Category: Modern Classics

Unchained Melody | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Unchained Melody Free audio download of this performance on SoundCloud. [My version is also available on all streaming services. Links below:] Unchained Melody is nearly 70 years old. It was initially written (by Alex North and Hy Zaret) as a theme for a prison film entitled, […]

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The Ecstasy of Gold | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Original photo by Derek von Briesen. The Ecstasy of Gold Free audio download of this performance on SoundCloud. [My version is also available on all streaming services. Links below:] The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is the best of Sergio Leone’s Dollars Trilogy starring […]

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Indiana Jones: Marion’s Theme | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Photo by Intricate Explorer on Unsplash Marion’s Theme Free audio download of this performance on SoundCloud. The score for Raiders of the Lost Ark (and the subsequent Indiana Jones movies) is one of my childhood favorites. The collaboration of John Williams and Steven Spielberg created […]

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The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Photo by Vaishakh pillai on Unsplash Resurrection Free audio download of this performance on SoundCloud. The Passion of the Christ is one of the greatest films of all time. If you’re a believer, it serves as a cinematic Stations of the Cross; an experiential work […]

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THE LAST OF US (HBO): Opening Titles | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

(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 […]

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Halloween Theme (ambient, World guitar) + TAB

Halloween Free audio download of this performance on SoundCloud. (This arrangement is available on Spotify and all streaming services. Links below.) 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 […]

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The Shawshank Redemption: Stoic Theme | fingerstyle guitar

The Shawshank Redemption: Stoic Theme | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Photo by Denny Müller | Unsplash [Updated and reposted from 9/5/2020] The Shawshank Redemption Free Download of this performance on SoundCloud. Written and directed by Frank Darabont, The Shawshank Redemption, is a 1994 drama film based on the 1982 Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and […]

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The Terminator | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Photo by Giannis Skarlatos | Unsplash 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. […]

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Game of Thrones: Main Title theme for classical guitar

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

Photo by Alvy Martinez | Unsplash [Updated and reposted from 2019] Free Download of this performance on SoundCloud 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 […]

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Hans Zimmer: Now We Are Free | fingerstyle guitar

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

Photo by Penguinuhh | Unsplash Now We Are Free [Updated and reposted from 10/7/20] Free download of this performance on SoundCloud. 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 […]

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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial : theme | fingerstyle guitar

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: theme | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Photo by Rombo on Unsplash [Update 8/6/22. This video was selected to be part of ‘John Williams at 90’; a celebration of his music with the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl in September. They’re featuring a video compilation of YouTubers performing the music of […]

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Jurassic World | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Photo by Chris Meads | Unsplash Jurassic World Free audio download on SoundCloud. John Williams is an icon, and his ‘Jurassic theme’ is one of many modern classics by the long time composer. It’s incredible how he has been pitch perfect for nearly 50 years […]

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