writing a piano song

What does Good Company sound like?

November 06, 2019 in soundtrack, piano music

For a while, a simple piano tune was rattling around in my head - something warm and cool at the same time…

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May 29, 2026

How Film Composers Make Action Music Feel BIGGER (Zach King Short)

May 29, 2026

One of the most powerful tools a composer brings to your film is the ability to make the stakes feel like they're constantly rising — without a single line of dialogue or a single additional frame.

May 29, 2026

September 19, 2022

Writing a Romantic 1950s Hollywood Theme

September 19, 2022

What do we do when we need to make present-day music sound “retro?” That’s the question I faced when having to write a romantic theme in the style of a 1950s Hollywood film.

September 19, 2022

February 7, 2021

What if Hans Zimmer Wrote a Podcast Outro?

February 7, 2021

One of the joys of contributing outros for Scriptnotes is getting to learn more more about a composer’s style.

February 7, 2021

July 15, 2020

Writing a Boss Battle Track

July 15, 2020

What makes good “boss battle” music?

This is a question I asked myself after a prompt from a client to create a track in the style of a Kingdom Hearts…

July 15, 2020

March 5, 2020

Scoring an African Crime Thriller

March 5, 2020

It’s not often I get the chance to write music for a project that’s in pre-production, so when I was approached to do exactly that for a Crime Thriller set in Nigeria…

March 5, 2020