Music recorded in 1992 by Groovalaya:
Jeff Houndog Schiller: composer, vocals, tenor sax, video editing
Fausto Bozza: guitar
Dan Hovey: guitar
Ken Fradley: trumpet
Steve Alcott: bass
Art Lillard: drums (https://www.artlillard.com/)
Will Schillinger: engineer
Thank you to all the animators who made this film possible. I do not own the rights to any of the clips, and no copyright infringement was intended. If any artists would like to be credited, please contact jeff@houndogschiller.com, and your info will gladly be added here.
Lyrics:
Give me one cup of coffee, too many. Give me one cup o' joe, to see me through.
Be it perk or drip, espresso is hip, cappuccino, latte, guzzle or sip, I'll take one cup of coffee, too many.
Well it makes my heart go pitter pat, seein' that waitress comin' towards me like that.
Sittin' at the counter takin off my hat. Well I didn't need no menu when she said, "What'll it be?"
Took one look at her and said, "Whooeeee! I'll take one cup of coffee, too many."
I love the taste, I love the smell, I love the concept, cups and saucers as well.
I love the buzz, I love the jolt, That java bean hits me just like a lightning bolt!
Now some folks say I'm kinda jumpy, Talkin' fast, and dressin' frumpy.
I may be kinda jerky, definitely perky! But it ain't because I come from Albuquerque, no!
It's 'cause of one cup of coffee, too many. It was that one cup of joe that just put me right over the edge.
I was sad and tired, now I'm happy and wired.
Didn't cost me much and all that transpired was one cup of coffee, too many.
Written as a participant in BMI's "Composing for the Screen" workshop.
Thank yous to:
George S. Clinton for the inspiring original score of the film,
Doreen Ringer Ross for sponsoring the workshop, Rick Baitz for his guidance and study materials, Doug Ramsdell for gifting Houndog with a native american flute to play.
Offered in solidarity with courageous water protectors and indigenous rights advocates everywhere.
#nodapl
Created as part of a Society for Composers & Lyricists NY SongArts Storytelling Project.
Based on a scene from Chapter 4 of Lewis Carroll's "Alice In Wonderland", this music video explores the social order of that magical place, in which The White Rabbit refers to Alice as Mary Anne. Hmmm.
A special thank you to all the illustrators who have helped us visualize that world over the years.
The recording of Houndog's original arrangement of Just Once was filmed in 2002 with an iPhone 4, and a Canon PowerShot, hence the grainy footage...sorry about that! Thanks to all the Covid stay-at-home time, Houndog was finally able to edit it all together.
Featured in this video:
Jeff Houndog Schiller on alto, tenor, baritone and bass saxophones
Skiddles the cat on...catness.
Written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Houndog adapted this arrangement for 5 saxophones from the Quincy Jones album "The Dude".
Lyrics:
I did my best, but I guess my best wasn't good enough, 'cause here we are back where we were before.
Seems nothin' ever changes, we're back to being strangers.
Wondering if we ought to stay, or head on out the door.
Just once, can we figure out what we keep doin' wrong?
Why we never last for very long. What are we doin' wrong?
Just once, can we find a way to finally make it right?
Make the magic last for more than just one night.
We could just get to it, I know we could break through it.
I gave my all, but I think my all may have been too much, 'cause Lord knows we're not gettin' anywhere.
Seems we're always blowin', whatever we've got goin',
And it seems at times with all we've got, we haven't got a prayer...
Just once, can we figure out what we keep doin' wrong?
Why the good times never last for long. Where are we goin' wrong?
Just once, can we find a way to finally make it right?
Make the magic last for more than just one night.
I know we could break through it, if we could just get to it. Just once,
I want to understand: why it always comes back to goodbye.
Why can't we get ourselves in hand, and admit to one another, we're no good without each other?
Take the best and make it better, find a way to stay together?
Just once, can we find a way to finally make it right?
Make the magic last for more than just one night?
I know we could break through it, if we could just get to it, Just Once...
Rendemption Song – by Bob Marley, Arranged for Saxophone Quartet
Jeff Houndog Schiller: tenor sax, arrangement, video editing
Frank Vacin: bari sax Mike Cohen: alto sax
Keith Bishop: soprano sax
"How long shall they kill black people
While we sit around an wait
Some say it’s just a part of it
But the wait is a bit too great"
- Bob Marley/Bunny Wailer
Purchase the sheet music for this arrangement here.
