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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Photo by Casey Horner | Unsplash My Heart Will Go On Free audio download on SoundCloud. I recently heard a super minimal version of My Heart Will Go On played with two cellos. I believe the duo’s name was literally 2CELLOS. It was beautiful and […]

Isle of Skye by Bjorn Snelders | Unsplash [Reposted from Aug 2018. Updated June 2022] A Gift of Thistle Free audio download on SoundCloud. A Gift of Thistle is the “love theme” of Braveheart. It was composed by the late James Horner, whose scores always […]

Photo by Laura Vinck on Unsplash Running Up That Hill Free audio download of this performance on SoundCloud. If you’re right around my age (or older) you might fondly remember Kate Bush’s 1985 hit, Running Up That Hill. I was in second grade when that […]

Top Gun Free audio download on SoundCloud. Top Gun: Maverick has me totally pumped up. I’m 45 and remember the VCR revolution in the mid 80’s. Prior to VCRs and home video rental shops, we relied on HBO or encore showings at smaller theaters to […]

Mary Goes to Jesus Free audio download on SoundCloud. [This piece is available on all streaming platforms.] Mary Goes to Jesus is the most solemn and exquisite piece of music from The Passion of the Christ. It is also from the most poignant scene: The […]