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UCLA Live Orchestral Demo Tracks

April In Paris Orchestration / Compositional Style:  Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918). Description:  Two lovers meet in a cafe on a rainy day in Paris. Recorded and mixed at Private Island Audio, Hollywood, CA.

How The West Was Done Orchestration / Composition Style:  Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990). Description: A vast and picturesque setting in the American Southwest.  The tempo increases as the camera moves over a heard of cattle being driven over the open plains.   Recorded and mixed at Private Island Audio, Hollywood, CA.

Malice In Wonderland Orchestration / Composition Style:  Igor Stavinsky (1882 - 1971). Description:  This cue musically recounts the infamous O.J. Simpson events in Los Angeles, California, and represents a montage of events: 1) The initial chase on the freeway. 2) Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman having dinner at a restaurant. 3) Return to the freeway chase. 4) The murder scene. 5) Freeway chase (reprise) 6) Court hearing. Recorded and mixed live at Private Island Audio, Hollywood, CA.

 

Home Studio Demo Tracks

Back to the Predator This was written as a demo when I was asked if I could mimic the style of film composer Alan Silvestri.  This cue is reminiscent of his Back to the Future (1985) and Predator (1987) film scores.

Cycle of Life Excerpt from a short orchestral piece I submitted for the ASCAP Rudolph Nissim Composition Contest. All contestants were provided with the same three-minute film, which was very abstract in nature, much like the first sequence in Disney's Fantasia (1940). This particular excerpt is very similar to the work of French composer Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) - in particular the movement "Dawn" from the ballet suite Daphnis et Chloe.

Extra-Vehicular Activity This excerpt marks my first departure from acoustic compositions to electronic ambient music, and is part of a 40-minute work entitled Aural Journey. I was hired to write this work as background music for a gallery of paintings, done by a local artist in Long Beach, CA. The music was well-received, and I was hired again to compose background music for a Valentine's Day art exhibit at the same venue. The entire work was recorded and mixed using Propellerhead Reason 6.

Race for Time An action / suspense cue that I was inspired to write after watching an episode of The Outer Limits (1990s version).

Sensei Porter Dies This cue is from the film Law of the Ninja, an early film venture, produced and directed by William Joseph Hill of Four Scorpio Productions. This film marked our first collaboration as director and composer.  This cue was selected as one of the winning entries for the Jerry Goldsmith/BMI Film Scoring Scholarship, which I was awarded while attending UCLA.

Take Me With You This excerpt, is a cue that was originally composed to underscore a romantic scene between a male and female character. The project was scrapped and the cue was never used.

The Desert This excerpt is from a film cue that describes a woman searching the desert for an important artifact. Sparse orchestration was used to convey the arid and barren landscape.

Venus One of my favorite movements in classical music is Venus from The Planets (Opus 32) by English composer Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934). I recorded and mixed this piece while studying orchestration at UCLA.

Countdown Another action cue mock-up.