PORTRAITS OF A THEME for Symphony Orchestra @Kennedy Center (2010)

Predicated on a theme that I wrote for the WB show, “Smallville” under the tutelage of the original composer and friend Mark Snow, this theme which is indicative of the young early rocky life of the superhero Superman is full of twists and turns as different aspects of the theme are explore in mini ‘portraits’. The inversion and retrograde inversions of the thematic material are intersperse throughout this work with intricate counter-rhythms that play off of one another in the winds. In true ABA fashion, I was impressed to extend this original cue for the show into this overture.