Hear Sound Clips of Music by Peter Bloesch

Here is a centralized gathering of most of the sound clips that are located throughout this website.  They are arranged by the following categories:

Film & Television Music
Holiday Music
Concert Music
Church Music                                                                                                     

                                                                                                                  Film and Television Music All of the following cues were composed and orchestrated by Peter Bloesch:

                                                                                                                     "In a Hurry"  (Comedy)

• Montage scene (entire cue)

 

"The Journey Home"  (Period Drama/Romance, antebellum South)

• Main Title (entire cue)

 

"The Escape"  (Action/Adventure Animated Feature)

• Final scene of film (beginning of cue)
• Final scene of film (end of cue)

 

"A Friend Indeed: The Bill Sackter Story"  (Inspirational Documentary)

The following four cues are from my recently-recorded film score for "A Friend Indeed: The Bill Sackter Story."  To learn more about this film, and to hear more sound clips from the film score, please click here.

• End Credits
• "Bill's Legacy"
• Movie Trailer (excerpt)
• Film Company Logo

Note:  The following two sound clips are from a set of concert pieces I wrote that are inspired by the story of Bill Sackter.  This concert music is not directly related to the "Bill Sackter" documentary film. 

• "Bill's Theme"  (concert music, not for use in the film)
• "Bill's Triumph" (excerpt of concert music, not for use in the film)

 

A sampling of cues from my internship with Mike Post:

• L.A. Law — Act-in (entire cue)
• L.A. Law — "The Kiss" (entire cue)
• Silk Stalkings — "Dangerous Search" (entire cue)

 

"A Season for Change"  (Drama)

• "The Fire" (beginning of cue)
• "The Fire" (middle of cue)
• "Learning the Truth" (entire cue)

 

"The Secret Treehouse"  (Children’s Adventure)

• Main Title (entire cue)

 

"The Mists of Ireland"  (Period Family Drama)

• Underscore (entire cue)

 

"The Soldier's Dream"  (Suspense)

• Underscore (entire cue)

 

"A Life of Honor"  (Biographical Feature)

• Main Title (beginning of cue)

 

"Night of Reflection"  (Period Drama, set in 1930’s Appalachia)

• Underscore (entire cue)

 

Holiday Music

"A Symphony of Carols"

(A 45-minute piece written for chorus and chamber orchestra, suitable for a concert or church setting.  Click here for more info.)

• "Hark!  The Herald Angels Sing" (beginning)
• "Susani" (middle)
• Transition from "Susani" into "Personent Hodie"
• "See, Amid the Winter's Snow" (ending)
• "I Saw Three Ships" (beginning)
• "I Saw Three Ships" (ending)
• Transition from "Coventry Carol" into "Ding Dong!  Merrily on High"
• Transition from "Ding Dong!" into "O Come, All Ye Faithful"
• "O Come, All Ye Faithful" (ending of entire piece)

"A Holiday Suite"

(A 5-movement suite written for flute, viola, and guitar.  The following sound clips were performed by the Red Cedar Trio.  Click here for more info about this piece.)

• "Wassail!" (entire carol)
• "In the Bleak Midwinter" (entire carol)
• "I Saw Three Ships" (entire carol)
• "Away in a Manger" (entire carol)
• "Ding Dong!  Merrily on High" (entire carol)

Concert Music

“Remembrances”

(An arrangement of Dvořák’s "Songs My Mother Taught Me” and the traditional folksong "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” written for string orchestra with harp

and piano.  Click here for more info.)

To hear the entire piece (ca. 8 mins.), click here.  

Or, select from the following excerpts:

• Beginning of "Songs My Mother Taught Me"
• Musical climax of "Songs My Mother Taught Me"
• Transition from "Songs My Mother Taught Me" into "Twinkle."
• Ending of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"

"Spillville Variations on a Theme by Dvořák"

(A set of fifteen variations (each written by a different composer) based on a famous theme by Dvořák’s, scored for flute, viola, and guitar.  My variation is a fugue based on Dvořák’s theme.  The following sound clips were performed by the Red Cedar Trio.  Click here for more info about this piece .)

• Dvořák's original theme (transcribed by Jan Boland)
• Variation No. 10 (a fugue by Peter Bloesch, based on the main theme)

"Violin Sonatina"

(A short work for violin and piano.)

The entire sonatina (6 mins.) is presented below:

• I. Andante
• II. Allegro energico
• III. Molto tranquillo

"Song of Summer"

(Ah, youth!  This piece for violin and piano is included here as an example of my very earliest years of composing (i.e., my junior high days), when most of what I wrote was in the Baroque style; Ca. 3.5 mins.)

• Hear entire piece

Church Music

"All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name"

(A congregational hymn arrangement, scored for chamber orchestra and organ.  Click here for more info.)

• Hear entire hymn  (Note: This is not a professional recording.)

"A Christmas Interlude for Strings" (offertory)

(A lush arrangement of "In the Bleak Midwinter” and "Quem Pastores”; Scored for strings — at least 3, 3, 2, 1, 1, with an optional version containing a divided

cello part)

• Hear sound clip of the first carol ("In the Bleak Midwinter")  (Note: This is not a professional recording.)

"Blessed Be That Maid, Mary" (organ prelude or offertory)

A meditative organ piece in the romantic impressionist style of Kodály, based on the traditional English tune; Ca. 4 mins.

• Hear a sound clip of "Blessed Be That Maid, Mary" in its entirety
  (Note: This recording was made during the offertory of a church service, so it's a bit "noisy” in places.)