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
16
March
2012
Cue of the Week: “The Cram Session”
An all-night study montage is musically depicted with mallet instruments, solo string pizzicato, and other pleasant eccentricities. (Click on the play button to stream, or... Read More
17
February
2012
Cue of the Week: “A Place of Memories”
Guzheng soloist Su Chang displays a sensitive command of her instrument in this haunting passage with harp, strings, and bass clarinet. This is an excerpt... Read More
10
February
2012
Cue of the Week: “The Return”
Here’s a third excerpt from my concert piece Identity: Zhongshan Zhuang, a concerto for guzheng and orchestra. Like the other excerpts, this section of the... Read More
03
February
2012
Cue of the Week: “Memories of Home”
This week I’m sharing another excerpt from my concert piece Identity: Zhongshan Zhuang, a concerto for guzheng and orchestra. This excerpt, from the second movement,... Read More
27
January
2012
Cue of the Week: “Peaceful Times”
This week I’m happy to share an excerpt from Identity: Zhongshan Zhuang, my concerto for guzheng and orchestra which was released this week by Hanyi.... Read More
20
January
2012
Cue of the Week: “A Brief Connection”
A short and sweet film cue for oboe and strings. (There’s a bit of a pun buried in the title, as the scene in question... Read More
13
January
2012
Cue of the Week: “The Shaman”
In celebration of Friday the 13th, this week’s music is on the creepy side. Woodwinds and low-register harp alternate in the foreground while agitated drones... Read More
06
January
2012
Cue of the Week: “Into the Dark Forest”
This week’s music is another orchestral action cue from Wizard Ops, accompanying the titular sorcerer’s adventures through the forest and into the lair of… well,... Read More