pop with sneaky stylistic infiltrations, this energetic, groove-centered album is a beat and concept tour de funk, peopled with strange images and sounds designed to capture the heart and captivate the mind.

12 MP3 Songs
POP: Quirky, ROCK: Modern Rock



Details:
"In these days of uncertainty, America needs the Pigeon Man."
--Stewart Copeland

The story of the Pigeon Man is everyone's. From wasteland world and inner confusion, to the balance between sincerity and sarcasm, to the blinding light of recognition that concludes the CD, the Pigeon Man watches the world and records his sensations, gradually growing more self-aware as he goes. His world is layered and intensely-etched, replete with subtle and sometimes twisted grooves, haunting motifs, high intensity beats. The album's production brings a whole rainforest of sound and rhythm into danceable sync, with each song creating a unique emotional and musical picture, and with each tune marking another turn in the Pigeon Man's odyssey toward home.

Composer/producer Ryan Beveridge was awarded a fellowship from the Sundance Institute's Composer's Lab to work with A-list film composers Chris Young (Runaway Jury), Carter Burwell (Fargo), George S. Clinton (Austin Powers), Graeme Revell (Blow), and Ed Schearmur (Charlie's Angels).

He has collaborated with Stewart Copeland to create the unique musical soundscapes for two television series (The WB's short-lived BRUTALLY NORMAL, Bravo's BREAKING NEWS) and Sony Playstation's SPYRO THE DRAGON.

For a recent film score, Beveridge was asked to create music featuring industrial drones and tools. Taking NIGHTSTALKER director Chris Fisher's advice literally, he assembled an array of car brake drums, oversized wrenches, sheets of metal, and other industrial refuse. Combining these with the only slightly more conventional distortion-tinged flute and modified violin, he created a distinct and haunting sound for the stylized thriller, which made its debut at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival.

I'M THE PIGEON MAN marks Beveridge's solo debut. It is beat- and concept-fueled, peopled with strange images and sounds designed to capture the heart and captivate the mind.


RYAN BEVERIDGE'S OTHER CREDITS

Film/TV/Interactive (Music Composition)

DIRTY
Silver Nitrate Entertainment; 2005; Chris Fisher, director
Starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Clifton Collins Jr., Wyclef Jean, Keith David
Official Selection - AFI Film Festival

ZYZZYX RD
Regent Entertainment; 2005; John Penney, director
Starring Katherine Heigl, Leo Grillo, Tom Sizemore

RAMPAGE: THE HILLSIDE STRANGLER MURDERS
Sony Pictures; 2006; Chris Fisher, director
Starring Brittany Daniel, Clifton Collins Jr.

L.A. DICKS
Presently Unreleased; Dean Alioto, director
Starring Dean Alioto, Anthony Guidera, Sarah Wynter, Michael Madsen

GIGI
Samsung; 2005; Mark Dippe, director
short

WHY HE SKIED
Presently Unreleased; Per Saari, director
documentary

BOY CULTURE
Presently Unreleased; Allan Brocka, director
Starring Patrick Bauchau, Derek Magyar, Darryl Stephens, Jonathon Trent

FRANKENFISH
Sci-Fi Channel/Columbia Tristar; 2004; Mark Dippe, director

RACE YOU TO THE BOTTOM
Presently Unreleased; Russell Brown, director
Starring Amber Benson

VALENTINE MAN
Short; 2004; Karen Eachus, director

NIGHTSTALKER
Columbia Tristar; 2002; Chris Fisher, director
Official Sundance Selection

ACES
Pilot; Warner Brothers Network/Shephard Robin Productions; Ken Kwapis, director

TABOO
Columbia Tristar; 2002; Chris Fisher, director
Starring Nick Stahl, Eddie Kay Thomas
Official Sundance Selection

BREAKING NEWS
Series; Bravo Network; 2002; Ken Olin, producer
(co-composed with Stewart Copeland)

SEEKING THE RUIN OF SOULS
Icon Productions; 2001; Lian Lunson, director

SUNDANCE 20TH ANNIVERSARY DOCUMENTARY
Sundance Institute; 2001
(co-composed with Peter Golub)

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
2001; Trailers

SPYRO THE DRAGON 3
Universal Interactive/Sony Playstation; 2000
(co-composed with Stewart Copeland)

BRUTALLY NORMAL
Series; Warner Brothers Network/Shephard Robin Productions; 2000
(co-composed with Stewart Copeland)


Albums

Ryan Beveridge - I'm The Pigeon Man
Jeffrey Dieufranc - Price To Pay (producer)
The Ramsey Dukes - Just Enough (producer/writer)
Chuck Pelletier - Let's Pretend We're Not Sexual Beings (forthcoming)


Theater

LANDSCAPE OF THE BODY (Defiant Theater Company, Chicago)
EQUUS (Northwestern University Theater Department)