06/27/2025
LUCKY STAR, the final original score in the New Western Cinema Album Trilogy, is now on Bandcamp. Watch the film now on VOD and on beginning July 1. Follow and click link in bio to listen to the albums.
“The final project in this trilogy of scores, Lucky Star, serves as the louder and more dissonant sister to the jazz-inflected, guitar-led acoustic ensemble performance heard on Circle of Steel. Not only was this score co-composed with Juno-award-winning Vancouver violinist Meredith Bates , we also co-directed, coordinated, and produced the entire work in close dialogue and studio collaboration.
The goal of these pieces was to reflect and amplify the intense psychological tension portrayed by the many flawed but well-meaning characters in the film, with special attention given to their heart wrenching family dynamics. After trading ideas and charting remotely with me for several weeks through the summer of 2023, Meredith assembled a killer band consisting of Paul Rigby .rigby003 on electric and acoustic guitars, James Meger on double and electric basses, and Alanna Pearce on drums. Meredith played violin and pedals, and we both attempted to keep careful notes.
The score was recorded by engineer Dave Sikula in one intense day of extremely impressive musicianship at in East Vancouver. I added a few final electric Epiphone touches in the weeks to follow. What you hear is a moody, evocative score representative of my richly productive collaborative relationship with Meredith, and of the Vancouver art scene’s prolifically cross-pollinating musical culture.”
– rebecca bruton
