A short and sweet little tune for harpsichord, recorders, and glockenspiel. There’s something of a “once upon a time” feeling at work here.
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Little Village | |
Hal Cantor’s web series Hold Please was released last week on Strike TV. Michael wrote a vibraphone-oriented jazz score for the project.
Michael’s music opens and closes Through the Aftermath, a weekly podcast about post-apocalyptic MMO games.
This week’s selection is a dark and brooding cue for piano, cello, and strings, written for a thriller film a few years back. I’m indebted to studio veteran John Acosta for his fabulous cello performance.
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The Final Painting | |
No, we can’t all get along! This week’s selection musically accompanies aggressive battle between ancient Korea and Japan, and thus features percussion indigenous to both cultures: the Japanese taikos and Korean hourglass drum (played here by ethno-percussive guru M.B. Gordy).
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Attack of the Yen | |
Michael’s music for Empire Earth 2 was recommended in a recent IGN article called “Nine Free Videogame Scores”. Read the article here.
Michael’s ten-minute musical Climb The Smallest Mountain was featured in the 2008 Actoberfest Ten Minute Play Festival, where it was voted Audience Favorite.
Michael is writing a new ten-minute musical for the City Theatre of Miami, to premiere in their 2009 Summer Shorts festival.
Two of Michael’s songs will be featured in the Spring 2009 A Stage Kindly touring cabaret of new musicals in London. Michael’s music was also included in the previous concert series in 2008.
This week’s musical selection has something of a storybook flavor to it - conveying drama, but in a lighthearted world. This is actually a montage of two cues, which starts with a dramatic orchestral introduction and then switches to a more driving action theme.
Buried in the ensemble is an instrument called a Wagner tuba - akin to a french horn, but with a bit more bite. It isn’t very prominent in this particular cue, but sharp-eared listeners might enjoy trying to pick it out.
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The Tension Mounts | |