Photo by Edan Cohen | Unsplash The Haunting of Hill House Free audio download of this performance on SoundCloud. I loved this Netflix series from writer/director Mike Flanagan. The music by The Newton Brothers almost acts like an additional character (or ghost). If you’ve seen […]

Photo by Joyce McCown | Unsplash Blood Theme Free audio download of this performance on SoundCloud. Dexter was an excellent Showtime series (2006 – 2013) set in Miami. The series centered on Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a forensic technician, who leads a secret parallel […]

Photo by Clay Banks | Unsplash   Blood Oath Free audio download on SoundCloud. This is definitely my favorite piece from the IT score. I’m 45, so I remember when the book came out in the 80’s: Stephen King’s IT (the book) was figuratively and […]

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 John Fowler | Unsplash Andor Free audio download of this performance on SoundCloud. I’ve only seen the 1st episode of Andor so far — and it’s unlike anything in Star Wars canon. Andor is a slow burn, clearly designed for adults. Don’t expect […]

Photo by Robin Wersich | Unsplash The Quarantine Zone (20 Years Later) Free audio download of this performance on SoundCloud. The Quarantine Zone is the first song from the iconic The Last of Us soundtrack by Gustavo Santaolalla. This track embodies Santaolalla’s creativity — and […]

Photo by Alessia Cocconi on Unsplash [I’ve totally updated and reposted this piece from October 2018. It’s a beautiful guitar arrangement. Hopefully I’m giving it new life by getting it back out there.] The Haunting of Hill House Free audio download on SoundCloud. The Haunting […]

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 Douglas Bagg | Unsplash Misty Mountains Free audio download on SoundCloud. The Hobbit was directed by Peter Jackson, and the classic music is from composer Howard Shore. Misty Mountains was, naturally, sung by Dwarf Cast. My family just started watching The Rings of […]

Photo by Adam Thompson | Unsplash The Parting Glass [This performance is available on all streaming services. Links below.] The Parting Glass is a Scottish traditional song written in 1770. (However, evidence of this song has been found in manuscripts from the 1620s-1630’s.) This solo […]

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 […]