SF/muzika: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Desert Song

PART 1

The opening footage is of singer Alex Ebert's father chanting in Monument Valley - shot by his mother. Desert Song is about Alex's reckoning with the middle name his father secretly wrote on his birth certificate - a Native American name which means 'Devil' or 'Demon'. The debut album from Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, "Up From Below", will be available on July 14th in the US and July 13th in the UK.

The debut EP, "Here Comes", is available now on iTunes

DIRECTED BY: Benjamin Kutsko and Cory Marrero

LABEL: Community Music/Fairfax Recordings - US : Rough Trade - UK
DP: David Myrick
EDITED BY: Alex Ebert and Brandon Driscoll-Luttringer
VFX: Benjamin Kutsko and Casey Allen
WARDROBE BY: Cassandra Kellogg and Amanny Ahmad
MAKEUP: Sarai Fiszel           

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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Kisses Over Babylon

Kisses Over Babylon is the second installment of SALVO!, a 12-part music video series from Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros. Kisses picks up in the same desert wasteland world, ravaged by drought. Edward is arrested by two Minors (police from Ursa Minor) for the murder of his own father, and taken to a water-labor prison. There he reunites with Brother, his long-ago friend, and rallies the prisoners to a frenzied prison break.

CAST:
Edward Sharpe: Alex Ebert, Minors: David Strathairn & Stephen Mendillo, Warden: Dermot Mulroney
Brother: Orpheo McCord, Clerk: Sandy Martin, Guard: Tay Stratharin

CREW:
Director Isaiah Seret, Co-Director Alex Ebert, Editors / Writers Alex Ebert & Isaiah Seret, Cinematographer Eric Maclver, Executive Producer Bryan Ling, Executive Producer Sara Cline, Producer Michael Shifflett, PM Tara Tortorello, Visual Effect Benjamin Kutsko, Supervising Sound Editor Peter Aaron Fineberg, Location Manager Caleb Duffy, Production Designer Katie Byron, Art Director Ishi Glinsky, Camera Operator Tristan Bayer, DIT Alexandra Pelly, Sound Recordist Jake Viator, Wardrobe Stylist Eliot Hazel & Diana Contreras, Make-up Sarai Fiszel, Opening Score composed by Miguel Atwood Ferguson, Kisses Over Babylon by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Production Company – The Masses (wearethemasses.com) & Community Records

Album at: itunes.apple.com/​us/​album/​up-from-below-bonus-track-version/​id321407360

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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - 40 Day Dream (extended version)

40 Day Dream is the third installment of SALVO!, a 12-part music video series from Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros. 40 Day Dream finds Edward and Brother hiding out in the desert after their violent jail-break. Jade, having received a telepathic message from Brother, brings them to meet the rest of the Magnetic Zeros. Edward is welcomed by his new family and his troubles are briefly lifted by a healing vision of togetherness. After a night of revelry, Edward is awakened by Angel.

CAST:
Edward Sharpe: Alex Ebert
Angel: Lisa Richards
Brother: Orpheo McCord
Jade: Jade Castrinos
Guard: Tay Stratharin
The Magnetic Zeros: Nico Anglietti, Stewart Cole, Aaron Embry, Aaron Older, Josh Collazo, Nora Kirkpatrick, Christain Letts, Tyler James, Chris Richard, Benjamin Kutsko

CREW:
Director: Matt Amato
Writers: Matt Amato, Alex Ebert, & Isaiah Seret
Editors: Matt Amato, Alex Ebert
Cinematographers: Eric Maclver & David Myrick
Aerial Photography: Eric Pacheco
Executive Producers: Bryan Ling & Sara Cline
Producers: Michael Shifflett & Jack Richardson
PM: Tara Tortorello
AD: Brinton Bryon
Choreographer: Becca Sweitzer
Production Designer: Katie Byron
Art Director: Grant Leuchtner
Camera Assist: Justin Rhodes, Trevor DiCarlo, Wyatt Denny, Sean Tudor
DIT: Alexandra Pelly
Assistant Editor: Alexandra Pelly
Post-Production Supervisor: Alexandra Pelly
Colorist: Alexandra Pelly
After-Effects: Matthew Alexander
Sound: Jake Viator
Wardrobe Stylist: Diana Contreras & Eliot Hazel
Make-up: Sarai Fiszel
Still Photography: Michael Sterling Eaton
Titles: Jon Beasely
Production Assist: Matthew Boman
Location Manager: Blake Simpson
Music Score Composer: Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
Recording Engineer: Benjamin Tierney
40 Day Dream by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Production Co.: THE MASSES & Community Music

RT: 10:15
DT: 1.8.11

Filmed in Joshua Tree, CA

wearethemasses.com/​
myspace.com/​edwardsharpe
vagrant.com/​artists/​bio/​59-edward
roughtraderecords.com/​edwardsharpe