I've got some major new functionality for a few of my pieces of music from my partner SmartSound!

For a limited number of pieces, you can get different mixes in ANY LENGTH you want. Most lengths have different mixes available, too!

The music is available under the same terms as exist here. Creative Commons, or per use licensing.
More and more music will be augmented by SmartSound each month.

Check them out - very cool, and always royalty free.

SmartSound! Seriously cool tech.

Here's a great little 15 minute interview with me and some of YouTube/Google+'s more funner peoples.

Got a question about me you want answered? It is probably in here.

Cheers, all!

First up, new music!

Prelude and Action

And here's a piece I forgot about: Witch Hunt. It sounds like those 60s-70s police action scores. Slightly dated, but still cool.

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Next up!
The Top 5 Most Historically Inaccurate Movies!

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And finally, Happy New Year!

Here is an animated dancing Polar Bear for your enjoyment.

some things just strike me as awesome.

Man, this is a fun video.

Another scoring essential that works in a lot of contexts.
Deep Haze

And the best Top 5 list: The Top Five Strangest Movie Job Titles.

My personal favorite is number 4. I wouldn't want the job, but I like the idea.

The title of this post should have semicolons. All words are unrelated.

Brightly Fancy. This was started as a tuba exercise. You'll notice that it has no tuba in it anymore. Sometimes they just get away from me. Good mix, though. Fun for show intros, easy to talk over. Adds energy.

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Another top five list!
Top 5 Movies that Prove Cell Phones are Evil

They seem to cause a lot of homicides.

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Some more epic, sort of slow burn epic pieces.

Crusade
Oppressive Gloom

Twenty one pieces of music that are at least sort of Christmas-y.
Short ones listed first.

0:49 Oh, Christmas Tree
1:08 Up on a Housetop
1:42 Jingle Bells
1:46 Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies
1:46 Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem
2:02 Divertimento K131
2:11 Silent Night
2:18 We Wish you a Merry Christmas
2:19 What Child is This
2:21 Jingle Bells (Calm)
2:21 Jingle Bells
2:25 Angels We Have Heard on High
3:13 Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
3:57 Sheep May Safely Graze
4:02 Oh Holy Night
4:04 Angels We Have Heard on High
4:07 Deck the Halls A
4:25 Deck the Halls B
4:25 It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
5:05 Silver Blue Light
19:34 Wish Background

If you know of any other holiday-like piece in my collection, let me know, and I'll add it to the handy list!

Cheers, all.

Forst off, a blazingly amazing Top 5 Movies that were Secretly Based on Comics!

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Next, a great pickup from Eric who emails me...

Hi Kevin!
Betsy and I saw "Hugo" on Friday and I was stunned - during the Meliès film back story montage your piece plays and you are credited in the end titles.
Did you know? I didn't see anything about it on your site.

Yes, I did know that. But I haven't seen it, so I wasn't sure how promenant the music was.
It must have been at least clear enough for someone to identify.

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I do have six more pieces of music to post soon - not sure when I'll get to it.
Happy December Everyone!

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Guerilla Improv Comedy

One of my favorite scores has just been reposted to Youtube in its entirety.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwU_tgwByko

"Luke's Kitchen" - now in high-def awesome.

Yes, it is a documentary.

Hit the Streets
Hit the Streets v2

You know that kind of music that fills in the bits where you follow someone around?
Like if they're running out onto the street to buy watermelons...
or if they're collecting buttons for a... shirt...
or if they're diffusing a bomb...

You get the idea. Little dialog, heavy on action - but not super ninja action... just like... running errands action.

I spoke to a YouTube rep again today to get the status report.

The progress is two-fold. First off - all of the companies that have been claiming my works as theirs were informed that they must actually review the claims if the claim is contested.

That means - you may still receive a notice from YouTube, and you will need to respond with the piece being "misidentified". They will actually review them now (as opposed to just denying the contest) and release the videos ASAP.

The second part is a little more technical. The content matches are done by computer, and some things have been matching when they should now. YouTube is going to tighten the tolerances on the matches so that fewer pieces get misidentified in the first place.

That being said - if you contest a claim and it is rejected, you still need to email me, as it may be a new problem.
YouTube has been doing a great job of contacting the publishers and telling what is going on - and why they need to change their behavior on things like this. The technical changes might take a week or two to implement - so there may still be a straggling improper match out there.

And that's the news!

And today, there is a simultaneous release of the soundtrack with the film...

- Mechanolith
- Hero Down

These are really really epic when played loud. Like really epic. They out-epic the epic scores to many epic films.

epic.

"I met with legal and we'll be contacting all these content owners today about their claims."

That's what I know for now!

I don't usually swing this way compositionally - but in this case, I'm actively trying to dish out some heebie jeebies. This piece hurts. It is really difficult to listen to... the first dozen times at least.

Unlight

Lost of non-standard techniques all over the orchestra - most strikingly in the strings and brass.
Ends unsatisfylingly. :-)