In addition to several other exciting projects, we had the opportunity last month to music supervise the documentary feature Life 2.0, which made its debut in January as an official selection of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival!  The film, directed by Jason Spingarn-Koff, explores the online virtual community known as Second Life, following the stories of 4 Second Life users and their avatars as their virtual lives begin to effect their real lives, and the separation between the two begins to blur.

Featured artists include Kites, Locksley, Maiysha, and Lucy Woodward.  Keep an eye out for the film – and if you happen to be in Austin next month, check it out as an official selection at the 2010 South By Southwest Film Festival, where it will be simulcast in a virtual screening within Second Life, followed by an interactive question and answer session in both the real and virtual theaters with the director and other key members of the production team.

The project was also a great example of the potential for collaboration between The Music Playground and its sister companies, The Lodge and The Diner.  Lodge engineer and creative director Colin Thibadeau mixed the film in 5.1 surround sound, Lodge composer Demian Sims worked with composer Justin Melland to help round out some of the cues, and the Diner also contributed music to the film’s diverse soundtrack.

For more info about the film, check out its website:  http://life2movie.com/

Watch the first 2 minutes of the film here:

“Director Jason Spingarn-Koff digs deeply into the core of basic human interaction by assuming his own avatar and immersing himself in the worlds of Second Life residents, whose real lives have been drastically transformed by the new lives they lead in cyberspace. In doing so, he manages to create an intimate, character-based drama that forces us to question not only who we are, but who we long to be.”

-from the Sundance Film Festival Film Guide