Light of My Life Light of My Life is a film directed and written by Casey Affleck. It’s a post-pandemic drama – as a plague has wiped out most of the world’s female population. A father and daughter (one of the last females on earth) […]

The Real Hero The Real Hero is a beautiful orchestral piece, played at the very end of Avengers: Endgame. There’s also a subtle fingerstyle guitar resolution at the end. I took the cues from that guitar bit, then I created my own arrangement, incorporating the […]

Touch of the Sun 127 Hours is the story of Aron Ralston, who survived a canyoneering accident by cutting off his own arm after being trapped for 5 days. The film stars James Franco (as Ralston) and is based on the Aron’s book, Between a […]

Miss Lily Langtry With the exception of The Hateful Eight, Quentin Tarantino usually comprises his film scores with expertly curated and re-purposed tunes from past eras and films. Like Pulp Fiction, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a great stand-alone soundtrack that transports us to […]

The NeverEnding Story It’s great that Stranger Things brought back The NeverEnding Story. I loved that theme (and movie) when I was a kid. Movies were so adventurous and far out in the 80’s. Labyrinth, Goonies, Legend, The Dark Crystal, Beetlejuice. The list goes on […]

The First I Love You The soundtrack of Stranger Things Season 3 the typical 80’s synth excellence we’ve come to expect from composers, Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein. “The First I Love You” is the track that resonated with me the most. I’m a sucker […]

Rein This song is from the film, Biutiful, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu (The Revenant, Babel, Birdman). Biutiful stars Javier Bardem who plays Uxbal: a conflicted criminal in Barcelona’s underground. Learning that he is ill and has just a few months to live, Uxbal races […]

The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy I love Chris Stapleton’s music. The guy might be the best singer in Americana music today. Between he and Jason Isbell — you can’t go wrong sound-tracking any road trip across the heartland. Stapleton’s Lonesome Cowboy (from Toy Story […]

The Night King (part three) My third (and final) installment of Ramin Djawadi’s The Night King is the crescendo of the whole 9 minute piece. It’s also the most memorable motif. My lasting impression of this music is that of total brilliance. When I first […]

The Last of the Starks I was not disappointed in Game of Thrones season 8. I see it as an extension of season 7. If viewed that way – the story doesn’t feel rushed. The show-runners didn’t have enough source material to work from. I […]

The Night King (part two) As I’ve been arranging Ramin Djawadi’s The Night King (from Game of Thrones Season 8) I’ve become obsessed with the piece. For me, it began as a challenge to transcribe a nearly 9 minute orchestration for guitar. I was only […]

The Night King (part one) Ramin Djawadi’s The Night King, from Game of Thrones Season 8, is nearly 9 minutes long. I am strategically breaking it up into two or three sections — so I can really flesh out the song appropriately. I know my […]