The music I composed for Quixel's State of Unreal 2019 short film: "Rebirth". I collaborated with Ice Musician Terje Isungset for the ice music aspects of the score. This particular ice came from the frozen rivers near Winnipeg, and Terje carved all the ice chimes and horns himself. Many of the decorative ice scultures were so large and heavy that tractors were needed to move them with the utmost care, or they could shatter. Amazingly, Peter Hargraves managed to transport the ice without any damage but took about 10 hours. I'd love to post some of the videos I took sometime.

ICE MUSIC FACTS

Because the instruments are ice, they will go out of tune if the temperature isn't cold enough, so we recorded everything in an ice rink at -5 c in Winnipeg. Outside, temperatures were consistently around -40C. At those temperatures your skin starts to burn if you're not covered properly. AS for the ice that was used to make the music, it is most certainly melted or destroyed at this point. Terje must make new instruments for each gig. It was an honor to work with him as well because he quite literally invented making musical instruments from ice 20 years ago. His music is mesmerizing and meditative, and can be found all over youtube by searching his name, which is pronounced like this:    • Terje - How to Say Terje - By Terje H...  

THANK YOUS

Tejre is a musician and composer I have looked up to for many years. Working with him was an honor.
Engineering for the ice session was by Asle Karstad, who was amazing to work with.
vocals were improvised and performed by Lena Nymark, a longtime collaborator of Terje's.
Violin brilliantly performed by Javier Orrman.
Mastering was handled by Alvin Yee. Thank you to Rozen for putting us in touch.

Thanks to my team at Ember Lab Josh Grier and producer Julia Kernan for all their help with the logistics, and Quixel for believing in and funding this approach to the music. Teddy Bergsman, Galen Davis--thank you guys.