Click here to watch the film: https://indieflix.com/indie-films/pagpag-the-refuse-45877/

In a Manila slum, Perla, a 70-year old pagpag (garbage food) vendor, seeks a better life for her granddaughter, by holding an "audition" for adoptive parents from abroad. 

Film written and directed by JP Su

1. Opening Title
2. Adoptive parents arrive
3. The spark
4. Interaction
5. Waiting
6. Ghost of the mother/Accusations
7. Credits

Instrumentation: 
Strings, gamelan, various glass bottles, sitar, guitar, voice, percussion, prepared garbage, electronica

http://www.johnpaulsu.com/

Music Cues from the short film, PagPag

Performed by Ryan Bloomquist - August, 2013

Music by Avi Amon (piano)
Words by Noami Matlow

This song was inspired by how the media and individuals grapple with commemorating and remembering the events of September 11, 2001. In this song we hope to convey the confusion and uncertainty that is always an element in the act of remembrance. 

That Day (music by Avi Amon, words by Naomi Matlow)

Original Music by Avi Amon for Mlima's Tale, by Lynn Nottage. Directed by Shariffa Ali at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, May 28-July 11, 2021.

http://www.repstl.org/events/mlimas-tale-program/

Mlima, a majestic and powerful African elephant, is murdered for his tusks. From beyond the veil of death, Mlima’s spirit follows the path of his tusks on a moving, lyrical journey through the dark world of the international ivory trade. From Lynn Nottage, the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of SWEAT and RUINED, Mlima’s Tale is a captivating and haunting fable come to life.

Vocals - Ezioma Asonye, Kambi Gathesha, Will Mann, Joe Ngo
Add'l Vocals and Instruments - Avi Amon

(c) 2021 Avi Amon - www.aviamon.com

Thunder Is Not Yet Rain (Prologue)

Ensemble- Avi Amon, Hannah Dowdy, Benny Gammerman, Julia Gytri, Geoffrey	Kidwell, Beth Kirkpatrick, Matthew Ellis Murphy, Sara Nicholson, Helen Park, Mike Siktberg

Piano - Will Buck


Chicago 1893. Meet Lucy, a member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West, in town to perform for crowds at the World's Fair. She quickly discovers that she's not interested in performing: all she wants is to be the audience and bear witness to this historic event. As she explores the grounds with Jem, a Columbian Guard, they learn of the modern wonders that the World's Columbian Exposition has to offer, becoming entranced by all of the possibilities that lie in their future.

The Fair Opening Sequence (music by Avi Amon, words by Julia Gytri)

Original Music by Avi Amon for UNSEEN, by Mona Mansour. Directed by Evren Odcikin at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, April 12 - July 31, 2022.

https://www.osfashland.org/productions/2022-plays/unseen

Mia, an American conflict photographer, wakes up at the site of a massacre in Syria, not sure how she got there. With her Turkish girlfriend Derya and her Californian mother Jane, Mia must slowly piece together the details of her past to find out what happened. Mona Mansour’s beautifully human and surprisingly humorous play asks what it would mean for our souls—personally and as a nation—if we were to truly see the impact of our actions.

Oud - Yoni Battat
Percussion - Terry Longshore
Add'l Instruments - Avi Amon

(c) 2022 Avi Amon - www.aviamon.com

Somehow I Did

Unseen Theme

From SALONIKA, a new musical by Avi Amon & Julia Gytri
Featuring Caesar Samayoa & Jessica Carvo

1941. As a feared member of the Jewish resistance in Greece, the TUTOR must flee his home in Salonika and leave behind his most beloved pupil, a young BOY who has also suffered at the hand of the ever-encroaching Axis powers. While neither yet understands how the war will alter their lives, the TUTOR reminds his BOY that the best storytellers have courage to begin a story when the ending is uncertain, reassuring him that once two people’s tales intersect, they cannot be unbound.

I Am With You

Music written and produced by Avi Amon for the documentary film, EVERYTHING YOU HAVE IS YOURS, directed by Tatyana Tenenbaum. Featured at DOCNYC in November 2024

www.docnyc.net/film/everything-you-have-is-yours/

Violin: Tomoko Akaboshi & Fung Chern Hwei
Viola: Ben Russell
Cello: Luke Krafka
Guitar: Peter Mark Kendall
Piano: Avi Amon
Featured Vocals: Odeya Nini
Additional Vocals: Hadar Ahuvia & Avi Amon

Score produced and Mixed by Daniel Kluger at Renaissance Recording
Mastered by Jessica Thompson

(c) 2024 Avi Amon - www.aviamon.com

Mother Root

Debka History Part 2

What Can Help

Original Music and Sound Design by Avi Amon for Danger & Opportunity, by Ken Urban. Winner of a Special Drama Desk Award. Starring Juan Castano, Julia Chan, and Ryan Spahn. Directed by Jack Serio at the East Village Basement, April 1-25, 2025.

