tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88726418387769015412024-03-08T09:47:26.745-08:00Compose Myself: Trevor McLean's Music BlogTrevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-32618635822252932942013-10-29T23:02:00.002-07:002013-10-29T23:03:25.929-07:00Cinematic Lullabies Web Site!<a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/cinematiclullabies.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/cinematiclullabies.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000; cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 512px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 512px;" /></a><br />
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Hey! Just a quick update. I finally have a website up for Cinematic Lullabies! Go check it out and leave a suggestion for the next album!<br />
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<a href="http://www.cinematiclullabies.com">www.cinematiclullabies.com</a><br />
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<b>ALSO:</b> I plan on posting some music very soon! Stay tuned!Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-19920613935637548562013-04-24T21:58:00.001-07:002013-04-24T21:58:19.899-07:00Walking Dead Lullaby<a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/walkingdead.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/walkingdead.png" style="border: 1px solid #000000; cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 288px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 512px;" /></a><br />
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Hey y'all! I'm finally getting back into writing some music, so hopefully this blog won't be so barren for so long! I just whipped up a quick little <b>Walking Dead Lullaby </b>for everyone! Have fun! See if you can get the little one to sleep using it!
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And don't forget to check out <b><a href="http://composemyself.blogspot.com/2013/01/cinematic-lullabies.html">Cinematic Lullabies</a></b> if you haven't already! Trying to see how many people are into it and what I should do for the second album. Leave a comment! Let me know!
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<b><u>You can purchase the album at</u>:</b><br />
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Also, a hard copy is available at <a href="http://amzn.com/B00B91IBG4"><b>Amazon</b></a> for the hardcore out there!
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<b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/walkingdead.mp3">Walking Dead Lullaby</a></b><br />
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Hey! So my album is finally out there for the world to see!
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<b>CINEMATIC LULLABIES</b>
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After listening to a bunch of lullaby classical music and rock lullaby renditions (courtesy of Rockabye Baby), I decided to make a lullaby album of some of the big themes in movies we've all grown up with.
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This was a huge labor of love as I got to not only spend months working on music I love but I also have the opportunity to introduce my daughter to some of the most memorable themes in movie history.
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Now I realize I don't have EVERYTHING but there's a good amount here. Hopefully I'll get around to making another one with more movie themes (or based on the two bonus tracks of this album ... TV Themes?)
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I didn't put any samples on this post because I haven't had the time yet but I wanted to get the word out there. You can hear the samples wherever you choose to download the album (if you so desire).
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<b><u>You can purchase the album at</u>:</b><br />
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<a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=eH8NOY8fBFE&offerid=78941&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewAlbum%253Fid%253D590895511%2526s%253D143441%2526partnerId%253D30"><b>iTunes</b></a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cinematic-Lullabies/dp/B00ATWXPZG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1357232993&sr=8-1&keywords=cinematic+lullabies"><b>Amazon MP3</b></a>
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A hard copy will be available on Amazon within a few weeks if you'd like to wait for that. Check it out and let me know what you think (and feel free to leave reviews!).<br />
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ALSO! The AWESOME AMAZING SUPER COOL cover art for the album was done by the one and only Gino Burman-Loffredo!<br />
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<b>TRACK LISTING:</b><br />
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1. Star Wars (Main Title)<br />
2. Flying Theme from E.T.<br />
3. Home Alone<br />
4. James Bond Theme<br />
5. Hedwig's Theme<br />
6. Raiders of the Lost Ark<br />
7. Mission: Impossible (Main Title)<br />
8. Theme from Jurassic Park<br />
9. Superman (Main Title)<br />
10. <b>Bonus Track:</b> Game of Thrones (Main Title)<br />
11. <b>Bonus Track:</b> Close Your Eyes (Buffy/Angel Love Theme)Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-38357894744419666892012-12-24T09:19:00.001-08:002012-12-24T09:19:21.221-08:00Some New Developments...It's been one busy year! You've probably noticed that I haven't posted much. Well, I HAD A KID! BACK OFF!<br />
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Kidding! I mean, I DID have a kid but kidding about the "Back Off" part. <br />
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[crickets]<br />
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...anyway...<br />
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2013 looks to be a pretty exciting year for me musically. I've got another short I'm scoring in the beginning of the year, a few individual cues I'm working on, and [drumroll] ... AN ALBUM!<br />
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Now, it's not gonna be for everyone but I'm super stoked on it and I can't wait to share it with all of you!<br />
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Well, that's it for now! Merry Christmas everyone!Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-85392012834056551922012-12-16T12:51:00.005-08:002012-12-16T12:51:55.502-08:00A Very Gamer Christmas<a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/gamerchristmas.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/gamerchristmas.png" style="border: 1px solid #000000; cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 288px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 512px;" /></a><br />
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What's up! It's been A MINUTE since I've posted anything here. New baby and whatnot. But I'm back in the scoring mood again and just wrote this video-game-theme infused holiday song for a web video that should be posted shortly.
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Let me know what y'all think of...
