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 […]

The Office  My wife and I plowed through The Office in 2019. All of my teenage guitar students had been imploring me to watch it. The series turned out to be just the right thing for us — as I get home late from work […]

The Long Night I loved the end credits theme from Game of Thrones, Season 8 Episode 3. The Episode is called The Long Night and the end credits song is called Not Today. This piece served as an abbreviated preamble of Ramin Djawadi’s, The Night […]

Jenny of Oldstones This was a great tune performed in Game of Thrones (Season 8, Episode 2). It was hauntingly reprised during the end credits by Florence + the Machine. My classical guitar version is based on the end credits. With a song like Jenny […]

The Last of Us (Astray) Astray is basically an iteration of the main title theme played on a Fender guitar bass: a six string bass that looks and feels more like a baritone guitar. Gustavo Santaolalla employed the guitar bass on other selections from The […]

Until the Heart Whispers Back Listen on Spotify. I wrote this song for my wife Jennifer. She’s the sole reason why I’m a father, and play guitar for a living. As it happens, music is my best currency – and nothing cements my feelings for […]

Isolated System I love this instrumental piece by Muse. It worked perfectly as the theme song for Brad Pitt’s World War Z in 2013. Using it was a brilliant stroke — as it set a tenor of unease, right from the beginning of the film. […]

A Lannister Always pays His Debts I’ve always loved this piece from Games of Thrones Season 3. It’s really a classic motif from the series called, The Rains of Castamere. The Lannister variant is an extended more melodic version. I paired down the piece to something […]

Lily’s Theme Lily’s Theme, by composer Alexandre Desplat, is one of the most poignant pieces of music from the Harry Potter films. The song was composed by French composer, Alexandre Desplat, who scored both parts of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” The haunting vocals […]

Summer Storm The Glass Castle (the book and movie) recount the unconventional, poverty-stricken upbringing of Jeannette Walls and her siblings had at the hands of their deeply dysfunctional parents. The title refers to her father’s long held intention of building his dream house, ‘a glass […]

If Beale Street Could Talk If Beale Street Could Talk is a 2018 romantic drama film written and directed by Barry Jenkins. The film follows a young woman in early 1970s Harlem — who seeks to clear the name of her lover, charged with a […]