Piano-based instrumental music for film - in the words of one collaborator: "emotionally, dramatically and artistically sophisticated, ethereal, mesmerizing, intensely dramatic, and unlike any other music I know."

12 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Folk Pop, CLASSICAL: Contemporary



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âThoughtful arrangements of beautifully recorded, warm-sounding instruments.â (Entertainment Weekly, on Gregâs work with Hem).

September Songs: Music for Film, is the first solo offering by a man best known as the arranger for indie-folk band Hem. Gregâs piano-based instrumental music (compiled from film and other projects) captures a range of deeply-felt emotion along with a quirkily playful sense of drama.

Says one collaborator, âHe has ranged from quiet, lyric musings to the most elegantly harmonic vocal sounds. He is eclectic with power in many forms, flexible, intuitive, and capable of finding just the right music to complement even the most idiosyncratic vision.â

âGreg Pliskaâs music and sound design surround the action with an evocative halo of sound.â (culturevulture.net)

September Songs: Music for Film features the work of Gregâs ensemble, the Gowanus Radio Orchestra, a motley crew of New Yorkâs finest musicians. Tracks range from the moody âShards of Glassâ and the nostalgic âManhattan Nocturneâ to the lyrically mournful âRockville 1935â, written as an elegy for his father. The energetic âChampagne & Rice,â which accompanied Greg and his bride back down the aisle, and the quirky jazz tune, âIâve Got a Questionâ¦â line up nicely next to a dance piece, âSummer in the City,â which bounces Zappa-esque guitar-and-marimba licks off of a propulsive piano part. âMorningâ and âSeptember Songâ bring thoughtful and deeply-felt beauty to the mix.

A must-have for fans of Hem, this CD stands on its own as a favorite of lovers of film music and aficionados of contemporary piano artists.