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"ANGELS" ARTICLE IN VARIETY
Thursday, May 08, 2008
IDIOTS & ANGEL'S @ THE 2008 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
 Idiots and Angels, directed and written by Bill Plympton. (USA) - World Premiere, Narrative. Oscar(R)-nominated animator Bill Plympton sketches a Lynchian dark comedy about a morally bankrupt man scrabbling to hide the good in himself--which manifests itself in a pair of angel wings that just won't go away. The Film Features an original score by Corey Allen Jackson. TRIBECAGOD'S EARS WORLD PREMIERE
Monday, March 10, 2008
GODS EARS WORLD PREMIERE MARCH 30! The Method Fest Film Festival Official Selection "God's Ears" will screen one time only Sunday, March 30 at 5:30 pm. Carlson Family Theater - 23620 Mulholland Hwy, Calabasas, CA., 91302 "Worth creatively draws the parallels of human loneliness and longing that bring these two people together in an unforgettably touching story of the heart." - The Method Fest International Film Festival God's Ears is the new film from actor Michael Worth. The film stars Margot Farley, Michael Worth, John Saxon, Mitzi Kapture Donahue, Karen Kim and Tim Thomerson. The story is about an autistic boxer who falls in love with a dancer and the journey they take together to try and find a way out of their own personal confides. The movie features an original score by Corey Allen Jackson. For more information, please go to www.grizzlypeakfilms.com or www.methodfest.com.  Shut-eye Hotel-Santa Barbara Film Festival
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Screening for Bill Plympton’s animated short "Shut-eye Hotel". A film-noir murder mystery that takes place in a sleazy hotel. As cops investigate the gruesome murders, they become victims of this evil force.
Jan 27 2008 10:00P: Lobero Theatre
Jan 30 2008 7:30P: Arlington Theatre
CliveAid Collaboration with Ronny Munroe of Metal Church
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Composer Corey Jackson has been working with vocalist & lyricist Ronny Munroe (Metal Church) & Sam from CliveAid to write an anthem for the charity CliveAid. It has been a dream come true to do something like this. It brings together two of his passions, classical music & electric guitars! More to be announced soon. (The following is from www.cliveaid.com) Cliveaid started life as a one off show at the Ruskin Arms in London's east end to raise a few pounds for Clive Burr the one time Iron Maiden drummer who know suffers from MS. As we moved forward with the show it seemed that a genuine nerve had been touched. The show sold out and the bands turned up including an embryonic GMT (guy,mccoy & torme) yeh it all started at Cliveaid. After a great show in the capital it was left there...Until some bright spark mentioned Clive’s legendary drum-kit, you know the one that recorded such minor records (sarcastic comment) as "Killers, Number of the beast & Iron Maiden" was just taking up space in his shed...Yeh his shed imagine that...his shed!
Anyway we could not lest it just sit there. So a call was put into The Hard Rock Cafe and next thing we know its party time on London's Mayfair the rock-stars turned out in force with Ian Paice, Tony Iommi, Bruce Dickinson, Yanick Gers, Adrian Smith, Clem Burke and many more coming to honour Clive. Ok now we've gone to far to stop so we started work on the next part.
