In the beginning was the drum. And it is the drum that steps into the spotlight of Liquid Cinema’s “Cinematic Drumming” project. Bursting with energy, rhythm, vitality, and epic scope, this is a unique look at the sound of drums from huge Japanese Taiko drums to urban 808 beats. The album is a diverse collection of styles and sounds that add pounding percussion, groove and swagger. Most tracks build to an exciting climax for trailers, but have plenty to draw on for many other uses.

The pieces on “Cinematic Drumming” use rock drums; orchestral drums and percussion; drums from Africa, Asia, and outer space; along with wild electronic drums and guitars. These are more than just grooves and beats, these are real music.

Contributors include Bart Hendrikson (music for Spiderman 2, Hannibal, The Ring 2, Black Hawk Down, Last Samurai, Mission Impossible 2, Pearl Harbor, Gladiator, The Ring, Heroes, Glee, The Game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2), German composer/musician Boris Nonte (trailers for “The Book of Eli”, “Surrogates”, commercials, video games), Jeff Rona (music for Black Hawk Down, Gladiator, Traffic, EarthSea, Persons Unknown, Homicide, God of War 3, and more), and talented newcomers Nathan Rightnour and Max Cameron-Concors.

Check out “Rise Again” and “Heart Beater”… HQ versions of these tracks are available on the Listen page.

The tracks are:

• Orbit
• EternaRide
• Wild Rice
• InUrBase

After a year of on-and-off deliberation, I have finally settled on a new site design, locked myself in a room long enough to build it, and given new life to NathanRightnour.com. The new design makes it easier for you to listen to my music, and it makes it easier for me to post as well. You will be hearing a lot from me in the near future.

A lot has happened in the last year, even though I haven’t been updating. Let’s just say I’ve been creating content for the site. The biggest news in the last year is that I’ve been working full-time-plus with composer Jeff Rona in Santa Monica. His music is fantastic and he’s worked on many big projects. We spent many months working on a movie called “The Chosen One”, starring Rob Schneider and Steve Buscemi. We recorded at the beautiful Warner Brothers stage, which was a humbling experience. I nabbed my first IMDB credit on this project. Otherwise we have been doing countless other things, many with a company named Apple.

I’ve been freelancing as well. A few music production libraries are releasing my music, as you will see elsewhere on the site. This is music that is meant to be licensed into trailers, TV, film and so on. I just wrote a tune for a book (yes I typed that correctly) that reached #1 on iTunes’ New and Noteworthy within 24 hours of it’s release, and is having critical success overseas. I’ve also been contacted by several other companies who have talked to me about some upcoming projects.

There should be plenty of new music from me soon!

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Thanks for stopping by. Check out the media page to listen to some of my music.

Nathan