One of the things I particularly enjoyed doing was taking raw sound from locations during the film, like the candy machine, and writing pieces of music to go with them, which is totally unnecessary within the context of the film, because they have their own logic.

The prize was establiFred Frithd in 2005 in honour of experimental vocalist Demetrio Stratos of the Italian group Area who died in 1979. Frith was also a member of Art Bears Massacre and Skeleton Crew. Currently Frith is Professor of Composition in the Music Department at Mills College in Oakland California.