Selections from the PBS American Experience Film "Woodstock: Three days that defined a generation"

Composed and recorded by John Kusiak and P. Andrew Willis

Woodstock: American Experience Soundtrack Selects

from the PBS American Experience production 'War of the Worlds'.

Dial Twist

from the independent film "Plastic Migration" (2004)

Ending

Heritage - The Singing Revolution

Moonwalk - Silicon Valley

John Kusiak's compositions have been performed all over the world. Sheet music for solo instruments and ensembles are available for purchase (digital downloads and bound versions) at www.kusiakmusic.com. 

Wedding Ceremony Sample

Monhegan Suite Sample

Bluebeard Sample

Architeuthis Waltz Sample

Fool of the World Sample

Live recording of the premier of "Film Noir" on Sunday, October 18, 2015 at Slosberg Concert Hall, Brandeis University. Composed by John Kusiak
Jill Dreeben-flute, Todd Brunel-clarinet, and Elizabeth Skavish-piano

Film Noir for Flute, Clarinet & Piano

Selections from the soundtrack to the feature film The Inhabitants

Opening

ESH_M05-Foxcatcher_D3

End credit music for the film: "Team Foxcatcher"

ESH_M37-Memories_Credits_D1

COMMERCIAL LENGTH-VOL. I

HRPD (:30)

Wedding Music for Guitar and Flute - Processional

Architeuthis Waltz from Four Pieces for Flute

An arrangement of the well-known Shaker song that I created circa 1990.

AMERICANA

Simple Gifts 1

Monhegan Suite for Flute and Guitar is a meditative tone poem in nine movements, each evoking a different mood of Monhegan Island, Maine.

KML002 07 Sunset

KML002 04 DayTripper

KML002 03 LobsterCove

KML002 02 Sunrise

KML002 01 Prelude

A selection of some of the music used in the Gimlet Media podcast, "Crimetown Season 1," produced by Marc Smerling and Zac Stuart-Pontier. Some of this music was co-composed with Kenny Kusiak and P. Andrew Willis.

TABLOID

Rescue 2

*HAUNTED MANOR

Tick Tock

*VICTORIAN CRIME

Sacred Knowledge Variation

Maintain

People Arrive

Mudslide

Going To Woodstock

Yasgur Speaks

Film Noir For Flute, Cello And Piano

John Kusiak composes music for film, television and live performance. He has scored hundreds of projects, including feature films: Tabloid, Secrecy and The Fog of War (additional music), television documentaries for HBO: The Jinx (co-composer), PBS: We Shall Remain and large-screen exhibitions (Yellowstone National Park and the Smithsonian). His score for Errol Morris’ “Tabloid” won the 2012 Cinema Eye Honors Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score.

Other projects have included music for the opening film of two Academy Awards programs (2002 and 2007) and two seasons of First Person, a television series directed by Errol Morris and chosen by Time as one of the 10 best series of 2000. He has scored commercials for United Airlines, Quaker Oats and MasterCard, among others. John also writes music for live performance, including collaborations with Boston-based Prometheus Dance, whose Apokalypsis (2000-present) was selected by The Boston Globe as one of the 10 best dance performances of 2000. 

A full list of credits is available at kusiakmusic.com


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