New Music for a Video Game This week I am trying something brand new. I joined a few online “Game Jams”. Previously, I had never even heard of game jams–they are a new concept for […]
Japanese Game This week I composed two variants of a song for a Japanese video game. They are both based on the same melody, which is intended to be sung by a woman in Japanese. […]
Modern Middle Eastern In preparation for composing a score for the film Homeland Insecurity, I composed six style samples of modern Middle-Eastern music. Most of these pieces use one of several variants of a Middle-Eastern […]
Soul Searching; for Video Game I’ve been composing a lot of music for a series of machinima videos. These videos are animated using the Grand Theft Auto 5 engine. They are being produced by “That […]
Escher Stairs: A Musical Analogue I have been working with Jason Sherman on a film titled “Cutting Corners”. It is an activist documentary about builders and contractors cutting corners while building new structures in Philadelphia. […]
Film Score for Credits I recently finished scoring a documentary film, “Cutting Corners”. This film is produced by Jason Sherman, of Delphia Entertainment. The film is about unscrupulous developers and contractors who demolish and construct […]
Joyful Jam In preparation for the “Global Game Jam” in January, 2022, I played with a tune that I titled “Joyful Jam.” This is a moderately cheerful tune, primarily electronic, with a few organic instruments […]
Adaptive Music When producing music for a video game, it is often useful to compose adaptive music. This is music that interactively adapts to the actions taking place in the video game. I recently started […]
Acoustic or Synthesized While composing music for a video game, a question came up. Should the style be acoustic or synthesized? That is to say, should the instruments be standard acoustic instruments, or should all […]
The Sand Knight I am involved now with a couple of video game development groups. One of these groups is developing a game called “The Sand Knight”. You can try playing an early version of […]
Odd Meters As mentioned in an earlier post, I am involved with a video game in development, called “The Sand Knight”. In fact, you can try out a very early version of the game on […]