A raucous, guitar-and-drums based action cue. No fancy thematic development here; this one just starts at a run and keeps going. Guitar courtesy of sublime axe-wielder Tom Strahle.
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A haunting vocal performance by recording artist Jennifer Lindsay carries the torch in this elegiac fantasy-flavored piece. Tolkien fans will feel quite at home!
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Loud and proud, the music of a burly battle in an apocalyptic setting. In the tradition of many film composers, I stole a lick from Stravinski near the ending.
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Michael has collaborated with recording artist Natalie Nicole Gilbert to produce a pop ballad, Santa Monica. The song is now available as a single most major online music vendors, including iTunes and Amazon.com. It will also be included in the forthcoming The Best of Natalie Nicole Gilbert.
“It was a really relaxing and refreshing departure to work on someone else’s lyrics and composition for a change – in someone else’s studio, with someone else mixing it all down. No buttons to push, no meters to watch, no finger to lift on an instrument. Offering vocals to it felt a bit like contributing eggs to the batter: a small, messy contribution that’s simply pulling together all the more important elements. Thankfully, Mike knew just how to bake the dynamics. In my hands, I would have set off the fire alarm, for sure. ;)”