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May
2009
Cue of the Week: “Struggle in the Sands”
Nothing perks up a Friday like some good old-fashioned, wholesome battle-to-the-death music. Here’s some of my Mideastern-styled action scoring from Empire Earth 3. This piece... Read More
15
May
2009
Cue of the Week: “A Dark Future”
Brooding and lyrical, this orchestral cue adopts the classic “rounded binary” form – a theme, followed by a contrasting B section, capped with a brief... Read More
08
May
2009
Cue of the Week: “Training Montage”
This happy guitar rock cue – written for an archetypical athletic training montage – wraps up our (discontinuous) month of happy music. I hadn’t intended... Read More
17
April
2009
Cue of the Week: “El Tequila Bar”
This third installment in our month of happy music series should be a hit among fans of Mariachi music and spirits-induced catatonia. On a technical... Read More
10
April
2009
Cue of the Week: “Field Work”
Continuing our month of nonstop happy music series, this cue prominently features the guitar-playin’ of the inimitably talented Tom Strahle. Not to mention mandolin-playin’ and... Read More
03
April
2009
Cue of the Week: “Audrey and Einstein”
It was recently remarked to me that this blog tends to feature a lot of music of dark/aliens-invading/yearning-for-eternal-truths sort of character. In response to this,... Read More
20
March
2009
Cue of the Week: “Trouble’s Overture”
An ominously-building musical prelude combining orchestral colors with chorus, drums, and electronic timbres. If this blog were written by a publicist, the words “relentless pulsation”... Read More
06
March
2009
Cue of the Week: “Unlikely Heroes”
An offbeat tune featuring bari sax, drums, and marimba. The mood is something halfway between African wildlife documentary and slightly unhinged 1960s spy movie. (Click... Read More
27
February
2009
Cue of the Week: “High Adventure”
Circa fourteen years ago the University of Southern California, I wrote music for a short thesis film called High Adventure. It was decidedly unlike any... Read More
13
February
2009
Cue of the Week: “Egon’s Decision”
This is a medley of two cues from The Penguin Who Wouldn’t Swim, embodying the “drama in a storybook world” flavor common to the music... Read More