The Players:
Mike Cohen: Clarinet
Keith Bishop: Oboe, English Horn Amie Amis: French Horn
Jeff Houndog Schiller: Flute, video editing
Frank Vacin: Bassoon
The music Houndog would have written for the title sequence of Hitchcok's "The Birds" if Hitch had asked him to...featuring Houndog on piccolo, flute and bass clarinet
Working with a rough cut of "Bourne Identity" that contained no sound other than location dialogue, this clip is an example of Houndog's composition, sound design and foley (sound effects) work.
Houndog's submission to the 2016 Marvin Hamlisch Film Scoring Contest. Contestants received the film with the original credits but with all sound removed. Houndog did the sound design, composed the score, played and recorded bass sax, flute, piccolo, alto flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, voices, edited and mastered the audio.
Written as a participant in BMI's "Composing for the Screen" workshop in 2016. This scene originally had no music, and was carried by the extensive sound design, which Houndog tried to preserve as much as possible in his score.
Thank yous to:
David Shire for the inspiring original score of the film,
Doreen Ringer Ross for sponsoring the workshop, Rick Baitz for his guidance and study materials,
Mary Rowell: violin,
Fung Chern Hwei: violin,
Jessica Meyer: viola,
Yves Dharamraj: cello,
Steve Addabbo: recording engineer (Shelter Island Sound)
Houndog's submission to the 2nd annual www.cine.org filmscoring competition.
Note: the original credits are part of the film. The original video and score can be found here.
Credits:
Jeff Schiller: score, sound design, digital editing, flute, piccolo, bass clarinet Dan Levine: trombone, tuba, alto horn
Eliot Bailen: cello
My arrangement of Bob Marley's Redemption Song, with a nod to Bunny Wailer's version that I was always partial to. Arranged and performed by Jeff "Houndog" Schiller on saxes. Purchase the sheet music for this arrangement: https://houndogschiller.com/sheet-music-sax-quartet/
The first of three spontaneously created pieces by:
Clint Bahr (12-String Bass & Chapman Stick)
David Donen (Drums)
Sean Grissom (Electric Cello)
Brian Kollins (Percussion)
Jeff Houndog Schiller (Woodwinds)
Produced by Clint Bahr & Todd Hemleb
Engineer: Todd Hemleb
Assistant Engineer: Ken Helmlinger
Recorded at Pyramid Recording NYC
Videographer: Miriam Rochford
Film Editor: Jeff Schiller
Coordination: Stephanie Feyne
The second of three spontaneously created pieces by:
Clint Bahr (12-String Bass & Chapman Stick)
David Donen (Drums)
Sean Grissom (Electric Cello)
Brian Kollins (Percussion)
Jeff Houndog Schiller (Woodwinds)
Produced by Clint Bahr & Todd Hemleb
Engineer: Todd Hemleb
Assistant Engineer: Ken Helmlinger
Recorded at Pyramid Recording NYC
Videographer: Miriam Rochford
Film Editor: Jeff Schiller
Coordination: Stephanie Feyne
The third of three spontaneously created pieces by:
Clint Bahr (12-String Bass & Chapman Stick)
David Donen (Drums)
Sean Grissom (Electric Cello)
Brian Kollins (Percussion)
Jeff Houndog Schiller (Woodwinds)
Produced by Clint Bahr & Todd Hemleb
Engineer: Todd Hemleb
Assistant Engineer: Ken Helmlinger
Recorded at Pyramid Recording NYC
Videographer: Miriam Rochford
Film Editor: Jeff Schiller
Coordination: Stephanie Feyne
I've always loved this theme by Jerry Goldsmith. For this project, I took a 2-staff piano score and orchestrated it for a full orchestra, and created a scrolling score video for you to follow along. Enjoy!
Shot while on tour with the Broadway show "Brooklyn the Musical" with a Canon Elph, edited in imovie. Music by Architecture in Helsinki. Currently working on a "crossing the street" series!
the long awaited(!) 2nd in my series of crossing the street videos, filmed on while tour w/ 'brooklyn the musical' w/ a canon elph, using imovie, garageband, and featuring an original score
the third in my series of crossing the street videos. shot with a canon elph, edited in imovie, scored in logic. filmed on the corner of original joe's: http://www.originaljoes.com/ItalianRestaurantsanjose.htm
