Posts under ‘Instrumentals’

This piece, entitled “Elena Arrives: Waltz+Tango=Vals,” was composed for a one-minute clip from the silent melodrama The Temptress, one of four scene options in TCM’s 5th annual film scoring competition.
Listen to .mp3 sample of Turner Classic Movies 5th Annual Young Film Composer Competition submission.
Instrumental.

© & 2007, 2004 Mark S. Meritt

This piece, entitled “Abduction,” was composed for a one-minute clip from the silent horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, one of four scene options in TCM’s 4th annual film scoring competition.
Listen to .mp3 sample of Turner Classic Movies 4th Annual Young Film Composer Competition submission.
Instrumental.

© & 2007, 2003 Mark S. Meritt

In Summer 2000, correspondent Lara Spencer taped a video diary of the planning of her wedding for an ongoing feature on Good Morning America. For the episode in which she covered her dance lessons, she and her instructor came to the studio to give a live demonstration of her progress. Mark was invited to perform [...]

This was a proposed television series in which host Dr. Wiley Bonefish and a crew of puppet lab assistants would humorously help kids explore paranormal science using the scientific method.
Read the The Unexplainable Bonefish - Series Proposal .pdf.
© 2000 Edwin Budd, Tamara Budd, Mark Meritt and Alex Diehl
Read the The Unexplainable Bonefish - First Episode [...]

This piece was originally written for a musical adaptation of the Mel Brook’s filme The Producers, nearly a decade before Brooks’ own version took Broadway by storm. Part of it was later used for the song The Bill of Fare from the original stage musical The Right Circles.
Listen to .mp3 sample of Farce Montage.
Instrumental.

© & [...]

This documentary short motion picture is a behind the scenes look at the making of Gratuitous Violence. It was shot on a VHS camcorder and edited with the camcorder and VHS VCR. True to its name, it is notable for being longer than the movie that is its own subject.
View the YouTube Video
The digital video [...]

This piece is from the score of the original short film Gratuitous Violence.
Listen to .mp3 sample of Orchid Returns from the Original Soundtrack Recording.

© & 2007, 1992 Mark S. Meritt

This piece is from the score of the original short film Gratuitous Violence.
Listen to .mp3 sample of Concede from the Original Soundtrack Recording.

© & 2007, 1992 Mark S. Meritt

This piece is from the score of the original short film Gratuitous Violence.
Listen to .mp3 sample of Elevator Music/Vermin from the Original Soundtrack Recording.

© & 2007, 1992 Mark S. Meritt

This piece is from the score of the original short film Gratuitous Violence.
Listen to .mp3 sample of Regroup #4 from the Original Soundtrack Recording.

© & 2007, 1992 Mark S. Meritt