Seven Tales of Poe film

Seven Tales of Poe

Fall of House of Usher

Annabel Lee

Cask of Amontillado
Seven Tales of Poe

Animated Film

TV-14 for dark themes

Produced by ALBEDO MUSIC

Directed by Doug Clyde

Written by Edgar Allan Poe

Script Adapted by Claude

Animated by ChatGPT, Venice, Gemini, and Veo

Edited by Doug Clyde

Annabel Lee Narrated by Jimmy Good

Other Voices by Veo and ElevenLabs

Music composed by Kelly Joe Richardson

Orchestrated by Kelly Joe Richardson

Viola and Violin Solos played by Kelly Joe Richardson

Woodwind Solos played by Doug Clyde

Virtual Orchestra Recorded by ALBEDO

Prologue: Nevermore!
Tale One: The Masque of the Red Death
Tale Two: Metzengerstein
Tale Three: The Fall of the House of Usher
Tale Four: A Descent into the Maelstrom
Tale Five: The Pit and the Pendulum
Intermezzo: Annabel Lee
Tale Six: The Tell-Tale Heart
Tale Seven: The Cask of the Amontillado
Epilogue: The Raven

Award winning animation featuring several different tales written by Edgar Allan Poe. Nominated for Best Original Score in 2025 by the Independent Shorts Awards. Animation created with A.I. and edited by Doug Clyde. Based on music composed by Kelly Joe Richardson for Solo Viola and Orchestra.
Recommended for ages 14+ due to dark gothic themes about death and misery.

ISA Gold Award

ISA Silver Award

Doug Clyde
(Director Biography)

Doug Clyde is an award-winning filmmaker and composer operating under the banner ALBEDO MUSIC. His documentary "Seven Other Planets of Our Solar System" earned a Best Documentary nomination at the International Indie Film & Screenplay Festival. As a former planetarium educator, he brings a unique perspective to science-based storytelling, combining astronomical knowledge with artistic vision. His collaborative work with composer Kelly Joe Richardson on "The Seven Tales of Poe" has garnered multiple awards, including a Gold Award and a Silver Award both for Best Original Score at the Independent Shorts Awards in Los Angeles in 2025. Across 15 albums as the artist ALBEDO, he has won 13 awards including recognition from the Independent Music Awards, Global Music Awards, and the Utah Music Awards. He specializes in blending contemporary animation techniques with classical music and literary adaptations.

Kelly Richardson
(Composer Biography)

Kelly Joe Richardson is a composer and violinist. His first film at the University of Southern California was declared the best musical score in the school's history by the USC Film Department. His music has been recorded at Universal, MGM and 20th Century Fox Studios as well as the Steven Spielberg Scoring Stage. His music has been performed at the OK Mozart Festival, Carnegie Hall, Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow by the Moscow State Philharmonic and the Great Hall Named After Shostakovich by the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra in St. Petersburg, Russia. He has written music for the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C., the New York Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and Juilliard teacher and former New York Philharmonic principal violist Paul Neubauer. His newest composition is a work for solo viola and orchestra, "Seven Tales of Poe" dedicated to Paul Neubauer. His “Battle of Shiloh” was performed last October by the Elbland Philharmonic in Germany.