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It was interesting working on this short film for the Universal Studios experience. Using recognizable motifs in these new compositions as well as introducing some original material to represent the different aspects of this film that go beyond what we’d seen in T2 was a fun creative process. Also,
Cold Sassy Tree Cue:
This was a wonderful project with great performances by Faye Dunaway and Richard Widmark, Frances Fisher and a young Neil Patrick Harris. Director Joan Tewkesbury was a pleasure to work with as well as producer Karen Danaher.
Ms. Dunaway was also a producer so I ended up spending
Immediate Family End Credits:
Director Jonathan Kaplan really fought hard to get me on this picture. For some reason the head of the studio got it in her head that I couldn’t do the job. Maybe because I had done The Accused with Jonathan and that was a darker serious film and
Blue Steel Cue:
This was one of Kathryn Bigelow’s early films. Though she later moved into making films that are hyper real, Blue Steel feels very much like a prolonged dark dream. To support that aspect, Kathryn and I agreed that the film needed a very dark atmospheric score. I used
from The Accused starring Jodie Foster and Kelly McGillis, directed by Jonathan Kaplan and produced by Sherry Lansing and Stanley Jaffe.
I’m Talking Love:
Over the years I’ve had number of requests for the song “I’m Talking Love” from “The Accused”. This was the song that Jodie danced to during the
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Black Jacks Dead/Finale
Purgatory was an interesting challenge. Most of the look and feel of most of the film was classic western, but the underlying story was supernatural. Director Uli Edel and I had worked together previously on Rasputin. I really enjoyed working with him because he
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I was working on the score for Johnny Mnemonic and a thought occurred to me. Often in big action scenes the through line of the music gets cut off by various loud sound efx. Explosions, crashes etc. In watching the scenes I
Play Eden End Credits:
In 1975 during the time when I was on the road with Hall and Oates, I had the opportunity to score my first feature film, Apple Pie. It was written and directed by my old friend Howard Goldberg. I was definitely learning on the job (though I