Music for Film

Highlights

The Steam Experiment  

Feature Film – Thriller

Starring Val Kilmer, Eric Roberts and Armande Asante

The Soundtrack is available for purchase at Itunes

Fido  

Feature Film – Horror Comedy

The Soundtrack is available for purchase at Itunes

• Starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Dylan Baker and Billy Connolly

• Score Recorded in Prague with the FILMharmonic Orchestra

• “…Macdonald’s score strikes the right kitschy but deadpan note”. Variety

Mexican Sunrise  

Feature Film – Action Thriller

• Starring Armande Asante

• Winner – Best Feature at the WorldFest Film Festival 2007 – Houston Texas

Blood Sucking Cinema 

Documentary

This STARZ original documentary chronicles the history of vampire films

• See the Richard Roper Preview

Resonance – Audio CD• Featuring vocalist Allison Girvan 

• Arranged and Produced by Don Macdonald

• See allisongirvan.com for details and purchasing

Hiro 

• Official Selection of the Toronto and Slamdance Film Festivals

Last Wedding -
Feature Film – Comedic Drama
 

• World Premiere was Selected to Open the Toronto Film Festival

 

Mile Zero -
Feature Film – Suspense Drama
 

• “Official Selection” – Montreal, Houston and Shanghai Film Festivals
• “Leo Award” nomination for Best Original Score

•  see Mile Zero Web Page

 

The Life and Times of Arthur Erickson 

Documentary

•Leo nomination for best Original Score

Suspicious River -
Feature Film – Suspense Drama
 

• “Leo Award” nomination for Best Original Score
• “Official Selection” of the Toronto and Venice International Film Festivals 2000

Rollercoaster -
Feature Film
 

• Broadcast on CBC and the Movie Channel

 

Shoes Off -
Short Film – Comedy
 

• Winner “Best Short Film” Cannes Film Festival – International Critics Week

• “one of the most compelling original scores attached to any Canadian film, ever……” (Vancouver Province)
Click on the picture to see the Movie at Atom Films

You Might as Well Live 

Feature Film – Comedy

•Starring Michael Madsen

• Serendipity Point Films

Kissed -
Feature Film – Drama
 

• Distributed by MGM

• Genie Nomination for “Best Original Score”
• Nettwerk Records Soundtrack recording
• “Two Thumbs Up” Siskel and Ebert


 

Recent Projects:

• String arrangements for R&B artist Warren Flandez. Recorded at the Factory Recording Studio, Vancouver, BC.

• Two choral compositions published by Cypress Publishing.