13
January
2011
Cue of the Week: “Tender Days”
In this week’s selection, ambient solo piano evokes a mood of longing for days past. (Click on the play button to stream, or the cue... Read More
07
January
2011
Cue of the Week: “The Big Plan”
In this week’s selection, bluesy clarinet, piano, and strings create an atmosphere of old-school slyness. (As happens embarrassingly often with my older cues, I can’t... Read More
24
December
2010
Cue of the Week: “A Happy Gig”
While not holiday music per se, this string cue has a folktune-like melody and cheerful mood that I thought might match the spirit of the... Read More
17
December
2010
Cue of the Week: “Killing Frost”
A chilly day in the mid-50’s (arctic by Los Angeles standards) inspires this week’s selection, one of the atmospheric winter cues I wrote for the... Read More
03
December
2010
Cue of the Week: “The Cemetery”
This week’s selection is a wistful orchestral elegy from the film “Against Time”, sensitively performed by the Budapest Film Orchestra. (Click on the play button... Read More
12
November
2010
Cue of the Week: “The Bedroom”
This week’s selection was underscore for a steamy bedroom scene. The onscreen action was more psychological rather than physical, and so the music’s job was... Read More
05
November
2010
Cue of the Week: “Departing Friends”
This week’s selection is a busy but sad-stalgic piece for piano and strings. (Sometimes you just need to invent an adjective.) (Click on the play... Read More
29
October
2010
Cue of the Week: “The Killer Whale”
One more scary cue for Halloween! This one is more of a family-friendly kind of scariness, rather than something you’d hear in a film about... Read More
22
October
2010
Cue of the Week: “Captured”
My goal for this cue was to make a harp sound scary. This might seem like a tall order given the instrument’s angelic associations, but... Read More
12
October
2010
Identity Concerto album recording
Album recording has been completed for Identity: Zhongshan Zuang, concerto for guzheng (Chinese zither) and orchestra. The United Musicians Symphony of Los Angeles, led by... Read More