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<object data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" height="24" id="audioplayer24" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer24&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/gamerchristmas.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object>Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-32284241605229464722011-10-29T17:22:00.000-07:002011-10-30T11:04:26.035-07:00Lacuna<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-00.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-00.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br />Hey, y'all! I'm finally back again. It's been a hectic ... HECTIC past couple of months. Not a lot of sleep. But its all kind of winding down now, and I can finally get some more blog posts up.<br /><br />I just finished scoring a 30-minute short film called "<b>LACUNA</b>" and now that its almost done with post (coloring and mixing) I can blog about the music! This was the most music I've written for one project to date. I also extended my practice of working a theme throughout the score since there was more time to let it grow and change.<br /><br />So, without further ado ... <b> SPOILER ALERT! </b> ... have a listen!<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />The first cue kicks us straight in. It's called <b>Lacuna's Theme</b> because it's ... just that: Lacuna's theme. This sets the theme that will creep it's way in throughout the entire score. The strings are fast and tension filled as our two main characters walk until they collide with one another and it stings out. The flute is playing Lacuna's theme throughout.<br /><br />I chose the flute as Lacuna's instrument, because ... well, there's no technical reason. It just felt right. I also chose the Clarinet as Marshall's instrument (he'll be introduced next) and throughout the score the two instruments compliment each other as do the characters.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-theme.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-theme.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-01_lacunastheme.mp3">Lacuna's Theme</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-01_lacunastheme.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br />After they bump into each other, Marshall sees that she got blood on him as she turns the corner. He runs after her and tries to help her.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-01.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-01.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />He tries to convince her she needs to go to the hospital, but she says it isn't safe. She asks him to "<b>Call Julian</b>" (which is the name of the next cue ... because I'm so creative and clever). He calls Julian, who tells him to take her to his apartment and make sure not to be seen by anyone.<br /><br />Marshall's theme is introduced here slightly as his and her themes play with each other as if the themes, like the characters, were having a conversation.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-02.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-02.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-02_calljulian.mp3">Call Julian</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-02_calljulian.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br />He grabs her things and throws her arm around his shoulder. The trip to his apartment is told through blackouts. Images keep popping up from Lacuna's perspective of her walking (with Marshall's help) as she removes her wig and glasses. Our last few images show him picking Lacuna up (her perspective still) and carrying her. I created this cue that was kind of not attached to any sort of tempo. Sounds go in and out and I play one note on the piano in an unsteady rhythm that grows in speed the closer we get to our destination.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-03_blackout.mp3">Blackout</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-03_blackout.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-03.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-03.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />As soon as they get to the door of his apartment, it swings open, revealing Julian on the other side. Marshall asks how he knew where he lived and Julian ignores him, telling him to put Lacuna on the bed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-04.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-04.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />Julian gets to healing Lacuna as fast as he can. Marshall demands to know why she can't go to a hospital and Julian stops working on Lacuna to tell Marshall that if he doesn't agree to be her caretaker, he'll leave her to die. He agrees and Julian continues.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-05.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-05.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />I had the music go fast here to play along with the tension in the scene. I play a little of Lacuna's theme in beginning, almost as if it/she is fading away. There's a point where the drums stop for a second, which is where Marshall thinks and makes the decision to look after her.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-04_healinglacuna.mp3">Healing Lacuna</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-04_healinglacuna.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br />After Lacuna is healed, Julian leaves and we come into the next day where Marshall is cleaning Lacuna with a wet washcloth. This is where Marshall's theme comes in. As I mentioned before, I used the Clarinet as Marshall's instrument. It doesn't have a huge presence in this cue (kicks in half way through) because I wanted to start with the harp. He just got dealt quite a hand and we were going into such a delicate scene that I wanted to start off with the harp. I tried this originally with a clarinet in the beginning but if just felt like too much.<br /><br />Since Lacuna's theme goes up, I wanted Marshall's theme to go down, so later when I play their themes together as one, they link up like a nice little puzzle. It took me a while to find a good theme for both of them that would speak to who their character was but also compliment the other if played together.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-06.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-06.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-07.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-07.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-05_marshallstheme.mp3">Marshall's Theme</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-05_marshallstheme.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br />The next day, Lacuna wakes up with a jolt and Marshall calms her down. He brings her some toast and water.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-09.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-09.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />After she finally feels comfortable with Marshall's story about Julian fixing her up and telling him to look after her, she goes for some toast. Marshall goes to help prop her up on some pillows so she can sit up while eating and drinking.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-10.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-10.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />The opening piano part kicks in when they're in a full embrace as he's holding her up. This cue really played with the dialogue of their themes. I have her theme start it off when she breaks the tension and says her name. Then his theme comes in when he tries to find out why she couldn't go to a hospital. Their themes bounce off each other but not quite hitting together as they don't know each other very well.<br /><br />She avoids answering his questions by reaching for the water. After drinking it, she fakes falling asleep and he gets the hint and walks away.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-11.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-11.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />I have part of his theme play when he realizes she's "sleeping" again and then her theme comes in when she opens her eyes, looking away.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-06_letmehelpyou.mp3">Let Me Help You</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-06_letmehelpyou.