Category: Film Music

IT: Blood Oath | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Blood Oath This is definitely my favorite piece from the IT score. I’m 45, so I remember when the book came out in the 80’s: Stephen King’s IT (the book) was figuratively and literally biggest thing in 1986. I remember going Christmas shopping at the […]

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Werewolf by Night: Mane Theme | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Werewolf by Night Werewolf by Night is the directorial debut film debut of (A-list composer) Michael Giacchino. It is a TON of fun. The “creature feature” is stylized in black & white with a run time of only 53 minutes. It’s an old-time monster film […]

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Halloween Theme (ambient, World guitar) + TAB

Halloween As evidenced by this blog, I’m a huge fan of multi-instrumentalist composer, Gustavo Santaolalla. His music is synonymous with the world. He seems to capture at once the sound of Latin America, as well as distant cultures from all continents. For this interpretation of […]

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Andor (Main Title Theme) | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Andor I’ve only seen the 1st episode of Andor so far — and it’s unlike anything in Star Wars canon. Andor is a slow burn, clearly designed for adults. Don’t expect The Mandalorian, this is more akin to Blade Runner. The actors are excellent, especially […]

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The Last of Us: The Quarantine Zone | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

The Quarantine Zone (20 Years Later) The Quarantine Zone is the first song from the iconic The Last of Us soundtrack by Gustavo Santaolalla. This track embodies Santaolalla’s creativity — and his element of surprise. Quarantine Zone is gnarly, like a Radiohead song. The chorus […]

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The Haunting of Hill House: Go Tomorrow | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

The Haunting of Hill House The Haunting of Hill House is a legendary series on Netflix. It is supremely spooky. I’m 45 at the moment, and this series had me turning off the lights, and running up the basement steps. Everytime I turned my head, […]

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The Shawshank Redemption: Stoic Theme | fingerstyle guitar

The Shawshank Redemption: Stoic Theme | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

The Shawshank Redemption Written and directed by Frank Darabont, The Shawshank Redemption, is a 1994 drama film based on the 1982 Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption.  The film tells the story of a banker who is (despite his claims of innocence) sentenced […]

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The Hobbit: Misty Mountains | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Misty Mountains The Hobbit was directed by Peter Jackson, and the classic music is from composer Howard Shore. Misty Mountains was, naturally, sung by Dwarf Cast. My family just started watching The Rings of Power. We’re finding that — to get all the references — […]

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The Terminator | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

The Terminator The original Terminator theme was written by 80’s synthesizer composer, Brad Fiedel. Even though he composed a lot of movie scores through the 80’s and early 90’s, The Terminator theme was the defining work of his career. The best version of this theme […]

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Game of Thrones: Main Title theme for classical guitar

Game of Thrones: Main Title theme | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Game of Thrones Having just watched the 1st episode of House of the Dragon, I find myself enamored (all over again) with Ramin Djawadi’s Main Title theme. I’m so happy that is still the central motif in the new prequel series. Episode 1 delivered on […]

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Prey: Naru’s Way | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Naru’s Way Prey, is an origin prequel to Predator, set 300 years ago in the world of the Comanche Nation, in 1719. The story follows Naru (Amber Midthunder) a skilled warrior, as she fights to protect her tribe against one of the first highly-evolved Predators […]

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Hans Zimmer: Now We Are Free | fingerstyle guitar

Gladiator: Now We Are Free (Hans Zimmer) fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Now We Are Free Now We Are Free is one of Hans Zimmer’s foremost pieces next to Time. It’s the closing theme of Ridley Scott’s Gladiator when Maximus rejoins his family amidst the wheat fields. The vocal performance is by Australian singer, Lisa Gerrard. She’s not […]

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