Dynamic Music Partners - Lolita Ritmanis, Michael McCuistion, Kristopher Carter

7/20/08 Teen Titans Tokyo Soundtrack
DMP announces the international release of their soundtrack for "Teen Titans: Trouble In Tokyo" on July 22, 2008. The CD features a full-color booklet with comments from the composers, director/producer Glen Murakami and pictures from the scoring sessions. The soundtrack itself contains almost an hour of music from the underscore of the film and can be ordered from the DMP Webstore (choose the "Current Releases" tab on this site), Amazon and other major retailers as well as La-La Land Records online.

6/19/08 "Broke Sky" LA Screening
Indie feature "Broke Sky" will be screening tonight, June 19, at 6:30 pm in Los Angeles as part of the Cine Gear Expo. The film is one of three finalists for their production prize award. Tickets to the screening at the Universal Studios Backlot can be purchased here.

4/30/08 DMP Daytime Emmy Nomination
Dynamic Music Partners is pleased to announce they have received an Emmy Nomination in the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards for Legion of Super Heroes. The winners will be announced at the Creative Arts Awards Ceremony on Friday, June 13 in New York. The full list of nominees can be viewed here.

4/22/08 Ben 10 Shatters Records
Cartoon Network's recent facelift and aging of Ben Tennyson, the star of the animated series Ben 10 proved to be a rating bonanza for the cabler. Ben 10: Alien Force's Friday night showing (8 to 9 p.m.) set new records as the most-watched original series premiere in Cartoon Network's history among kids 6-11, boys 6-11, boys 2-11 and households, according to preliminary data from Nielsen Media Research. The new series beat the original Ben 10 2006 premiere among kids and boys by 40% to 70%.The one-hour premiere also scored as the #1 telecast of the day on all television—both cable and broadcast—with kids 9-14, boys 6-11 boys 2-11 and households. In case you're keeping track, the previous most-watched original series premiere among kids 6-11 was Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, set on Aug. 13, 2004. You can read the entire article at: http://www.animationmagazine.net/article/8226

2/29/08 "Spectacular Spider-Man" Network Premiere
Sony and Culver Entertainment will debut their newest animated series, "The Spectacular Spider-Man" this Saturday, March. 8, at 10:00 a.m. on the CW Network (check local listings for the air time in your area). DMP provides the underscore for this exciting new take on the classic Marvel character.

2/11/08 "Dance Of The Dead" World Premiere
DMP is pleased to announce "Dance of the Dead" will have its world premiere screening at the 2008 South By Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Showing as part of the "Round Midnight" Series, it will be presented at the Alamo Ritz 1 on Sun., Mar. 9, and Tue., Mar. 11 at 11:59 pm, and also on Fri., Mar. 14 at 11 pm at the Alamo Ritz 2.

1/20/08 "Yesterday Was A Lie" Wins Festival Award
Indie feature "Yesterday Was A Lie" won a Gold Medal for Best Impact Of Music In A Feature Film at the 2008 Park City Film Music Festival in Park City, Utah.

1/8/08 "Yesterday Was A Lie" Premiere
Indie feature "Yesterday Was A Lie" will have its world premiere screening in competition at the 2008 Park City Film Music Festival in Park City, Utah. The Los Angeles premiere will be Thur., Feb. 7, at the Fine Arts Theater in Beverly Hills.

11/20/07 ASMAC Luncheon Update
PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE! DMP will be honored on Feb. 13, 2008, by the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers (ASMAC) at the Catalina Bar & Grill (6725 W. Sunset Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90028). Cocktails will be served at 11:30 a.m., followed by lunch at 12 pm, and DMP will speak at 12:45.

10/30/07 ASMAC Honors DMP
Save the date! DMP will be honored on Feb. 20, 2008, by the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers (ASMAC). Details are forthcoming.

10/25/07 "Broke Sky" Wins Memphis Fest
Indie Feature "Broke Sky" wins the Best Narrative Feature award at the 2007 Indie Memphis Festival.

10/17/07 Ritmanis Appears On Film Industry Panel
Lolita Ritmanis appears on the State of the Film Music Industry panel presented by the Society of Composers and Lyricists. Also on the panel are Patrick Williams, George S. Clinton, Christophe Beck, Michael A. Levine, and Stanley Smith.

9/19/07 New DMP Website
The new Flash version of the DMP website has been launched. The new site incorporates a Flash-based interface and will allow users to hear streaming audio examples as well as enjoy a more refined browsing experience. Flash Player 8.0 will be required, although a HTML version of the site is still be available for older browsers.

