The Last of Us (Astray) Free download on SoundCloud. It’s hard to believe I can still find stuff to play from this score — even years later. This piece is from The Last of Us Volume 2, and it’s supplemental music by Gustavo Santaolalla. Astray […]

Life in 12 Bars Free download of this performance in SoundCloud. Life in 12 Bars is a behind the scenes documentary of Eric Clapton’s musical restlessness and personal tragedy. Clapton’s quest to grow his artistic voice saw him routinely abandon successful relationships with bands and […]

Sendero Free Download on Soundcloud I originally posed this song in 2012, but I’m much better at sound quality now and wanted to update Sendero (Path) for 2018. I love how Gustavo Santaolalla stays tight to the beat, almost like fingerstyle funk. As per usual, […]

The Wings Free HQ Download on SoundCloud.  The Wings completes my arrangements for the Oscar winning Brokeback Mountain Soundtrack by Gustavo Santaolalla. This song is what initially drew me into Gustavo Santaolalla’s film score work, way back in 2005. From there, the theme Brokeback Mountain […]

Brokeback Mountain 3 Free Mp3 download on SoundCloud. Brokeback Mountain 3 is an achingly beautiful piece of music from Gustavo Santaolalla’s Academy award winning Brokeback Mountain score – most of which was played on a single solitary acoustic guitar. ‘Wings’ is the most memorable theme […]

All Gone (No Escape) Free MP3 Download on SoundCloud.  This is originally an orchestral piece — arguably the most achingly beautiful selection from The Last of Us score. It was fun to imagine what Gustavo Santaolalla might’ve played on guitar during All Gone (No Escape). […]

My rock band, New Invisible Joy I played bass professionally in a band called New Invisible Joy 1998-2008. During that time we toured extensively, played major label showcases, recorded with major label producers, and played with major label acts like: John Mayer, The Killers, Maroon […]

The Last of Us (Variation) Listening is a form of practice. Free MP3 Download. Two of my favorite themes by Gustavo Santaolalla are: The Last of Us main title theme, and The Choice (also from The Last of Us video game soundtrack). Inspired by Gustavo […]

Brokeback Mountain 2 The Brokeback Mountain score is initially what introduced me to Gustavo Santaolalla’s music in 2005 — for which he won the first of his back-to-back Academy Awards. The minimalist approach and solitary delivery of a lone acoustic guitar was unlike anything we […]

[Updated: 6/19/2020. Special thank to Sakis Karpas and Unboxholics for including this performance in their incredible short film, Anna: a Last of Us Story. Ever since the release, I’ve received dozen of warm messages from UH fans. Unboxholics has cultivated something special. They are the […]

Seguir Camino is Gustavo Santaolalla’s follow up to his 1998 album, Ronroco. By 1998, Santaolalla was a legendary Latin American musician and music producer. However, Iguazu (from Ronroco) kicked off his second act as film score composer, when Michael Mann used it to great effect […]

Opening If you’ve been a reading my blog for any length of time, it’s not hard to figure out that I’m a Gustavo Santaolalla superfan. It all started with the Brokeback Mountain score: acoustic guitar, empty space, minimalism. I had never heard anything like it.  […]