Cover of "Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us" inspired by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. (Original by Sam Phillips.)

Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us (Cover) [Demo]

In honor of Halloween, here's a spooky little tune I wrote last week.

Lyrics: 
You better beware before you lay down the line
And before you start to bet on all the things you’ll never realize
Maybe it’s confidence or maybe it’s pride but tonight you’re gonna dance with me
Straight until the end of the line

Now the blood’s drawn in the water
Shapes that swing and spin their partners 
Dark as ink and smooth as wine oh 
You consume and stain my mind 

I know the steps and I know every turn 
But you’re blinded by fire and the smoke is just as bad as the 
Burning the oil till it’s colder than stone
Because no one can dance in the night all alone 

Now the blood’s drawn in the water
Shapes that swing and spin their partners 
Dark as ink and smooth as wine oh 
You consume and stain my mind 

Swing [Demo]

Original song, "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" by Leo Friedman and Beth Slater Whitson. Artist: Bing Crosby. 

An early scene of the show reveals a car accident that leaves Mr. and Mrs. Fail a the bottom of the Chicago River. (It's the few pages of the script so no spoilers here.) I was then asked to make the reoccurring Crosby tune sound as if it was underwater with them.

Underwater Gramophone - Failure: A Love Story

Soundtrack for the surrealist biopic of Maya Deren, "Two Weeks in Laredo," written and directed by Adrianne Lundy.
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Set in 1942 — Maya Deren and her husband, Alexander Hammid, are trapped in a seemingly never-ending time loop in the border town of Laredo, Texas. When Maya witnesses a strange encounter with a police officer and a man in a tweed coat, her world starts to crack.
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Inspired by the scores of Teiji Ito.
All music composed, mixed and mastered by Tana Pinkard.

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A varied sampler of a couple upcoming production libraries.

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Composed by Tana Pinkard
Mixed and Mastered by Nick Sullivan at The Keep Recording

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Soundtrack for the poignant short drama, "They Call Us Sediciosos," written and directed by Iz Gutierrez.
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An untold story of U.S. History. A mother in search of her missing son. An intimate look at the racism that affected generations of Mexican-Americans.

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