Intrusion | Ma Mère Although composer, Gustavo Santaolalla is mostly known for Brokeback Mountain, and Babel (for which he won back-to-back Oscars) he has a ton of work out there from lesser known films. Les yeux de sa mère (His Mother’s Eyes) is a 2011 […]

The 1975, Somebody Else I get so wrapped up in film score stuff — that I’m living under a rock sometimes when it comes to pop music. I only recently heard Somebody Else, by The 1975, and I totally loved it. Great live performance from […]

Shin Godzilla Shin Godzilla (Godzilla Resurgence) is a 2016 Japanese film, produced and distributed by the Toho production company. Toho specializes in “Kaijū” (Japanese for Strange Beast) movies, and was Godzilla’s original producer. Shin Godzilla is the 31st film in the Godzilla franchise, the 29th […]

Logan I’m very excited to see Logan, the latest and final instalment of the (Hugh jackman era) Wolverine franchize. They couldn’t have picked a better actor for this role. To witness Hugh Jackman’s range, watch Les Miserables — an incredible performance. Though I know Wolverine […]

Pajaros I have wanted to play Gustavo Santaolalla’s Pajaros for years, but for whatever reason, I couldn’t figure it out adequately until now. Pajaros (birds) is a one off song from the soundtrack of My Blueberry Nights; a 2007 film by Chinese director, Wong Kar […]

[Updated 6/19/2020] This piece was revealed a few years ago for a potential Last of Us Part II menu screen. We now know it’s titled, Beyond Desolation. At the time of this writing, I’m pouring over the brand new Last of Us Part II score […]

Lana Del Rey’s Love for classical guitar took me a week to record. Her songs are always around 5 minutes long. I intended to do an abbreviated version —  but I side-effect of my YouTube channel, is that people like to use the audio from […]

On Jan 31st 2017, King Crimson/Asia bassist, John Wetton passed away. On the same day, Eric Clapton posted a short, instrumental acoustic tribute on his Facebook page entitled, For John W……ec. You can see that FB post here. In addition to being a fitting tribute […]

Very happy that M. Night Shyamalan is doing well again. Split, starring James McAvoy, has excellent reviews — much like his 2015 “found footage” thriller, The Visit. Ever since I saw, The Sixth Sense on a date with my girlfriend (now wife) M. Night has […]

Jeff Nichols is my favorite director right now. I can’t think of another director whose movies I look forward to quite like his. At the time of this writing I’m 39, almost 40, and Jeff Nichols is right around my age. His heartfelt stories resonate […]

Taboo, is a British drama miniseries created by Steven Knight, Tom Hardy, and his father Edward “Chips” Hardy. Also co-produced by Ridley Scott, the miniseries follows an adventurer who returns to Britain from Africa along with fourteen stolen diamonds to seek vengeance after the death […]

When I was 13, and just learning guitar, my guitar teachers and musical mentors ALL really respected George Michael. (I initially thought that was odd for a bunch of rock musicians.) Specifically, everyone cited Careless Whisper as one of the greatest songs ever written. So, […]