Gallery“Confronting The Truth” – PBS
Project: "Confronting The Truth" - PBS
Confronting The Truth shows how countries which have experienced massive human rights violations have created official, independent bodies known as truth commissions. Since 1983, truth commissions have been established in over 20 countries. This film tells the amazing story of what happens when human rights violators confront those they had abused. Composing this score gave me a real opportunity to delve into different ethnic styles, and use a ton of different ethnic instruments.
“Ethnic Heartbeat”
“The Wait for Home”
“Slow Flute Rising”
“Indonesia Awakes”
“Arabic Violin Waiting”
“Walking Towards Justice”
“Violin and Injustice”
“Another Evening”
“Solo Sad Wind”
“Justice Drums”
GalleryProject: Aquarium of the Pacific
Aquarium of the Pacific – “A Journey With Giants”
Excerpts from full score
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Gallery“Water’s Journey Opening Theme”
Project: "Water's Journey" - PBS
Quiet Opening Theme with ethnic flutes
GalleryProject: "Water's Journey" - PBS
That fabled wetland, the Florida Everglades is in trouble. For the past 150 years humankind has attempted to harness this enigmatic wilderness to serve its needs. Ironically, we have destroyed more than the beautiful natural habitat of a diverse flora and fauna. We have endangered ourselves.
The subject of the Everglades and its restoration is as vast and complex as the landscape itself.In this two-part episode of Water’s Journey, our scientists and explorers follow the path of the water from the headwaters just outside of Disney World in Orlando, to the Florida Keys. They learn about the history, the hydrology, the people who live and work on the land, its natural beauty and our efforts to restore and protect this great natural resource.
WATCH THE FILM ON PBS
Opening Theme
“Quiet Swamp”
“This Thing Works!”
“Aquarius”
“Exotic Plants”
“Just One Left”
“Dramatic Dawn”
“Breathing”
“Moving at Last”
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Gallery“Almost Deserted”
Project: "Betty Ford: The Real Deal" - MacNeil-Lehrer
Quiet, sad, almost haunting theme
“Betty Ford Open”
Project: "Betty Ford: The Real Deal" - MacNeil-Lehrer
Wonderment with slight tension
Gallery“A Real Tour”
Project: Everglades National Park - Visitors Center Film
Latin based fun traveling music
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Gallery“Battle”
Project: Korean War Stories - PBS
Music for Battle Scene. This documentary won an Emmy Award for best Historical Documentary.
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In 1918-1919, the worst flu in recorded history killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide. The U.S. death toll was 675,000 – five times the number of U.S. soldiers killed in World War I. Where did the 1918 flu come from? Why was it so lethal? What did we learn? A dramatic, evocative, and often heartbreaking score accompanies this revealing film.
Watch the film HERE
“Opening Theme”
“Jewish Ghetto”
“Inuit Indians”
GalleryProject: "Rescue In The Philippines" - PBS
“Rescue in The Philippines” is a one-hour documentary of the previously untold story of how the five Frieder brothers, Cincinnati businessmen making two-for-a-nickel cigars in pre-WWII Manila, together with Manuel Quezon, the charismatic first president of the Philippines, Paul McNutt, US High Commissioner and former governor of Indiana, and an ambitious Army Colonel named Dwight Eisenhower – helped 1,200 Jews escape the Nazis and immigrate to the Philippines.
View the film HERE
“Philippine Morning”
“Clouds of War”
“Nylon Dreams”
“A Family At Last”
“Koto Clouds”
Gallery“Gun Power” – Discovery Channel
Project: "Gun Power" - Discovery Channel
A Discovery Channel film that deals with the history of guns and arms, while looking at the successes and the damage caused by guns throughout history.
“Up The Hill”
“Sun In Your Eyes”
“Summer Realization”
“Distant Drums”
GalleryProject: "A Force More Powerful"
“A Force More Powerful” – PBS Award-Winning Series
“A Force More Powerful” explores one of the 20th century’s most important but least understood stories: how nonviolent power has overcome oppression and authoritarian rule all over the world. Narrated by Ben Kingsley, and nominated for an Emmy.
Watch the full film here.
Dramatic orchestra theme when Jews are saved by Danes in World War II
Orchestral Soft Drama with tension
Tension Builds in Indian theme
Sad Cellos depict cold prisons
Poles resistance movement gains strength
African plains
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Gallery“African Walk”
Project: Albert Schweitzer "Called To Africa" - PBS
Schweitzer’s walk through the jungle
“Organ Fugue”
Project: Albert Schweitzer "Called To Africa" - PBS
Pipe organ fugue for Schweitzer’s time in Germany.
