Orchestral

Fun and Games

Fun and Games This week I composed a piece of new music in a completely new way. Well, it is new for me–many composers use this approach as a matter of course. I started up […]

Suspenseful Intro

Suspenseful Intro This week I repeated my earlier experiment. I composed this piece in Sibelius, and later imported it into my DAW. Let me explain a few details. I started up Sibelius, my notation program. […]

Ancient Middle-Eastern

Ancient Middle-Eastern This week I composed a short piece with a Middle-Eastern flavor. It was intended to be an introduction to a potential film project. The film story is set in the Middle East during […]

Prime Thickness: Comedy

Prime Thickness This week I composed a score for a short excerpt from a hilarious film, titled “Prime Thickness”. Filmed by PB Productions, it is about a teen-aged boy who has a thing for older […]

In the Name of God

In the Name of God I have been working with two wonderful filmmakers at the London-based  G22 Studios; Stephen Noorshargh and Sulymaan Hameed. They filmed a 22-minute, beautiful tale of morality titled “In the Name of […]

Escher Stairs: A Musical Analogue

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. […]