9/19/07 American Cinematheque Screens "Broke Sky"
American Cinematheque will be screening "Broke Sky" on Thursday, Sep. 27 at 7:30 pm at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica, CA.

9/19/07 Season 2 Of "Legion" Premieres
The second season of "Legion of Super Heroes" will begin airing this Saturday, Sep. 22 at 11:00 am on the CW Network.

8/10/07 "Yesterday Was A Lie" Score Completed
Scoring is wrapped on indie feature "Yesterday Was A Lie".

8/7/07 DMP Panel At Cal Arts
DMP Presents a panel discussion on music composition for film and television at the California State Summer School For The Arts.

8/1/07 "The Other Side" Released
DMP is pleased to announce the US distribution rights to the crowd-pleasing action/thriller "The Other Side" were acquired this past week by Allumination Filmworks, who will be handling the domestic theatrical and DVD distribution of the movie. Bleiberg Entertainment has acquired the film rights for the movie’s foreign distribution. Allumination Filmworks will release the film in select theatres this year.

7/19/07 "Broke Sky" Wins Festival Award
"Broke Sky" Wins the Grand Jury Award at the Dances With Films Festival. Read the Variety review of the film here.

7/5/07 "Broke Sky" Festival Screening
DMP Feature Project, "Broke Sky" to screen at the Dances With Films Festival in Hollywood, CA, Saturday, July 7, 2007, at 9:30

4/28/07 New DMP Website
The new DMP website is entering final testing, to be launched shortly. The new site incorporates a Flash-based interface and will allow users to hear streaming audio examples as well as enjoy a more refined browsing experience. Flash Player 8.0 will be required, although a HTML version of the site will still be available for older browsers.

3/14/07 DMP Emmy Nomination
DMP receives an Emmy Nomination for WB's "Legion of Super Heroes." The winners will be announced June 14, 2007 at the 34th Annual Creative Arts and Entertainment Awards Ceremony.

3/12/07 "Broke Sky" Premiere
DMP Feature Project, "Broke Sky" to premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, TX, Friday, March 16, 2007, at 9:45 pm.

3/4/07 Carter At Wonder Con
Kristopher Carter appears on panel for indie feature, "Yesterday Was A Lie" at the Wondercon Convention San Francisco. The film, directed by James Kerwin, stars Kipleigh Brown ("Enterprise"), Chase Masterson ("Deep Space Nine"), John Newton ("Superboy", "Melrose Place"), and Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca).

1/24/07 Current Releases Updated
Current Releases tab of the website updated to include the latest DVD releases

11/30/06 Shirley Walker, 1945-2006
We mourn the loss of our beloved friend and mentor, Shirley Walker, who passed away last night at the age of 61. If you don't happen to be familiar with her work, we'd urge you to visit her website (http://walker.filmmusic.com/) to learn more about this amazing person.

11/13/06 UCLA Panel Presentation
DMP present film scoring panel to advanced film scoring students at UCLA

10/1/06 "Legion of Super Heroes" Premiere
Independent feature film, "The Other Side" wins Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature at Shriekfest 2006 9/23/06 "Legion of Super Heroes" premieres on the CW Network in its regular time slot, Saturdays at 10:00 a.m.

8/20/06 "The Other Side" Screens At Shriekfest
Independent feature film, "The Other Side" to receive West Coast Premiere at Shriekfest 2006 at Raleigh Studios, Hollywood, CA, 9/30/06

8/2/06 Legion Scoring Commences
Scoring officially begins on new WB "Legion of Super Heroes" series

7/24/06 Cal Arts Panel
DMP present panel at Cal Arts on the techniques of film scoring

7/22/06 DMP Attend Tokyo Premiere
DMP attend world premiere of "Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo" at San Deigo Comic Con 2006

7/20/06 Comic Con Music Panel
Michael, Lolita and Kristopher present "Scoring for Superheroes" at San Diego Comic Con with "Teen Titans" producer Glen Murakami and journalist Jon Burlingame

7/19/06 Legion of Super Heroes Theme Session
DMP score the main theme to "Legion of Super Heroes" at Paramount Scoring Stage "M"

6/10/06 Carter Appears At Atlanta Film Festival
Kristopher Carter presents film music panel as part of the Atlanta Film Festival, attends East Coast Premiere of independent feature "The Other Side"

5/30/05 Teen Titans Scoring Completed
DMP complete scoring "Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo" for Warner Bros.