(Silent Hill 4: The Room) Akira Yamaoka - 'Resting Comfortably'

VIDEO GAME (SILENT HILL 4: THE ROOM)

Ah... The staple ambient music of Silent Hill. This piece is well mixed in that it has depth. It isn't flat. That may be because of the delays. This track is welcomed under the stressful strategic horror tasks this game is known for.

(Corpse Party: Blood Covered) - Mao Hamamoto - 'Sound Of Bell'

VIDEO GAME (CORPSE PARTY: BLOOD COVERED)

Screeching violins mixed with ambient sounds. Ominous soundtrack to a creepy story line. 

(Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon) - Power Glove - 'Power Core'

VIDEO GAME (FAR CRY 3: BLOOD DRAGON)

Deep low ends and high synths. Steady beating bass line with shrill synths.

(Magic In The Moonlight) - Bix Biederbecke - 'Big Boy'

FILM (MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT)

Woody Allen's "Magic In The Moonlight" has a wonderfully supervised soundtrack. While "You Do Something To Me" composed by Cole Porter but performed by Leo Reisman & His Orchestra functioned as the main theme to the film, "Big Boy" made the  driving scenes memorable and fun.

Simply listening to the tooting trumpet and bouncing bright piano reminds me of the sunny scenes of the characters driving top-down by the South France seas. Now THAT is coasting.

(Mad Men) - David Carbonara - 'Lipstick'

TELEVISION DRAMA (MAD MEN)



Smoky jazz that doesn't heat up to a boil. This original Mad Men track composed by David Carbonara shifts its solos from one instrument to another often between dramatic pauses.

Carbonara's compositions don't all fall under the jazz genre. Here is another favorite track that changed the mood of the show - as if ridiculing the mess of the characters' lives.