Scott W. Hallgren's music & cluttered thoughts...

If you are like me, music for kids generally makes you want to stick your head in the oven. Asinine lyrics, annoying tunes, awful production, and for some reason your kids can't get enough. Well friends, the day has come -- someone has FINALLY made music that kids love and adults will secretly listen to while the kids aren't around. Coal Train Railroad, by Katy Bowser and Chris Donohue is silly, fun, beautiful, catchy, well-written,… Continue

http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2009/11/11/fri-nov-13-peek-inside-the-world-of-movie-music/

From the Nashville, TN
Christ Church Cathedral's "Sacred Space" concert series announces:

Score_Underscore!
Friday, November 13, 2009
7:30 p.m.

Featuring the composers:

Sally Reid
Rachel Fogarty
Scott Hallgren

Members of the Nashville Composers Association have created new, original scores for four 8-10 minute short films. This event will explore the relationship of music to film, and the composers will share with the audience their approach to composing music for film, and specifically how… Continue

Got this from Pump Audio on May 8th, and followed up this week:



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Dear Pump Audio Artist,

We would like to thank you for your music and congratulate you on being part of one of the fastest growing music licensing companies in the world. Since the acquisition of Pump Audio by Getty Images, we continue to hear praises from a wide expansion of our clients on the depth and quality of our catalog and that is a testament to… Continue

Was very pleased to catch a few new compositions at last night's concert:

Leanna Primiani's "Sirens" - a modern tone poem based on the Greek myth...

http://www.leannaprimiani.com/

Cindy McTee's "Einstein's Dream" - recorded and modified computer sounds, percussion and strings -
done without a click track!

http://cindymctee.com/index.html

Rob Mathes's "A Standing Ground: Concertino for Orchestra" - an homage to the poems of Wendell Berry of Kentucky; Copland and Schoenberg would have been pr… Continue