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br />After she actually falls asleep, we go to night time, where she has a nightmare. Flashes of a woman in shock come in and out of focus as she struggles and moans, grabbing the sheets, etc. I did a lot of "sound design" scoring with this one. There's an underlying viola playing underneath it all, that I felt helped carry you through this nightmare with her. I also tweaked a piano to sound like it was underwater sort of to give that "ethereal" vibe to the dream. The sound design stuff starts going away once Marshall's voice comes in and slowly the nightmare images fade and we're left with nothing but the piano and viola ... and then just the viola as Marshall tells her its OK.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-13.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-13.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-07_nightmare.mp3">Nightmare</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-07_nightmare.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br />The next day Lacuna's out of bed and Marshall makes breakfast. They talk and Marshall continually dances on the line of what he can and cannot ask Lacuna. She asks him what he does and he tells her. After a while it gets a little tense but there's still some playfulness.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-14.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-14.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />Marshall asks Lacuna, "Do you have any hobbies, or am I not supposed to ask?" He smiles and she laughs and it's his opening to get some information out of her. It plays cute and flirty for a few moments until he gets too deep and she withdraws.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-16.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-16.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />This was a tough one because the scene has all these different emotions going on. They're joking, then it's tense, then there's empathy, then there's flattery (he calls her "Una" and says she has to eat something when she tries to leave, causing her to smile at the nickname).<br /><br />So I made the piano kind of just play nicely in the beginning, get tense, with a pad underneath emphasizing that something's wrong and then to Lacuna's theme when he makes her smile.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-08_alittleqa.mp3">A Little Q & A</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-08_alittleqa.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br />Later, Marshall gets ready to go the store and before he heads out they get to talking about Julian. He mentions that it seemed as though, if he didn't look after her, Julian would ... and then Lacuna finishes his sentence with, "Kill me? Yeah. He would've."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-17.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-17.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />This shocks Marshall. They get into a deep discussion about what she does (without actually giving away what she does - very allusive). I had some big moments in this conversation to accentuate with music so I had the harp keep the cue going underneath and I used different instruments to tell the story as it unfolded. This was actually the last score I wrote for the film. I put it off for so long because I constantly kept trying to figure out just how to make every moment count. I'd score a scene and then go back and watch this scene, takes notes, rinse, repeat...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-18.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-18.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />There comes a point in the conversation where Marshall walks up next to her and she confesses that she sometimes wishes she could stop doing the job she does.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-19.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-19.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />This cue incorporates Lacuna's theme throughout since she's telling a piece of her story. The music swells when Marhsall goes up to touch her arm. She pulls away and he sadly walks away to grab his things and head off to the store.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-20.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-20.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-21.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-21.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-09_doesithelpsomeone.mp3">Does It Help Someone</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-09_doesithelpsomeone.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br />When Marshall gets back from the store, there's a knock at the door and Marshall goes to answer it, but Lacuna knows better. She gets to the door just in time to slam it on the intruder's arm. She brings him in and they duke it out. He tries shooting her a couple times but she finally gets the gun out of his hand.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-22.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-22.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />I decided to have Timpani Drums running steady under the piece as the strings and flute carry a melody during the chaos. I used Taiko Drums to emphasize when some kind of action was happening (i.e. a punch, kick, slam, etc.). It crescendos to an epic sting as Lacuna walks over to the gun (after breaking the intruder's nose and arm) and shoots the intruder in the head and chest with no hesitation.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-23.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-23.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />Lacuna falls to her knees after the intruder is dead (and bleeding out on the floor). Marshall is speechless and horrified. I used a solo female vocal for Lacuna's theme to sort of lament that she's back in the game, just as she was getting "comfortable."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-24.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-24.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />I did an altered version of Lacuna's theme on the flute (with crescendoing strings following) and then I bring in an alternate version of Marshall's b-side of his theme. This is the first I hinted at playing their themes together at the same time, which is the bigger idea of the score throughout.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-25.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-25.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-10_crisisofconscience.mp3">Crisis Of Conscience</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-10_crisisofconscience.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br />The cue ends when Marshall gets a phone call on his cell phone. He answers and it's for Lacuna. She gets her instructions from her "Handler" and as she hangs up the next cue comes in.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-26.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-26.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />This was a quick one. It just accents the pain that Marshall's going through. His job is to give life and hers is to take it. It's just a stripped version of Marshall's theme. I wanted to get into the sadness Marshall is going through so I took everything away from his theme save for a few instruments.<br /><br />She walks over to him and wipes the blood off his head, apologizing for bringing him into this life and he says he just feels sorry for her.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-27.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-27.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />The cue comes to an end with a deep bass drum and a roll of the cymbal as someone comes in the door behind her and she whips around aiming the gun.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-28.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-28.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-11_theysenthimhere.mp3">They Sent Him Here</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-11_theysenthimhere.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br />It's Julian at the door. After he and Lacuna have their talk, she walks Marshall into the other room while Julian "cleans up."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-29.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-29.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />In the other room, Lacuna finally tells Marshall everything and opens up about being a killer. She talks about how the person she was supposed to kill was a woman (same age, same height) and how their roles could easily have been reversed. She hesitated for a split second and it allowed the woman's bodyguards to get a drop on her. She took them all down but it made her question everything she's done.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-30.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-30.