Ray had the privilege to compose the orchestral score for the documentary:
The Stones are Speaking
The Stones Are Speaking tells the amazing story of how a long-looted piece of land in Texas turned out to be one of the most significant archaeological sites in the Western Hemisphere. Archaeologist Mike Collins and his team discovered evidence of people living in Central Texas up to 20,000 years ago - thousands of years before many scientists thought humans first ventured into the New World. That makes this place, now known as The Gault Archaeological Site, located 45 miles northwest of Austin, a game changer in the long and fierce debate about when and how people lived in the Americas during the last ice age. It challenges a theory that the first people, dubbed the Clovis culture, arrived only 13,500 years ago. Collins and his team found stone tools that were Older than Clovis by thousands of years, the largest collection of Clovis artifacts ever found in one location, and an array of intriguing, incised stones that may be some of the earliest Art in the Americas.
The Stones are Speaking is written and directed by the talented Olive Talley.
https://www.olivetalley.com/
"Ray has an extraordinary instinct for emotional storytelling. His score didn’t just support the film, it elevated the film in ways I could never have imagined. He created themes for each character and they became an essential voice that helped connect the audience to the story and the characters. He is a superb talent and a joy to work with because of his warm, authentic, collaborative spirit. Our film would not have been as good without his soulful music."
Where to watch:
There is a condensed version that is running on Texas PBS stations
(checking your local TV guide).
Also, you may watch the entire theatrical release on several streaming services.
itunes
google play
amazon prime TV
Listen to the orchestral suite by Ray Sharp on YouTube:
Ray recently got recognized for
'Best Music' at the
Archaeology Channel International
Film Festival!
