A Perfect Place is a black-and-white tragic comedy short

Short subject

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 directed, produced, and written by Derrick Scocchera starring Mark Boone Junior

Mark Boone Junior

Mark Boone Junior is an American actor perhaps best known for his roles as Bobby Munson in FX's Sons of Anarchy and in two films by Christopher Nolan, Memento and Batman Begins...

 and Bill Moseley

Bill Moseley

William "Bill" Moseley is an American film actor and musician who has starred in a number of cult classic horror films, including House of 1000 Corpses, Repo! The Genetic Opera and The Devil's Rejects. His first big role was in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as Chop Top...

, first released on 2 February 2008 at the Lake County Film Festival. It was filmed in entirely in Alameda

Alameda, California

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, Oakland

Oakland, California

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 and San Francisco, California

California

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 under a budget of $50,000.

Cast

• Mark Boone Junior
  Mark Boone Junior
  Mark Boone Junior is an American actor perhaps best known for his roles as Bobby Munson in FX's Sons of Anarchy and in two films by Christopher Nolan, Memento and Batman Begins...
  
   – Tom
• Bill Moseley
  Bill Moseley
  William "Bill" Moseley is an American film actor and musician who has starred in a number of cult classic horror films, including House of 1000 Corpses, Repo! The Genetic Opera and The Devil's Rejects. His first big role was in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as Chop Top...
  
   – Eddie
• Todd Lookinland – The Cheat
• Isabelle Maynard – Mrs. Newburg
• Tom Miller – Dennis
• Peter De Luca – Mr. Newburg

Soundtrack

The soundtrack comprises the third non-aliased solo release by Mike Patton

Mike Patton

Michael Allan "Mike" Patton is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor, best known as the lead singer of the metal/experimental rock band Faith No More. He has also sung for Mr...

, who wrote, produced and performed all tracks (with the exception of some percussion parts), released on March 11, 2008 under his own Ipecac Recordings

Ipecac Recordings

Ipecac Recordings is an independent record label based in California. It was founded on April 1, 1999 by Greg Werckman and Mike Patton Ipecac Recordings is an independent record label based in California. It was founded on April 1, 1999 by Greg Werckman (ex-label manager of Alternative Tentacles,...

 with special edition copies of the album being released with a bonus DVD containing the film. The score itself is 10 minutes longer than the film because Patton "got excited" and has been well received by critics with allmusic giving it a four out of five star rating and crediting Patton for the "depth of his orchestral arrangements" calling them "surprisingly mature".

Track listing

All tracks written by Mike Patton except some percussion parts as noted here.

1. "Main Title" – 3:15
2. "A Perfect Place" – 3:30
3. "Car Radio (AM)" – 1:01
4. "A Perfect Twist (Vocal)" – 2:44
5. "A Little Poker Tomorrow Night?" – 3:10
6. "Seriously Disturbed" – 1:18
7. "A Dream of Roses" – 2:34
8. "A Perfect Place/Main Title (Reprise)" – 2:45
9. "Batucada" – 2:18
10. "Another Perfect Place" – 1:42
11. "Car Radio (FM)" – 1:55
12. "Swinging the Body" – 1:57
13. "Catholic Tribe" – 2:28
14. "Il Cupo Dolore" – 2:06
15. "A Perfect End" – 2:46

Personnel

• Mike Patton
  Mike Patton
  Michael Allan "Mike" Patton is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor, best known as the lead singer of the metal/experimental rock band Faith No More. He has also sung for Mr...
  
   – percussion, producer, mixing, musician
• Danny Heifetz
  Danny Heifetz
  Danny Heifetz is an American musician of Jewish descent usually living in Sydney, Australia. He is primarily a drummer and percussionist, but also plays trumpet...
  
  , William Winant
  William Winant
  William Winant is an American percussionist.In addition to his work in contemporary classical music -- notably performing Lou Harrison's compositions—Winant has worked in a variety of genres, including noise rock, free improvisation and jazz. Notable collaborators include Glenn Spearman, Thurston...
  
   – percussion on tracks 1 and 9
• Gavin Lurssen – mastering

External links

• A Perfect Place at allmovie
• A Perfect Place at Internet Movie Database
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