| I would like to share some of my songs with you. Click the Play button to listen to a sample: |
| Can't Breathe Without You |
This is a song about true love. It must be true love to cause this much shortness of breath. |
| Gone Too Long |
Every time I play this song for someone they say “Keith Urban, Keith Urban!” What do you think? |
| I Need the Moonlight |
An up-tempo, hard-hitting tune from a girl who wants more than losers and users, she wants romance. |
| When Stars Collide |
This is a song about two people in lust, and love has no place in this relationship |
| When the Sun Hits Your Wings |
This is a power ballad with a “Goodbye, I wish you well” message not unlike Leann Womack’s "I Hope You Dance". |
| Johnny B. Be Good To Me, Tonight |
Rock (?) Country (?) This is definitely a “Friday night, feelin’ right” kind of song. |
| Superman’s Gone |
This is a dark, brooding, angsty song about a world gone wrong. |
| I wear many hats. One of them is an elementary school music teacher. I enjoy this age student and the challenge of writing songs just for them. Here are some of the things I have written for children. In addition, I have orchestrated music for the Youth Concert Series of the Las Vegas Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Light a Little Candle |
This is a Hanukkah song I wrote for my elementary school choir. It’s a charming little two part song written in dorian mode. It is published by Shawnee Press (see links) |
| Sing a Story, Share a Song |
I wrote this for a festival of 250+ fifth graders. The theme of the festival was songs that tell stories. |
| Dona Nobis Pacem |
A song in Latin, which I wrote for the ethereal voices of the Tulsa Boy Singers. |
| Variations on “Ah vous dirais-je, Maman” by W.A.Mozart |
I transcribed this piano work for the Las Vegas Philharmonic’s student concerts. You might recognize the melody as "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star". |
| Cielito lindo |
This is a full orchestra arrangement of a classic Hispanic folk song. The Las Vegas Philharmonic scheduled it on their Youth Concert Series. |
| My son Monte is an independent filmmaker. He has a crew of fellow actors, directors and technicians who all make films together. I am a part of that crew. I score my son’s films and the films of his colleagues. Here are examples of my film scoring: |
| Man Trapped in a Casket |
A zombie short film by my son, Monte Light. This is the main theme that shows the menace of the unknown set to a heavy beat. |
| Let’s Talk |
A short film by Greg Van Cott. This cue is for a “pleasant evening at home” Mozart sound. |
| Let’s Talk |
A ‘Stravinsky-ish’ march complete with timpani and strings. |
| Squeaky Fromme Went to the Prom |
A murder mystery short film. (Don’t let the title fool you). Monte Light tells this tragic story backwards through a series of flashbacks. It was a real challenge to score the ending, which is really the beginning. Part of the story takes place in the snow, so I used harp and an electronic flute to add to the chilling climax. |
| Misanthrope |
Another Monte Light short film, an adaptation of Molière’s classic play "Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux". Here is the light-hearted opening to some not so light-hearted drama. |