Sound Design and Original Music: Avi Amon
Scenic Design: Frank J. Oliva
Lighting Design: Stacey Derosier
Costume Design: Avery Reed
Stage Management: Zach Brecheen
Produced by: Jacob Stuckelman, Andrew Patino, Matt Krauss, & Kyle Rogers

https://www.dangerandopportunity.com/

(c) 2025 Avi Amon - www.aviamon.com

A Chance To Change

First Sight

Cloudy Phases

From SALONIKA, a new musical by Avi Amon & Julia Gytri

The absurd silliness of Ottoman shadow puppets illustrate the menacing threat of a predator as a SOLDIER plays with his prey. A group of Greeks refuse to give up their Jewish friend to the SOLDIER, highlighting the lengths ordinary citizens can go to when the difference between right and wrong is so clear. In his attempts to identify the Jewish TUTOR, the SOLDIER reveals the extent of his hatred and corruption, animalizing the man he considers to be “the other”.

Eeny Meeny Miney Mo

From SALONIKA, a new musical by Avi Amon & Julia Gytri

In 1944, Mt. Vesuvius erupted, sending ash through the air all the way to the sea. This caused a black snow to fall over much of Greece, fulfilling the Sephardic Jewish prophecy, “When the black snow falls, they will be taken”. This is a painting of a song, a musical poem that evokes bad omens and the horrors to come.

Black Snow

From SALONIKA, a new musical by Avi Amon & Julia Gytri

The PRINCE, LEOPARD, PRINCESS and NURSE decide to set off across the plains and began their journey up the northern mountain to find the Seal of Solomon.


What Is It?

Music written and produced by Avi Amon for the short film, SPOOKABLE. Written & Directed by Jonathan Andre Culliton, starring Marval Rex & Alexandra Grey.

Warewolf Showdown

Cum Cave

Hearing Voices

From INCOMPLETE, written and directed by Zoey Martinson

Featured on Hulu, Disney, NAACP Image Award Nominee, Cannes American Pavilion 2023

A man under house arrest is haunted by a faceless spirit tied to the breathalyzer machine keeping tabs on his every move.
Starring Marchánt Davis and David Costabile
Produced by: FAM Creative

www.hulu.com/series/bite-size-h…-9bf5-e075ab26a68b
(Season 3, Episode 6)

Incomplete (into credits)

Something In The Mirror

Rude Awakening

Bad Cop, Bad Cop

Original Music by Avi Amon for WELL, I'LL LET YOU GO, by Bubba Weiler. Starring Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Cricket Brown, Will Dagger, Michael Chernus, Danny McCarthy, Emily Davis, Amelia Workman, & Constance Shulman. Directed by Jack Serio at The Space At Irondale, July 29 - August 29, 2025.

Set in a small Midwestern town, Well, I'll Let You Go is a portrait of a woman and a community in crisis. Alternately vast and personal in scope, shifting backwards and forwards in time, this expansive, yet incredibly intimate, debut play sifts through the rubble of a town, a marriage, and a life built on an American Dream that’s crumbled.

Original Music: Avi Amon
Scenic Design: Frank J. Oliva
Lighting Design: Stacey Derosier
Costume Design: Avery Reed
Sound Design: Brandon Bulls
Stage Management: Zach Brecheen & Hannah Frye-Ginsberg
Associate Director: Jackson Paul Walker
Production management: Charlotte Vosseler
Technical Direction: Dominic Galiotto
Casting: Taylor Williams, CSA
Press: Everyman Agency
Branding & Design: Gwen Mileti
Produced by: Jacob Stuckelman, Andrew Patino, Matt Krauss, & Kyle Rogers of Regular People, Patrick Catullo, The Cohn Sisters, Shira Friedman, Danny Kopel, Ordinary Magic, and Lauren Weinberger

www.letyougonyc.com/


(c) 2025 Avi Amon - www.aviamon.com

Marv's Theme

Filled To Bursting

How Long, How Slow

Original Music by Avi Amon for Zora Howard's STEW, directed by Colette Robert at Page 73/Soho Rep. January 20 thru February 22, 2020.

Mama is up early to prepare an important meal, and even with her family on hand to help, time is running short. Tensions simmer with three generations of Tucker women under one roof, but things come to a boil as the violence hovering around the periphery of their lives begins to intrude upon the sanctity of Mama’s kitchen.

(c) 2020 Avi Amon - www.aviamon.com

Transition 2

Transition 1

Vocals - Avi Amon, Nikko Benson, John Grimmet, Collin Martin, Kendell Pinkney
Piano - Yan Li

Buffalo Bill and his posse of gruff, gritty cowboys make a half-hearted effort to be kind as they speculate what Lucy’s new boyfriend will be like.

Can't Wait To Meet Him (music by Avi Amon, words by Julia Gytri)

Vocals - Caitlin Kinnunen and Tommy McDowell

As Jem and Lucy ride the highly anticipated Ferris wheel, Lucy explains that she's always been in search of something to complete her, but discovers that she was really searching for a someONE all along. 

Top Of The Sky (music by Avi Amon, words by Julia Gytri)

nyc-based composer & sound designer. i do other stuff, too.

email: 
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