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />It gets quiet and Marshall goes to wipe the blood off Lacuna's face, and she finds comfort in his hands. This was another delicate scene where I start off with the harp. I felt like it helped get into the darkness/sadness of her story. Then the piano comes in and I play her whole theme while she tells the story. Once Marshall goes into wipe the blood, his theme comes in (in it's entirety).<br /><br />She snaps out of it and says "Julian should be done by now" and leaves. As she does it, I did a sad alternate version to the end of Lacuna's theme.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-12_thetargetwasawoman.mp3">The Target Was A Woman</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-12_thetargetwasawoman.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-31.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-31.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />Later that night, Lacuna can't get to sleep. She wakes up and goes to Marshall's bed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-33.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-33.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />After some time passes, she wakes up and walks back out to her bed in the other room. She reaches under the bed, pulls out a bag and undresses. The next morning, Marshall awakes to find that Lacuna has left and he finds a note on the table.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-36.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-36.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />Lacuna's VO reads the note for us and tells Marshall she can't stay but wishes she could. She'll never forget him. As he reads the note, we see her walking away from the building in a new (black) wig.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-39.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 217px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/lacuna-39.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />This cue is long (4 minutes) as it plays over multiple scenes. Throughout the whole piece, I kept it very simple and basic. I wanted their themes to play very plainly by themselves to help tell the story of them separating. I open with some piano chords to give the feeling of longing. When she walks into Marshall's bedroom, we hear his theme played on the clarinet and when she wakes to go change, her theme is heard on the harp.<br /><br />I chose the harp because I wanted to give the feeling of her quietly sneaking out and I felt the flute would be too "present" for that. When Marshall finds the note, I play his theme again and then Lacuna's theme again on the flute as her VO reads the note and then both of their themes together at the very end. I used the cello to bring a certain sadness to the fact that she has to leave. Marshall's theme is mixed in low (on the clarinet).<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-13_lacunasgoodbye.mp3">Lacuna's Goodbye</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-13_lacunasgoodbye.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br />For the end credits, I slammed into a fast paced cue to bring us back to where we were in the beginning. Lacuna out in her element. I felt like it was a nice bookend. You'll hear an altered version of Lacuna's theme in the beginning and then it turns into it's own melody. After we slam out, you hear her theme once more before the credits fade out.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-14_endcredits.mp3">End Credits</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/lacuna-14_endcredits.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br /><br />Thanks for reading ... and listening! Leave a comment if you'd like. Let me know what you think. I really enjoyed incorporating themes throughout this score. I should have more posts to come. Stay tuned...Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-74891337357311113002011-09-23T08:38:00.000-07:002011-09-28T11:39:33.356-07:00Whole Foods AdHey y'all. I know, I know ... it's been a minute since I've posted here. I've been busy! GET OFF MY BACK! No, seriously though, it's been non-stop. I've been working on this short film (which I'll be able to post about soon) and an animation with our friend, <a href="http://seventhinningsketch.blogspot.com">Eric Peters</a>.<br /><br />I was also working on this Whole Foods ad for their new Auto-Reload card. I was hired to do the editing and animation, but they also asked me to write the music for it. It needed a fun, up-beat pop song so it was a nice little break from what I usually write. The link to the youtube video is below (it's really low res for some reason) and the song is below that!<br /><br />Let me know what y'all think!<br /><br /><iframe width="512" height="314" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YAkKlvCPuEA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/hydrogenated.mp3">Hydrogenated</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/hydrogenated.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object>Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-91962697469573290902011-07-15T17:30:00.000-07:002011-07-15T18:12:03.365-07:00Harry Potter Piano SoloHey y'all! So, in the spirit of the premiere of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, I sat down at the piano and worked out a piano solo of one of my favorite cues from the Harry Potter soundtracks. The song is titled, "<i>The Story Continues</i>" and it's from the <b>Goblet of Fire</b> soundtrack.<br /><br />I love this song because it takes a familiar theme and uniquely arranges the notes to give a vibe that something dark is coming.<br /><br />Let me know what you think!<br /><br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/harrypotter.mp3">The Story Continues</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/harrypotter.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object>Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-46389193118408022852011-05-27T18:19:00.000-07:002011-05-27T22:34:58.111-07:00My LA...Hey y'all. So, I recently worked on this quick one minute short film from the same Producer of "<a href="http://composemyself.blogspot.com/2011/02/sati.html">Sati</a>." It was for a short film competition through <a href="http://www.newfilmmakersla.com/" target="_BLANK">NewFilmmakersLA</a>. She asked me to edit it and score it.<br /><br />The idea was to submit either a one minute or 2-4 minute short film that expresses why you love Los Angeles. The short placed among the top 22.<div><br /></div><div>At first I had a hard time with writing the score because I wasn't quite sure what direction to take it in. Then one day I got frustrated and just deleted everything I was working on and started over. This is what came of it...<br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><video width="512" height="288" controls><br /><source src="http://www.trevorcarlee.com/blogimages/MyLA.mov" type='video/quicktime'><br /><object><br /><embed src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/player-viral.swf?file=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/MyLA.flv" width="512" height="310" allowfullscreen="false" flashvars="image=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/MyLA.png"></embed><br /></object><br /></video><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/MyLA.mp3">MyLA</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/MyLA.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object>Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-59963689166937709802011-04-26T20:22:00.001-07:002011-07-19T16:27:05.837-07:00JERRY<a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-01.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-01.png" border="0" alt="" /></a>Hey y'all! I'm back again. I know it's been quite a while since I've posted anything. I just finished two projects, and I'm working on a few more at the moment. So I'll try to keep this blog more fresh as the days go by.<div><br /></div><div>This first post will be about the (short) documentary that I just scored. The film is titled, "Jerry" and it's about a former executioner in Richmond, VA. I had some fun exploring different sounds with this score. Also, I am obviously going to (<b>SPOIL!</b>) the entire film throughout the post in case you're concerned.<br /><a name='more'></a><br />The doc starts dry as the main character, (you guessed it) Jerry Givens, introduces himself. He says how he's been in Richmond his whole life and the zinger is when he says, "I've killed 62 people." SLAM into opening credits.</div><div><br /></div><div>They used a song (titled "<a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Madeline/_/Shotgun+Wedding">Shotgun Wedding</a>" by Madeline) for the opening credits so that will not be on this blog post but it really fit the sequence nicely and sets the film off to a great start.