"Self Medicate is a haunting soundscape from award-winning composer Rick Balentine, blending brooding electronic textures with emotionally charged orchestral undertones. The track moves like a fading heartbeat—dark, hypnotic, and uncomfortably honest—capturing the desperate need to escape inner chaos. It builds layer by layer mirroring the battle between pain, relief, and the fragile line between the two."

Self Medicate

“Uncle Jerome” is a shadow-laden, slow-burn tension piece from award-winning composer Rick Balentine. Built on ominous low strings and unsettling textures, the track mirrors the quiet solace and support surrounding Uncle Jerome’s presence in The Kahiki 3 and Me. It’s a musical portrait of a character you’re missing post his passing and questioning like without him—brooding, unpredictable, and impossible to shake."

Uncle Jerome

“Yellowed Newspaper Articles” is a haunting, investigative cue that drips with unease. Award-winning composer Rick Balentine weaves fragile piano motifs, whispering strings, and distant, grainy textures that evoke the brittle edges of old secrets. The track feels like sifting through forgotten clippings—each note revealing something darker, something long buried, something never meant to be found."

Yellowed Newspaper Articles

“Run” is a relentless, pulse-pounding cue driven by dark synth rhythms and razor-tight percussion. Award-winning composer Rick Balentine crafts a sonic adrenaline surge—breathless, claustrophobic, and charged with danger. The track captures the desperation of flight, the echo of footsteps in the dark, and the rising certainty that something is closing in.

“That’s Not Bravo Team Anymore” is a dark, nerve-tightening pulse cue that signals a devastating shift in the story. Award-winning composer Rick Balentine fuses deep rhythmic surges, distorted low-end textures, and unsettling tonal fragments to capture the moment when a trusted unit becomes something unrecognizable—and terrifying. The track thrums with dread, urgency, and the cold realization that whatever those soldiers were… they aren’t anymore.

That's Not Bravo Team Anymore

“The Moment of Truth – Go To Hell” is a blistering emotional breakdown set to music. Award-winning composer Rick Balentine weaves searing strings, pounding percussion, and raw, dissonant textures into a score cue that detonates at the heart of the film’s most brutal betrayal. Every note tightens like a fist—rage, heartbreak, and revelation colliding as the truth finally erupts and the characters’ loyalty shatters beyond repair.

The Moment of Truth - Go To Hell

“In Tenebras” is a sweeping, emotional finale in which award-winning composer Rick Balentine brings all the film’s core musical motifs together for one last, resonant statement. The track blends haunting melodies, driving rhythmic figures, and aching harmonic shifts, transforming the score’s darkest moments into a powerful, cohesive closing chapter. It’s both an echo and an elegy—honoring everything the characters endured while allowing the audience a final breath in the shadows.

In Tenebras

“Maybe It’s The Wind” is a whispering nightmare of a cue—an uneasy blend of creaking textures, distant pulses, and cold, breathlike motifs. Award-winning composer Rick Balentine builds the tension with unnerving subtlety, creating a soundscape where every rustle feels alive and every shadow feels closer than before. It’s horror at its most unsettling—the moment when doubt becomes dread.

Maybe Its The Wind

“In Memoriam” is a solemn, elegiac western theme that carries the weight of loss across barren horizons. Award-winning composer Rick Balentine blends mournful strings, lonely melody lines, and wide-open Americana textures to create a deeply emotional tribute within Going Home. The track feels like a final ride into dusk—honoring the fallen with dignity, sorrow, and the quiet hope that comes with letting go.

In Memoriam

In “Fight Like Apaches,” award-winning composer Rick Balentine blends authentic Native-influenced percussion and flute textures with a bold, traditional western sound. The result is a dramatic cue in Going Home that marries cultural reverence with frontier grit—capturing the strength and beauty of the Apache people within a sweeping cinematic framework.

Fight Like Apaches

“Damn Suicidal” is a tightly wound burst of western tension, driven by relentless ostinato string lines that churn like a heartbeat on the edge of panic. Award-winning composer Rick Balentine layers sharp orchestral accents and gritty frontier textures to capture a moment where danger feels inevitable and every decision could be the last. It’s a short cue—but a razor-edged one.

Damn Suicidal

“Unexpected Visitor” opens with a haunting, solitary cello line—its low, aching tone carrying the weight of loss across the dusty frontier. Award-winning composer Rick Balentine slowly builds the cue into a tense, sorrow-tinged ascent as an Apache warrior, driven by righteous fury, closes in to seek justice for one of their own. The music swells with purpose, grief, and retribution, creating a beautifully ominous moment of reckoning.

Unexpected Visitor

Rick Balentine is an award-winning composer and producer whose music has become a signature force across film, television, and media. With over 40 years of experience in musical storytelling, Balentine is known for blending expressive orchestral writing with modern electronic textures, creating powerful, emotionally charged scores that elevate every frame they accompany.

His work spans a wide range of genres—from sweeping dramas and character-driven stories to pulse-pounding thrillers, supernatural worlds, western epics, and political sci-fi narratives. Balentine’s scores are defined by memorable themes, bold sonic architecture, and an instinctive ability to amplify narrative tension, heart, and atmosphere.

Rick’s diverse portfolio includes acclaimed work on the award-winning western Going Home, the supernatural thriller In Tenebras, the dark comedic drama The Kahiki 3 and Me, as well as expansive series and film projects in development, including Iron Legacy, Karma Reign, The Days of Man, Violet Requiem, Signal Lost, and Project Ascension. His compositions range from intimate solo performances to full-scale cinematic soundscapes, each crafted with meticulous attention to emotional depth and storytelling precision.

Beyond composing, Rick is the founder and creative force behind Temple Gate Films, LLC and Temple Gate Distribution, where he continues to shape and score high-profile projects internationally. His collaborative approach, musical versatility, and passion for narrative-driven scoring have earned him a respected place among today’s most dynamic screen composers.

Whether crafting a haunting horror motif, a sweeping orchestral theme, or a hard-hitting action cue, Rick Balentine brings unmatched creativity, clarity, and emotional intelligence to every project—delivering music that resonates long after the story ends.

Rick Balentine

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