Film Music

Film Music
(Ayarou)

Personalized, autographed copies of CDs are available by sending a check or money order for $15 to:
Stephen Jay
8587 Cuddy Valley Road
Frazier Park, CA 93225

Fluent in conventional scoring techniques and a full range of musical styles, Stephen Jay specializes in combining ethnic and modern instruments to create a blend of the exotic and contemporary. He has scored more than fifty nationally broadcast PBS specials and series episodes, including three George Foster Peabody Award winners, and contributed to several feature films. His background includes a BA and MM Graduate Fellowship in composition, and studies with composers John Cage, Lucas Foss, Max Neuhaus and Charles Wuronien. In the mid-seventies he lived in West Africa studying the Dundun (talking drum), with master drummer Isah Hamani of the Djerma peoples of Niamey, Niger. Additional travels and instrumental studies in Asia and the South Pacific broadened Jay's expertise in world music styles and instrumental performance. His extensive collection of exotic wind, string, and percussion instruments, played in combination with contemporary ensembles, results in richly textured musical images.

Samples in RealAudio:

  1. WORLD
    • DOGUMBO GULU - (RealAudio)
    • TAMBACOUNDA
    • PETROGLYPHS
    • VENTANA
    • BY THE EDGE
    • OVERLOOK
  2. FUSION
    • CHEZ YAGO - (RealAudio)
    • EAST HARLEM TECH
    • ROVERS
    • THREE KITCHENS
    • TELENERGY
  3. INTERNATIONAL
    • THE BIG CROC - (RealAudio)
    • NUGAKU
    • SEA URCHINS
    • BATTAR GANESHA
    • BAMBOO JUNGLE
    • BAMAKO SUNSET
  4. ORCHESTRAL
    • SPY HARD - (RealAudio)
    • LUNAR COMMISH
    • THE CONDOR
    • SALT FLATS
    • WHISPER JET
    • AIRCRAFT OPENING
  5. MYSTERY
    • MAGELLAN'S DREAM - (RealAudio)
    • COOL BETH
    • WINDMILLS
    • TIME JUDO
    • SLOW ENERGY
  6. SUSPENSE
    • VIRGINIA BUGS - (RealAudio)
    • ICE GROWTH
    • EYE OF THE STORM
    • TERMINAL VISION
    • GLASS EXPANSE
  7. FUNK
    • THE AND OF TWO - (RealAudio)
    • STREET KIDS
    • GO LIKE THIS
    • FLUX ETERNA
  8. ACTION
    • UGLY STREET - (RealAudio)
    • STREAMLINER
    • THUD SWAMP
    • OPENING WALL
  9. ROCK
    • CALAMIGOS - (RealAudio)
    • LITTLE DOGS
    • MILES AHEAD
    • DAYTONA
    • WAY BLUE
  10. THEMES
    • '57 CORVETTE - (RealAudio)
    • OCARINA MOUNTAIN
    • ROBOTS
    • TREASURE HUNTERS
    • NEW WEST
    • STREAMLINER 2
    • ASTROTEL
  11. TECHNO
    • GREEN GORILLA - (RealAudio)
    • CARTOONS
    • MEDICINE BALL
    • ABSOLUTE EDDIE
    • WRENCHIN
  12. DOCUMENTARY
    • OPEN FOCUS - (RealAudio)
    • LAWIS
    • WIDE ANGLE
    • SHUTTLE LAUNCH
  13. SCIENCE
    • CYDONIA - (RealAudio)
    • APERTURE
    • OLD TIGER
    • JUST BE