</div><div><br /><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-02.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-02.png" border="0" alt="" /></a>Once we get back to the story, Jerry's telling us about how he wanted to play football when he was young. He was being scouted and everything was going great but he was injured. He got a scholarship to a university but he and the coach couldn't see eye to eye so he left and went to work as a guard at the nearby prison.</div><div><br /></div><div>For the music here, I went with some French Horns to hint at the naivety of his youth and the aspirations to play football. However, once he makes the move toward the prison, the music starts getting a little dark. The same note on a solo French Horn plays over and over, getting louder and louder.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is where I first incorporated the <b>PRISON DRUM KIT</b>. That's right. I went online and looked for all these different sounds of prison (i.e. cage door slams, handcuffs, buzzers, etc.) and created a sampled drum kit of them all. I used different sounds from the drum kit along with the repetitive French Horn to hint at the life he was about to lead.</div><div><br /></div><div>The cue goes out on on a higher register because there's a loud prison door slamming sound effect in the edit that I didn't think the music should compete with.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/JERRY-1-FromFootballToPrison.mp3">From Football To Prison</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/JERRY-1-FromFootballToPrison.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-03.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-03.png" border="0" alt="" /></a>Now that we're in the prison, I wanted the music to take a very cold feeling. This next cue happens while Jerry talks about his reputation "for being hardcore" and how he was known as "Stun Gun Givens" (you can guess why).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-04.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-04.png" border="0" alt="" /></a>He then bridges into how they asked him to be the executioner since Virginia was reinstating the death penalty. He took on the job and described getting the chair "ready."<br /><br />The director wanted the music to crescendo when he's talking about getting the chair ready, so I wrote it to be more of a cold fun cue when he talks about being Stun Gun Givens and underneath the entire piece are tremolo violins gradually growing in velocity. I felt like it should happen to where the audience doesn't even realize it's crescendoing until it's finished and you're staring at the chair. There's also a squeaky prison door that acts a steady pacer throughout the piece. It grows with the violins.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/JERRY-2-StunGunGivens.mp3">Stun Gun Givens</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/JERRY-2-StunGunGivens.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br />After that, he talks about his first execution. I wanted this to be a little darker than the other cues since it's the first person he's ever killed. I had Pizzicato Cellos keeping a steady, but eery, pace as the melody grows in orchestration. The intensity haults and goes back to the quiet-like pacing (from the beginning of the cue) as a quote comes up on screen, explaining the execution:<br /><br />(<b>WARNING: NOT FOR THE WEAK STOMACHED ONES</b>)<br /><i>"During the second application of current, smoke began to flow from Mr. Coppola's leg electrode....<br /><br />I could smell an acrid odor that I assume was the smell of burning flesh...a sizzling sound could be heard that sounded like cooking flesh."<br /><br />-J. Samuel Glasscock, Esq.<br />Witness to the execution</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-06.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-06.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/JERRY-3-MyFirstExecution.mp3">My First Execution</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/JERRY-3-MyFirstExecution.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br /></div><div>After his first execution, he talks about dealing with it and how he justified it by saying "these people put themselves in this predicament." He was convinced that if they didn't want to be put to death, then they shouldn't have done the same to someone else. You can still tell that it took a toll on him and as he's talking about it, you see images of him walking by cemeteries and whatnot.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-07.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-07.png" border="0" alt="" /></a>He then starts talking about this one guy he executed, named Linwood Briley. He said when it came time to die, the man had come to terms. He found religion and was ready to except his punishment but said he was charged with some things that he had not done.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-08.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-08.png" border="0" alt="" /></a>That seemed to eat away at Jerry because he figured there was nothing to gain by lying so he must have been telling the truth. Jerry prayed that God would forgive him if he ended up killing anyone who didn't "deserve it."<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/JERRY-4-DealingWithIt.mp3">Dealing With It</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/JERRY-4-DealingWithIt.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br />After he learns that people can go to prison under false accusations, guess what happens ... he goes to prison under false accusations.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-09.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-09.png" border="0" alt="" /></a>The director said he wanted the music to play slightly whimsical/mysterious because as he's telling the story it's like he's "falling down a rabbit hole" and for it to get dark once we learn that he actually spent five years in prison.<br /><br />The cue starts out pretty coherent with subtle violins (being tweaked in and out of pitch) very low in the mix and pizzicato cellos carrying a fun/mysterious melody. As his story progresses, the cue starts to grow chaotic with more and more instruments joining in, countering each other. This cue used the prison drum kit the most. There are about 10 different prison sounds that accumulate near the end where it goes out hard as he says, "They found me guilty. I did 57 months in a federal institution."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-10.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-10.png" border="0" alt="" /></a>After that, the music gets very serious and we learn that his career at the correctional institution came to an end (obviously) as he was incarcerated. While he was incarcerated, he would go out and sing. One time, a little kid came up to him and gave him an eraser with something etched in it. When he went back to his cell, he looked at it as a sign from God that He wanted him to erase the problems from his life and clean his life up.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-11.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-11.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/JERRY-5-DownTheRabbitHole.mp3">Down The Rabbit Hole</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/JERRY-5-DownTheRabbitHole.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br />After that, we see him talking about getting out and what he's doing now. He's part of a Scared Straight program and is a board member of the abolitionist group, Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (VADP). He talks about his family (his wife didn't know that he was an executioner for the 20 years that he did it).</div><div><br /></div><div>Also, he's taken up drawing and shows us some images he's drawn of his wife and kids. Now that we're out of prison and things are brighter, I went back to traditional orchestration and, for this cue in particular, went for a very innocent feeling. Hence the Xylophone.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-12.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-12.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/JERRY-6-Family.mp3">Family</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/JERRY-6-Family.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br />Last, but certainly not least, is my favorite cue of the entire film. This happens when he talks about the future. He talks about how it'd be great to stop the death penalty, but it's even more important to try and prevent kids from getting to that situation in the first place. I felt he brings up good points and he's hopeful for the future, but it's also a dark and uncertain path. So I wanted the score to have a hopeful vibe, but also have a looming feeling, to kind of say, "It's not going to be easy."