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www.postmagazine.com 8 POST JULY 2015 BITS & PIECES COMPOSER LEE SCORES BIG WITH NEW BASKETBALL DOCUMENTARY SANTA MONICA — Film composer Jon Lee recently completed the score for the ESPN basketball doc- umentary, Son of the Congo, which premiered to a standing ovation during SXSW earlier this year. The film, directed by Adam Hootnick, profiles Serge Ibaka, the forward for the Oklahoma City Thunder, telling his life story, following along during his recent visit back to the Congo, and document- ing his continuing charity work with organizations in the region. Lee wrote 97 percent of the score, along with musician and composer Nikhil Yeredawalker, who completed the remaining few cues. To complete the score, Lee relied heavily on Cakewalk Sonar X3 Producer. "I love the ability to customize my template for each project I work on with Sonar," he says. "From traditional orchestral elements, ethnic instruments and electronic synths, I can easily organize new sounds and compose in the Track Window, which is another great feature. The Track Window enables me to switch screens and record or edit efficiently using the smart tool and never interrupts my work- flow — which is important, because I am always on tight deadlines. Sonar is incredibly adaptable and makes it simple for me to adjust tempos or cues to fit a project. I admire how stable and reliable the software is when working with lots of VST plug- ins and software instruments. I can have 70 to 100 tracks for a cue and Sonar handles the workload without any latency." Lee also completed the score, which was mixed in Santa Monica, using a range of Native Instru- ments, Spitfire Audio, Vienna and Project SAM sample libraries. Lee programmed all of the drums, while some guitar solos were performed by Yere- dawalker. Lee created several musical themes for each of the main characters of the film, Serge Ibaka, his daughter Rhani, and the little boy in the movie, incorporating a mix of West African instruments to give the score an authentic sound. This is the second score Lee has written for Hootnick. Unsettled won the Grand Jury Prize at the Slamdance Film Festival in 2007. G-TECH FLIES HIGH WITH RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHER LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK — Earlier this year, Post reported on established photographer Vincent Laforet (http://storehouse.com/air) and his impres- sive online project, Air, which features aerial night views (captured from onboard a helicopter) of cities around the world. The series includes San Francisco, Las Vegas, New York, London, Barcelona, Sydney, Tokyo and a new, expanded selection of shots of Los Angeles. The series will also be available in a hardcover book at www.laforetair.com. According to Laforet, the Air project was born from his desire to show people what their city looks like from an entirely-new perspective, and help them realize that the world is more connected, and much smaller than we think. Recent advancements in technology have made his dream of taking aerial photographs a reality. He's now able to capture these high-altitude, nighttime, low-light images with a proper exposure. Laforet partnered with G-Technology and Storehouse to shoot and release the series. While producing Air, Laforet ended up with large amounts of data, requiring a reliable storage solu- tion. For several years, he's been relying on two 24TB G-Speed Studio XL RAIDs from G-Technology (www.g-technology.com) for offline storage and one 64TB Studio XL for online storage in each of his offices in New York and LA. Laforet also uses G-Tech's G-Dock ev, G-Drive ev Raw and G-Drive ev ATC. Laforet's photos of Los Angeles can be seen at http://storehouse.com/air. You can also sign up to pre-order a book on his Air series at http://www. laforetair.com/#intro. PHOTO COURTESY OF VINCENT LAFORET