"Home Front" is a stirring, honest, and at times very funny documentary by Richard Hankin (Capturing the Friedmans) about injured veterans of the Iraq war and the changed life that they experience when they return home. It features an original acoustic-based score by our own Max Avery Lichtenstein. For those who missed seeing it in the theaters or during its run on Showtime network, we're pleased to say the film is now available on DVD! Hope you'll give this one a look...

Film fans may recognize Mook's lead singer and guitarist Paul Dano as the very-un-talkative teenager in "Little Miss Sunshine", but in his off-screen life he actually has some very interesting stories to tell. Bandmates Gus Johnson (drums), Rob Bruce (bass), and Dan Kreiger (on a menagerie of keyboards) also have their own gifts for instrumental storytelling... with the four working together, Mook manages to concoct some mighty creative musical missives.

Max Avery Lichtenstein and D. James Goodwin are currently working with the group at Tin Drum Studios and The Clubhouse to produce their debut full-length release... expect to hear previews of this excellent new material in the coming months!

Set sometime "after the Decline" in a world of no-place, this Hitchcockian story of an android (painstakingly created in the likeness of his maker) is a Frankenstein fable for the millennium. The dark and eerie world of Puzzlehead is built (in part) upon a warped and delicate score by our own Max Avery Lichtenstein. A critical success and festival favorite, this film is a marvel of independent creativity and should not be missed! Check it out at Amazon.

Oh, and for the curious: there is no soundtrack release available yet... but we're working on it ;-)

Tin Drum is pleased to bring you "Palmaria Palmata", a collection of instrumental songs for one acoustic guitar written and performed by Jesse Sparhawk. Jesse is a multi-talented musician, a member of the band Timesbold, and a frequent collaborator with artists such as Greg Weeks, Fern Knight, Aroah, Marissa Nadler and film composer Max Avery Lichtenstein.  Featuring performances that are technically stunning and blissfully absorbing, "Palmaria Palmeta" is the debut solo release from this incredibly gifted performer and composer. Click here for preview & purchase links...

We're happy to say that Max Avery Lichtenstein's instrumental song "Tarnation" was selected as the theme music for this year's ONCE "Rasca de Navidad" in Spain. ONCE is a charitable organization dedicated to helping the blind and disabled. The campaign was created by the advertising agency Bassat Ogilvy Group, and is airing on TV and radio in Spain throughout the 2007 holiday season. For those who don't already know, you can download a free MP3 of this song right here!

"Screen Door Jesus" is the debut feature from writer/director Kirk Davis, based on a book of short stories by Christopher Cook. This quirky little film is "a wry, comedic observation of religion, race and the damnable struggle between the ideals of faith and the confusing (and often contradictory) moral issues of everyday life."

Max Avery Lichtenstein's original music for the film was widely acclaimed, and even won an award for best score at the 2003 Hamptons International Film Festival. Up 'til now it was tough to catch the film and hear what the fuss was about, as this indie production only had a modest theatrical release. Now the film has finally made it to DVD... you can order a copy from Amazon or other fine media retailers.

Our long-time friends Hopewell have a stunning new record out NOW on Tee Pee records in North America, Caroline/Cargo in the UK and Star Mole Records in Japan. They've called it BEAUTIFUL TARGETS, and Tin Drum had a hand in the creation of this gem... a nice chunk of the recording and mixing was done here in the Tin Drum Studios. The album was co-produced by the band, Bill Racine (Rogue Wave, Mark Gardener) and Max Avery Lichtenstein. Right now at the Hopewell website you can preview the tracks Afterglow and Monolith, which were both mixed by Max.

Max Avery Lichtenstein's instrumental theme song from the film "Tarnation" continues to astound us with its popularity.... the creative-commons web release of the track has been downloaded almost 100,000 times from the Tin Drum site alone, not to mention the many excellent blogs that have posted the file for their readers to download directly. Now we're pleased to announce that the song has been licensed for a major marketing campaign... the track is featured prominently in a new commercial for Impulse Body Spray which will be seen on the telly and in the cinemas throughout the U.K. and Ireland this spring. Proof that the creative commons concept really can work!

After kicking around quite a few ideas and debating long into the night, Timesbold has finally settled on a name for their 3rd full-length release... The record shall be called "ill seen ill sung", and it should make its way into shops in the late spring of 2007. Meanwhile they've posted one of the album's completed tracks up on MySpace to whet yer appetite (with a promise of more to come). Enjoy!

"Tonar" is the second album by Chacda, a Dutch-Belgian collective based around singer Chantal Acda. Several international artists contributed to this beautiful & delicate collection, including Pascal Deweze (Sukilove) and Craig Ward (ex-dEUS). Tin Drum's own Max Avery Lichtenstein mixed 3 tracks. The disc is available now from our dear friends Zeal Records...

"Home Front" is a stirring, honest, and at times very funny documentary by Richard Hankin (Capturing the Friedmans) about injured veterans of the Iraq war and the changed life that they experience when they return home. It features an original acoustic-based score by our own Max Avery Lichtenstein. The film will make it's television debut on the Showtime channel on veteran's day. Throughout the end of the year you can see screenings of this fine film in cities across the U.S. as part of the Human Rights Watch Traveling Film Festival. Visit their site for details and locations, and please catch it if you can...

After a long and successful run in arthouse theaters around the world, The King is now available on DVD. This American-gothic drama staring Gael Garcia Bernal and William Hurt (and featuring a critically acclaimed score by Max Avery Lichtenstein) is a must-see (and hear). Can't find it in your local video shop? Amazon has it here..

Oh, and for those of you clamoring for a soundtrack release... there are still no official plans, but we're still working hard to try to put something together... watch this space for developments.

Rather than import all the little tidbits of info we've collected over the past several years into our new web database, we've decided to make a break with the past... this news archive will only contain items from the end of 2006 onward. If for some reason you're looking for information prior to that date, please contact us and we'll be happy to dig into our off-line archive and get you the info you need.