Schubert’s Impromptus Opus 90 – Fantasy for Large Orchestra Written by Franz Schubert, Arranged by John M. Davis When I first played on the piano Schubert’s Impromptus Opus 90 #1, it struck me as very cinematic. It was written in 1827, long before movies were invented, but it told me a story of soldiers…
Read moreChristmas at the Flop House
I’m very happy to be featured again on a Flop House podcast. I decided to arrange a version of their theme song for the Christmas season, and you can hear the result below right at the beginning of the show. I tried to mix their theme with Jingle Bells (featuring sleigh bells) and the…
Read more“Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine” to Premiere at the Brooklyn Film Festival
“Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine” is having its premiere this summer at the Brooklyn Film Festival this summer. Details can be found here: http://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org If you want to hear the music now, you don’t have to wait — it’s all here: Bad Vegan and the Teleportation Machine
Read moreGuest Appearance on The Flop House
“The Flop House” it’s a very funny podcast in which three friends discusses bad movies. Occasionally they have live shows which sell out very quickly (and I’m going to one next week). When they read letters from their listeners Elliott Kalan always makes up a song. I set one of these Letter Songs to music, and they…
Read moreSons of Liberty
“Sons of Liberty,” a three-episode miniseries on The History Channel, premieres January 25th at 9PM EST. Be sure to stay to the end, because I have an “Additional Music By…” credit in addition to my usual “Music Editor.”
Read moreSerena Strong
Here is some music for a short film that played in the Urbanworld Film Festival in September of 2014. Serena Strong Cue 1 Cue 4 Cue 5
Read moreMy First Podcast – Tempo Mapping in Pro Tools 10
I don’t teach very often, but one question keeps coming at me in various settings: how does one map tempos in Pro Tools to a pre-existing recording? Rather than write the answer, I decided to make a podcast. Now if anyone asks me again I can just give them the following link: http://www.johnmdavis.com/wp-content/movies/Tempo_Mapping_in_Pro_Tools.mov It’s also…
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