With shows planned for a few new places we continued to work to help others. In Norway we donated to the Bergen Children's cancer ward providing enough funds for the hospital to buy some much needed equipment, In Los Angeles we held a show on Sunset strip raising funds for local causes. And now well the work is continuing with a full year of shows, new projects and the gaining of our first full charitable status. We are now registered in the USA and are awaiting our numbers from Norway. In the uk we will be filling for charitable status in the very near future until then we will continue to raise funds and give them directly. You have helped us to so far buy equipment for the childrens hospital in Bergen, helped us to help in the remodeling Clive Burrs house, Donated to teen cancer in LA and now the real challenge starts. .USA Today Interview
Composer Corey Allen Jackson and his wife Sharon recently did an interview with USA today’s Marilyn Elias who is writing an article about cancer support services offered by The Wellness Community. Corey and Sharon are members of support groups at The Wellness Community West Los Angeles. The article is scheduled for print in the January 2, 2008 edition. The Wellness Community is an international non-profit organization dedicated to providing free support, education and hope to people with cancer and their loved ones. Through participation in professionally-led support groups, educational workshops, nutrition and exercise programs, and mind/body classes, people affected by cancer learn vital skills that enable them to regain control, reduce isolation and restore hope regardless of the stage of their disease. Today, there are 24 Wellness Communities around the United States plus 56 satellite and off-site programs, two centers abroad in Tel Aviv and Tokyo, three centers in development, and online at The Virtual Wellness Community.Test Screening" of Bill Plympton's "Idiots and Angels"
Saturday, November 03, 2007
On November 7, 10 pm, at the Music Box Theater in Chicago, (3373 N. Southport Ave., Tel: 773-871-6604) there will be a special "Test Screening" of Bill Plympton's new animated feature "Idiots and Angels" - please note that this is a work in progress, not a premiere of a completed film. You can be one of the first animation fans to see this film, and with your input and opinions, you can become part of the creative process! Tickets are available from TicketWeb - $7 in advance, $10 at door. For more information, check out: http://www.gabelevinsonpresents.com/ Can't make it to Chicago? You can also get an advance look at scenes from "Idiots and Angels" on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJX0dYVCaqY "Idiots and Angels" features the music of Corey Allen Jackson, Tom Waits, Moby. Jackson to score Lifetime's "Storm Cell"
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Corey Allen Jackson has begun scoring for "Storm Cell". "Storm Cell" is an Action/Drama directed by Steven R. Monroe for Cinetel Pictures and distributed by the Lifetime Movie Nework. The movie stars Mimi Rogers, Michael Ironside, Elyse Levesque and Ryan Kennedy. The movie will air in early 2008. Light the Night 2007 A Success
Monday, September 17, 2007
Cojack Music's fundraiser for the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society turned out to be a great success. Cojack Music team members raised over $10,000 to help find a cure for blood cancers. The Light The Night Walk is The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's nationwide walk to raise awareness and funds to cure leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. For more information regarding Light the Night, please visit www.lightthenight.orgFESTIVAL SCHEDULE - "SHUTEYE HOTEL"
Monday, August 27, 2007
Bill Plympton's new short film "Shuteye Hotel" is a cartoon-noir murder mystery that takes place in a sleazy hotel - as cops investigate the gruesome murders, they become victims of an evil force. "Shuteye" will do for sleeping what "Jaws" did for swimming... The film is scheduled to appear at: Intl Short Film Festival In the Palace, Bulgaria, Sept. 1-8 Rome Intl Film Festival, Rome GA, Sept. 6-9 Toofy Film Festival, Boulder CO, Sept. 6-9 I Curta Cabo Frio Short Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 10-16 DC Shorts Film Festival, Washington DC, Sept. 13-20 Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Sept. 13-22 Anima - Cordoba Intl Animation Festival, Argentina, Sept. 19-22 Athens Intl Film Festival, Greece, Sept. 20-30 Animanima, Cacak, Serbia, Sept. 20-22 Fantastic Fest, Austin TX, Sept. 21-28 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival, Birmingham AL, Sept. 22-24 Taiwan Intl Animation Festival, Taipei, Taiwan, Sept. 28-Oct. 7 Bogota Film Festival, Colombia, Oct. 3-11 Mill Valley Film Festival, Mill Valley CA, Oct. 4-14 AnimEst, Bucharest, Romania, Oct. 5-16 Woodstock Film Festival, Woodstock NY, Oct. 10-14 Intl Weekend of Animation, Wiesbaden, Germany, Oct. 19-21 Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival, FL, Oct. 19-Nov. 11 Sacramento Horror Film Festival, Sacramento CA, Oct. 19-21 Savannah Film Festival, Savannah GA, Oct. 27-Nov. 3 Halloween Animation Night, Dunkerque, France, Oct. 31 Encounters Short Film Festival, Bristol, UK, Nov. 21-25 GOD'S EARS SCREENING AUGUST 19th
Saturday, August 04, 2007
Grizzly Peak Films and SixGold Productions invites you to a special screening of the award winning movie "Gods Ears". When a boxer suffering from Autism meets a fly-by-the-seat-of-her-pants dancer, the two will embark on a journey that will alter the course of both their lives. Starring Margot Farley, Michael Worth, John Saxon, Mitzi Kapture-Donahue, Karen Kim and Tim Thomerson. Written and Directed by Michael Worth Sunday August 19th 2pm. Doors open at 1:30, show starts promptly at 2pm. Fine Arts Theater - 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90211 Wilshire will have free parking since it is Sunday. Please RSVP yourself and guests at godsears@aol.com or 661 753-9627 GOD'S EARS Receives 6 award Noms. Wins 1!
