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Greetings Current projects: [1-25-2008]Brian McDonnell of TimeLine Productions hired me to do an underscore of a trailer for his upcoming production "Ostfront". Look for this documentary on the Eastern Front of WWII in the next year. The music is fun to write-- he wanted it to sound like Philip Glass, which is easy enough to do! The style really works for the trailer and should work similarly for the documentary itself. I'll post progress. [1-25-2008]I've been busy writing arrangements of public domain tunes and doing transcriptions of pop tunes for MusicNotes.com. It's light work, but fun and better for my brain than crossword puzzles! SILENT WINGS: Glider Pilots of WWII--this project is pretty much finished on my end and will be released in March. Promo material is at www.robchild.com. I believe this one will be shown on cable, so look for it on The History Channel and other similar channels with historical programming.

Recent Obsessions Reading I just finished "Pillars of Earth" for a second go-round. The sequel, "World without End" has recently been published and I needed a refresher. I almost forgot what a pleasure it is to read Ken Follett's books and I happily recommend any of them to someone who can recover from a late-into-the-night book obsession. Writing string quartet music keeps tugging at me. I've written a number of accompaniments to choral and solo pieces that involve strings and I've begun a short (I think) suite of pieces that seems to satisfy this urge a little more fully. The music will be pleasant, simple in some ways, useful for social occasions involving non-musicians (weddings, parties, other gatherings) and hopefully interesting to the players. INTERESTING PICS FROM THE WEB An attractive picture of the Kremlin. Here's a great idea I saw on a friend's site-- use a Gaudi design that was intended for New York long ago for the new WTC. It looks like a fountain to me and what a beautiful addition that would be to NYC. Unfortunately, this entry was submitted too early for consideration. This is a photo from the Iraq War (3/25/2003) of soldiers in a sandstorm at sunset (AP/John Moore). The law of man meets the law of nature (taken from the devastation of a Midwest tornado). Just something that caught my eye-- a metaphor for the failures of perception if I have to find deep meaning in it. View it full size to get the effect.