I participated in Ryan Leach’s composing competition for July 2023! All participants were asked to create 90 seconds of music that accompanies the above painting by David Frasheski named TerraCanyon. My vision was a Western soundtrack with with an initial fast-paced introduction that falls into a lyrical, reflective chorale to represent the cowboy’s gaze off into the distance. I mainly pulled inspiration from the exhilarating Magnificent Seven soundtrack by Elmer Bernstein and the elegant Soarin’ over California theme by Jerry Goldsmith. Ryan will be having a livestream on August 16th to announce the finalists for the competition right here so stay tuned!