A Winged Cupid Painted Blind “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. Nor hath Love’s mind of any judgment taste; Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.”― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Fall is […]

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 […]

Pumped Up Kicks Pumped Up Kicks was one of my first ever post from 2011. In addition to creating new content, I’m redoing my old material (if still relevant). I always thought his arrangement was cool, and found an even easier way to play it. […]

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 […]

Undisclosed Desires I did this song years ago on this blog, maybe 2011. It was time for an update. Muse has always been a treasure trove of melody. This arrangement turned out to be relatively easy to play as well. As with everything I do […]

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 […]

Codex Codex (The King of Limbs 2011) is one of my favorite Radiohead songs. I’m surprised it’s not used in more film soundtracks. This arrangement is heavily derived from the Westworld (Season 2) variation where composer Ramin Djawadi performs the song with delicate and sparse […]

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 […]