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September 2024
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Cue of the Week: “Dee and T”

This week’s music selection is the opening from Emerald, Texas, filmmaker George Adams’ modern-day reinvention of The Wizard of Oz.

In this cue I lay out the instrumental palette of the entire score: acoustic blues guitar, solo strings, drums, and – to use the technical musical term – weird surreal floaty stuff in the background.

As the film plays with the boundaries of the waking world, the music keeps one foot in down-home existence and one in a more dreamlike place.

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September 2024
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Cue of the Week: “Golden Coreopsis”

For some reason I think of this blog as having TV-like seasons, each of which kicks off after summer travels. So welcome to season fifteen or so!

This week I re-run my favorite music from the feature film Emerald, Texas, which envisions The Wizard of Oz in modern day. The protagonists are lazing in a resplendent field of flowers — loosely, the poppy fields from the original book. I took the opportunity to write a pastoral string melody to reflect the expansive prettiness and momentary peace.

I really need to make an album of this score, but (insert standard excuses about not having enough time here).

Morituri Te Salutant // Michael Gordon Shapiro - Highlights
  1. Morituri Te Salutant // Michael Gordon Shapiro - Highlights
  2. Emerald, Texas // Highlights
  3. Mythic Battle // Highlights
  4. The Yard Sale // Michael Gordon Shapiro - Highlights
  5. Investigations // Highlights
  6. Home Room // Highlights
  7. Sands of Arabia // Highlights
  8. Spider Cult // Highlights
  9. Poker Night // Highlights