The Nine Lives of Claw: “Something Sphynx”; animated

Shelby the Sphynx is a cat on a mission. What that mission is, he has no idea. Dir. Jay Lender; Pilla/Scheetz Prod. 1:29

The Nine Lives of Claw: “The Dentist”; animated

I put the music-only version of this up as a Morsel O’ Music several months ago. Then I figured, heck, you might want to see it to picture. So here’s the first cue from a slightly longer scene. The animation wasn’t quite finished when I scored it, but you’ll get the gist. 2:05

Nutly: Seasons; animated

Oh, you’ll learn about seasons…and you’ll like it. This is one of a series of “Nutly” science animations I scored for abcmouse.com. 2:01

Nutly: Ecosystems; animated

You know when you’re a grown-up and you work on a project for kids, and you realize in the midst of it that you’ve forgotten a whole lot of what you learned in science class? That happened here. This is one of a series of “Nutly” science animations I scored for abcmouse.com. 4:33

Baldwin P. Leninforth, Ombudsman; animated

A semi-aquatic ombudsman travels through time and space to address bureaucratic problems in hell? Count me in. Here’s the main title for the episode, “The Inventor, Part 1.” Created by the extremely talented Jennifer Shiman. :36

The Third Rule; comedy

This comedy starring Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins, Joel David Moore and Jason Biggs, is currently making the festival rounds. It’s a short, awaiting a feature production, and it stars Hopkins as a self-help guru and Moore and Biggs as his opportunistic protégés.

Video 1

In this scene, Hopkins’ character Fabian Hogarth introduces Moore and Biggs to his “three rules.” 1:20

Video 2

In this scene Biggs and Moore attempt to put Hogarth’s plan into action. 1:12

Music 1

This is the music-only version of the first video clip. 1:14

Music 2

This is the music-only version of the second video clip. 1:06

Hangman’s House; silent movie

From a composer’s standpoint, I don’t know if it gets much better than this – scoring a film directed by the legendary John Ford and featuring Oscar-winner Victor McLaglen and John Wayne. This was for part of an award-winning DVD box set called Ford at Fox, produced by 20th Century Fox. I had three players – Bryan Pezzone (piano), Sheridon Stokes (flutes) and Sebastian Toettcher (cello) – who did incredible jobs helping me bring the gothic, dramatic music to the screen. 4:41

Iron Man; main theme

I composed a number of main themes for a series of Disney brands illustrated in time-lapse video on Etch A Sketch by artist George Vlosich. This one’s Iron Man; others included Pirates of the Caribbean, Beauty and the Beast, Toy Story, TRON: Legacy, Cars and Mickey Mouse. Music-only; 1:17

Memories of Twelve O’Clock High; documentary

This is from a score I composed for documentaries produced for the 20th Century Fox Cinema Classics Collection release of Twelve O’Clock High, starring Gregory Peck. The score needed to invoke the tragedy, psychological torment, patriotism and ultimate triumph of WWII.

Video 1

Underscore for one of the four documentaries; the sweeping “patriot” theme comes in for the end titles. 2:28

Music 1

This is the “emotional” theme, which underscores the loss at home and abroad during WWII. :47

TRON: Legacy; main theme

This is another in the series of Disney brands illustrated in time-lapse video on Etch A Sketch by artist George Vlosich. The jumping-off point for this was to update the TRON sound to the Daft Punk-era style Disney was looking for — darker, moodier, but with enough up-tempo elements and dramatic arc to help push the visuals. 1:17