Dexter: Resurrection represents a huge leap forward for me professionally and creatively. This landmark series from Showtime/Paramount+ reached millions of viewers when it premiered, and I was proud to contribute over 130 cues across ten episodes.

Highlights include:

“Prater’s Theme”, an elegant & mysterious piano motif that recurs throughout the season as Leon Prater (Peter Dinklage) spirals into darkness.
A suite of three pieces for Charley (Uma Thurman) that develop as the season progresses, mirroring her character’s push-and-pull between morality and duty.
The extended dream sequence that opens the series, where Dexter is visited by the ghosts of his past.
The entire arc of Lowell (Neil Patrick Harris) as he befriends Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), sharing his, shall we say, sanguine proclivities.
Several full-orchestra cues as Prater descends into grandiose bloodlust and mania.

As assistant to Pat Irwin, I relished the opportunity to learn and grow from his wealth of experience. I admire his ability to combine just a few simple elements into an effective cue. It is counterintuitively more difficult to write simply than it is to add many many layers of complexity.

Writing music for a network TV series is like being a creative athlete - you’re out there every day writing, revising and conforming cues to the newest cut, developing muscle memory and an intuitive sense for what’s coming next. I strategically took time to rest and regenerate during the process (like every athlete needs to!), which made my work more consistent across all ten episodes over the course of nearly 7 months.

Special shout out to the entire Dexter music team, whose drive, creativity and vigilance pushed this score to be better and more encompassing: Sam Bishoff (asst composer), Jahn Sood (music editor) and Patrick Derivaz (mixer).