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Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · 8d

It’s so heartwarming to see all the love for #SilverScreamers!! This documentary was so fun to score! 🎶
#FantasticFest

Screams from the Basement 😱 @sftbpod.bsky.social · 16d

Check out our #FantasticFest review of Silver Screamers, a wonderful documentary with a ton of heart!

www.screamsfromthebasement.com/post/silver-...

SILVER SCREAMERS | REVIEW

Everyone in the film industry starts somewhere, but most don’t start their filmmaking journey at 96 years old. However, that’s precisely the case for Audrey Cameron, one of the subjects of Sean Cister...

www.screamsfromthebasement.com

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Games by Stitch - Out Now: Elsewhere Electric ⚡️ @gamesbystitch.com · 8d

It is 2066: 36 years after a catastrophic geomagnetic storm disrupted the world’s power supply and caused world-wide chaos.

You are tasked to keep a solar mission on track, and secretly, to discover a saboteur. Will you trust the right people?

Wishlist Now: store.steampowered.com/app/4006340/...

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Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · 8d

This looks so good!! 🙌

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Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · 8d

Aw thanks so much! 🥰

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Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · May 6

This is an interesting article by #ZakirKibria examining how more people are using images and music depicting post-apocalyptic world as a sleep aid. Zakir presents some good theories!
#music #sleep
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Why has a genre of music that evokes images of despair and destruction become a popular sleep aid?

The paradox of post-apocalyptic ambient music and the attention economy.

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Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · Apr 26

#creativity and #process is so individual though… I’d love to hear what inspires you!! 💫

#inspiration

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Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · Apr 26

🎬 I’m also inspired by the meaningful discussions with the #director and creative team on the story, characters’ motivations, and the experience they want the audience to move through while watching. It’s about collaboration and finding those unique moments where #music can really make a difference.

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Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · Apr 26

On another film I created a score using water and breathe, pairing the two to highlight important imagery that the director was using in her storytelling. The high concept score was really effective for this film!
#filmmaking #filmcomposer

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Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · Apr 26

I often look for interesting visual elements important to the story that I can draw on. For example, on my latest #animatedseries the character invents and repurposes items so to mirror her actions of building with her hands I added a lot of body percussion like clapping & slapping! #composer #bts

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Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · Apr 26

As a #composer I’m often asked where my inspiration comes from when I’m creating original music. I’m inspired by visual elements such as the texture of a film, drawing style in animation, the pace of the edits, the overall colour palette, lighting, production design, etc.
#filmcomposer #filmscoring

Smiling woman looks directly into a camera. She is a composer for film, television, animation and interactive media. Behind her is a music studio desk with a keyboard, large computer monitors, speakers, and a Canadian Screen Music Award trophy. The colours are vibrant and there is pink light from off screen shining from the right side of the photo

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Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · Apr 12

Thank you to the Alliance for Women Film Composers #AWFC for the feature!

In this interview I talk about scoring Nelvana’s animated series #MillieMagnificent, composing music for interactive media, and attending #SXSW with #TheChoiceVR!

theawfc.com/spotlight/ja...

#filmcomposer #womencomposers

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Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · Apr 12

Great challenge @alisonborealis.bsky.social! Here’s my iconic #CanCon #Canadian items: #Participaction fitness patches!!

Two round embroidered patches on a hardwood floor. The left one is silver and the right one is bronze. Both have an emblem with three rounded interlocking arches and block letters that read “Canada Fitness Award Jeunesse en forme”

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Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · Apr 8

#composers!! Apply for the SOCAN Foundation’s Emerging Screen Composer Awards by May 1st! $25,000 in prizes and a new #videogame category. You have to be a #SOCAN member and 30 years old or under.

www.socanfoundation.ca/awards/emerg...

