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Shawn Lyon

Boo!

About Me



I am a huge fan of movies and music. Its a life choice.
They inspire me not only creatively but personally.
I'm a sucker for a well shot and well scored magical-realism film.
I love DVDs with music only audio tracks.

My Interests

Music:



A Perfect Circle, AIR, Alberto Igles, Alice in Chains, Alexandre Desplat, Aoki Takamasa, Aphex Twin, Bonobo, Boom Bip, Bjork, Boards of Canada, Cee-lo, Chopin, Cliff Martinez, cLOUDEAD, Cocteau Twins, Craig Armstrong, Damien Rice, Danny Elfman, David Sylvian, Deftones, Doves, Elbow, Elysian Fields, Emilie Simon, Explosions in the Sky, Faith no More, Fiona Apple, Frou Frou, The Gathering, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Goldfrapp, Gotan Project, Gorecki, Helmet, James Horner, Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, John Williams, Kronos Quartet, Lovage, Mazzy Star, Mono, Múm, Muse, Nina Simone, Olive, Pantera, Peter Gabriel, PINK FLOYD, Plaid, Portishead, Radiohead, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sade, Sebastian Ciceri (MOONLIT HEAVY), Sigur Rós, Skinny Puppy, Sneaker Pimps, Sol Seppy, Soulstice, Squarepusher, Stuart Matthewman, Tan Dun, Team Sleep, Tool, Tujiko Noriko, Tunng, Type O Negative, Yann Tiersen, and Zero 7.

Movies:



2046, 28 Days Later, Amelie, Audition, Babel, Big Fish, Battle Royale, Blade Runner, Chungking Express City of God, The City of Lost Children, Closer, Code 46, The Dreamers, Edward Scissorhands, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, The Fifth Element, Finding Neverland, The Fountain, Garden State, Girl with a Pearl Earing, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, In the Mood for Love, Irréversible, Last Life in the Universe, The Last Temptation of Christ, Leon, Lost in Translation, The Matrix Trilogy, Nightmare Before Christmas, Northfork, Oldboy, The Princess and the Warrior, Rabbit Proof Fence, Requiem for a Dream, Romeo + Juliet, Run Lola Run, The Salton Sea, The Secret of Nimh, Sin City, Talk to Her, True Romance, Twin Falls Idaho, and Y tu Mama Tambien.

My Blog

Hidden Place Remix

Here is a another remix Ive been messing around with. This one is for Bjork's Hidden Place. Cant wait for the show in December. Ahhh yihhhhh. Enjoy. ...
Posted by Shawn Lyon on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:54:00 PST

Kunlarim Sensiz Remix

Hey there. Just wanted to share a remix I did for Peter Gabriel's www.realworldremixed.com. The original song is pretty awesome, kinda quirky, hiphop tempo but upbeat world music. Its called Kunlar...
Posted by Shawn Lyon on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:17:00 PST

Re-Evolution Orange Video

Greetings readers. I was playing around in after effects with some old public domain timelapse footage and made a video for Re-Evolution Orange. It requires Quicktime and a little patience to load (...
Posted by Shawn Lyon on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:20:00 PST

overdrive

New song! Didn't make it out to Daft Punk so I wrote a song instead. Broke out the acoustic guitar for this one. And my good friend Nina Simone graciously supplied the vocals. She's a dear. So, u...
Posted by Shawn Lyon on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:21:00 PST

Re-Evolution Orange

Its finally summer. I'm ready for some sun. Been a fairly busy first quarter year so far. But I finally had the time to finish a new track of my own. Its called "Re-Evolution Orange" and is a conc...
Posted by Shawn Lyon on Mon, 21 May 2007 12:44:00 PST

Ricket

Hey all,Finished this cue last month but just got around to finally posting it. Check it out. Let me know what you think! :)ShawnCodes not working... :( Lets try this one. ...
Posted by Shawn Lyon on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:03:00 PST

Gimple

Hey all,Wanted to post a little experiment here. I was tryin a new technique out and wrote those little ditty. The first thing you need for a proper glitch track is a stupid "meaningless" title. Gi...
Posted by Shawn Lyon on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:33:00 PST

Blue November

Hey!Just wanted to share a spot I did for a submission for a TV show opening. Basically what they are looking for is a one minute opening, orchestral, dramatic, thematic, and Nautical. So this is wh...
Posted by Shawn Lyon on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:48:00 PST

funny thing about gutter boats

Heyyyylloo!Finished a new song today!!! Today has been a really productive day! Was working on music allllll day long. Well, keep in mind my day starts around noon. But anyway, my eyes are fried f...
Posted by Shawn Lyon on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:38:00 PST

In Season - The Grasp

It is 3:33 again... and here is a new song. Enjoy....
Posted by Shawn Lyon on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 03:36:00 PST