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October
2010
Cue of the Week: “Flashback”
Continuing the theme of creepy music through Holloween: This week’s selection features Native American flutes, bowed prayer bowls, a spring drum, and an unusual instrument... Read More
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September
2010
Cue of the Week: “Confronting the Beast”
Continuing our creepy music theme, this week’s selection begins with a disquieting ambient passage and transitions into a frenetic orchestral climax. The music makes use... Read More
17
September
2010
Cue of the Week: “Things in the Dark”
As the title implies, this weeks’s selection is a dark and ambient musical atmosphere. Pulsing brass in their lowest register and woodwind trills help usher... Read More
03
September
2010
Cue of the Week: “Escape at the Airfield”
Written back when I was a wee composer of 25, this action cue accompanies a daring airplane escape sequence in the film The F-Zone. Using... Read More
27
August
2010
Cue of the Week: “Genius at Work”
Another orchestral cue from Against Time, this one conveying the exhilaration of invention with a touch of mad-scientist eccentricity. (Click on the play button to... Read More
19
August
2010
Cue of the Week: “After the Game”
A tender and somewhat wistful orchestral cue from the film Against Time. I had the enjoyable experience of writing this to accompany sensitive performances from... Read More
09
July
2010
Cue of the Week: “Sneak Away”
This week’s musical selection is a quirky orchestral two-step, featuring a solo woodwinds and that most celebrated of melodic instruments, the tuba. (Click on the... Read More
02
July
2010
Cue of the Week: “The Berg Breaks”
This is one of a series of orchestral cues I wrote for an interactive computer adventure called The Penguin Who Wouldn’t Swim. As the project... Read More
18
June
2010
Cue of the Week: “Stage Bending”
Enough with the orchestra. I am frequently told; What we really want to know is: can you play the kazoo? As this week’s cue demonstrates,... Read More
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June
2010
Cue of the Week: “Adventure in the Skies”
This is the third in the series of aerial action/adventure music cues drawn from my score for the video game Jane’s Attack Squadron. The french horns... Read More