Samsquatch

This is Luis Narino, the composer for “Samsquatch”. My ideas were at their wobbliest when it came to the music for the short. Thankfully, the score he delivered is totally sweet. Below are a few samples he worked up initially. I liked this first one so much that it became the title theme:

Woods Theme

It’s never explicitly stated that the story takes place in the Great Pacific Northwest. But it probably does. Despite the title music’s Southern twang we wanted to have some musical cues that would evoke the region. Sea chanteys and logging camp songs, maybe? Thanks to a zealous music teacher in grade school, when I think of Northwest music I invariably think about the tune “Acres of Clams”. Not the Pete Seeger version.

Free of that impediment, Luis came up with this sample which ended up being Sam’s theme:

Northwest Mix.

Looking dang serious.

Thunderbird Theme

Early on, I was having some trouble visualizing the Thunderbird character in flight. I don’t know birds. Jen knows birds, though, and she graciously supplied these sketches. After some inbetweening, the resulting animation test was sent to Taiwan for reference. Thanks again, Jen. I should have some screenshots and maybe some clips up by next week.

Flight reference drawings by Jennifer Hager