Photo by Łukasz Rawa on Unsplash Epilogue It’s funny that an Epilogue is a conclusion because it was my very first blog post in 2011. Intellimusica was a weird idea then, and I’ve winged it ever since. This is a full redo of that initial […]

Amor y Paz Free download of this performance on SoundCloud. On March 24th (2020), at the beginning of the pandemic, Gustavo Santaolalla posted this short piece to his Instagram and YouTube channel. So far as I can tell, he’s calling it Amor y Paz (Love […]

Photo by Denny Müller on Unsplash Haven Free audio download of this performance on SoundCloud. Haven is a little gem by Gustavo Santaolalla. It’s from HBO’s The Last of Us. I have no idea which (if any) episode this song was used in — but […]

Photo by lauren lulu taylor | Unsplash Never Let Me Down Again Free audio download of this performance on SoundCloud. Never Let Me Down Again, is a song by the English band Depeche Mode, who were pioneers of electronic and “alternative” music in the 1980’s. […]

Photo by Denny Müller on Unsplash Vanishing Grace (a variation) Free audio download of this performance on SoundCloud. I’ve been steeped in Gustavo Santaolalla’s music and guitar playing since 2005 when his iconic score for Brokeback Mountain was first released. The minimalism of his playing […]

(Note: If you like my work, please subscribe to my YouTube channel. That’s a huge help to me. Thank you!) The Last of Us (HBO) Free audio download of this performance on SoundCloud. HBO’s The Last of Us is being heralded as “the greatest video […]

21 Grams Free audio download on SoundCloud. I completely lifted my right-hand technique from composer, Gustavo Santaolalla. He effectively arpeggiates chord shapes by rolling through them with his fingers. This is a beautiful way to voice chords, and pretty easy to do with a little […]

Photo by Robin Wersich | Unsplash The Quarantine Zone (20 Years Later) Free audio download of this performance on SoundCloud. 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 […]

Photo by Moon Bhuyan | Unsplash Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries) Free audio download of this performance on SoundCloud. While I don’t know too much about this film — it was released internationally in 2011 as Mumbai Diaries. (At the time of this writing, it’s actually […]

Photo by Sole D’Alessandro G. | Unsplash [Reposted from 2018. Updated 7/13/2022] Lago Frías  Free audio download on SoundCloud. I often create medleys and musical derivatives that I personally want to hear. Lago Frias (The Motorcycle Diaries) has always been one of my favorite guitar […]

Photo by Tania Orozco | Unsplash Fifty Fifty Free audio download of this performance on SoundCloud. Although Gustavo Santaolalla is prolific, polymath musician and composer — I prefer his film music the most. Within his soundtracks, Santaolalla delivers really clever, minimal guitar pieces. Of those […]

Photo by Gwendal Cottin on Unsplash Left Behind (Together) Free audio download on SoundCloud. Left Behind (Together) is a nifty, steel-string guitar piece by Gustavo Santaolalla; from The Last of Us Volume 2. It’s emblematic of his ability to find small spaces, and set positive […]