#ScreenComposer #filmscoring #Prize #gameaudio #Awards

Emerging Screen Composers • SOCAN Foundation

This annual competition is designed to recognize Canadian composers who are 30 years of age and under, for original musical themes or scores created exclusively for audio-visual support (TV, film, Int...

www.socanfoundation.ca

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Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · Mar 16

Our booth for #TheChoiceVR at #SXSW 💜🩷

Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · Mar 15

Thanks @sxsw.com for all the amazing, challenging, authentic conversations this past week. Showcasing #TheChoiceVR Chapters 2 & 3 was really special! #gratitude #composer #SXSW

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Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · Mar 13

This is fun - Nelvana’s #MillieMagnificent is live in Finland!! It’s so neat to see the show translated into languages around the world. I hope kids watching #YLE are having as much fun watching #MallaMahtava as I did scoring it! 💕🎶✨
#animation #composer

A 3D animation photo of a young girl with brown hair in low pigtails, blue leggings, and a red dress with white polka dots and pockets. Her right hand is raised in a greeting and she is smiling, showing two front teeth. Her small light brown dog is sitting next to her. He has a dark brown snout, a circle around his right eye and one ear cocked. The words “Malla Mahtava” are written in graphics on the top left corner of the photo which match the girl’s red dress and blue leggings.

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Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · Feb 27

Voting day!! Come on Ontario, get out there and make your ballot count! 🗳️
#ontario #election2025

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Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · Feb 6

🎬 Super stoked for the #WorldPremiere of #BraveRebelArmy!

“After a terrifying incident on campus involving one of their own, four young women seek justice by taking matters into their own hands.”

It’s the second film in the trilogy by Michelle D’Alessandro Hatt! 🎉

#womeninfilm #Wench

Four young women, dressed in 90’s clothing and wearing sunglasses, sit on a picnic blanket in a park. All are holding open books while looking into the distance.

A promotional poster for Wench film festival, India’s first film horror sci-fi fantasy film festival! The bright orange and green lettering is on a black background. An Indian woman sits in the center of the frame with large hoop earrings. Around her reads Opening Party, Q&A sessions, film screenings, masterclasses, flea market. February 27 to March 2, 2025

Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · Feb 6

I can’t wait for Nelvana’s #MillieMagnificent to be released to the world. It’s such a sweet, smart, and imaginative show and I’ve had so much fun composing the music for it!! 🎶🎉
#animation #composer

Animation World Network @animationworld.bsky.social · Jan 29

Nelvana’s MILLIE MAGNIFICENT Animated Series Goes International: based on the book series by Ashely Spires, the project will roll out on ABC in Australia, DR in Denmark, and Télé-Québec in French Canada throughout 2025. bit.ly/4aEpmwm #MillieMagnificent #Nelvana #Animation #AnimationWorld

Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · Feb 3

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Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · Feb 2

I feel a lot of #gratitude to get to create music that helps to tell stories, across all genres, and through all sorts of different mediums.

My latest projects are an #immersive installation, a #VR experience, and a children’s #animation television series. I love it!!
💕🎮✨🎶🎬🎉

Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · Feb 2

It just shows how important #relationships are in the #film #tv and #videogame industries. Word of mouth and networking are how I find folks whose creative sensibilities are similar to my own. We all want to have fun making something cool or feel like we’re making a difference through our art.

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Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · Feb 2

Another student had a friend who was a #filmmaker and needed a new composer. The recommendation turned into a long time partnership with a film company. We created 14 television documentaries on human rights, adult adoption, truth and reconciliation, slow life movement, Canadian history…

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Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · Feb 2

So back to getting started as a #filmcomposer… like many other composers, the first films I scored were student films (I answered a casting ad in the local paper to connect with the team). I was lucky that the teacher liked my work and hired me for a documentary series called “The Writing Life”!

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Janal Bechthold @janalmusic.bsky.social · Feb 2

Creating and composing music wasn’t new to me. I wrote my first #composition when I was 9, after a particularly inspiring organ lesson where we learned how to #improvise! I knew if I could remember what I played it could become a new song - It changed everything for me!! 😍

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