In 2004 I wrote the score for Shakespeare’s Merchant, an independent film adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The film is still making its way through the process of festival submissions, etc., but I’m so proud of the score that I’ve taken it upon myself to arrange for it to be released on CD.
It’s a short movie with an epic score. The director wanted a lot of underscoring, and so in many places the music resembles opera, where the orchestra frequently carries the subtext and the emotional weight. I frequently accuse myself of being derivative, but this is some of my most original work, (although any listener who’s a Sondheim fan will hear that influence). One of my jobs was to help set a scene where people are routinely nasty to each other, and so it’s mostly a dark, tense score with some lyrical and humorous moments.
The CD is available now at CD Baby, and will soon be on Amazon as well. Sound clips can be heard on the film’s web site. (Click “Soundtrack”)
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