TV and Film Excerpts
Here is a sampling of compositions written for, and used in Film, TV and Radio.
- Baby Come Back
- Written in the style of the early Motown era, it has been used in The Young and Restless, Touched by an Angel, Any Day Now and other TV shows
- Blues For Wes
- Written for Aircraft Music Library, it became the theme for Saturday Night Live's "Black Perspective" Sketch
- Blues on a Cruise
- Used in Analyze This, and many other TV shows
- Cai O Sol
- Written in the Jobim style, the lyrics and vocal are by Teresa Ines
- Celtic Moondance
- Performed and used for Walker:Texas Ranger scene
- Colgate Power
- Used by Colgate for a corporate presentation
- Dave Chappelle FOX Pilot theme
- Written and used for a FOX sitcom Pilot for Dave
- "ER" Tango
- Originally written and used for Loveboat, it was also featured in ER, Providence,Passions,Watching Ellie, The Beat and others
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing
- A quick orchestral string arrangement wrapped around a quick solo piano version for use in Daytime TV Soaps
- Hula Hands
- A Hawaiian/Muzak piece used in Providence and other shows
- Monitor Radio Theme
- Written for Monitor Radio World Broadcast news and heard internationally for several years
- Smooth Cruise
- A generic "smooth jazz" tune.
- Smooth Strip
- Used in numerous shows, and no, that's not a real guitar!
- American Songwriter Main Title
- Written in the early 80's, this was the Main Title for a documentary featuring interviews with Frank Zappa, Merle Haggard, BB King, Sammy Cahn, Grover Washington Jr. and others. Thus, the blend of styles
- Style and Substance Main Title
- The Main title to the ABC Show "Style and Substance" starring Jean Smart, this opening sequence was an "Over-the-top" Broadway production number.
Updated 1/18/05