Mac Light
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.