YONKERS JOE

Evocative and dramatic orchestral film compositions. From a rare indies label. Digipack.

Composing this score was truly one of the highlights of my film composing career. First, I got to work with Robert Celestino whom I respect tremendously as a director and consider one of my dear friends. We had worked together twelve years ago and I knew then that Bob was a director I wanted to work with again and again. The most important thing in a creative collaboration is to have the trust of the people you work with. With that, I believe a composer is able to create truly original music. Yonkers Joe afforded me the freedom to compose a more artistic type of film score and it’s one of my proudest achievements. The challenges were to merge the two worlds of ‘Joe’ - his life as a dice mechanic, and his responsibilities as a father. Musically, they each needed to have strong identities, and still be connected tonally. It was essential to me that I create a score that drew the audience into this film, and that was authentic to these rich characters.

1 Joe's Idea
2 The Drive Home
3 The Back Room
4 Strangers
5 The Cooler
6 Nowhere To Go
7 The Clam Bake
8 Vegas
9 Getting The Call
10 I'm Not GIving Up
11 I Can Drop The Dice
12 Joey Saves The Day
13 The Switch
14 Leaving