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In Radiant Black issue 3, Kyle, Marcelo, Becca and Michael embarked on an incredibly ambitious journey -- building a story that explores and chronicles the creative process.

Kyle and I immediately thought that a 'theme and variation' based musical piece would be the perfect accompaniment, a fun way to represent ideas bouncing around in a writer's mind, dancing around a theme that is struggling to find its legs, exploring colors of the orchestra, from strings to winds to brass, developing bit by bit, until the full thematic idea finally finds its footing and comes to life, triumphantly stated by the entire orchestra.

We felt the liveliness and dexterity that a real orchestra brings was necessary to fully represent these fast moving ideas, and thus, high strings and flutes are constantly percolating and fragmenting with excited energy, much like Nathan's thoughts in his pursuit to crack his novel.

Sam is a mutli-media composer and artist based in Los Angeles, California. He works prominently in television, film, and games, and recent credits include Co-Composer for The Walking Dead Season 10 and Composer for Shudder's "The Shed."

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