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About the Band

Since childhood people seek for excitement outside their small world, because everything what can makes them tremble is elsewhere, or is seen from an unusual angle. With age, childishness turns to seriousness which makes one a true earnest person, who leaves „that nonsense about exploration“ and starts to focus on the carreer, family matters or TV set… Such people give up searching for something really special in their life.

However this does not happen to everyone: lots of people continue to be curiuos, their childish games evolve to mastery of a beloved craft or branch of science, and their dreams are moving the entire progress of mankind. All this wonderful creativity shares the same exciting detail – restlesness for a discovery that can be felt in the air.

Trakai Fanfare Band

At the end of 19th century London is terrified by mysterious and unexplainable deaths. Dutch professor Van Helsing is convinced this disaster is caused by a vampire – an undead creature which prolongs its existence by feeding on the blood of the living. The professor reveals who is the vampire, when he meets count Dracula. As Dracula cannot overcome Van Helsing, he flees away and hides from the professor. Unfortunately, the evil count infects young lady Mina, fiancee of the professor's friend. She follows Dracula to his ruined abbey. The only chance for professor Van Helsing to save Mina is to kill count Dracula in his coffin before the sun set.

A Still from the Film

Titas scored music for a short film Conversationing (directed by Nick Calori, produced by Aaron Lee-Singer). It is a romantic story about two young people, Jack and Jill, who are strangers, but want to break ice and start a simple conversation.

Jack is sitting on a bench, when Jill comes and sits beside him. She want to try something: she wants to have a conversation. There must be something they can have a good conversation about.

Eventually Jack agree to give it a go but they can't find something to connect on. But it doesn't matter. Jack is inspired and he's going to try and start a conversation with others.

It doesn't go well. He tries a man on a bench but no. He tries a girl at a tube station but definitely no. He tries a woman on a bus, but she doesn't even reply.

Impro Group with Sean McCann, 5 to 9 of July 2010

London Film School (LFS) has been established more than 50 years ago. Its philosophy is to give film students the skills which they will need most in their professional lives. LFS national and global recognition speaks for itself as the school became a shelter for the students from more than 80 countries. Being a private school it has a strong sense of what industry professionals really need to know to do a good job in film making business.

Titas attended two workshops about filmmaking and working with actors in June and July. Paul Cronin gave a 3-day workshop about Alexander Mackendrick teaching and analysis of filmmaking. Sean McCann gave a 5-day practical workshop on how to work with actors. TitasMusic.com inquired why a film composer needs workshops in film making, especially in improvising with actors?

Documentary Algirdas Brazauskas - Testimonies is a new film by Ramune Sakalauskaite and Edita Mildazyte about Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas, who was the first President of the independent Lithuania after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The film reveals new facts about the Lithuanian contemporary politics, which are illustrated with original private footage received from the President Brazauskas
as well as archives from Lithuanian Film Studio and Lithuanian National Television.

The story starts with President’s conversation about his parents, childhood, university times at the Kaunas Institute of Politechnics, his first assignments in the construction industry and the beginning of the career in politics.
The filmmakers were successful to capture sensitive moments as the President tells his story and experience of the dramatic moments not only in his life but also the history of Lithuania.

Seven Sins

Seven sport women who live in seven different Lithuanian cities share their attitude towards the 'seven deadly sins' (Sloth, Pride, Wrath, Gluttony, Lust, Envy, and Greed). In the context of the current socio-economic crisis, this documentary was inspired by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's The Seven Deadly Sins (1933), ballet chanté, a ballet with singing. The piece (in the German it is called “Die Sieben Todsünden”) portrays two sisters (the representation of duality in personality) who travel to seven different cities during Great Depression to search for their happiness.

Saulius Lukosevicius

Saulius Lukosevicius, a graduate in cinematography at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, wins the first place with his short documentary film Get Trauma at "DailyFilm.TV DSLR".

The film is about the Lithuanian kite surfing club "Next Level" and its members. Saulius admits, the film is not just about kiting, but more about young people who have a strong passion in the sport, they love entertainment and competition.

Award Ceremony

The PEER-RABEN-MUSIC-AWARD for the best music to a short film was awarded for the first time at SoundTrack_Cologne in 2009. The jury was searching for film scores where the relationship between the images and the music and sound is innovative and dramaturgically clear. This was fulfilled by the short Noirville (dir. Andy Marsh) with the music by Titas Petrikis from Lithuania. Noirville was nominated along with 9 other films out of 140 participants and was announced to be the winner. The film tells a story about the lone girl Lucy, who is settled in a weird abandoned place, called Noirville. While hiding of the war, one day she discovers a strange article in the forest. This changes her life.

A new feature film "Giedre" by Donatas Vaisnoras will be premiered at the Pasaka Cinema Theatre in Vilnius on December 1st, 2009. The film is about two people, Giedre and Darius, who are divorcing despite being in love with each other. Both of them do not know why they are doing this, but their separation turns into some sort of a cruel declaration of love.

Despite the heroes go on with their lives, their connection remains uncut. They keep on sharing the intimate details of their lives. Such quaint openness helps to return the lost closeness, at least for a moment. The turmoil of feelings and thoughts is growing with every day. Eventually they realize they cannot live without each other… However, the previous closeness isn’t possible anymore either.

Minsk is 176 km away from Vilnius

The Nordic Council of Ministers and Audiovisual Art Center produced a film about the European Humanities University (EHU) in Vilnius. The EHU is a Belorussian university in exile, which has over eighteen hundred students. The short documentary film is about the goal of the university, its importance to the democratic development of Belarus.

The film was screened at the Nordic Council Session in Stockholm on October 27-29 where the Primer Ministers, parliament members and lots of Ministers from the Nordic countries participated. Besides the additional screenings in the Nordic countries, the film will be shown in Washington DC, the United States.

Titas is a producer of the film, he also scored the original music.