Brian Lyster

Sound For Vision: The Music of After Judgment Part 2

// February 11th, 2010 // No Comments » // After Judgment, Projects

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD! I’m going to continue with the various themes and cues that make up the soundtrack of After Judgment Season 1

The first piece is one of my personal favorites.  It appears it Episode 9: I Bleed For you when Michelle (Taryn O’Neil) and Mrs. Reynolds (Kristin Huff) get into a disagreement of sorts. With this scene I wanted to convey a very primal instinct and reaction.  I was very influenced by the likes of Jerry Goldsmith, Leonard Rosenman and Lalo Scifrin from the heavy raw percussion scores a la Planet of the Apes.

Sound for Vision: The Music of After Judgment Part 1

// January 22nd, 2010 // No Comments » // After Judgment, Projects

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!:   As some of you might already know, I compose the music for the Web Series “After Judgment”, it’s sister companion series “Before Judgment” and most recently the sci-fi comedy “Hurtling Through Space at an Alarming Rate” On the flip side, I also work on Film/TV/New Media projects as a location sound mixer, sound designer, dialog editor, foley artist and mixer.  The title of this blog: “Sound for Vision” will reflect on these different areas of audio from time to time.

That being said, I thought I’d start the inaugural blog off with my involvement as the music composer for “After Judgment”

(more…)

The Music of After Judgment

// January 14th, 2010 // No Comments » // After Judgment, Projects

For your listening pleasure, A selection of cues from Season 1 of “After Judgment”

After Judgment makes the Best of Clicker 2009 list!

// January 9th, 2010 // No Comments » // After Judgment

After Judgment made Clicker’s “best of 2009″ list in the Original Web Drama category. Check out the full list of nominees and winners here

After Judgment Press Promo

// August 23rd, 2009 // No Comments » // After Judgment, Projects

Sci-Fi Web Series: ‘After Judgment’ Season One

// July 30th, 2009 // No Comments » // After Judgment, Projects

Sci-Fi Web Series: ‘After Judgment’ Season One

“The series is clearly made with some pretty high production values, evident almost immediately thanks to music composer Brian Lyster’s notable score.”

You can read the full review here

The Streamy Awards 2009

// April 9th, 2009 // No Comments » // After Judgment, Awards, Projects

“Where’s Waldo?” At the 2009 Streamy Awards with Cast & Crew of After Judgment

This is taken from a review of “After Judgment” written by Paul Miles and featured on the website Idiot Box Version 2

“As for the Streamys nomination, that I believe comes down to three factors. The first is the cinematography of Christopher Wedding. The second is the music. Having run away from Christian story telling traditions, such as squeaky-clean heathens, After Judgement enlists Brian Lyster to create the music. The score for the series is very organic, involving heavy string orchestration, but for a series of this nature, Lyster’s scoring underplays the show very well.”

Check out the full article here

Streamy Award Nominations

// March 2nd, 2009 // No Comments » // After Judgment, Awards, Projects

Some Exciting News! “After Judgment” has been nominated in 6 catagories for this year’s Streamy Awards to be held in Los Angeles on March 28.

Best DramaticWeb Series

Best Directing for a Dramatic Web Series: Michael Davies

Best Writing for a Dramatic Web Series: Michael Davies

Best Female Actor for a Dramatic Web Series: Taryn O’Neil

Best Male Actor for a Dramatic Web Series: Joel Bryant

Viewer’s Choice Award:  Best Web Series

1.16 – A Time For A Change – After Judgment Review

// March 1st, 2009 // No Comments » // After Judgment, Projects, Reviews

“The episode itself builds to its majestic conclusion with the help of not only some impressive visual effects work, but also the soundtrack which is brought to the fore and does a wonderful job of evoking the emotions of the moment: awe, wonder, and ominous mystery.”

You can read the full review here

Watch “A Time For A Change”