19
October
2012
Cue of the Week: “Big City Lights”
This week’s selection is some piano-driven acoustic blues from a film comedy project of yore. I’m occasionally asked why I don’t perform piano on my... Read More
12
October
2012
Cue of the Week: “Final Victory”
I’ve had to write a number of pieces of music with the name “Final Victory” and will probably write more in the future. It’s kind... Read More
28
September
2012
Cue of the Week: “A Consultation”
This cue, from the political thriller The F-Zone, is a good example of how composers are lazy and like to recycle. The music opens with... Read More
14
September
2012
Cue of the Week: “The Lowlanders”
This week’s selection intermixes lots of drums with cimbalom, mandolin, and recorder. (An alternate name for this piece might be “massacre at the Renaissance fair”.)... Read More
07
September
2012
Cue of the Week: “Sudden Blooms”
This week’s selection is a bit of mid-tempo electronica-plus-acoustic-guitar-plus-vibraphone (yes, that old cliche) written for Culture, an XBox Live game. (Click on the play button... Read More
31
August
2012
Cue of the Week: “Wizard Flight”
This blog has been offline for a few weeks, but I have an excuse: I was over in New York attending a fabulous NY Fringe... Read More
10
August
2012
Cue of the Week: “After the Crisis”
This week’s selection is a brooding and introspective adagio for trumpet, piano, and strings. Featured in the film Our Crisis (Cuba). (Click on the play... Read More
03
August
2012
Cue of the Week: “First Kiss”
This week’s selection is a lyrical orchestral cue for solo woodwinds, piano, and strings, from the film Against Time. (Click on the play button to... Read More
27
July
2012
Cue of the Week: “Jay’s Theme”
This small slice of acoustic/folk pop heralded a sympathetic character’s arrival in the film “Siren”. Unlike an actual pop song, it doesn’t so much as... Read More
20
July
2012
Cue of the Week: “At Rest”
When writing this dramatic cue, I was seized with the notion of using a choir of flutes instead of the more traditional string accompaniment. The... Read More
