During the past few months, I have been hard at work on a new score for a Ben Loeterman Productions’ documentary tentatively entitled “Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip.” The show is destined for a fall release on the PBS Series American Masters.
Winchell was an extremely popular columnist and radio personality during the 1930s and 1940s, listened to by 50 million Americans at a time when there were only 75 million people in the country! His life story has a fascinating mix of high and low culture, political connections and intense ambition sure to attract viewers to this one hour documentary.
Our filmmaking team, including Peter Rhodes (editor) and Handcranked Films (animation), recently finished a 25-minute rough cut to submit for a grant proposal and I was tasked with creating music for it. I developed a number of themes that will be used throughout and had some help from Kenny Kusiak and P. Andrew Willis. Look for it in the fall on your local PBS station.