In this week’s selection, stone and wooden percussion instruments – and a few other oddities – join together in a slowly-thickening minimalist rhythm. (The “jungle” atmosphere may resonate with those of you currently drenched in summer humidity.)


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	Jungle Dwellers

This week’s cue is an alternately intimate and sweeping orchestral piece featuring strings, oboe, and piano. This was recorded back in the days when you needed a stack of DA-88 recorders in order to track an orchestra digitally. (Today you just need a reasonably fast hard drive!)


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	The List

This week’s selection, from Star Trek Conquest, is what is technically known as “good guy victory music”. (You Trekkers out there can check my terminology.)


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	Federation Victory

I wrote this somber prelude for piano, strings, and clarinet for the opening of the film Home Room, which deals with the psychological effects of school violence. In this scene, detective Van Zandt (played by Victor Garber) surveys the sad aftermath of a school shooting.


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	Aftermath

This week I’m breaking from my usual stream of music for films, video games, and the like. Today’s selection is an instrumental excerpt from Gideon and the Blundersnorp, a concert piece for orchestra and narrator. As you might guess from the title, this is a fantasy story aimed at younger audiences. In performance, the music and story interweave in a way that’s reminiscent of Peter and the Wolf.

There’s no narration in this excerpt, but the music will give you a sense of the tale’s quasi-medieval storybook setting.


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	Gideon’s Ride

This week’s selection combines contemporary drums and guitar, orchestral strings, and the ubiquitous french horn section. The overall flavor is a mix of heroism with a touch of modernistic moodiness.

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	The Last Highway