Lawrence Manchester

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  • Recorded and mixed Howard Shore's score for the film The Last Mimzy (New Line Cinema) and tracked the strings for Roger Waters' song, "Hello (I Love You)," from the film.

  • Recorded and mixed the score for The Departed, which received an Oscar for Best Picture at the 79th Academy Awards. The original score was composed by Howard Shore.

  • Recorded and mixed the score for The Good Shepherd. The score recording sessions were produced by Bruce Fowler and the music was composed by Marcelo Zarvos and Bruce Fowler. The big band recording with Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks Orchestra was done in Avatar Studios' Studio C.

  • In June, recorded the score to the film Ira and Abby at Avatar Studios B and C and mixed the score in his Avatar surround mix room, Studio L. The music for the film was composed by Marcelo Zarvos as a follow up collaboration with writer/actress Jennifer Westfeldt who's previous hit film Kissing Jessica Stein was also scored by Zarvos.

  • Worked on the music for the American Museum of Natural History / Hayden Planetarium's new show called Cosmic Collisions. The show is narrated by Robert Redford and just opened in March to great reviews. Lawrence recorded the music in Prague and did mixes in his room at Avatar. The final mix is played on 23 full range speakers, a sub channel (feeding 2 dual driver subs), seat shakers and floor shakers.

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