It’s not often I get the chance to write music for a project that’s in pre-production, so when I was approached to do exactly that for a Crime Thriller set in Nigeria…
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film score
The creepiest “snow” you ever saw
New Music: Scriptnotes Chernobyl
in soundtrack
As I’ve been watching Craig Mazin’s excellent HBO series, Chernobyl, I’ve been especially taken by the score for the show.
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Run, little man, run!
New Music Release: Go, Jira!
in soundtrack
I’ve been listening to Lorne Balfe’s score to Mission Impossible: Fallout a lot lately, and this idea started developing in my head: what if an Ethan Hunt-type character (let’s call him, I dunno, “Jira”) had to save the world from The King of the Monsters by running a lot?
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It’s not an action-style logo without a blue anamorphic flare!
New Music Release: Izumi Junior High School in Action
in soundtrack
This is a gift I gave to my students and co-workers before I left my school in Japan. I wanted to give the school something unique. I came up with this - an action movie arrangement of their song.
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New Music Release: Road Less Traveled
Just because you take the road less traveled doesn't mean it's bumpy and scary. Maybe it's paved. Maybe it's the scenic route. Enjoy this pleasant piano and strings piece about taking a detour in life.
Read MoreNew Music Released: Passing Storm
I wrote this epic, trailer-style piece to tell a simple story - a character gets into trouble but manages to emerge clean on the other end. This is the first entry in my collection of music library tracks.
Read MoreA Misfit Soundtrack
Adventures of Miss Fit is the definition of a passion project. Gregg and Denise Simpson put over five years of their life into this cool documentary about Real Life Superheroes. What do I mean by “Real Life Superheroes?” Does that mean police officers and firefighters?
Great guess! But no.
It means…
Read MoreOne Hit Kill - Kickstarter Score
What do you do when you're launching a Kickstarter campaign for a gorgeously-illustrated card game featuring overpowered weapons like the Hammer of the Gods, a Kaijumaximus, or a *shudders* Most...Cuddly...Rabbit?
Read MoreSticks - Music and Sound for an Animatic
in animation, short film
Composers get to work on projects of all kinds - big and small; live and animated; horror and humorous. We usually show up right at the end of the production when everything is wrapped, locked, and ready for the final ingredient. But this composing job for John August was a chance to…
Read MoreLast Date - Writing Music for a Short Horror Film
It's all about connections.
In dating, it's about how you connect. Do you like the same things? Did you make a good first impression? Is your date going to suck your soul out through your eyeballs?
OK, so maybe that last one isn't universal, but it's…
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