29
May
2009
Cue of the Week: “Dennis Alone”
This moody and lyrical cue features soprano sax, a recurring modal piano ostinato, and string orchestra. I’ve always liked using the saxophone as an orchestral... Read More
22
May
2009
Cue of the Week: “Struggle in the Sands”
Nothing perks up a Friday like some good old-fashioned, wholesome battle-to-the-death music. Here’s some of my Mideastern-styled action scoring from Empire Earth 3. This piece... Read More
15
May
2009
Cue of the Week: “A Dark Future”
Brooding and lyrical, this orchestral cue adopts the classic “rounded binary” form – a theme, followed by a contrasting B section, capped with a brief... Read More
08
May
2009
Cue of the Week: “Training Montage”
This happy guitar rock cue – written for an archetypical athletic training montage – wraps up our (discontinuous) month of happy music. I hadn’t intended... Read More
17
April
2009
Cue of the Week: “El Tequila Bar”
This third installment in our month of happy music series should be a hit among fans of Mariachi music and spirits-induced catatonia. On a technical... Read More
10
April
2009
Cue of the Week: “Field Work”
Continuing our month of nonstop happy music series, this cue prominently features the guitar-playin’ of the inimitably talented Tom Strahle. Not to mention mandolin-playin’ and... Read More
10
April
2009
Vancouver Vagabond
Michael worked with composers Peter Allen and James Covell on the feature-length documentary Vancouver Vagabond, creating digital realizations of pieces from the classical and romantic... Read More
03
April
2009
Cue of the Week: “Audrey and Einstein”
It was recently remarked to me that this blog tends to feature a lot of music of dark/aliens-invading/yearning-for-eternal-truths sort of character. In response to this,... Read More
20
March
2009
Cue of the Week: “Trouble’s Overture”
An ominously-building musical prelude combining orchestral colors with chorus, drums, and electronic timbres. If this blog were written by a publicist, the words “relentless pulsation”... Read More
06
March
2009
Cue of the Week: “Unlikely Heroes”
An offbeat tune featuring bari sax, drums, and marimba. The mood is something halfway between African wildlife documentary and slightly unhinged 1960s spy movie. (Click... Read More