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Albert Schweitzer: Called To Africa – PBS
The film tells the compelling story of a theologian, musician and philosopher who abandoned a life of fame and comfort in Europe at the age of 30 to dedicate his life to the medical care of Africans. Ultimately he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace and became one of the most celebrated figures of the 20th century. The price Schweitzer and his family paid was enormous. And his achievements are manifest in the Schweitzer Hospital that today continues to provide magnificent service to the people of West Africa.
Watch the film HERE
Opening Theme
“Dark Slavery”
Cathedral Organ Fugue
“African Walk”
“Healed”
Finale
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“Monumental Arizona” – PBS
One word may best describe Arizona – monumental. Arizona is home to more national monuments than any other state in America. Using spectacular high definition technology, Monumental Arizona takes you on a wondrous journey across the state to experience Arizona in ways you never expected.
View the Trailer HERE
Watch the Film HERE
“Wupatki Indians”
“Mystery”
“DeChelly”
Gallery“Walter Cronkite” – Witness To History”
Project: "Walter Cronkite" - PBS American Masters
“Walter Cronkite” – Witness To History”
He was the man who told us that President Kennedy had been shot, the man who told us that we had put a man on the moon, and the man who told us that we couldn’t win the war in Vietnam. During the 20 years he anchored the evening news on CBS, Walter Cronkite became a daily presence in the American home. The score reflects some great and tragic moments in our nation’s history.
View the film HERE
Opening Theme
“Remembrance”
“Man On The Moon”
“Kennedy Assassination”
Closing Theme
Gallery“Exploring Space” – PBS
Project:
“Exploring Space” is a PBS feature 90-minute documentary that takes a closer look at the infinite universe around us.
Watch the trailer HERE.
Watch the film HERE
“Galileos Struggle”
“Endless Abyss”
“Countdown”
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A Force More Powerful – Video Game
A tense video game that is a companion piece to the film “A Force More Powerful”, this interactive game provides players with a chance to learn actual strategy than can be used when confronting oppressive regimes. A highly energetic and dramatic score.
Main Theme
“Before Dawn”
“Night Hunting”
“Racing Through Town”
“Victory”
Gallery“The Other Holy Land” – PBS
Project: "The Other Holy Land" - PBS
This documentary explores the incredible history and growth of Christianity in Asia Minor, now the country of Turkey. Top scholars of archeology and history guide us through regions that played a major role in the transformation of a “cult” called Christianity into a world wide religion.
View the film HERE
Opening Theme”
“Ruins”
“Fire”
Gallery“Pets: Part of the Family” – PBS Series
Project:
“Pets: Part of the Family” is a 13 part PBS series that focuses on the amazing world of pets. Narrated by M*A*S*H’s Gary Burghoff, the score is sometimes silly, sometimes goofy, sometimes sad, and even at times majestic.
Watch the series HERE.
“Bassett Hound”
“Platypus”
“Circus”
Frisbee Dogs”
Gallery“The Secret Life of Whitetails” – PBS
Project:
There are nature films, and then there are incredible nature films. This is the latter. This film is full of stunning footage of the secret life of these majestic animals.
Watch the film HERE
“The Gathering”
“Early Mist”
“Dawn”
Gallery“The Retirement Revolution” – PBS
Project:
Millions of Americans have had to change their retirement plans in the wake of the 2008 financial meltdown. Retirement Revolution looks at the stories of everyday people who have found ways not only to survive but thrive in this new reality.
Watch the film on PBS
“Jazzy”
“Still Frozen”
“Too Tense”
“Industrial Revolution”
“Tentative Jazz”
Closing Theme
Gallery“Pushing The Limits”
Project: Pushing The Limits
This amazing TV series features authors, scientists and everyday people who thrive on exploring the natural world. The variety of incredible stories provided an opportunity to create a pretty wide variety of music!
Opening Theme
Rocker
Light Blues
Jazz Trio
Surfer Guitar
Country Town
The Bayou
Gallery“Concorde Roll Out”
Project: "Concorde" Supersonic Dream" - PBS NOVA
Rolling out the Concorde for the first time
Gallery“Man On The Moon”
Project: "Walter Cronkite" - PBS American Masters
Cronkite’s most memorable tv moment
“Cronkite – Remembrance”
Project: "Walter Cronkite" - PBS American Masters
Sweet, soft, evocative strings
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Gallery“Our Wings Have Caught The Wind”
Project: Atlanta Symphony Commission
Original Orchestral work commissioned by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Click below to see the Conductor’s Score
Our Wings Have Caught The Wind Full Score rev. 051022 – Score
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