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Doug Jackson

Doug Jackson - Composer

About Me


I'm a composer and the owner of Schlecktones Music . Schlecktones Music provides distinctive original music for Film, TV, Web and Multimedia projects. My music evokes a wide range of emotions in the listener and enhances any project by imparting that special mood or ambiance to the audience.
Schlecktones Music is located in Arlington, VA just minutes outside Washington, DC. Contact me to discuss music for your Film, TV, Web, or Multimedia project. I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
2007 - I am referenced in this publication:
Music for Piano and Orchestra:
The Recorded Repertory
Compiled by Dr. Allan B. Ho
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
  • June 2007 - Abingdon Artworks .
    Theme Music for this web site that promotes the paintings of Kim Perkins.
  • June 2007 - Doodles The Dodo - A children's story book.
    Doodles The Dodo Theme Music for the web site that promotes the book.
  • May 1989 - Conentric Shades.
    Premiere by the Arlington Symphony Orchestra - Conducted by David Pollitt.
  • 1984 thru 1985 - Television documentary "T Is For Teacher". "Music for Piano and Orchestra" was used in this television documentary and aired in the USA. Produced by Phyllis Ward.
  • February 1984 - Music for Piano and Orchestra.
    Premiere by the Arlington Symphony Orchestra - Conducted by Karl Rucht.
    • My music is also available on iTunes , Sony Connect , Rhapsody , emusic , Yotta Music , and PayLoadz .

    My Interests

    Music:

    Member Since: 10/9/2006
    Band Website: douglasgrayjackson.com
    Influences: Elmer Bernstein
    (To Kill A Mockingbird)
    Leonard Bernstein
    (Rumble from West Side Story)
    Dickey Betts
    (High Falls)
    Alexander Courage
    (The original theme from Star Trek)
    Danny Elfman
    (The Simpsons TV show Theme, Men In Black)
    Dominic Frontiere
    (Music for the original Outer Limits TV show. Thanks to Afterthem for pointing out this hitherto unknown subconscious influence)
    Jerry Goldsmith
    (Music for the Our Man Flint and In Like Flint movies)
    Bernard Hermann
    (Music for the original Twilight Zone TV show, and Hitchcock's North by Northwest, Fahrenheit 451 (1966))
    Thomas Newman
    (American Beauty)
    Steve Reich
    (Anything Steve composes, but especially Music For 18 Musicians and Different Trains)
    Lalo Schifrin
    (Music for the Mission Impossible TV show, The President's Analyst, Cool Hand Luke, and THX-1138 movies and many others)
    Igor Stravinsky
    (Anything Igor composed, but especially, Le Sacre du Printemps, Petrushka, L'histoire du Soldat , Agon, Les Noces, Scherzo à la Russe, plus many others.)
    Frank Zappa
    (Anything Frank composed but especially The Black Page, Watermellon In Easter Hay, Inca Roads, Purple Lagoon, Music for Guitar and Low Budget Orchestra, and many others)
    FZ Quote: "A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians."

    Sounds Like: Doug Jackson

    Record Label: Schlecktones Music
    Type of Label: Indie