Over the last few months, I’ve been writing more music than ever! In addition to working on custom trailer scores for a number of franchises, I’ve also just wrapped up my first feature film score. I’ve had the privilege of working with the best in the business at Spectrum Films at Disney Studios and Studios …
For #starwarsday I had the privilege of joining a Star Wars game composer panel hosted by The Society of Composers & Lyricists and EA Music. It’s been a while since I set my alarm for 4am, but I wouldn’t miss the opportunity to discuss the world of scoring Star Wars with Kevin Kiner, Gordy Haab …
The first look Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora trailer featuring my custom score has been nominated for BEST ORIGINAL COMPOSITION at the 2021 MUSIC+SOUND AWARDS! Congratulations and thank you to Alex and the Ubisoft team for inviting me to be part of this amazing trailer. Congratulations also to Source Sound for their sound design nomination for this same trailer!
I’m ecstatic that the Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker “Together” trailer featuring my cue “Bladelight” has won BEST ORIGINAL SCORE at the 2021 Golden Trailer Awards this week! Huge congrats and massive thanks to Cavalry Music, Walt Disney Studios and the Hive for putting together such an amazing trailer. You can hear the music for this trailer in isolation at …
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https://youtu.be/vDQHqf2NYmU I used to recreate the Star Wars Main Title yearly to gauge how much my virtual orchestra chops may or may not have improved. To me, it’s such an iconic piece that is recognizable by pretty much everyone and is quite hard to pull off with virtual instruments. It’s now been 3 years since …
https://youtu.be/rRCQRaPX-NA I had the pleasure of participating in a Composer Roundtable Live Q&A, hosted by Dirk Elhert. It was great to have a bit of fun with some fellow composers and to share about composer related topics.
“There are about a million things to freak out over in the final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker that dropped on Monday night (Oct. 21). But for a certain subset of Star Warriors it’s all about the score. While the two-and-a-half-minute trailer for director J.J. Abrams’ final chapter in the nine-episode space saga …
https://youtu.be/N-4C1P3c5uM Exporting stems can be a painful process. Here’s how I plan ahead when creating my Cubase template so I can tackle this task quickly and effectively when crunch time comes!
https://youtu.be/6Qy0lREFa0Q In this video, I walk through a method used to correct inadequacies in room acoustics or headphones that can negatively affect mixing decisions. Room EQ can help to achieve mixes that translate well.
Over the last few months I have been extremely privileged to be able to contribute 10 custom cues to the EA Star Wars universe. From TV commercials to the international launch trailer, here is a short show-reel showcasing some of that work.