16
April
2021
Cue of the Week: “The Hospital”
This week’s selection is another cue from the political thriller The F-Zone. I’m fond of the often-underutilized low registers of mallet instruments. Here the vibraphone,... Read More
02
April
2021
Cue of the Week: “Escaping the Country”
This week’s selection is an action cue from one of my first feature films, a political thriller called The F-Zone. The string orchestration gives it... Read More
26
March
2021
Cue of the Week: Walking
This music introduces a short film called Dead Line, which I scored many years ago. Detuned piano, fiddle drones, and exotic bells create a disquieting... Read More
05
March
2021
Cue of the Week: “Craving Greatness”
Here’s the opening music from the film Craving Greatness, celebrating its recent release. As mentioned last week, the film is a visual love letter to... Read More
26
February
2021
Cue of the Week: “Write On”
Craving Greatness, a heart-warming love letter to creative process, runs this weekend at the Kapow Intergalactic Film Festival. (This is just a hunch, but I... Read More
12
February
2021
Cue of the Week: “Paris”
We’ve reached the denouement of the Lady Usher film score, a reprise of the opening theme for protagonist Morgan. As always, it’s tough to describe... Read More
05
February
2021
Cue of the Week: “Welcome to My House”
Every movie about a domineering matriarch needs final confrontation music, or so they taught us in composer school. This week’s music from Lady Usher accompanies... Read More
22
January
2021
Cue of the Week: “Unwelcome Revelations”
Late in the film Lady Usher, protagonist Morgan learns increasingly uncomfortable secrets about her beloved Roderick and his family. It’s hard to say more without... Read More
15
January
2021
Cue of the Week: “The Crossroads”
In a late scene in the film Lady Usher, Morgan desperately tries to persuade the conflicted Roderick to join her in escaping the Usher family... Read More
18
December
2020
Cue of the Week: “The Gardener”
Next from the score of the film Lady Usher is this textural theme for the Ushers’ gardener, Gordon. Hiding his face behind a beekeeper’s mask... Read More