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-13.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-13.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/JERRY-7-ForTheKids.mp3">For The Kids</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/JERRY-7-ForTheKids.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br />There was one more piece of music I wrote for this (well, actually two but the other one was really just a droney type thing that I didn't think y'all would be interested in). At the very end of the doc, Jerry sings a song for us, that he later reveals he wrote. When I watched the doc for the first time and was taking notes on where I thought music should go, I just felt like there really should be some accompanying orchestral music building underneath him as he sings to kind of bring the film to a powerful close.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-14.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-14.png" border="0" alt="" /></a>I thought it worked really well and plays very nicely with him. I actually incorporated the melody of the song he's singing throughout the entire film (varying on the key) so there was some kind of theme that identified with him to help the ending feel like a cap to his personality.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-15.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/JERRY-15.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Once the film is fully mixed (and with the director's permission) I will post that scene here for your viewing pleasure.<br /><br />Well, I hope you enjoyed this one. I'll have a new blog post coming soon (also attached with video) for another project I just recently finished.<br /><br />Leave a comment. Or don't. Just remember, I know where you sleep.<br /><br />I'm kidding.<br /><br />But seriously...<br /><br /></div>Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-52945534452945584282011-02-13T20:32:00.000-08:002011-02-14T21:57:38.780-08:00SATI<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/sati-card.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/sati-card.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br />Hey y'all! So, I'm back! Had a scary week last week but all is good now and I can post and post and post...<br /><br />Today's post is about a short film I just scored. I was hired to edit the film but I needed to have some kind of music to edit to for most of it, given the material. So, I set out to write a temp score. I figured it wouldn't be a waste of time because (A) I would learn some techniques/instruments (the story is based in India) and (B) at the very least, I could post the music here, regardless.<br /><br />Well, they enjoyed the music so much that they're keeping it. So that's fun!<br /><br />I'm going to let you guys hear the music in its entirety and explain where they belong in the film (so ... <b> SPOILER ALERT! </b>). Sit back and enjoy the ride!<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />The first cue starts at the very beginning. The film is about "Sati," and we open with a definition of the word.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/sati-01.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/sati-01.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br />Right after a fancy little fade out of the definition, we BLAST IN to the main character, Dhuma, being thrust toward a fire by an older woman (her mother-in-law). You'll definitely figure out where this plays out in the music as it's pretty quiet until massive Taiko drums kick in.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/sati-02.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/sati-02.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/sati-thestruggle.mp3">The Struggle</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/sati-thestruggle.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br />Once it slams in, it's in super slo-mo of Dhuma struggling with her mother-in-law to not be thrown into the fire. I used a plugin I have called "Voices of Passion" to create Indian female vocals. The other elements in the music are a distorted Bansuri (which is an Indian flute) and some other distorted instruments to create a very eery vibe. The second drum roll is snapping out of slow-motion and the third and final drum roll is where Dhuma breaks free.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/sati-03.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/sati-03.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/sati-thechase.mp3">The Chase</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/sati-thechase.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br />Once she breaks free, it's time for the run of her life. I had to come up with some music that would keep a steady pace yet still give us some time to take in what's going on. It kicks in to heavy Taiko drums and Tabla (an indian drum). Additionally, I have strings playing a low tremolo during the first part before the drums take us to an Indian vocal with the same eery soundscape from the beginning of the film. During this, in the film, we see a close up of Dhuma's face as she's running in slow motion. I really tried to hammer in that this is life or death, as if the next step could be her last.<br /><br />There's also a Sitar playing a fast version of what I deemed to be Dhuma's theme. Since it's a short film, there's not a lot of time to establish themes for anyone but this little downward melody was something that felt right when I was writing music for her.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/sati-dhumatheme.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 150px;border:0px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/sati-dhumatheme.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br />I actually incorporated this theme with the distorted (synth-sounding) "instrument" in the very beginning, under the definition. It plays while the EQ'd Indian Voice sings in the background. It's very subtle, but I tried to bring it in wherever I could to just give a string of familiarity throughout the score.<br /><br />Dhuma finally gets far enough away from her mother-in-law to hide behind a tree and breath for a moment. It's at this point in the film that we go to a flashback.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/sati-04.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/sati-04.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/sati-thebedroom.mp3">The Bedroom</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/sati-thebedroom.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br />We find Dhuma and her new husband in a bedroom together as the mother-in-law says goodnight to them both. It's their wedding night and the groom is anxious to consummate their arranged marriage. This was a difficult scene to score. Essentially what happens is, Dhuma is pretty uncomfortable with the situation and despite his cheesy one-liners and "calming" words, Dhuma is not too thrilled with the arrangement. She's a virgin and wants to take it slow. He politely obliges, but not for long, and soon the scene turns to rape.<br /><br />I started out writing a coherent score for this but it just wasn't working. Everything seemed to either get in the way of the scene or tell a different story than what was actually happening. I was sitting there playing with the Sitar sample I have. I was messing around with EQing it and I was just playing random melodies as I adjusted it to be the sound that I wanted. Then it hit me that that's what the scene needed. It needed the music to not really be sure of itself. I set some drone sounds to my liking to lay an undertone for the ominous scene and then I just recorded, throughout the entire scene, me just playing random melodies with no tempo to be held down to.<br /><br />The piano has more of a locked down melody but still no tempo. I wanted the piano to be low but something that just pulls at you, like you just know something's wrong. When it starts to get intense I start playing the piano melody off key to really help sell the danger and uncomfortableness.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/sati-05.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/sati-05.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/sati-thememories.mp3">The Memories</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/sati-thememories.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br />We come back from the flashback to Dhuma still hiding behind the tree. She looks back and sees the mother-in-law catching up to her. She runs...<br /><br />This last song (not including the credits) plays over the entire end of the short. As she runs (and falls) she remembers everything leading up to this very moment.