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"The Gunness Mystery" Suite, Op. 164, No. 1 (2020/2025)

For Solo Piano

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Duration: 5'45"

  1. Love Theme
  2. Murder Theme
  3. Moving to La Porte
  4. McClung Road Rag
  5. Swedish Lullaby
  6. Children of the Heavenly Father
  7. Incidental Music 1
  8. Incidental Music 2

Program Notes:

In 2020, La Porte County Historian Bruce Johnson released "The Gunness Mystery", a documentary film about La Porte serial killer Belle Gunness. He also composed a piano soundtrack for the film. A few years ago, he approached me about orchestrating the music for a local ensemble, and as a first step to this I worked with him to transcribe the original piano music. Most of the music was originally composed by Bruce Johnson, with the exception of the incidental music, which was taken from a royalty-free library.