24
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
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
11
June
2010
“Climb the Smallest Mountain” goes Off-Off Broadway
Michael’s short rock musical Climb The Smallest Mountain will be featured in the 35th Annual Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival. From a... Read More
11
June
2010
Erhu Concerto Underway
Michael has begun work on a new orchestral concert piece for Hanyi Productions. The work will combine a traditional Western symphony with a soloist playing... Read More
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
