Film Composer | Music Production | Portland, Maine

NASA, STScI

Imagery from ISS and Hubble compiled and edited by folks at the Space Telescope Science Institute for NASA with music by Yours Truly.

Afterlife

Animation by Daniel Ruiz, original theme by Eskmo, additional composi-tion and arrangement by Yours Truly.

 

Free virtual piano and string instru-ments (LABS) provided by Spitfire Audio.

Dassuhnbug

Dassuhnbug is a tongue-in-cheek yet heroic and triumphant prelude written for a wonderful little aviator who took a moment to rest on my dining fork. It was great to see you, ladybug. ¡Hasta pronto!

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This prelude was produced using a variety of virtual instruments from Heavyocity and Spitfire among others.

Uprising

In this cue composed to the trailer for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Columbia Pictures), I very respectfully removed the original score and sat and watched it in silence for a bit. The first thing that grabbed me was the rhythm at which it was cut, a solid 120bpm. From there, I opened my DM-307 and started writing a groove.

Eatin' Some Glazed Carrots

This tune, Eatin' Some Glazed Carrots, was a commissioned by Firesite Films. It features Grégoire on piano backed by t'bone, trumpet, string bass, and drum kit.

George, Spitfire Audio

On a day just after the onset of 2018 I learned of the January 9th deadline for the Albion One competition. Here is the cue I scored to picture for horns, strings, guitars, percussion, harp, muted felt piano, and a gated synth pad.

Tammy's Story, Rising

Rising was written for a Gloria Gemma promotional piece directed by Alec Asten (Firesite Films) and is one of a handful of my modern piano solos. 

Back in the Saddle

I was recently bitten, good and hard, by the nostalgia bug. I was watching '70s Van Halen performances online and came across this Calgon ad which I expeditiously wrote a cue for. Piano has the theme with countermelodies and rhythmic support from a string quintet, timpani, and jazz drums.

Phil and Ned

In this clip from Groundhog Day (Ramis, et al.) I took one of my favorite scenes, which originally was sans music, and composed this cue titled Phil and Ned. It consists of pizz and long strings, brass quartet, timpani, and piano.  

The Luthier

In this short form documentary by Theron Powell we observe Toby Rzepka build a flamenco guitar for yours truly which is then used to compose and record two pieces for the score. ¡Muchísimas gracias, Maestro Powell!