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Demo Tracks

* = If you need help deciding which to listen to ...

   * Farewell - Tearful; a powerful goodbye
   * Scattered Ashes - Aria for the Dead
   * Memories of a Lost Past - Quiet nostalgia
      Music for a darkened Ballet - A somewhat deceitful waltz
      Reflections - Introspective, sad, yet somewhat dreamy

   * High-Seas Adventure - Swashbuckling, top-deck rapier fight
   * Epic the first - An ancient city comes into view
      Helicopter Arrival - Chopper with a badass dude on it
      Setting the Trap - Danger with a hint of quirk
      Epic the second - Soaring

   * Ghost Machine - Hauntedly mechanical...
   * Vampire Canata - Gothic, old school horror
      Lullaby for a Breakdown - Sung into sweet madness
      Deranged Carnival - Pony Ride with a gun in your mouth
      Amazing Grace in hell - Title says it all

   * Waltzing on the Seine - Accordion and strings serenading some lovers
   * Young Love - Good 'ol sweet and innocent
      Love for a 15 year-old - (Legally) forbidden love
      Heart-on-sleeve - Orchestral Splenda stirred into your coffee

   * Way of the Aztec - Epically Mexican
   * Race Riots - Gospel-driven action
   * Rockin' Indian' - Flurries o' Bamboo Flute
      Electroacoustic - Rainstorm martial percussion

   * Too much Caffeine - A intern scurries for his boss's coffee
   * Sex with the Devil - Too Short, and the climax is a bit unsatisfactory
      A Hypnotic Piano Solo - The joke's on you if you listen to the whole thing ...
      Quintessentially Quirky - More fun than should be legal ...

      Moh High-tails it! - 80's chase with strange Arabic flair
      Vomit Rock - Sorta metal-ish
      Nine Inch Vampires - Buffy from the band "Slayer"
      Smokey Cocktail Jazz - What's your poison?
      Rock (marching) Band - Big theme + electric guitar = ...
      Hippie Jazz - Jazzed up jam band

Music for Film & Games

- Official Selection, Newport Beach Film Festival 2009

      Speed Dating! - Caveman percussion underscores sweeping romantic Spanish guitar
      Date Prep Tango - A simple tango, preparing to hit the town
      Batting Cages - Contemplative and introspective guitars, a lightly emotional moment

- Winner, Audience Award, 2008 Sundance Film Festival

      In the Fog - Rich, colorful orchestral strings accompanying vocalist Lisbeth Scott
      The Two Captains - Noble, yet innocent harp and viola duet
      The Storyteller - Fun and rhythmic orchestral montage

- Winner, Film and TV Awards (2007), Best Score for a Short

      Ave George! - Large Orchestra and Chorus hailing Satan
      Setting the Trap - Trying to kill the devil is never a good idea
      Love for a 15 year-old - A little heart-on-sleeve with a smidge of statutory
      Massive-Uber-Mega-Ultra-Grand Finale - The inevitable epic victory of Satan ...
      End Titles - Orchestral fun and games with that Satanic Choral flair

- Nominee, Film and TV Awards (2007), Best Score for an Indie Feature

      Logan's Reflections - A sad, introspective solo cello
      Revelations - The turning point - dramatic strings, voices, and solo cello
      Finale - A tad somber, yet at peace
      End Titles - Strings and solo cello; dark and mysterious

- Nominee, British Academy Awards (2007)

Main Theme - Electronic, surreal, but soothing (and sorta trippy)
Finale - An extremely warm homecoming

      Rocco's death - Dark and sad, discovery of a dead friend
      Shower Scene - Introspective, sad and slightly bitter (for a sex scene...)
      End Titles - Bittersweet and nostalgic; lesson learned the hard way

End titles - Lush Indian vocals over dark raga with electronics
Scherzo - Wild uncensored Bansuri on Sitar action!

- Winner, Society of Composers (2006), Best Original Film Score

      Main Titles - Solo flutes over lush textures, longing and mournful
      Departure - A grieved farewell for pensive electronics and piano
      Flashback - Very bittersweet, piano with winds and soft strumming
      Finale - Brightly hopeful, solo viola with metallic electronics