Michael Gordon Shapiro, Composer

February 2014

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Cue of the Week: “Bite of the Desert”

Since my previous cue was a romanticized, melodic interpretation of a desert environment, I thought I’d offer a contrasting take on the same subject. This week’s selection is visceral and raw, evoking a desert’s harsh conditions and oppressive heat. Nothing to hum along to here!

Part of my approach was to include musical timbres that were organic but unfamiliar, to add a creepy and alienating flavor to the score.

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	Bite of the Desert

February 2014

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February 2014

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MMORPG.com Interview

Michael is interviewed by Chris Coke of MMORPG.com on the latest episode of the “Game On” podcast. The primary topic is Michael’s score for Hex: Shards of Fate, though there’s also discussion of the creative process and advice for those starting out in game music.

Click here for the interview.

January 2014

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Cue of the Week: “Sands of Arabia”

This week’s selection is an orchestral overture with flavors of mideastern folk music, written for the game Empire Earth II. The sinuous-sounding wind instrument opening the piece is an Armenian duduk, played here by Chris Bleth. Everything else comes courtesy of the Budapest Film Orchestra.

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	Sands of Arabia

January 2014

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Cue of the Week: “The Clock”

This short piano cue from the film Home Room is loosely imitative of the ticking of the clock, the specific visual which the music accompanies. I could have adopted a closer imitation by setting the tempo to a clocklike 60bpm, but the pacing of the scene required something a bit lighter on its feet. (Plus, I wanted to be transparent rather than cutesy.)

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	The Clock

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