<br /><br />For this final song, I have it fast and intense while she runs and then it blasts to a quiet section where violins play at a high register and the Bansuri has a sad, almost ... lagging, pace to it. I used the Bansuri just to accent the sadness of the memory.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/sati-06.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/sati-06.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br />The music kicks into a little groove where she's remembering everything else. I wanted it to feel like it's a tragic victory as she's remembering all these things leading up to the current moment. The groove has a cluster of strings rising near the end as the mother-in-law is revealed behind her.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/sati-07.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/sati-07.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br />The struggle brings us back to the present and the strings peak and leave us only with an ethereal soundscape.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/sati-08.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/sati-08.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br /><br />Ironically, my favorite cue for this film was cut. And that cue was the credits. It was just, I thought, a very beautiful, simple song that carried the emotion of the entire film as you watched the credits at the end. No problemo, though, because I can at least share it with y'all.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/sati-thecredits.mp3">The Credits</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/sati-thecredits.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><br />Thanks for reading! Leave a comment. Let me know what you think. I had fun with this one.Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-16359525945557133392011-01-20T14:40:00.000-08:002011-01-20T14:45:42.729-08:00Another Failed Supertease Cue...So, here's another supertease cue I wrote a while back that never ended up anywhere. The editor went for an epic supertease so he asked me to write something that was ... well, epic! The producers ended up wanting more of a "rock" vibe to it instead of epic orchestral.<br /><br />This one has some of the sound effects from the supertease mixed in as used them as elements in the music. Let me know what you think...<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/supertease2.0.mp3">Supertease 2.0</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer25" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer25&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/supertease2.0.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object>Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-58733175925392551322011-01-15T14:05:00.000-08:002011-01-15T14:14:56.103-08:00Just Moved In...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/justmovedin.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/justmovedin.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Sorry I haven't posted in a while. My wife and I have been full force for weeks (moving from our apartment into our new house)! I haven't written anything yet as I just finished setting up my studio (in the house) today but I forgot that I did write this one cue a couple weeks ago and never posted it.<br /><br />It's just a dramatic underscore cue so it might be a little repetitive. I should be up and running with some new music soon. We'll see. I'm totally stoked about this studio I've set up. Once it's all "COMPLETELY" finished, I'll upload a picture (with maybe a new cue?) for y'all to see!<br /><br />This one's called, "It's Not A Concussion."<br /><br />(ALSO! The image above is a drawing of the house we just bought. It was drawn by none other than Eric Peters! Check out his blog about it <a href="http://seventhinningsketch.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-friends-are-buying-house.html">here</a> among many other awesome drawings!)<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/notaconcussion.mp3">It's Not A Concussion</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer24" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer24&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/notaconcussion.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object>Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-33081562638176416822011-01-07T13:26:00.000-08:002011-01-07T13:30:52.361-08:00New 8-Bit Blog...Hey y'all. So, I finally went through with it and made a separate blog for all of my 8-bit cues. It's awesomely titled:<br /><a href="http://doctor8-bit.blogspot.com">"Doctor 8-bit - OR: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The 80s"</a><br /><br />So, go check it out and drop some comments!Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-21994208817898258782010-12-30T18:39:00.000-08:002011-01-04T22:38:06.477-08:008-bit Hawaii Five-O Theme!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/hawaii-five-o.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/hawaii-five-o.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Got another 8-bit cue for y'all! I'm a little sick and just felt like popping out another 8-bit cue. Also, check out the <a href="http://composemyself.blogspot.com/2010/07/back-to-my-game.html">A-Team</a>, <a href="http://composemyself.blogspot.com/2010/07/magnum-baby.html">Magnum, p.i.</a> and <a href="http://composemyself.blogspot.com/2010/10/human-target.html">Human Target</a> titles I did in 8-bit as well if you haven't already.<br /><br />I've got a couple more up my sleeves that I'll be working on shortly. I've been challenged to do a more difficult song than these past ones that have a clear melody and no lyrics.<br /><br />So...we'll see what the future holds. In the mean time, enjoy...<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/H5O-8bit.mp3">Hawaii Five-O (8-Bit)</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer23" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer23&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/H5O-8bit.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object>Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-474512718679732842010-12-24T18:52:00.000-08:002010-12-24T18:56:13.217-08:00Merry Christmas!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/merrychristmas.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/merrychristmas.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Just wanted to check in and say Merry Christmas to everyone. This is a song I wrote last year, called "Carol of the Bear." It's a rendition of Carol of the Bells with themes from Battlestar Galactica woven in. Hope you like it!<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/carolofthebear.mp3">Carol of the Bear</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer22" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer22&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/carolofthebear.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object>Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-43057700363853900422010-12-08T22:09:00.001-08:002010-12-08T22:20:36.796-08:00Y: The Last Theme<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/y-theme.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/y-theme.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Hey y'all! I know I've been absent for quite a while now, but I'm back ... temporarily. I just recently wrote a song and I figured I'd throw it up while I can. I'm about to be real busy for the next two weeks and then (hopefully) I will be moving into a house (which will be another butt load of busy!).<br /><br />I'm hoping to write things here and there whenever I have free time, but just as a warning, this blog might remain cold for another couple of weeks!<br /><br />Now for this song! I was kind of in a rut and couldn't come up with anything to write. My lovely wife suggested I write music FOR something. She told me to either score something that doesn't have score (i.e. The Office) or come up with a theme to something.<br /><br />So I did the latter! I wrote what I thought would be a nice theme for Y: The Last Man if they turned that into a television series. For those of you who don't know what it's about, GO READ IT! But in case you don't want to read it, it's a story about every man in the world dying off, except for the hero of the story, named Yorick.<br /><br />Enjoy...<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/y-thelasttheme.mp3">Y: The Last Theme</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer21" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer21&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/y-thelasttheme.