Foo Fighter Nate Mendel, composes score, two original songs, and acts in "Our Burden is Light" to be released on January 13th 2004. Soundtrack album to follow.

Nate Mendel, bassist of the Foo Fighters, has composed a magnificent score, two new, awesome original songs and gives a dramatic performance in the much anticipated indy flick, "Our Burden is Light". Along with Nate's score and songs, the film's music includes titles from Dave Matthew's Band, David Gray, Rickie Lee Jones, Mark Lanegan, All, and others.

(PRWEB) December 4, 2003 --Nate Mendel, bassist for the Foo Fighters, composed an amazing score and two previously unreleased songs for the film, Our Burden is Light", which he performs with his real life sweetie, Jessica Ballard, and Taylor Hawkins, drummer of the Foo Figters. (Negativity", Left of Center") Nate co-stars in the film as well.

The DVD of Our Burden is Light" (with special features including gag reel, rehearsals, commentary and deleted scenes) along with a soundtrack album (including Original score and two original songs by Nate Mendel of the Foo Fighters, also tentatively containing tracks from Dave Mathews Band, David Gray, Rickie Lee Jones, Mark Lanegan, All and others) is slated for mid January 2004. It will be available wherever DVDs and CDs are sold.

This release is a culmination of undying support and desire of Foo Fighters fans everywhere. On two occasions, belief and support in the film by the films sales reps and distributor faltered, but the fans rose up and sent well over ten thousand emails expressing their desire to see and hear the music that permeates Our Burden is Light". So many emails in fact, that the sales reps email server crashed!

Following this information is a synopsis of the film.

Andrew Smith / Producer
Lightburden Productions LP
lightburden@aol.com

Our Burden is Light
written and directed by Denise Coates
A redemption drama with the soundtrack of our lives, composed by Nate Mendel of the Foo Fighters (who also acts in the film).
Nothing in painter Karen Moones life fits. Like the punk music that her boyfriend sings, everything is disjointed, distorted, and disturbed. Karens father died when she was young and in dealing with her mothers loneliness and depression, the fabric binding their lives has become frayed to the point of breaking. The breaking point finally occurs when Karens mother commits suicide.

Kyle Elliot, a yuppie jingle writer, faces a similarly discordant life. He gave up his dream of being a touring musician in order to please his money-grubbing social-climber -of –a-wife.

Fate brings Karen and Kyle together at the same dark and rainy bus stop where they are mugged and left for dead. An angelic stranger, Sam, finds them and takes them into the abandoned church hes been hired to renovate. After Karen and Kyle awaken, both realize they have amnesia. Before they rediscover who they are, they fall in love, finding that away from reality, their romance is able to come to a full blossom.
Once Karen and Kyle do remember who they are, they must each decide whether to go back to their old, unsatisfying life or together, embrace a new life filled with passion as they follow their dreams.
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