11
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
04
June
2010
Cue of the Week: “Dogfight in the Skies”
A companion piece to last installment’s aerial adventure music, this week’s selection continues the spirit of high-energy derring-do and takes it up a notch. Almost... Read More
21
May
2010
Cue of the Week: “Patrolling the Skies”
A component of my score for the video game Jane’s Attack Squadron, this week’s selection is fast-paced orchestral adventure music with some thematic motifs dropped... Read More
14
May
2010
Cue of the Week: “Lou”
This was music for a fun character: a slow-talking cowboy bass player with a magnetic charm. I wrote a theme for electric bass, using glisses... Read More
07
May
2010
Cue of the Week: “Dusk in Ancient Koryo”
This week’s selection is a lyrical, Far Eastern-flavored theme in two parts: an optimistic opening for strings and Korean daegum flute, followed by a more... Read More
23
April
2010
Cue of the Week: “The Discovery”
This week’s musical selection accompanies a moment of discovery and illumination in Greg Bowyer’s “Anthem” film. (Click on the play button to stream, or the... Read More
16
April
2010
Cue of the Week: “The First Wave”
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... Read More
09
April
2010
Cue of the Week: “Song of Greywood”
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! (Click... Read More
26
March
2010
Cue of the Week: “Fisticuffs of the Gods”
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... Read More
19
March
2010
Cue of the Week: “Defeat and Resolve”
I’d originally imagined this cue’s introductory solo on trumpet, this being the traditional “sad military” sound. In a fit of what I like to consider... Read More