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object>Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-28647691011992582162010-10-29T16:58:00.001-07:002010-12-08T22:08:32.788-08:00Human Target<object width="512" height="288"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/f_m5kUxrrl5cDDjPxIARag"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/f_m5kUxrrl5cDDjPxIARag" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="512" height="288" allowFullScreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br />Hey guys! So, recently I bought the soundtrack to Human Target, done by none other than Bear McCreary, and have been listening to it nonstop. Unfortunately, listening to a score as much as I have with Human Target means it creeps into my composing. Every time I sit down to write some music that über catchy theme jumps in there somewhere.<br /><br />STOP. DELETE. START OVER.<br /><br />So, in order to (hopefully) get it out of my head, I decided to do an 8-bit version of the main title theme. I don't know if it worked (I'll find out tonight) but here it is for your listening enjoyment. I've also included the video of the main title above for reference for those of you who don't know. But honestly, you need to buy the soundtrack regardless if you watch the show or not. Trust me. Check out <a href="http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=4874">Bear's Blog</a> about the soundtrack and see for yourself!<br /><br />Also, check out the <a href="http://composemyself.blogspot.com/2010/07/back-to-my-game.html">A-Team</a> and <a href="http://composemyself.blogspot.com/2010/07/magnum-baby.html">Magnum, p.i.</a> titles I did in 8-bit as well if you haven't already.<br /><br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/humantarget.mp3">Human Target</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer20" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer20&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/humantarget.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object>Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-13808322147268947132010-09-22T12:40:00.001-07:002010-09-22T12:44:45.543-07:00Busy. Busy. Busy.Hey guys! So, as you can see I haven't written a blog post in a while. I've actually been pretty busy, both with editing work and music. I'm currently working on a project with <a href="http://seventhinningsketch.blogspot.com">Eric Peters</a> and I'm also trying to start an album some time in the near future. It would be an instrumental story line, inspired by events in my life. I haven't worked out how I'm going to do it (both time wise and style wise) but it's definitely in the works.<br /><br />What do you say? Anybody down to get a Trevor McLean album? I know I am! And probably my mom. And maybe my dad. That's probably the end of that list! We'll see...Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-65795274723956609842010-09-02T20:07:00.001-07:002010-09-02T20:08:37.066-07:00The Challenge: Cutthroat Teaser - Part 2Hey there again! So, there's another teaser for the next season of The Challenge up and I wrote the music for that one as well. Let me know what you think.<br /><br /><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:557123" width="512" height="319" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashVars="configParams=id%3D1646908%26vid%3D557123%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A557123" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" base="."></embed><div style="margin:0px;padding:4px;width:500px;text-align:center;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><a href="http://www.mtv.com/ontv/" style="color:#439CD8;" target="_blank">MTV Shows</a></div>Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-3204320068447719222010-08-26T19:17:00.000-07:002010-08-28T14:57:38.757-07:00The Challenge: Cutthroat TeaserHey guys! So, the teaser for The Challenge: Cutthroat is up online and my music was used in it. I posted about the song earlier <a href="http://composemyself.blogspot.com/2010/07/movein-on.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Here's the video. Looks cool to me! :)<br /><br /><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:554161" width="512" height="319" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashVars="configParams=vid%3D554161%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A554161" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" base="."></embed><div style="margin:0px;padding:4px;width:500px;text-align:center;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><a href="http://www.mtv.com/ontv/" style="color:#439CD8;" target="_blank">MTV Shows</a></div>Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-4192828492422042932010-08-10T12:32:00.001-07:002010-08-10T12:33:55.081-07:00Update!!!So, in response to the complaint of a near and dear friend of mine, I decided to add links to all of my songs posted so those following on their iPhones can listen to the music as well. I went back and fixed all the old post so if you click on the title of the song, it will take you to the MP3 directly. I will continue to do this for my upcoming music as well.<br /><br />I didn't get a chance to go through and double check all the links so if any of them don't work, just let me know and I'll fix it!<br /><br />Thanks!Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-17182020764100437502010-08-01T17:03:00.000-07:002010-08-10T12:31:44.737-07:00Blower's Daughter Cover...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/blowersdaughter.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/blowersdaughter.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Hi guys! I recently got a new sample library called "Vienna Instruments Special Edition" and I wanted to test out the new samples. So I did a cover of one of my favorite songs, Blower's Daughter (by Damien Rice), as an upbeat orchestral cue. Let me know what you think!<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/blowersdaughter.mp3">Blower's Daughter</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer20" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer20&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/blowersdaughter.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object>Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-2064291674343454172010-07-31T14:06:00.000-07:002010-08-10T12:31:23.758-07:00Swing Low Sweet Supertease!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/swinglow.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/swinglow.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />So, a while back, I was scoring this supertease for a certain show (that will remain nameless). The idea was that one of the cast members was singing the song, "Swing Low Sweet Chariot," and as she sang, the supertease grew from fun and playful to dark and dramatic. This cast member sang under the entire thing and I scored to her singing, climaxing to a dramatic ending.<br /><br />UNFORTUNATELY, the supertease got bumped in favor of a "FUN" supertease that played up all the "FUN" of the season instead of the drama. So my cue got bumped as well. Since the supertease didn't go to air, I'm not allowed to show it, or I would be fined $1 million or something like that. However, there's nothing that says I can't share the music I wrote for it.<br /><br />It plays a lot more dramatic with the sound bites and images on screen, but I think you'll get the picture when you listen. Check it out and let me know what you think of it.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/swinglow.mp3">Swing Low</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer19" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer19&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/swinglow.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object>Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872641838776901541.post-1676616864755919212010-07-31T09:53:00.001-07:002010-08-26T19:20:08.937-07:00Movin' On!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/moveon.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 512px; height: 288px;border:1px solid #000000" src="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogimages/moveon.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Here's another cue I just worked on. A little more laid back than my last few cues. Also .... Zebra looking at Dolphin in a Tank! So, you have that.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/moveon.mp3">Move On</a></b><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf" id="audioplayer18" height="24" width="512"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer18&soundFile=http://www.ws-productions.com/blogaudio/moveon.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object>Trevorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04993924916228043852noreply@blogger.com0