This week’s selection is the end-credit music for Audrey and Einstein. Rhythm acoustic guitar, accordion, piano, and glockenspiel join forces in an upbeat whimsical wrap-up. I usually like to recap a film’s main theme in its end title, but in this case the main theme didn’t quite click with the cheerful mood of the finale. (I do smuggle the theme into the cue’s “B” section, however.)

Accordion performed by Bear McCreary, and guitar by Tom Strahle.

Continuing the series from the romantic comedy Audrey and Einstein, this is a sprightly cue for solo strings and a collection of colorful percussion instruments.

This week’s selection is another cue from the romantic comedy Audrey and Einstein, whose main theme I posted last week. This solo piano waltz continues the score’s humorous/romantic approach.

This week’s cue is the opening theme for a short film I scored many years ago, a charming romantic comedy about a lonely woman’s bond with a fish. It racked up several well-deserved awards.

On the accordion is celebrated film/TV composer Bear McCreary, whose many talents include a wicked fluency in Zydeco folk music.

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Onto the music. This week’s selection is a playful bit of electronic pop which includes that timeless musical element, vinyl record-scratching.

This week’s selection is a lyrical and nostalgic cue from the film Against Time. The scene’s heart was a particularly moving performance by Craig T. Nelson, which made it easy to find musical inspiration.

This week’s selection comes from a concert project I’ve been tinkering with for years, called Gideon and the Blundersnorp. This is a fantasy story for narrator and orchestra, in the tradition of Peter and the Wolf but targeted at an older audience. The orchestra accompanies the narrator like a score for a film, occasionally coming to the forefront.

Gideon had a premiere performance a number of years ago, and now sits patiently waiting for me to have enough time to return to it.

This week’s cue is a rhythmically-driven blend of Western folk music and orchestral minimalism. Some of the instruments here would feel at home in an actual country/Western context, whereas others (like marimba and bowed vibraphone) are more unusual, providing color and personality.