Lily’s Theme Free download on SoundCloud. Lily’s Theme, by composer Alexandre Desplat, is one of the most poignant pieces of music from the Harry Potter films. This was was one of the first songs I ever posted — way back in 2011. It was time […]

The Shape of Water (and the Academy Awards) I’ve had a ton of requests to arrange music from The Shape of Water: a 2017 American fantasy drama film directed by Guillermo del Toro. The music must really be resonating with people. Composer, Alexandre Desplat, is also […]

Often, what I try to do, is distill a song down to its core elements — then create a guitar arrangement from that. I began this blog in 2011 doing note for note arrangements —  but I soon realized nothing sounds as good (to me) […]

The Imitation Game is an interesting story in world history, and one that has implications for millions of people living today. In a nutshell, the brilliant Alan Turing (1912-1954) was a British mathematician, mathematical biologist, a pioneering computer scientist, and a philosophical thinker on the […]

Crikey! I’ve lost my mojo! – Austin Powers I was insanely sick this week for the first time in years. When your lifestyle is your passion — the lines between work and play become very blurry. I burnt the candle at both ends and succumbed […]

Whether its the loss of my own father when I was 14, or that I have experienced the challenges (and ultimately the joys) of teaching children with autism/Asperger’s — I can hardly make it through the  trailer for Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close without being […]