14
September
2012
Cue of the Week: “The Lowlanders”
This week’s selection intermixes lots of drums with cimbalom, mandolin, and recorder. (An alternate name for this piece might be “massacre at the Renaissance fair”.)... Read More
07
September
2012
Cue of the Week: “Sudden Blooms”
This week’s selection is a bit of mid-tempo electronica-plus-acoustic-guitar-plus-vibraphone (yes, that old cliche) written for Culture, an XBox Live game. (Click on the play button... Read More
31
August
2012
“Super Sidekick: The Musical” wins accolades at NY Fringe Festival
Super Sidekick: The Musical, with book by Gregory Crafts and music and lyrics by Michael Gordon Shapiro, has earned a number of accolades and positive... Read More
31
August
2012
Cue of the Week: “Wizard Flight”
This blog has been offline for a few weeks, but I have an excuse: I was over in New York attending a fabulous NY Fringe... Read More
10
August
2012
Cue of the Week: “After the Crisis”
This week’s selection is a brooding and introspective adagio for trumpet, piano, and strings. Featured in the film Our Crisis (Cuba). (Click on the play... Read More
03
August
2012
Cue of the Week: “First Kiss”
This week’s selection is a lyrical orchestral cue for solo woodwinds, piano, and strings, from the film Against Time. (Click on the play button to... Read More
27
July
2012
Cue of the Week: “Jay’s Theme”
This small slice of acoustic/folk pop heralded a sympathetic character’s arrival in the film “Siren”. Unlike an actual pop song, it doesn’t so much as... Read More
20
July
2012
Cue of the Week: “At Rest”
When writing this dramatic cue, I was seized with the notion of using a choir of flutes instead of the more traditional string accompaniment. The... Read More
15
June
2012
Cue of the Week: “The Evil Blimp”
The game Wizard Ops for iOS and Android was just updated with some brand-new content, so I thought I’d share some of the new music.... Read More
25
May
2012
Cue of the Week: “Two of a Kind”
This lyrical orchestral passage accompanies a turning point in the film Against Time, where a warm moment of bonding becomes foreboding. The score follows suit,... Read More