MUSIC

cinematic 

The above demo reel is a quick mash-up of my most recent cinematic compositions, along with a piece of the “Homecoming” piece that is below. The full pieces of this demo are below in the same order. These pieces of music are attached to film scenes, but said scenes are not original. Said scenes are re-scoring projects from various films. Anyone who wants to see thee scenes with my music may email me.

Compositions

Homecoming is my most recent composition, completed in March of 2019, and my first to be written for an entire orchestra. The name comes from the heartfelt reunion scene that I imagine when I think “What kind of movie moment would this support the most, from a dramatic standpoint?”

This is my first not to be related to any accompanying media. This original composition was completed as a wedding gift to my sister, and was the music that was played during the processional of the ceremony. It started out as a surprise for her, until she approached me with the same idea. From there, she acted as my client and gave her input once I had something new for her to hear. I'm quite confident that just by listening to the music, you'll be able to tell when she made her big entrance.

individual media projects

PSA Video made in 2016 to make a statement against victim blaming in cases of assault. This video that I was involved with, having written the above original music, was then entered into the Elfenworks Social Justice Award Category of the national student film festival TERMINUS in Atlanta, Georgia. We were recognized nationally with third place. You can also see the video itself here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYH9Yg9s1_Q

A project where I was a guest creative mind, writing background music for a segment of a public education show on the New Jersey Television Network. Classroom Close-up delves into the creativity and thinking of young students in the state. The segment in question, which has yet to air, showed an innovative competition where the students came in a pitched their ideas for sponsorship, inspired by the well-known show Shark Tank. The music I wrote for the segment, as both a bit of a joke and as an homage to the segment's inspiration directed by the producer's of the show, was then equally inspired by the music in the show itself. When the episode airs sometime over this summer of 2017, I will add the link so you can all enjoy!

Continuing my work in local television, NJTV’s Classroom Close-up invited me back for their next project. This was a segment dedicated to Dr. Seuss, which aired during their season finale of the show’s 2017-2018 running. Students were celebrating Read Across America with an in-school event focusing on The Cat in the Hat. Students were read the classic book by none other than the Cat himself, who came to visit the children. The entire episode can be found at the link below, with the individual segment starting at the 20:00 mark. Music I wrote, inspired by David Newman’s score from the 2004 film, is featured as the segment opens and closes

https://www.njtvonline.org/programs/classroom-close-up/2017-18-season-finale-3ptvna/

A group of friends and I participated in the Global Game Jam, where we essentially had one day to build a game from scratch. I was brought into the group to create original music and handle audio effects. The game was completed, though there were bugs and glitches. This is to be expected, perfecting a game takes months. However, I was pleased with what I was able to write in one day. The game was a horror game, and naturally called for suspenseful music. Here is one of the tracks I was able to complete, which was a constant in the background as the player navigated the game.

I will give you a fair warning. The audio file for this project is over an hour long. This podcast collaborative work was completed in the Fall of 2016, and was one episode in a series of four. The Trenton Makes Music Project sought to highlight Trenton's treasured music history, hopefully beginning a rebirth to the city. My team focused on the public policies and educational processes within the capital city, attempting to expose problems in the district's legislature that need to be changed in order for real progress to be made. My work on this project involved being the audio expert of the team, where I recorded all audio for the twelve interviews that were conducted. This was done either in a studio setting or with field recording equipment. I then had a significant role in the post production of all the needed audio, whether it was editing hour-long interviews into manageable pieces, equalizing and compressing to highlight and amplify the subject's voice, or further mixing and mastering in the DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software being used for the entire project, in this case the software being Logic Pro X. To view the Trenton Makes Music Project in its entirety, please follow this link: http://www.trentonmakesmusic.org