25
October
2013
Cue of the Week: “The Final Tournament (Part 2)”
A companion piece to last week’s music selection, this cue accompanies the climactic showdown between fencers Catherine Bolton and Robbie Hopper. Both are sight-impaired fencers... Read More
18
October
2013
Cue of the Week: “The Final Tournament (Part 1)”
Composing for a fencing tourney in a documentary is decidedly different from scoring the same material in a fictional movie; too bombastic a style and... Read More
04
October
2013
Cue of the Week: “Ani at Home”
Continuing the music series from Touché: A Blind Fencer’s Story, this week’s cue is a gentle accompaniment to fully blind fencer Ani Brady, as she... Read More
27
September
2013
Cue of the Week: “Touché (Main Titles)”
Continuing the selections from Touché: A Blind Fencer’s Story, this week’s cue is the music from the opening credits. The haunting black-and-white visual of two... Read More
20
September
2013
Cue of the Week: “Pet Snakes”
This week’s cue is another selection from the feature documentary Touché: A Blind Fencer’s Story — specifically, a theme for one of the fencers’ serpentine... Read More
12
September
2013
Cue of the Week: “Taking the Test”
This week’s cue is a second excerpt from the score for Touché: A Blind Fencer’s Story. This reprises the theme presented last week, but in... Read More
06
September
2013
Cue of the Week: “Catherine’s Theme”
George Adams’ documentary Touché: A Blind Fencer’s Story tells the extraordinary story of Catherine Bolton, a woman who after losing most of her vision in... Read More
23
August
2013
Cue of the Week: “Bad News Tango”
This week’s cue is a short tango, written for a witty moment in a romantic comedy. The high drama of the musical style clicked well... Read More
16
August
2013
Cue of the Week: “PTSD”
Here’s some moody underscore from a trauma scene with Erika Christensen’s character in the film Home Room. I spent a lot of time thinking about... Read More
02
August
2013
Cue of the Week: “Reflections”
This week’s offering is an introspective cue for piano, strings, and harp (with a touch of clarinet at the very end). I composed this for... Read More