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Watch the Short Film Barry Gettin' Married: "Barry, a charismatic YouTube influencer, sets out to create his most viral video yet by planning an elaborate surprise for his girlfriend, Callie. With his best friend Alonso in tow, they journey to a secluded western destination, where Barry hopes the grand reveal will not only win Callie’s heart but also skyrocket his channel to new heights. However, in the pursuit of online fame, the trio soon discovers that not everything goes as planned in the wild west.

Project backstory : Barry Gettin' Married was born out of the 48 Hour Film Project, a whirlwind competition where we had just 48 hours to create a movie from scratch. With no idea what kind of film we’d be making, we received our prompts the night before production began. Armed with a dedicated crew and a few talented actors, we didn’t land on the...

In 2007, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez decided to bring back the 1970′s with their homage to the glory days of cinema with their double feature, Grindhouse. It feature a movie directed by each man, Planet Terror directed by Rodriguez and Death Proof directed by Tarantino, with fake trailers before and between each movie. It didn’t do as well as some would have wanted at the box office, but it kick started a fad that was long overdue. Since then we’ve had an abundance amount of grindhouse type movies both in the theater and direct to DVD, culminating with Rodriguez’ hit Machete, which was one of the fake trailers seen before Planet Terror. There has been much talk about each of the other faux trailers being made into full length movies, but it was one that was made by a fan that became the next film. Tarantino and Rodriguez...

To complete the trifecta of Hobo composer contributors, Darius Holbert, the third and final composer to work on Hobo With A Shotgun, chimes in. Along with Russ Howard III and Adam Burke (click on their names for our interviews with each), Darius helped round out the group and the sound for the film.

Read more on Sundance 2011 Interview: Hobo With A Shotgun composer Darius Holbert…...

The music for Hobo With A Shotgun was created by not one, but three, composers (Russ Howard III, Darius Holbert, and Adam Burke) who vary in style and background, but came together to score the tale of a Hobo (Rutger Hauer) turned vigilante as he comes upon a town ruled by violence.

Read more on Sundance 2011 Interview: Hobo With A Shotgun composer Adam Burke…...

After the screenings of Hobo With A Shotgun that took place during this year’s Sundance Film Festival (read our review), I heard many reactions ranging from “awesome” to “badass” to simply “Hobos!,” but when GATWer Brian Kelley came back from the screening, he was raving about the music. The score for Hobo was actually created by three composers – Russ Howard III, Darius Holbert, and Adam Burke.

Read more on Sundance 2011 Interview: Hobo With A Shotgun composer Russ Howard III…...