Salsa Study (2008)
for salsa band
1’01″
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In film scoring, composers are often asked to compose music that is outside of the composers’ specialized styles. My film scoring class has been asked to learn how to learn different musical genres, and this is what I came up with after studying various latin/Cuban popular dance music. Admittedly, I did not spend as much time as I would have liked on this project. But here it is. If you care to know the technical details, everything has been done with virtual instruments in Logic.
Bubbles’ Dream (2008)
score for a haiku
1’00″
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The film scoring class I am teaching has its first project due today. My students are supposed to compose a short piece with a designated haiku or short story in mind when they compose it. I was getting really excited about hearing the projects in a few hours, and I was laying in bed and suddenly I had a quick inspiration: why don’t I compose a piece like my students would! The musical ideas just flood into my mind. Thank goodness Mia is asleep so I can have a moment to flush out this piece. What a blast!
Haiku by Kijo Murakami (1865-1938)
The moment two bubbles
are united, they both vanish.
A lotus blooms.
I am calling it Bubbles’ Dream, since the ideas came so quickly and spun together like a sweet dream.
Dust (2008)
film score
filmmaker: Brad Blank and Ramblin’ on Productions
82’00″
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Independent film Dust by filmmaker Bradley Blank is in the final stages of post production. After many a day/night of intense work, Hsiao-Lan has called it a wrap composing music for the film. She enjoyed a most pleasant collaboration with the filmmaker and his team at Ramblin’ On Productions. It is a feature length film with lots of thoughts put in the creation and production.
Access Denied (2006)
film score
filmmaker: Leah Bell
21’00″
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Collaboration with filmmaker Leah Bell with her latest documentary Access Denied has been completed. Scoring of the film aims to reflect the subject’s state of mind – a visual artist who suffers from dyslexia but finds creative outlet in sculpting.