The Dreams of Sparrows is prominently featured in today's New York Times Magazine. The article discusses several current wartime documentaries, but writer Tom Bissell seems particularly drawn to this film: ...it is when [Director Hayder] Daffar is thinking less of his presumed audience and more of his subjects that his film stuns. Perhaps most notably, "The Dreams of Sparrows" suggests an emotional complexity about the war [...]
Composer and author Jeffrey P. Fisher interviewed Ronen for his latest book: Cash Tracks: Compose, Produce and Sell Your Original Sountrack Music and Jingles. The book is a tremendous resource for emerging composers, choc full of usefull info!
Check out Ronen's latest chamber piece, Gush Katif, for cello and shakuhachi with electronics.
Ronen's latest chamber piece, Gush Katif, for Japanese shakuhachi flute and cello, will receive its world premiere at the Tenri Cultural Institute on September 24th. The concert, featuring works by various contemporary composers, will mark the launch of a new concert series entitled Common Ground. The series aims to present the music of composers and sound-artists working in various genres to new audiences. Ronen is a [...]
The short film Meg Unbecoming will be screening at the LA International Shorts Festival in early September. Congratulations to director Maurice James and all involved with the project!
Two new concert compositions by Ronen, recently premiered in New York City, are now available in the Sounds section of this site. The Parasite, a piece for piano and flute in three movements, was performed by Katie Brisotti and Ilya Kazantsev. Samuel's Calling for solo guitarist with electric guitar, classical guitar and effects, was performed by Ronen.
Interviews with Hayder Daffar and Aaron Raskin, director and producer of The Dreams of Sparrows aired on CNN last week. The interviews included clips from the movie featuring Ronen's original music, and are available for download here.
Finally! The Dreams of Sparrows is available on DVD right now. The folks at Harbinger Productions (producer Aaron Raskin and director Hayder Daffar) were recently interviewed by MTV News. You can see the clip here. Hayder's blog, featuring posts from Baghdad, is a must read! The Dreams of Sparrows Soundtrack CD is also available for purchase.
Selections from Ronen's original score for The Dreams of Sparrows are now available for purchase. Click here now to get your copy! The film's DVD release is slated for May 10th. More info will be posted soon. In other news, Ronen has begun his next feature film score. More to come on that as well, so stay tuned! Update: You can now pre-order The Dreams of [...]
The Dreams of Sparrows received its world premiere at the prestigious South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin Texas on March 12th. The premiere was especially exciting because Iraqi director Hayder Daffar was able to travel to the USA from Baghdad in order to attend. Next, the film will be screening at the Ann Arbor Film Festival on March 20th, and on May 25th as [...]