Category: Eureka

Eureka: Just Another Day

Tonight marks the end of a big chapter in my career – the series finale of “Eureka.”

“Eureka” was a genre-bending series, held together by a uniquely charming combination of comedy, emotion, tension and deeply involving characters.

A smartly written piece of speculative fiction, it boasted storylines grounded in scientific reality, but never allowed the science to bog down the relationships that had us tuning in week after week.  Like “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” “Eureka” benefited from the constraints of episodic formula and then delighted us when it deviated from the norm.

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Eureka: Do You See What I See?

It’s time once again to get in the holiday spirit with a new “Eureka” holiday special! Everyone involved with this episode knew it would be difficult to top last year’s O Little Town (a processs I chronicled in a previous entry), but I believe we managed to take this series, and perhaps holiday specials in general, to a whole new level of ass-kickery with Do You See What I See?  Check out some exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of our insanely fun recording sessions:

Do You See What I See? certainly raised the stakes visually compared to last year’s special. The episode features four distinct styles of contemporary and classic animation. When writing the music, I had to measure up to the exciting imagery, match each style with a distinct musical style, infuse every cue with holiday instrumentation and various Christmas carols and do it all while still preserving my quirky, signature “Eureka” sound.  I had my work cut out for me, and knew from day one this episode would be one of the greatest challenges of my career thus far. (more…)

Eureka: O Little Town…

Just in time to get us in the holiday spirit, a very special episode of “EUReKA” premieres tonight. O Little Town… is a holiday special in the grand tradition of television Christmas specials (ok, not the STAR WARS one!) and provided many incredible musical opportunities for both songs and score, original music and adaptations of seasonal classics.  However, the biggest milestone in this episode was the use of a full orchestra for the first time ever on this series.  Watch the video blog to see us in action:

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I’ve been working on (and in a way, living in) “EUReKA” for several years.  However, the series went through a seismic shift in Season 4 and has grown to become one of the most dynamic, creatively challenging and evolving series I’ve scored since “Battlestar Galactica.”  And, with O Little Town…, the series joins BSG, Caprica, Human Target, The Cape and The Walking Dead in the ranks of the very few contemporary series to use live orchestra. (more…)