Sleep Facing West

This was originally created for a short animated environmental conservation PSA. This track was used when a scientist begins working on a solution to save the planet and mobilizes the community ...

https://sleepfacingwest.tumblr.com/post/615486362188120064

This is a track made for slapstick comedy a la Benny Hill. Remember when chasing people and getting chased was funny? LOL. This track is available for scoring, and also acts as a demo of s...

https://sleepfacingwest.tumblr.com/post/615485154807414784

This is yet another exploration of the light kitschy music of the 1950’s. It’s been some time since I’ve updated this collection of tracks and I feel it’s appropriate that I pick thing...

https://sleepfacingwest.tumblr.com/post/190696695080

I’m honored to have received first place in the final round of NGUAC 2017 (having previously placed 1st in the first round, and second in the second). During the course of the competition, I w...

https://sleepfacingwest.tumblr.com/post/164306699575

Tired of the same old routine day in and day out? Wish there was a way you could improve your life forever? Well now you can! Introducing SleepCo's™ brand new widget-ma-callit! Using space age...

https://sleepfacingwest.tumblr.com/post/160050538075

“It’s impossible!” Danny the redhead groaned. “There are too many of them, and they’re too big. Even *IF* we captured their flag, we’d still need to get back to home base without get...

https://sleepfacingwest.tumblr.com/post/160050531960

Bells toll while fragments of forgotten memories drift through the air. This one is melancholic, dark, and has religious overtones. It could be useful for particularly stark, poignant, or int...

https://sleepfacingwest.tumblr.com/post/160050525500

You can’t tell if your eyes are open or closed. The air feels wet all around you and you have a splitting headache. You catch echoes of what sounds like distant cackling, but you’re sure it�...

https://sleepfacingwest.tumblr.com/post/157495803515

It started out like any other job: follow the suspect, gather intel, and report your findings to HQ. Never once did it cross that thick little skull of yours that the alleged double agent would b...

https://sleepfacingwest.tumblr.com/post/156972714875

Burglars Inc. is an exciting new plot driven puzzle game centered around a collective of thieves who crack safes with benevolent intentions. As a huge fan of 1960’s era heist movies, Archer, V...

https://sleepfacingwest.tumblr.com/post/156425361690

After what feels like ages of coding, I’ve FINALLY finished a background engine that will generate videos from musical midi data. Though this inaugural video is pretty simple, it’s a proof...

https://sleepfacingwest.tumblr.com/post/141964217585

You say we’ll get coffee at quarter to 8 you make a promise you won’t be late but you must have lied cause baby, it’s half past 9 You say we’ll split even but you’re always broke ...

https://sleepfacingwest.tumblr.com/post/140638895780

Amidst the thicket of cogs and ticks, delicate hands work jewelers tweezers with a reluctant precision. Born into this trade, the watchmaker’s daughter winds her days around twitching autonoma,...

https://sleepfacingwest.tumblr.com/post/126541453985

When learning jazz improvisation, transcribing your favorite solos by ear is one of the best exercises you can do. You learn the function of every melodic fragment, how the improviser is thinking...

https://sleepfacingwest.tumblr.com/post/125379796945

You’ve overslept, your shower breaks right after you apply shampoo, you realize you forgot to buy more coffee beans, you can’t find your keys, you miss your train or bus, and by the time it�...

https://sleepfacingwest.tumblr.com/post/125291023805

If you know me in real life, you probably know I absolutely adore early music. This piece borrows melodic sensibilities from Hildegard von Bingen - a female composer noted for her ascending leaps...

https://sleepfacingwest.tumblr.com/post/124811283190

Typically I reserve this blog for my Game Loop/Animation stock music releases, but given the recent media buzz around Pluto, I figured this would be topical. This track was written in 2006 and re...

https://sleepfacingwest.tumblr.com/post/124121563730

“Get your good walking shoes on, pixelated adventurers! Great riches and honor await as you embark on this new somewhat cutesy journey!” This loop was created as the backdrop for the map wo...

https://sleepfacingwest.tumblr.com/post/123749414995

I haven’t posted any new music for awhile. This is largely because I’ve been working on a lot of exclusive projects and am not at liberty to share what I’ve created. That, and as the title ...

https://sleepfacingwest.tumblr.com/post/123639127634

“The dossier is heavily guarded even at night. You must infiltrate headquarters undetected and record the documents on this microfilm embedded in the frame of your eyeglasses, then rendezvous a...

https://sleepfacingwest.tumblr.com/post/121865188400