Saturday, July 21, 2007
It's been just about a year since we started but God's Ears is finally finished! We will be following up shortly with details on the premiere which should be early August. But we just wanted to take a moment and give everyone a little more news on the film. We are preparing for a full film festival run over the next 12 months but decided to submit early and we got into our first film festival - The Action On Film International Film Festival (our film DUAL won Best Independent Action Film there last year). GOD'S EARS has been nominated for 6 awards and Margot Farley brings home the best actress award. Best Picture Best Actor (Michael Worth) Best Actress (Margot Farley)Best Supporting Actor (John Saxon) Best Script Best Cinematography Congratulations Margot! Shuteye Hotel LA Premiere
Friday, July 20, 2007
Bill Plympton's new short film "Shuteye Hotel" made its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival in May, and hits the festival circuit this summer. The L.A. premiere will be at the NuArt Theatre, running from July 27 to August 2, in front of the film "Labyrinth". The NuArt is located at 11272 Santa Monica Blvd. in West Los Angeles. For more info please visit: Land Mark TheatersLight the Night, 09/16/2007, UCLA Campus
Sunday, July 01, 2007
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light The Night Walk is the nation's night to pay tribute and bring hope to thousands of patients battling blood cancers and to commemorate loved ones lost. The Society funds lifesaving cancer research that has contributed to major advances in the treatment of blood cancers and many other types of cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and stem cell transplants that have prolonged and enhanced the lives of patients. New targeted therapies that kill cancer cells without harming normal tissue have already begun to provide drugs and procedures that are improving quality of life. But more research is critically needed: Every five minutes someone is diagnosed with blood cancer. Every ten minutes, someone dies. Leukemia causes more deaths among children than any other cancer. More than 20,000 Americans died from lymphoma in 2006. The survival rate for myeloma is just 33 per cent. Please make a donation to support my Light The Night Walk and help save lives. Be sure to check my Light the Night Web Site frequently to see my progress. If you are interested in joining my team, Cojack Music, which involves participating in the walk and finding sponsors, please visit: Light the Night and register. Thanks for your support! BMI Conducting Workshop Begins 10th Year
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Celebrating ten years of teaching composers the art of conducting musical scores, the BMI Conducting Workshop will kick off in Los Angeles on June 5 with recent BMI Classic Contribution award-winner, conductor and composer Lucas Richman once again leading the program. Conducting for the Film Composer is a two-week course taught by Richman, designed for eight BMI composers who wish to refine their conducting skills. The class is taught at the American Federation of Musicians Local 47 in Hollywood, CA and is free to the accepted participants. This years students are an exemplary group of working film and television composers: Kathryn Bostic (Sundance Fellow, Beyond the Ring, Contradictions of the Heart); Kris Carter (Justice League, Teen Titans); Eric Colvin (NASCAR 3D: The IMAX Experience, Bark!); Claude Foisy (The 4400, White Noise); Corey Jackson (Left in Darkness, Starting Over); Dave Reynolds (Cruel Intentions 3, Tides of War); Craig Richey (Friends with Money, Lovely & Amazing); Tim Wynn (Reflections of Venice, Chasing the Light). The class is coordinated by BMI Senior Director of Film/Television Relations Ray Yee and BMIs Film/TV Relations staff. Highly specialized, coursework will include developing conducting technique, working with live players ranging from piano duet to full chamber orchestra; conducting free-form as well as to click-track, both with and without picture. The musical repertoire for the workshop will range from classical selections to music from commercial films. Each session will be videotaped and critiqued. Workshop alumni include composers Cliff Martinez, Stewart Copeland, Rolfe Kent, Camara Kambon, Richard Gibbs, Bennett Salvay, Julie and Steve Bernstein, Anthony Marinelli, Alex Wurman, Jeff Beal, Mervyn Warren, Joseph Vitarelli, Tyler Bates, Gary Kuo and Laura Karpman. "Shut-Eye Hotel" Selected for Tribeca
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
The 2007 Tribeca Film Festival has selected 62 shorts from 2,300 submissions. Among those selected is the latest collaboration between Oscar-nominated animator Bill Plympton and composer Corey Allen Jackson, "Shut-Eye Hotel".
