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August 2013
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Michael composing music for “Hex: Shards of Fate”

Michael is writing over thirty minutes of score for Cryptozoic Entertainment’s first foray into video game development, Hex: Shards of Fate. Hex combines the trading card game tradition with quests and online multiplayer tournaments in a richly detailed fantasy world.

Michael’s score combines a dark fantasy orchestral sound with elements of exotic percussion, mid- and far eastern winds, processed acoustic instrumentation and other evocative colorful sounds to give the game a distinct musical signature.

Hex: Shards of Fate‘s final release is expected in late 2013/early 2014.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pvymobgRQ-M

03
August 2013
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Nihilne te nocturnu

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Ipsum Portalion Elitesimo Aenean

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02
August 2013
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Diem certam indicere

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Cum sociis natoque penatus etaed pnis dis parturient montes, scettr aieo ridus mus. Etiam portaem mleyo.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisici elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Idque Caesaris facere voluntate liceret: sese habere. Magna pars studiorum, prodita quaerimus. Magna pars studiorum, prodita quaerimus. Fabio vel iudice vincam, sunt in culpa qui officia. Vivamus sagittis lacus vel augue laoreet rutrum faucibus.

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Pharetra Malesuada Cursus Euismod
Ipsum Portalion Elitesimo Aenean
Ipsum Portalion Elitesimo Aenean
Ipsum Portalion Elitesimo Aenean
Ipsum Portalion Elitesimo Aenean
Ipsum Portalion Elitesimo Aenean

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02
August 2013
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Cue of the Week: “Reflections”

This week’s offering is an introspective cue for piano, strings, and harp (with a touch of clarinet at the very end).

I composed this for a short film way back in the mid-90s; if you listen carefully you can hear some noise from the analog 24-track tape. Thank goodness we’ve moved on from trusting our music to the haphazard alignment of magnetically-charged particles!


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Reflections
26
July 2013
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Cue of the Week: “Making a Movie”

The movie-within-a-movie tradition is a time honored Hollywood self-indulgence — almost as much so as the musical-within-a-musical tradition. This celebratory music alludes to the Golden Age of cinema as young filmmakers Rod and Bill receive their cherished startup funds. (Their set will later be ransacked by an onslaught of murderous vultures and eagles, but let’s let them enjoy the moment.)


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Making a Movie
19
July 2013
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Cue of the Week: “Let Us Go That Way!”

It wouldn’t be right to compose music for a movie about attacking birds without at least one tribute to Bernard Hermann. While this week’s music selection doesn’t directly parody or reference The Birds, I’d like to think that the all-string sound and chromatic harmonies are at least in the spirit of Hitchcock’s great musical collaborator.

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Let Us Go That Way!
12
July 2013
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Cue of the Week: “The Birds Depart (Again)”

James Nguyen’s Birdemic: Shock and Terror has been hailed as one of the most entertaining indie films ever made… albeit perhaps not for reasons the filmmaker had in mind. When I was presented with opportunity to write some music for the sequel, how could I say no?

This drum-and-guitar-driven cue accompanies the film’s perhaps tragic, perhaps confusing, but definitely avian finale.


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The Birds Depart (Again)
10
May 2013
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Cue of the Week: “Land of the Morning Calm”

This week’s selection is victory music from the video game Empire Earth 2. Said strategy game gives you the ability to play as one of several nationalities; this particular passage plays upon completion of the Korean campaign. While the other nations’ victory music cues are more martial and brassy, I thought that the “land of the morning calm” deserved something more lyrical and serene.

As with most of the music in that game, performance credit goes to the Budapest Film Orchestra.


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Land of the Morning Calm
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