BrandonDalo.com

New website for a favorite composer...responsible for the incredible music in the Small Town Monsters documentaries that I can't get enough of.

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Now Playing: Tree Ghost

Well, it's really called Dolphins, but I changed it for obvious reasons.

By James Horner, from The Chumscrubber.

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Image by Hallowaltz.

Hocus Pocus

I'm the world's biggest Bette Midler fan.
Please change "fan" to "hater."
I'm not kidding.  I'm missing the genes that most people have that are required to like anything about her.  And that Wind Beneath My Wings song is probably the worst thing to happen to mankind.  Ever.

I've avoided this movie as a result of my inhuman hatred for Bette Midler and the horrible way she looks in this movie.  Though I have to admit that I've always thought that Sarah Jessica Parker has never looked better.  She makes a sassy Witch.

So I blame Bette Midler for me not knowing that my favorite film composer James Horner had actually written some music for this film, before he left due to project conflicts (or a hatred for Bette Midler) and handed the scoring job over to someone else.

Click below to hear his music:

She Called It Shining

Click below for a really fascinating interview with Wendy Carlos, co-composer for The Shining.

Swamp Memories

Was emailing with Jon Glassett today about the Swamp Foetus experience.  Lots of good memories working with him.

Figured that was a good excuse to re-post the video.  If not just to listen to the score.

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Now Playing: Meek's Cutoff

By the always awesome Jeff Grace.

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And The Name Of The Star Is Called Wormwood

Haven't seen this film, but was reading an article about the score and was really impressed.

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And click here for samples from the upcoming soundtrack release.

Thanks, Jon!

Now Playing: Swamp Foetus

By Jon Glassett.

Such an incredible stand-alone piece of music.

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Image by essentialyoga.

Now Playing: Krull

A powerhouse score by James Horner.
Click below for nine minutes from the golden age of film scoring.

Millennium

A cue from the soundtrack of one of my favorite shows, Millennium.
By composer Mark Snow.

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Black Death

Rented the film Black Death last night and loved it.

The score by Christian Henson is brilliant.
Click below for a track:


And here for the opening titles cue.

And click here for samples.

Rest In Peace, Mr. Barry

John Barry
1933-2011

Now Playing: Flow Like Water

From the The Last Airbender soundtrack, by James Newton Howard.

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Now Playing: Do You Believe In Witches?

By Jon Glassett.

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Now Playing: The Home Of Dark Butterflies

By the incredible Panu Aaltio. He also scored the stunning film SAUNA which has yet to get a release. Maybe some day.


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panuaaltio.com
(click on "DRAMA" and you'll see two samples from SAUNA.)

Now Playing: The Black Hole

By John Barry.

Do You Believe In Witches?

I'm beyond excited to finally reveal my 2009 Haunt video.
2010 has been a super busy year for me, so after fiddling with this video way longer than I should have, I sent it off nice and late to my bud Jon Glassett so he could write the score for it.

Effusive praise is a good way to describe how I tried to convey my feelings towards his music when he emailed me the track. Gushing fanboy is another way.

Jon's score is perfect. It's lonely and distant, like the Corn Witch's abandoned cornfield. It's pain and sadness. It's despair. And it's frightening. Truly frightening. Like all great soundtracks, Jon's music tells a story. A story about being held captive, being tied to a post, seeing your fate in the form of dried and twisted mutilated corpses. And waiting your turn.

I'm grateful without measure for Jon's work on this beautiful piece of music. Truly.


The piece is called "Do You Believe In Witches?"
Copyright 2010 Jon Glassett
Used with Permission.


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Or you can click HERE to watch it on Youtube.

Now Playing: House Of Sand And Fog

Incredibly moving score by James Horner for an amazingly depressing film.


Listen to samples here.

Alan Howarth's Halloween III

Oh how I NEED to see him perform this live.

Now Playing: The Forgotten

Delightfully dark score by composer James Horner.


Listen to samples here.