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01/16/06

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CHILDREN'S SONGS


 

Pretty self-explanatory. Children's music, originally written for any of a number of different reasons.

MADI OWEN, MY DAUGHTER

These are songs either written by or featuring Madi.

SONG

DATE PRODUCED

NOTES

The Martians Are Going to Eat Us

January, 2004 Mostly written by Madi at age 7. I only did the arrangement and chord progression. She is also playing the spooky violin in the spoken middle section. Songfight winner!

I Don't Like Eggplant

October, 2004 This one is almost entirely Madi's doing, age 8. I was basically just the engineer and the guest vocalist. Songfight winner!

Mary Had a Little Lamb

1999 The idea was to compose an arrangement to Madi's vocals the way she actually sung them as opposed to the way they really go. Very successful, I think, and totally adorable. She is 2 or 3 in these recordings.

Are You Sleeping?

1999 See notes for "Mary Had a Little Lamb" above

 

NIGHTMARE NED

These songs were written for "Nightmare Ned", a PC video game by Disney Interactive. It was a terrific game, and I had a total blast doing these songs. Probably the most fun I ever had writing music. I'm proud of all four of these.

SONG

DATE PRODUCED

NOTES

The Uvula Song

1997 A lounge parody. It was supposed to be sung by Bill Murray. The guy who did it sang "I Feel Pretty" for his audition. Always a big favorite among people who know my stuff.

The Math Lesson

1997 A patter song sung by an insane grade school math teacher. The finished product was completely realized in my estimation.

The Rat Tango

1997 In this level of the game, the object was jump along a series of half-filled bathtubs floating in mid-air. As you did so, rats crawled around in the pipes above you and threw electrical appliances down to try to electrocute you. The rats sung this song as they did so. How cool is that? What an assignment.

The Puberty Song

1997 The main character sees himself in three magic mirrors that reflect future versions of himself. The reflections each sing a verse of this song.

 

MOLBAK'S NURSERY

Molbak's Nursery in Woodinville, WA produces a children's fairy tale every fall which is performed at the nursery itself. BJ Douglas writes and directs the shows, which are hilarious and hip. I've been doing music and sound for them since 1998. My favorite part is writing the theme song. The songs below are the theme songs from these shows. All instrumentals, all but one is under one minute in length.

SONG

DATE PRODUCED

NOTES

The Emperor's Nightingale

1998 My first Molbak's theme and probably still my favorite. A parody of Chinese stereotypes.

King Midas

1999 Influenced by Raymond Scott, who wrote a lot of music used in Bugs Bunny cartoons.

Sleeping Beauty

2001 Pretty

The Scarecrow of Oz

2002 Trying to do Bacharach.

Jack and the Beanstalk

2003 Think "Deliverance". The was my first attempt at a stream-of-consciousness style which have since explored more with other pieces.

Three Little Pigs

2004 The melody is 12-tone!. I set out to try and compose a consonant, accessible piece using only 12-tone rows. You be the judge.

The Frog Prince

2005 Trying to do Beethoven. My synth isn't quite up to the orchestral sounds necessary, but nice anyway.

 

OTHER

SONG

DATE PRODUCED

NOTES

The Little Seed

1995 From the one-act drama musical "A Noland Birthday". See here for more details. Lyrics based on a story by Arlo Williams.

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