INTERVIEW WITH ERIC IBERG-SKI FILMMAKER
 by Richard JankovichWhile attending ASPEN/SNOWMASSâ??s â??The Meeting â?? 2007â?, Dan Holmes and I had the opportunity to sit down with Eric Iberg, an independent filmmaker who directs for Poor Boyz. Eric was in town promoting his new ski film, â??Ideaâ?, starring Eric Pollard, Pep Fujas and Andy Mahre. Eric spoke to us in length about the history of ski and snow films, his career and, in particular, the use of music in his work.When asked how important music is to his films, Eric says â??it is 100% important.â? For â??Ideaâ?, Eric assembled a team of 7 musicians to create score for the film before the footage was shot. â??My whole goal with this film was to create an original soundtrack,â? says Eric, â??so I had these guys to create a library of 50 songs that we could shoot to and later edit around.â?Ericâ??s hands-on approach to filmmaking also applied to directing the score. â??We recorded the whole thing in my house, next to the room where we were editing,â? says Eric. The musicians also created songs and beds for intros, outros and nameplates for the sponsors. When asked the biggest challenge of curating original music, Eric replied â??The hardest part was mixing and mastering and getting things to sound professional.â?”Idea” premiered as ASPEN/SNOWMASS this weekend and Dan and I were excited to be there to witness Eric’s forward thinking use of music and film. Watch the trailer below or click here.
