Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Ninja Slide

If seven-year-old me met current me and asked what I was up to, and I said that I just finished writing music for a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video game, I think we would have slapped high-fives and shared a moment of mutual appreciation. Then I'd go blow his mind by kicking a soccer ball in the air higher than he could ever dream to.

Keep on Trackin'

Ever wonder what went into writing Super Nintendo music? Writing for Sifteo Cubes is a really similar process -- I wrote a blog post on the Sifteo Tech Blog laying it out for all you curious musicians and nostalgiaholics.

Surf Berlin: Patience, Dedication, Obsession

Surf Berlin: 30 Seconds from Ira Mowen on Vimeo.

With only one chance per day to catch this wave, every missed opportunity is agonizing. Surf Berlin is a film about patience, dedication, and a bit of obsession in the quest to catch the last German wave....

Sifteo Cubes: Radically Simple

I wrote music for an advertisement for the new Sifteo Cubes – a new tactile gaming platform.

IndieCade 2012: Indie Game Developers

Ashton Kutcher and ThrashLab produced a short video featuring Sifteo's Chroma Shuffle – a 2012 IndieCade finalist.

Keep an ear out at 3:20 for a familiar tune:

The next step is terrible...

If only you'd remember before ever you sit down to write that you've been a reader long before you were ever a writer. You simply fix that fact in your mind, then sit very still and ask yourself, as a reader, what piece of writing in all the world Buddy Glass would most want to read if he had his heart's choice. The next step is terrible, but so simple I can hardly believe it as I write it. You just sit down shamelessly and write the thing yourself. I won't even underline that. It's too important to be underlined."

-J.D. Salinger
Seymour, an Introduction

Chroma Shuffle at IndieCade

Very excited that Sifteo's Chroma Shuffle is a 2012 IndieCade Nominee! (Music and sound by yours truly)