26
February
2021
Cue of the Week: “Write On”
Craving Greatness, a heart-warming love letter to creative process, runs this weekend at the Kapow Intergalactic Film Festival. (This is just a hunch, but I... Read More
12
February
2021
Cue of the Week: “Paris”
We’ve reached the denouement of the Lady Usher film score, a reprise of the opening theme for protagonist Morgan. As always, it’s tough to describe... Read More
05
February
2021
Cue of the Week: “Welcome to My House”
Every movie about a domineering matriarch needs final confrontation music, or so they taught us in composer school. This week’s music from Lady Usher accompanies... Read More
22
January
2021
Cue of the Week: “Unwelcome Revelations”
Late in the film Lady Usher, protagonist Morgan learns increasingly uncomfortable secrets about her beloved Roderick and his family. It’s hard to say more without... Read More
15
January
2021
Cue of the Week: “The Crossroads”
In a late scene in the film Lady Usher, Morgan desperately tries to persuade the conflicted Roderick to join her in escaping the Usher family... Read More
18
December
2020
Cue of the Week: “The Gardener”
Next from the score of the film Lady Usher is this textural theme for the Ushers’ gardener, Gordon. Hiding his face behind a beekeeper’s mask... Read More
11
December
2020
Cue of the Week: “The Funeral”
Sometimes a composer’s job is to not write music. I put a lot of TLC into this cue accompanying Lady Usher‘s funeral scene. (Name of... Read More
04
December
2020
Cue of the Week: “The Shower”
This music from Lady Usher accompanies a reflective moment in the shower which becomes visceral with the arrival of an unwelcome plus one. The hair-raising... Read More
20
November
2020
Cue of the Week: “Night Passions”
This mid-film cue from Lady Usher accompanies a complex scene where tenderness turns to passion, and then… something disturbing. Thematically, this cue introduces a melody... Read More
06
November
2020
Cue of the Week: “Visions and Explorations”
One reason I selected a string quartet for the score of Lady Usher is because strings are particularly capable of producing hair-raising acoustic effects. This... Read More
