Obviously, I am a glutton for punishment.
DISCLAIMERS: I wrote this piece about a year ago, and abandoned it. It was just another thing for practice. I gave up on it for a ton of reasons, not the least of which is that ending is just way too Star Wars. It was also an earlier version of my virtual orchestra. Sloppy playing, too. But, whatever. It's been sitting on a hard drive rotting for a year - a hard drive which crashed, but I was able to recover a good chunk of. After the recovery, I decided to see what was left, and realized I'd forgotten about this piece. So, back from the dead - for a while at least - "The Race."
[url=http://www.mikeverta.com/Posts/The_Race_Mock-Up_v10.mp3]The Race[/url]
Enjoy.
EDIT: Since posting this, I found three other little excerpts. Two of these times, I truly WAS doing JW music. They're both for fanfilms: one was for a Superman fanfilm that never finished. The film started with a montage of scenes bringing the viewer up to speed, and then I did a slightly different beginning for the Main Title theme, just to say, "this is Superman, but... a little different." Anyway, it fades out as soon as the title starts, but it is what it is.
[url=http://www.mikeverta.com/Posts/Superman.mp3]Superman Fanfilm Excerpt[/url]
The second was for a Star Wars fanfilm, and this one told the story (partially) of a young Princess Leia. So I was writing a new theme for her, which, as it progressed melodically, would "grow" into her adult theme from the first movie.
[url=http://www.mikeverta.com/Posts/Young_Leia.mp3]Young Leia[/url]
The third piece is a comedic Tango I wrote for a television series. In this tongue-in-cheek scene, the heroine dances ominously with the Bad Guy.
[url=http://www.mikeverta.com/IM_2/Tango_Malefico.mp3]Tango Malefico[/url]
Sorry for the nostalgia-fest, but nearly losing stuff in a crash makes them suddenly interesting again. For awhile at least. Plus, it's nice to hear my virtual orchestra has come a long way since these dry, ass-y attempts from yesteryear. I hope you are inspired by these snippets, either because you like them, or because you think they suck and can do better. Either way, music sitting on a dead hard drive doesn't do much good, does it? So...
_Mike
