Marc Anthony Thompson (Composer) Brooklyn, New York-based composer Marc Anthony Thompson (composer) provides the score, featuring guest soloist Branford Marsalis, for A Huey P. Newton Story. Intimately familiar with the project, Thompson provided live sound design for the touring stage production, for which he received an Obie Award and a 1997 Drama Desk nomination. Thompson continues to collaborate with Roger Guenveur Smith, as they have begun work on Iceland, a stage piece commissioned by the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art. No stranger to contributing to film, Thompson wrote the musical score for director John Shear’s Urbania (1999) and co-wrote the song "Don’t Grow" for the film Twin Falls Idaho (1999) with musician/producer Stuart Matthewman. His experience in the film industry made him the ideal choice to host the Sundance Channel’s four-part series "Sonic Cinema" (2000), a look at the world where music videos meet film. Thompson’s video for the song "My Mom" (from Black Music, the 1998 debut album by his collective, Chocolate Genius) was featured in the program. Thompson is currently preparing his latest Chocolate Genius release, godmusic, for a May 2001 release.