Great review by Kirk Honeycutt in The Hollywood Reporter, with a snippet on production value that I’m obviously going to take as a direct compliment: “This behind-the-camera support team does fine work that doesn’t allow a limited budget to get in the way. Happy represents the happy side of indie filmmaking, where a movie achieves studio-level production values but thankfully without the gloss and language-police that invariably accompanies romantic comedies.” See how he was talking about the string arrangements there? See that?

Whatever, go see it.

Natalie Portman’s drama THE OTHER WOMAN will be getting a limited theatrical release on February 4th, and is available on VOD platforms now. John Swihart wrote the score; I contributed some arranging and piano playing. Check out the trailer and movie poster below…

Was a mad rush to the finish line, but many props to Josh Malina (writer / producer / actor), Danny Leiner (producer / director), Daniel Schnider (producer), and Matthew Rohrs (editor) in fighting the good fight and making something so memorable. And because I can, I’m going to post the first four episodes HERE so you don’t even have to go to Crackle.com to watch. And now you can go do something special for your loved ones with the time I saved by eliminating half a dozen clicks from your life.

The score by John Swihart and myself covers a lot of ground, from disco to Broadway to old Hollywood. Hope you enjoy.

Oh, I would also like to note that working on this project allowed me to fulfill one of my lifelong dreams — getting photographed with John Cho. (At the premiere.) The universe, in fact, did not implode, as many of my friends thought it would.

“… a lagniappe, an extra, a step beyond what is needed to get the joke delivered or the point made, a flash of that generosity and inventiveness that produced Ted’s superdate song, my favorite moment on any sitcom last year and the bedrock of my faith in HIMYM…”

- Donna Bowman, The A.V. Club, in her latest HIMYM episode review.

One of my favorite projects from last season too.

FINDING BLISS, a romantic comedy set in the porn industry starring Leelee Sobieski, Matt Davis, Kristen Johnston, and Jamie Kennedy, will be opening this weekend at West Hollywood’s Laemmle Sunset 5 theaters and is currently playing at City Cinemas Village East in New York.

The score features additional music and thematic material by me.

Check out more info and the trailer here.

And you can buy tickets for the LA screenings here.

I’m already worried about how Google is going pick up my blog now because I used the word “porn” in it.