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Tumbleleaf animation series

Tumble Leaf is a new animated series from Amazon aimed at preschoolers, set in a whimsical land where a small blue fox named Fig plays each day and discovers adventure, friendship and love around every bend in the path. The music is by composers Nathan Barr and Lisbeth Scott. My role in the show is admittedly very small, but I prepared some sheet music for the theme music you hear in this video which will be heard before every episode.

Tumble Leaf poster

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Stewart Copeland recently completed another score and I was again his orchestrator and music copyist. It’s a percussion concerto that will be premiered by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in the UK, and today we sent the finished manuscripts to them. The concert will be May 23, 2014 at a show titled Bringing Down The House. The scores are published by G. Schirmer.

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The Need For Speed recording sessions at Sony

Today we began recording sessions at the Sony Scoring stage for the Dreamworks film The Need For Speed. The fantastic film score is by composer Nathan Furst, and I am helping to orchestrate the score under lead orchestrator Penka Kouneva. The film is a nostalgic American classic car chase action film, and the 80 piece orchestra sounds amazing. More photos are available on my Facebook page.

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Mary J Blige Christmas album

Mary J Blige released her Christmas album `A Mary Christmas’ on Oct 15th. The legendary David Foster produced the album and will be producing the live shows as well. Brian Benison and I created new sheet music for the live shows so that they will sound exactly like the album. Watch their calendars for dates, because it will be phenomenal!

Colbun School Of Music Faculty Concert

Composer and USC professor Chris Roze has written a new piece for the Colburn School’s Faculty Showcase Concert. I did the score preparation for Chris. The concert will be November 22 in Zipper Hall, it’s FREE, and it will feature some of the best musicians on the planet. If you’re near downtown LA you shouldn’t miss it.

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Roy Ayers recording sessions

Ric Wilson is a music legend and one of the driving forces behind Mandrill, the Grammy-winning and very frequently sampled world-funk band. Singer and vibraphonist Roy Ayers is a part of their upcoming project, and I did transcriptions and score preparation for Roy and for the sessions that begin this week.

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Delos Music and Kyle Bielfield’s “Stopping By”

Kyle Bielfield is a classical tenor, and today he released an album titled “Stopping By” of American poets and composers, both past and living. The album was released by Delos, my second album with the label. I was the music copyist and score editor for his recording sessions.