27
July
2012
Cue of the Week: “Jay’s Theme”
This small slice of acoustic/folk pop heralded a sympathetic character’s arrival in the film “Siren”. Unlike an actual pop song, it doesn’t so much as... Read More
20
July
2012
Cue of the Week: “At Rest”
When writing this dramatic cue, I was seized with the notion of using a choir of flutes instead of the more traditional string accompaniment. The... Read More
25
May
2012
Cue of the Week: “Two of a Kind”
This lyrical orchestral passage accompanies a turning point in the film Against Time, where a warm moment of bonding becomes foreboding. The score follows suit,... Read More
18
May
2012
Cue of the Week: “A Triumphant Exit”
This week’s selection is a happy march from an interactive story. It’s been a number of years and the details are a bit foggy, but... Read More
04
May
2012
Cue of the Week: “The Windswept Fields”
This week’s selection is an ambient musical atmosphere evoking wheat stalks gently swaying under blue skies. (I’ll leave it up to you as to whether... Read More
27
April
2012
Cue of the Week: “The Storm Gathers”
This week’s selection, which also currently accompanies the splash page of my website, is a dark and melodic orchestral cue with a hint of otherworldly... Read More
20
April
2012
Cue of the Week: “Leaving the Ranch”
This week’s selection is actually a combo of two orchestral cues from successive scenes in a film: a late-night research session fraught with unexpected discovery,... Read More
13
April
2012
Cue of the Week: “An Otherworldly Revenge”
In honor of Friday the 13th, here’s some chilling and supernaturally-flavored music from the climax of Cleve Nettles’ forthcoming film Healers. This cue features a... Read More
06
April
2012
Cue of the Week: “Groove Pastiche”
If you’re a composer for hire, every now and then you have to write something like this. It’s a guilty pleasure. Non, je ne regrette... Read More
23
March
2012
Cue of the Week: “The Uninvited Guest”
This week’s selection is a wry and somewhat French-flavored solo piano cue. I took a few editorial liberties with this “album” version of the music,... Read More