This piece is from the score of the original short film Gratuitous Violence. Listen to .mp3 sample of Rest Room Rumble from the Original Soundtrack Recording. © & 2007, 1992 Mark S. Meritt
Category: Music
Kornell Kinema
This documentary motion picture short was produced for a course in filmmaking with filmmaker Marilyn Rivchin at Cornell University during Mark””s undergraduate studies. A study in contrast, the piece plays with filming techniques to explore the Cornell University campus through…
Wedding March
This piece was originally written for the Fall 1991 Theatre Cornell production of The Paranormal Review. Shortly thereafter, it was expanded and used as a wedding march in Bacchanalia Productions’ Prelude to a Kiss. Listen to .mp3 sample of Wedding…
Pursuit
This piece would eventually find its themes used in “Abduction,” Mark’s Turner Classic Movies 4th Annual Young Film Composer Competition submission. Listen to .mp3 sample of Pursuit. Instrumental. © & 2007, 1991 Mark S. Meritt
Jamaica Scene Change
This piece was originally written for Bacchanalia Productions’ Prelude to a Kiss. It was later used in the chorus of the song Latinize. Listen to .mp3 sample of Jamaica Scene Change. Instrumental. © & 2007, 1991 Mark S. Meritt
Dirge and Fury
This piece would eventually find its themes used in the score for the musical The Right Circles. Listen to .mp3 sample of Dirge and Fury. Instrumental. © & 2007, 1991 Mark S. Meritt
The Matchmaker
This one-act musical was written as a final project for a course in the history of theatreat Cornell University during Mark’s undergraduate studies. It based on one of the “mimes” of Herondas, short theatrical pieces written to be performed as…
Variations on Rhapsody in Blue
In 1991, Mark composed a number of variations on themes from George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. The three most developed variations are presented here. Variation on Rhapsody in Blue #1 — Listen to .mp3 sample: Variation on Rhapsody in Blue…
Just My Luck
This was one of Mark’s earliest experiments with a multitrack cassette recorder, prior to his introduction to MIDI sequencing. Listen to .mp3 sample of Just My Luck. Instrumental. © & 2007, 1990 Mark S. Meritt
Writer’s Block
This song was written for a course in playwriting at Cornell University during Mark’s undergraduate studies. Listen to .mp3 sample of Writer’s Block. Sung by Mark S. Meritt. Lyrics Once upon a time It was easy to write I didn’t…