an hour of original music. You can preview a couple tracks here:

Jeff Toyne’s “Dirty Girl” Music Sizzle Reel was recently posted on YouTube.  Watch the video and listen to some of the underscore to “Dirty Girl”.

It’s that time of year once more to enjoy this song from WITHIN.

Full soundtrack available on iTunes  

 www.within-themovie.com

Happy Hallowe’en!!