Film Scoring
Music is the invisible narrator.
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A great score doesn't just sit behind the dialogue; it reveals what the characters aren't saying and builds worlds that the camera can’t quite reach. From tense, high-stakes action sequences to the subtle, intimate nuances of a character study, my goal is to create a sonic landscape that serves the story first.
Here, you can begin to explore my work. You might want to start by playing my audio only demo reel on the right side of this page. Or if you prefer, scroll down the page to see my latest cues and see how I attempt to transform the cinematic experience through my music.
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Your vision, amplified.
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Scoring is a partnership. Whether it’s a sprawling orchestral theme or a minimalist electronic soundscape, I work closely with filmmakers to capture the heart of their project. My process combines a deep respect for traditional composition with modern production techniques to deliver a score that is both unique and impactful. Let’s find the sound for your next story.
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Category: Moderate Intensity Action
About the clip​​
The provided scene is from the 1963 film Charade.
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The scene includes three characters. The woman is the protagonist of the film, and she is hiding in a theater.
The villain is the man wearing a grey suit coat. He is looking for the woman, believing she is in possession of money he hopes to steal. The man in the tan trench coat is alligned with the woman. He followed the other characters into the theater and hopes to help the woman.
After tip-toeing, the good guy opens a trap door the villain is standing on. The villain falls to the ground and lies motionless.
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My composition approach
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After starting with a slow, plodding bass line, I start adding subdivisions as the scene progresses. The idea is to create increasing tension while keeping the volume low, like a slow-to-boil pot with the lid on.
I acknowledge every Audrey Hepburn show with a short harp chord. Then i introduce a new theme, which gets increasingly augmented as Grant tries to figure out the trap door handle system under the stage. I keep increasing subdivisions with horns and percussion that increasingly build to the climax.
Category: Horror
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The provided scene is the opening sequence of Night of the Living Dead. In the scene, a car drives on a winding road while the film's title and credits are displayed. The driver and passenger are going to visit their father's grave, and at the end of the scene they arrive at a cemetery.
My composition approach
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​I started off with some climbing strings to simulate the uphill driving sequence. Introduced a leitmotif for the title slide, then continued with climbing dissonant strings. Introduced a more consonant cadence as soon as the cemetery is shown; quickly followed by the leitmotif in the more consonant key.
Shifted to more dissonance as the car moves through the cemetery, included a brief minor version of the "Star Soangled Banner as we see the flag. Employed more dissonant descending chords to accompany the descending car, abrupty stopping for the girl's opening dialogue. During the dialogue with the brother, slowly crescendo'd during the dialogue between brother and sister. Insert the leitmotif one more time during a break in the dialogue.
Category: Comedy
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About the clip:
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This scene is from film Cops starring Buster Keaton.
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Cops is a 1922 American two-reel silent comedy film about a young man (Buster Keaton) who accidentally runs afoul of the entire Los Angeles Police Department during a parade and is chased all over town.
It was written and directed by Edward F. Cline and Keaton. This very Kafka-esque film was filmed during the rape-and-murder trial of his former collaborator Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, a circumstance that may have influenced the short's tone of hopeless ensnarement.
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The film was was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in their National Film Registry in 1997.
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During the scene, the main character is chased by the cops before successfully locking them inside a police station—securing his own escape. At the last minute, the woman he loves returns only to reject him. In despair, the main character releases the cops and surrenders.
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My compositional approach:
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​Resused the 1)buster leitmotif 2)girl motif, 3)chase motif......made it about 10 clicks fater than previous chase.....added some dissonance toward end to enhance wackiness :).........fun scene!
Category: Suspense
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About the clip:
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The provided scene is from the 1963 film Charade.
In the scene, the main character (Audrey Hepburn) returns to her apartment in Paris to find the apartment ransacked. After she looks through the empty rooms, a police detective appears. The detective takes her to a morgue and asks her to identify a body. She identifies the body as her dead husband.
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The scene leaves the audience with several dramatic questions. What happened to the apartment? What happened to her husband? What will happen next?
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My compositional approach:
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For the theme, I used a modified Gnossiennes (Satie) scale, because of its 1)melancholy nature and 2)it belongs to group of French scales; the scene was shot in Paris.
As Hepburn explores the ransacked apartment, I added some low drones, changed the melody to a lonely clarinet, modulated several times, added a trombone, and finally added some Hermannesque violin harmonics. In the morgue, the theme is repeated in the strings along with piano.
Category: Comedy
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About the clip:
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The provided scene is an excerpt from the short film Glass Half.
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In Glass Half, several characters discuss their interpretations of artwork. A cheerful woman sees positive and uplifting imagery. A stern man sees dark and ominous imagery. While they argue, a third character comes along and sees—a duck.
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Glass Half is a Blender Studio film released in 2015 under the Creative Commons 4.0 license. Glass Half was written and directed by Beorn Leonard and designed by Sarah Laufer. The provided scene is a trimmed edit of the full film. Original Dialogue and Sound Effects © Blender Foundation.
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My compositional approach:
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I kept it light througout, but alternated between major and minor keys to accentuate the differences in perception, keeping a steady fast tempo to bring levity. But I make an abrupt change when the 3rd person show up, to underline yet again that perceptions can swing wildly and in bizarre ways. During the ending collage, I mixed minor and major keys to increase dissonance as the cacophony or disparate views collided.
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Category: Suspense
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About the clip:
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The provided scene is from the short film Spring.
In Spring, a young shepherd confronts ancient spirits in order to end the winter season. In the provided scene, the shepherd and her dog are chased through a dark forest by magical creatures resembling large trees.
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My compositional approach:
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I used a descending bass line (played by bass and strings) against some pizzicato strings to create suspense. Introduced the leitmotif for the heroine at 26 seeconds, but in minor key. Used a chromatic ascending line for the dog catching the magic flame. Dramatically raised the suspense and tension by adding to the descending line and pizzicato stings, abrupty ending right before the heroine grabs the flame to avert a crushing demise. :). Then I reitroduced the leitmotif in a major key to convey happiness and relief.
Category: Suspense​
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The provided scene is from the short film Sintel.
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Sintel tells the story of a young girl who adopts a pet dragon. In the provided scene, the young girl goes on a journey searching for the lost dragon. The scene is a montage of her adventure—running through the wilderness, scaling mountains, crossing a desert, battling a tiger and weathering a storm.
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Sintel is a Blender Studio film released in 2010 under the Creative Commons 4.0 license. Sintel was directed by Colin Levy and produced by Ton Roosendaal. The provided scene is a trimmed edit of the full film that isolates an adventure scene.
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My compositional approach:
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​I kept it in minor but tried to make it majestic through leitmotif.....to compensate for no SFX, add percussion hits for the tiger attack. Wrote some counterpoint that accompanied the leitmotif...increasing complexity and strings.....to end on a big fat minor chord. :)
Category: Suspense
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About the clip:
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This is the reboot scene from "Charge", written and directed by Hjalti Hjalmarsson and produced by Francesco Siddi. Charge is a Blender Studio film released in 2022 under the Creative Commons 4.0 license.
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In "Charge"a humanoid robot breaks into an energy facility to steal a fully charged battery. The humanoid returns home with the battery and uses it to reboot a loved one.
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My compositional approach:
I tried to create tension at the top of the scene, because the fate of the robot was unknown. I gave the robot a leitmotif, but did not use the last note of the leitmotif because the outcome was unclear.
When the battery is inserted and the robot is revived, I complete the leitmotif changing the harmony from minor to major. I follow in the related major key and then use the leitmlotif again, but resolving to another major key.