"Shut-Eye", will premiere at the Festival, April 25-May 6. The short will be screening before the feature "The Last Jews of Libya". Get the latest festival information at www.tribecafilmfestival.org. Listen to audio samples from Corey's score. Sasquatch Mountain Available On DVD
Sunday, January 28, 2007
A group of vicious bank robbers find themselves on the run in the Arizona Mountains. They band together with their pursuing law officers when a legendary creature begins to stalk them one by one. Stars: Lance Henriksen, Cerina Vincent, Michael Worth, Craig Wasson, Rance Howard, Frank Rivera, Karen Kim, Tiny Ron, Raffaello Degruttola, Tim Thomerson, Kate Connor, Melanie Monroe, Chris Engen, Alex Biando, Candace Raquel Featuring an original score by Corey Allen Jackson Available from Monarch Home Video A Hitchcock Mystery... Plymptoons Style!
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Corey has been scoring the new animated short "Shut Eye Hotel" for animator Bill Plympton. "Shut Eye" is a Hitchcockian mystery created for the Annecy Film Festival. Here is a quote from Bill Plympton at www.plymptoons.com... "It's a far-different piece from what I've done in the past. It's not a comedy (in fact, there's only one joke in the whole film). The short is a murder mystery - someone or something is killing guests in the titular hotel - and I'm not going to give it away. You must watch to find out the identity of the murderer. The music is by Corey Jackson, and it's as if Bernard Hermann has come back to life." Music to "God's Ears"
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Composer Corey Allen Jackson collaborates with Actor/Writer/Director Michael Worth for Grizzly Peak Production's new film, "God's Ears". Noah Connelly is a boxer with a tireless opponent: autism. When he meets a dancer named Alexia, he finds himself climbing out of his "silent ring" to take on the fight of the real world as the two lovers challenge the giant hurtle between them. * Everybody is fighting for something. * Fight for love. Left In Darkness - DVD-September 19, 2006
Friday, September 01, 2006
 Composer Corey Jackson teams up with director Steven Monroe once again for Left in Darkness. Stuck between a rock and a hard place?
Try being stuck between Heaven and Hell!
Poets have written about it. Painters have tried to imagine it. But exactly what does happen after we die? Is there a Heaven? Or perhaps the question to ask is: Is there a Hell? From the fertile mind of legendary television producer Stephen J. Cannell ( Demon Hunter , 21 Jump Street) and Steven R. Monroe, the director of It Waits , comes the provocative new horror film Left In Darkness , materializing on DVD September 19 th from Anchor Bay Entertainment, an IDT Entertainment company. SRP is $19.98 and the DVD features enough value-added supplements to occupy this life and the next!
Starring Monica Keena ( Freddy Vs. Jason, Entourage), David Anders (Alias) and veteran horror actor Tim Thomerson ( Trancers, Dollman ), Left In Darkness illuminates the story of Celia (Keena), a troubled girl whose tortured past places her in spiritual and physical limbo. Her mother died in childbirth, and she always felt responsible for the tragedy. When her father disappeared, her grandparents raised her. As she got older, her sense of guilt grew deeper. And on the night of her 21 st birthday, Celia is drugged, raped and dies of an accidental overdose at a wild college frat party. But for her, it's just the beginning: Trapped in a netherworld between sanctuary and damnation, Celia must now battle the demons including hordes of horrific Soul Eaters that prowl the Afterlife. Is the spirit of her recently deceased grandfather ( Thomerson ) trying to lure her to an eternity of suffering? Can her guardian angel ( Anders ) safely lead her to the other side? Is there any way to go towards the light when your soul is Left In Darkness ?
Viewers should find the following special features on the Left In Darkness DVD enlightening:
Widescreen Presentation (1.78:1), enhanced for 16x9 TVs
Inside The Darkness Making-of Documentary
Director Commentary In The Trenches with Director Steven R. Monroe and Line Producer John Duffy
My 21 st Birthday: Cast and crew interviews
Trailer Listen to audio samples from Corey's score.
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