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Upcoming & Current Events

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WHAT'S NEW:

June 2010: "Into The Deep" a two hour special American Experience film by Ric Burns about the American Whaling Industry which premiered May 10, 2010 with an accompanying soundtrack CD available on Valley entertainment, was nominated for a Prime Time Emmy Award. Ironically, Brian also contributed music to the Warner Brothers Movie "Free Willy Escape From Pirate's Cove" which came out in April 2010. Additionallly, "Broad Street Bullies" a film by George Roy, premiered May 4 on HBO, and several feature films are in productions for the fall.

May 2009: "Kelebek (The Butterfly)": Original motion picture soundtrack composed by Brian Keane and Omar Faruk Tekbilek. Kelebek (The Butterfly), based on a script by Turkish writer/producer Mahmut Bengi and directed by Cihan Taskin, is about the actions that were and were not taken, leading to the events that the world would come to know as 9/11: Premieres May 1st in theatres in Turkey, U.S. film festival releases TBA. Soundtrack CD available on Celestial Harmonies. CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR "KELEBEK" . In other news, "Joe Louis: America's Hero Betrayed", the HBO Documentary scored by Brian was nominated for an Emmy Award

March 2008: Brian is nominated for two more Emmy Awards for his music scores to HBO's "Barbaro", and Disney/ESPN's "Kabul Girl's Club".

September 2007: "Andy Warhol A Documentary Film" by Ric Burns scored by Brian wins a Primetime Emmy Award. The film won a Peabody Award in May and scored "100% fresh" on the rotten tomatoes website. In addition, "Eugene O'Neill", also by Ric Burns and scored by Brian, starring Christopher Plummer, Al Pacino, Liam Neeson, among others, won a News and Documentary Emmy.

February 2007 "Blood of the Ying Zhou District", a documentary directed by Ruby Yang for Thomas Lennon Films and the China Aids Project, and scored by Brian, won the Academy Award for "Best Documentary; Short Subject".

May 2006: " Rhythm Of The Rope" which Brian scored wins the Emmy for "Outstanding Sports Documentary". Brian scored all five nominees. Also, he was nominated for three music Emmys. Feature article in Film Score Monthly June 2006 issue. (www.filmscoremonthly.com)

May 2005: Brian wins his tenth Emmy for his score for the HBO film "Nine Innings from Ground Zero". This year's best documentary Emmy nominations included "Nine Innings", HBO's "Hitler's Pawn", ESPN's "Sports Illustrated", and in the News and Documentary Emmys, ABC's "NYPD 24/7".

June 2004: Brian Keane cleans up at this year's Emmy Awards, winning "Outstanding Music Composition" for HBO's "Curse Of The Bambino". "Bambino" also took "Best Sports Documentary". HBO's "Legendary Nights" scored by Brian Keane, wins "Best Documentary Series", Ric Burns' "Center Of The World" won a News and Documentary Emmy for "Best Historical Documentary". 2004 brought six Emmy Awards and nineteen Emmy nominations in all for films Brian scored including Music Nominations for Ric Burns' "Center Of The World", Fritz Mitchell's "Teammates" and Joe Lavine's "Jim McKay: My World In My Words" which also won an Emmy for Editing.

In 2003 Keane had 8 Emmy nominations winning "Best Music " for HBO's "Picture Perfect" and "Best Artistic Documentary" for Ric Burns' "Ansel Adams" (which also won a Columbia Dupont Award ). In addition, he scored Fritz Mitchell's "The Complete Angler" which won a Peabody Award .

In 2002 Brian was the first person to ever sweep the Emmy Music category and receive all the nominations in a single year.
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Film, Television, and Special Event Dates:

TITLE

PRODUCTION COMPANY

DIRECTOR

NETWORK

TIME

AIRDATE / RELEASE DATE

Two Mothers (working title) Fog City Pictures Jeremiah Birnbaum Theatrical 2 hrs Fall 2010
Warriors of Qiugang Thomas Lennon Films Ruby Yang Theatrical 30 mins Fall 2010
Nueva York (working title) Steeplechase Films/New York Historical Society Ric Burns Museum 30 mins Fall 2010
Talk To Strangers When We Were Nine Productions Larry Sarezky Theatrical 30 mins Fall 2010
Into The Deep Steeplechase Films /American Experience Ric Burns PBS 2 hr Special May 10, 2010
Broad Street Bullies
HBO George Roy HBO 1 hr May 4, 2010
Free Willy: Escape From Pirate's Cove Warner Bros Will Geiger Theatrical 2 hr April 5, 2010

Mad Streak

 

Campbell and Company Productions

*BK Music Group

Nancy Ogden Theatrical 1 hr January 2010
Irwin

Borres Productions

*BK Music Group

Dan Makara Theatrical 1 hr January 2010
Earth Songs: Mountains, Water and the Healing Power of Nature

Inspiration Unlimited, Inc

*BK Music Group

Brian Luke Seaward Home Video 1 hr December 09

Walker Percy

 

WinRiley Productions *BK Music Group Winston Riley PBS 1 hr November 2009
Beth Sholom An American Synagogue

Picture Projects, Inc

*BK Music Group

Alison Cornyn; James Sanders PBS 30 minutes November 12, 2009
Close to Home Frontline WGBH Ofra Bikel PBS 1 hr October 27, 2009
CIA Recruitment commerical campaign Rogue Productions Katie Davison Numerous 30 sec Fall 09
Water Wars

Seven Leagues Productions

*BK Music Group

Jim Burroughs and Suzanne Bauman PBS 1 hr Fall 09
Jimmy The Greek (working title)

ESPN 30/30 Project

*BK Music Group

Fritz Mitchell ESPN 1 hr Fall 09 Emmy Nomination
Dark Light Neil Leifer Films / Marrinan Films Neil Leifer /Corinne Marrinan HBO/Theatrical 40 mins September 2009
Kelebek (The Butterfly) Ozenfilm/Mahmut Bengi Cihan Taskin Theatrical (Foreign) 2 hr May 1, 2009
Music Library

Brian Keane Music Inc/Fuzz Productions

Brian Keane Music Many Approx. 400 hrs Spring 09

Battle for Tobacco Road

HBO George Roy HBO 1 hr February 23, 2009

*Denotes scored by music from the Brian Keane Music Library. All other listed shows have custom original scores by Brian Keane.

New CD Releases:

Kelebek (The Butterfly)
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Release Date October 1, 2010

Brian Keane and Omar Faruk Tekbilek

Celestial Harmonies

International Release

Into The Deep

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Release Date May 10, 2010

Brian Keane Valley Entertainment
Kelebek (The Butterfly)
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (double CD)

Release Date May 18, 2009
Brian Keane and Omar Faruk Tekbilek

Z.E.T. Muzik Yapim (Turkey)

Turkish Import

Secrets

Release Date April 28, 2009

Marion Meadows Heads Up/Telarc

Andy Warhol

Release Date September 2006

Soundtrack Valley/Navarre Records

The War That Made America

Release Date January 2006

Soundtrack

Valley/Navarre Records

 

Tree Of Patience

Release Date Fall 2005

Faruk Tekbilek White Swan/Alif Records

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