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- The Bridge Project – RICHARD III
I’m thrilled to be working with Mark Bennett again as Associate Composer. Fellow Northwestern alumnus Curtis Moore is Music Coordinator and Director. The Bridge Project is a co-production of London’s The Old Vic, Brooklyn’s BAM and Sam Mendes’ Neal Street Productions. Richard III opens at The Old Vic and tours Athens & Epidaurus Festival, Spain’s [...]
- DRIVING MISS DAISY on Broadway
I’m associate composer, and it’s a great pleasure to work again with composer Mark Bennett (A Steady Rain, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, The Coast of Utopia.) Starring Vanessa Redgrave, James Earl Jones, and Boyd Gaines, this is the first-ever Broadway production of Alfred Uhry’s iconic play. David Esbjornson directs. Sound design is by Christopher Cronin. [...]
- Durang’s WHY TORTURE IS WRONG, AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM
I join composer Mark Bennett (Coast of Utopia, The Bridge Project) as associate composer and co-arranger on Christopher Durang’s new comedy, Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them, premiering at The Public Theater on April 6. Nicholas Martin directs, sound design by Drew Levy, scenic design by David Korins, costume design by [...]
- “Oil”
Lyrics by the multitalented Kurt Larsen.matthew-henning-oil
- “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood for the MTV Crowd”
How to be a Kid is a children’s series created by and starring fellow DePauw alum Jack Stahlmann, who asked me to write and produce music for the pilot episode. Aimed at the underserved 8- to 11-year-old demographic, HTBAK teaches problem-solving skills in real-life situations like schoolyard bullies and test-taking. Joe Raposo is one of [...]
- “Bible Study”
Like so many musicians, my first exposure to practical musicmaking was not in school but in church. The ensemble was several guitars, an Omnichord, a piano. Occasionally older kids in the parochial wind band would bring their horns. We’d sway to the post-Vatican II treacle of Carey Landry, Dan Schutte, and Marty Haugen. We’d sway [...]
- The Wizard Returns
And so the Help Wizard returns to The Houston Museum of Natural Science – just in time to save Earth’s energy sources from the greedy little green monster from outer space, Blackout Bart. The chase is projected onto a huge hemispherical screen. Viewers zoom by undersea oil wells, wind farms, coal mines, nuclear cooling towers, [...]
- Carrot Music
Two phrases for Gerardo. carrotmusic
- “Laura”
laura drawing: David Cardon
- “Fish God” as heard on WFMU
fish_god thanks be to gene www.TimeCube.com
- Who Cares About Energy?
The Houston Museum of Natural science is one of the most heavily attended museums in the country. If you’re ever in the neighborhood, check out my songs in Who Cares About Energy, a permanent exhibit at the Wiess Energy Hall. Who Cares is an animated feature starring Jerry Dixon (tick, tick… BOOM!, Mario Cantone’s Laugh [...]
- “A Panic Attack is Defined” in DIAGRAM.3_6
A long while back, Lou and Carmela were renovating their dream home while I tried to live and work there. Unfortunately, things didn’t work out so well. In addition to Xanax, I got pamphlets, and I decided to make something. DIAGRAM included the piece in a special audio issue. panic-attack http://thediagram.com/3_6/henning.html Do check out more [...]
- Emmy Nom!
I’ve been nominated for a Regional Emmy Award for Composer by the Mid-America Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Awards to be presented Oct 16th in St Louis. Music was for the 50th Anniversary celebration of WGEM AM/FM/TV in my hometown of Quincy IL.
- Ratbombs and Satyrs
I wrote the music for WILL ROCK, released by Saber Interactive and Ubisoft. This FPS borrows heavily from Serious Sam, with settings and creatures straight out of Greek/Roman myth. It looks good – Saber Interactive is rightfully proud of the 3D engine they developed and used in this title. Apparently the enemies are often so [...]