Description
From the first fever-dream sketches of Iguanodon in 1842 to the photoreal titans that stride across our screens today, cinema has never stopped asking the same question: What if the dragons of deep time still walked among us?
David Armsby’s short film “Terrible Lizards” is a love-letter to that question—and this score is my own musical reply.
While I penned every note, this album would be bones without muscle. A troupe of extraordinary players—cellists Ben Trigg and Daniel Chouinard, trumpetist Vigilance Brandon, and singers Dorothy Takev and Clare Dove—poured breath and bow into these cues, turning MIDI sketches into living creatures. Their performances remind me why live musicians still matter in 2025: nothing can approach the sensibility and performance of a real human.
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Credits
To the amazing David Armsby
Composer / Orchestrator / Mixer / Producer: Ivan Duch
Featured Soloists: Daniel Chouinard (cello), Ben Trigg (cello), Dorothy Takev (vocals), Clare Dove (vocals), Vigilance Brandon (trumpet).