28
March
2014
Cue of the Week: “After the Game”
This cue from the film Against Time is one of my favorites, doubtless because the scene had just about everything a film composer could ask... Read More
14
March
2014
Cue of the Week: “Shopping Spree”
This week’s selection is some 40s-esque big band swing with an impish clarinet solo in the Benny Goodman / Artie Shaw tradition. (I wish I... Read More
07
March
2014
Cue of the Week: “Victory in Prussia”
Video game victory music tends to be brief, so forgive the short music selection this week. Empire Earth 2 had several historical campaigns, including one... Read More
28
February
2014
Cue of the Week: “Cat”
Let it never be said that I don’t write music for undead housepets. (Click on the play button to stream, or the cue title to... Read More
21
February
2014
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... Read More
31
January
2014
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... Read More
24
January
2014
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.... Read More
10
January
2014
Cue of the Week: “Field Work”
Most of the music for the film Against Time was orchestral, but a few guitar-driven cues reflect more personal or homey moments. This folksy/bluesy piece... Read More
03
January
2014
Cue of the Week: “The Worm Boss”
“Boss” here is meant in the sense of final opponent of a video game level rather than overseer of employees, though I suppose the two... Read More
20
December
2013
Cue of the Week: “New Sight”
Wrapping up the series of music selections from Touché: A Blind Fencer’s Story, this cue falls towards the end of the documentary. Fencer Catherine Bolton... Read More
