GalleryProject: "Their Finest Hour" - NBC Olympics
NBC’s “Their Finest Hour”, Olympic Prime-Time Broadcast
The Wall Street Journal calls this film “NBC’s finest hour of Olympic Programming”. Broadcast during primetime during the Olympic broadcast, Tom Brokaw Explores Britain’s World War II Resolve in the one-hour film entitled “Their Finest Hour”. The score was recorded using live orchestra and ethnic instruments.
View the film HERE.
“Heroes”
“Rise of the Nazi Machine”
“Hope”
“More Than A Stiff Upper Lip”
“Conventry In Ruins”
“Pilots Finest Hour”
“Epilog”
GalleryProject: "Bonhoeffer" - PBS
“Bonnhoeffer” – PBS Special
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a young German theologian who offered one of the first clear voices of resistance to Adolf Hitler. Bonhoeffer openly challenged his church to stand with the Jews in their time of need and eventually joined a plot to kill Hitler. Extensive research in the U.S. and Europe brings to life this amazing story of moral courage. Extraordinary archival footage is interwoven with interviews with friends, family and students of Bonhoeffer, with historians and theologians, and the the words of Bonhoeffer himself, read by Klas Maria Brandauer. Winner of the Gabriel Award.
Watch the Film HERE.
“Waiting for Her”
“On the March”
“Everything Gone but Hope”
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Project: "The Other Holy Land" - PBS
Dramatic orchestral/ethnic opening theme.
GalleryKen Burns “The Roosevelts” TV Trailer
Project: Ken Burns "The Roosevelts" PBS
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GalleryProject: Autism Is A World
“Autism Is A World” – Academy Award Nominee
Sue had autism. She was diagnosed and treated and mentally retarded until the age of 13 when she began to communicate using a keyboard. This Academy Award nominated documentary, co-produced with CNN Productions, takes the viewer on a journey into her mind, into her incredible world, and her obsessions. Created by Academy Award wining producer & director Gerardine Wurzburg.
Watch the film HERE
“Lonliness”
“One More Day”
“Evening With Sue”
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“The Human Spark” with Alan Alda – PBS
After countless years on this planet – a new human burst upon the scene, apparently unannounced.
It was us. What is the nature of human uniqueness? Where did the Human Spark ignite, and when? And perhaps most tantalizingly, why?
In a three-part PBS series, Alan Alda takes these questions personally, visiting with dozens of scientists on three continents, and participating directly in many experiments – including the detailed examination of his own brain.
Watch the trailer here.
Watch Part 1 HERE
Watch Part 2 HERE
Watch Part 3 HERE
Opening Tease
“Ancient Skulls”
“Forest Primeval”
“Wandering”
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GalleryProject: Everglades National Park - Visitors Center Film
The Everglades used to span from Lake Okeechobee in central Florida all the way down to Florida Bay. Now only 25% of the historic Everglades remains. The visitor’s center,and the film featured there, shows how incredibly precious this fading resource truly is.
“Everglades Energy”
“A Real Tour”
“Everglades Evening”
“Everglades Close”
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The Power of Forgiveness is a dramatic documentary film for PBS that takes an honest look at the intensity of human anger and grief.It is a collection of seven short stories that profile some of the most dramatic transgressions imaginable, and explores the role forgiveness holds in various faith traditions and examines how the scientific community is now measuring the physical and mental benefits of letting go of grief and resentment.
Watch the film HERE
Watch the trailer HERE
“Vietnamese Monk”
“Ireland Rising”
“The Garden”
“Closing Credits”
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GalleryProject: Korean War Stories - PBS
“Korean War Stories” – PBS – National Emmy Winner
Hosted by Walter Cronkite, Korean War Stories allows veterans to share their memories of a very difficult and brutal war. Not only does it tell the story of the war and its effect on the men and women who fought, but it also shows how these veterans sacrificed and effort helped stabilize America and the world during the early years of the Cold War. This documentary won the Emmy for Best Historical Documentary.
Watch the film on PBS
Opening Theme
“Battle”
“Frozen War”
“Unbelievable Aftermath”
“Remembering”
Gallery“Water Blues, Green Solutions” – PBS
Project: Green Solutions"
Hosted by Majora Carter, this PBS Special explores the ways in which everyday people can have a dramatic impact in saving our planet. The music score features country, blues, and even 70’s funk.
Watch the film HERE
“Water Blues Open”
“Pedal Steel”
“Dry Desert”
“70’s Funk – Sort of…”
“After The Hoedown”
“Country Avenue”
“Coming On Out”
“Twelve-Bar Swing”
“Rise of the Nazi Machine”
Project: "Their Finest Hour" - NBC Olympics
Tense drama as Nazi power surges
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GalleryProject: "Birth of a Colony"- PBS
This 90-minute PBS film highlights the beginnings of what is now the State of North Carolina, from the years when thousands of Native-Americans prospered, through the first visitors and the “Lost Colony,” early colonial development and growth in the 17th and 18th centuries, followed by the horrors of warfare against the once-powerful Tuscarora. It is truly the story of North Carolina’s -and America’s – beginnings.
Watch the film HERE.
“Indian Dawn”
“Fall Morning”
“Eve of Battle”
Click here to see the film.
Gallery“Epilog”
Project: "Their Finest Hour" - NBC Olympics
Summing up the amazing story of the British in the earliest days of World War II
“More Than A Stiff Upper Lip”
Project: "Their Finest Hour" - NBC Olympics
Positive recap of the main theme
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Project: Albert Schweitzer "Called To Africa" - PBS
Tender Opening Theme with violin
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Project: Marriot - "Architects"
Cross-cultural driving theme
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Gallery“Zinc Is More Than You May Think!”
Project: Zinc Council
Don’t laugh. An original piece for the Zinc Council (no kidding!), this job gave me a chance to write big band music, using 18 musicians from Air Force Airmen of Note, plus live strings. A lot of fun to compose and record!
Gallery“Gazing At The Universe”
Project: "America's Stone Age Explorers" - PBS NOVA
Early man gazes in wonder at the stars…
“Catch That Boar!”
Project: "America's Stone Age Explorers" - PBS NOVA
Chasing a boar through the jungle
“Eerie Strangers”
Project: "America's Stone Age Explorers" - PBS NOVA
Eerie confrontation with unknown life.
“Through The Jungle”
Project: "America's Stone Age Explorers" - PBS NOVA
Walking through the primeval jungle
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Project: "Bringing Down A Dictator" - PBS
Dark, ethereal music as strategy is planned
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Project: "The Retirement Revolution" PBS Series
Soft, jazz. Sort of. But not really…
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Project: "Gun Power" - Discovery Channel
Snares and other drums in pre-battle cadence
“Late Night Study”
Project: "Harvard University"
Harvard students and their determination. Piano, upright bass, cymbals
GalleryProject: "Harvard University"
“Harvard – The Classics”
“Late Night Study”
“Once More Out of the Breach”
“Harvard – Closing Theme”
The Other Holy Land – “Ruins”
Project: The Other Holy Land
Mid-eastern flavor with flutes, percussion