A Violent Noise

Coping with the loss of his dear brother, Damian attempts to finish an album that he and his brother were working on prior to his brother’s death. Premiered at the 2025 Slamdance Film Festival in Los Angeles, CA in association with Film Independent.

Written & Directed by Michael Yuchen Lei

Original Score by Gabriel Priem

Produced by Ciao Xinyu Zhao & Philip Yuzhong Ge

All the Time in the World

Follow a soon-to-be high school graduate who comes across a mysterious, time-controlling device which quickly complicates his peer relationships before his graduation.

Directed by Shaun Riel (CSU Northridge ‘23)

Original Score by Gabriel Priem

Dragnet Girl

Directed by Japanese Silent Filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu, “Dragnet Girl” follows a couple submerged in the modernization of a rapidly changing Japan that struggles not to leave its roots behind.

This excerpt is a demo submitted in consideration for Indiana University’s Fall 2023 Jon Vickers Scoring Award.

Directed by Yasujiro Ozu (1933)

Rescore (Right Excerpt) by Gabriel Priem

Resurrecting the Champ

An excerpt from my studies under the tutelage of Professor Larry Groupe at Indiana University. “Resurrecting the Champ” is the story of one reporter’s journey through another man’s life and the love of a father for one’s son.

Rescore (Left Excerpt) by Gabriel Priem

Original Score by Larry Groupe

Film Directed by Rod Lurie