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March 2023
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Cue of the Week: “Wizard Ops Tactics (Main Theme)”

The mobile game Wizard Ops Tactics featured turn-based spell-flinging gameplay in a variety of colorful locations. Like its predecessor game, it featured sound effects created vocally by the great Michael Winslow of Police Academy fame!

The main musical theme reprises the frenetic orchestral signature of the prior game, but transforms it into a more militaristic march — as befits a strategy game.

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March 2023
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Cue of the Week: “Battle on the Shore”

This week’s cue comes from the magic-themed mobile shooter Wizard Ops. On the game’s beach level the player does a kind of sideways walk while being buffeted by enemy fire. I thought it would be fun to set the music to an asymmetrical meter (5/4) that suggests a literal sidestep. Marcato strings and intermittent percussion help evoke the milieu of constant bombardment.

17
February 2023
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Cue of the Week: “The Evil Blimp”

This week’s music selection is from my soundtrack for the mobile game Wizard Ops, by Phyken Media. This is your classic boss battle music, in this case for a warlike dirigible that keeps pelting you with bombs.

10
February 2023
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Cue of the Week: “Fast Times in the Tropics”

This week’s music selection is a marimba-driven blend of percussion instruments, some real and some more fanciful.

03
February 2023
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Cue of the Week: “Gamelan Jam”

This short cue is a genre blend of meditative Eastern percussion and contemporary beats, moving from contemplative to intense and back.

01
February 2023
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“House of Lies” score completed!

I’m delighted to have finished the music for the feature thriller House of Lies, directed by Matthew Toronto and produced by (prepare yourself for a hefty list) Artistview Entertainment, Spitfire Cinema, and RcR Cinema.

A suspense-thriller with a touch of hometown romance, House of Lies concerns a widow who discovers that her deceased husband was involved in a web of deception and crime — leaving her to deal with the dangerous consequences.

I wrote a hybrid score, combining contemporary and orchestral elements to reflect mounting tension, and blending in folk sounds to echo the film’s rustic setting. Hear a sneak preview of some of the music!

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January 2023
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Cue of the Week: “Dice Legacy Endgame Megamix”

It’s been a blast sharing my score for Dice Legacy with all of you over the past months, but I’m running out of music. To wrap up the series, I’ve created a medley of the three endgame music cues: outright defeat, the less-optimal good ending, and the truly triumphant ending.

If you’re intrigued by what that means, or just want to see the context for all this music, feel encouraged to check out the game itself! You can also stream the full soundtrack album at any of the usual places.

06
January 2023
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Cue of the Week: “Dice Legacy Main Theme (Evil Cult Version)”

Okay, I’m being a little cheeky. The actual affix should be “Corrupted Fates Version”, referring to the DLC expansion of the game Dice Legacy, wherein you get to play the bad guys. But it’s more fun to say Evil Cult, so voici.

This variation of the game got its own darker version of the main theme, replete with mystical chanting and ominous intoning chorus.

Play this cue below, or check out the entire game soundtrack on SpotifyApple MusicAmazon MusicPandora, or YouTube!

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