Based in Oregon, MotionGo Music is a cross-genre group led by main composer Dennis Hitchcox, who is an accomplished and versatile guitar player. He has been composing and performing in the Jazz, Rock, and Blues genres for over 20 years, and his award-winning compositions often incorporate such disparate elements as Country, Gypsy Swing, Classical, Latin, Dance, and Folk styles. A featured performer at the Portland Jazz Festival, Dennis received a BA in Jazz Compositon from the Ohio State University, and was awarded the Ruth Friscoe Prize in Jazz Composition in 2000.
SLIGHT SHOWERS: Dark moody instrumental, featuring a mellow electric guitar on lead, accompanied by percussions of cymbals, vibraphone drums and wood block. Bass guitar supports with a dark, laid back groove. Instrumental, Dramatic, Sad Music
TENDER MOMENT featuring a mellow finger-style guitar playing a melody accompanied by piano and harp. Brief interlude piece fit for a wholesome setting, innocent folk music feel for a homecoming or family gathering. Instrumental, Dramatic, Tender music
PEACEFUL ACOUSTIC instrumental track featuring classical guitar (nylon strings), accompanied by a cinematic studio MIDI string section, and a plucked harp. The same chord progression repeats three times, the first repeat has some variations and then it slows to an absolute ending. Instrumental, Dramatic, Tender music
ACOUSTIC ENSEMBLE in this instrumental track is made up of acoustic guitar, harp, piano, glockenspiel, vibraphone, viola and cello. Starts with a simple idea and then adds a steady tempo, followed by layers of different instruments and melodic themes. Balanced parts, no feature instrument. Instrumental, Dramatic, Contemplative Music
ACOUSTIC GUITAR instrumental track featuring a nylon-string, finger-picked, classical guitar, accompanied by synth glockenspiel and a small string section. The mood is tense and mysterious, the main theme a variation of it are played and then repeated. Instrumental, Dramatic, Calm Hypnotic
SUBTLE TENSION: Instrumental track featuring classical guitar accompanied by a string section. Ideal for film soundtracks, this piece creates tension through dissonant chords on guitar, while using no particular tempo or beat. Calm and quiet, but suspenseful. Instrumental, Dramatic, Calm Edgy
REFLECTION: Short, emotional piece featuring a classical guitar and piano. Good use for a transition, thoughtful mood, reflective. Instrumental, Dramatic, Contemplative Music
ACOUSTIC FOLK instrumental track in cut time featuring an old rickety piano accompanied by a classical guitar and upright bass, along with a heavy foot stomp for percussion. It has an acoustic, rustic European air to it, and also a mysterious noir feel as though from an earlier time period. Instrumental, Dramatic, Eclectic
HIGHLAND SOUNDS: instrumental dramatic track featuring distorted electric guitar and synthesizer, emulating sounds of Scottish or Celtic pipes. Good background for post-apocalyptic scenes, or a futuristic drama. Instrumental, Dramatic, Sad Music
SOMBER GUITAR MOOD: Short dramatic mood featuring guitar and synth. Mysterious electric guitar repeats a simple theme over a synthesizer and moog bass drone. Instrumental, Dramatic, Contemplative Music
SPACIOUS CLASSICAL GUITAR: Slow instrumental featuring classical guitar accompanied by strings. Lots of space, no specific tempo, meter or beat. Ideal for sad moods, but also has a typical Spanish flair in the chord structures and lends itself well to accompany early European time periods. Instrumental, Dramatic, Sad Music
CALM ACOUSTIC instrumentation in this somber track, featuring classical harp, classical guitar layers and full string section. A sonic melodrama, intentionally no real melody or hook. Instead, small repetitive motifs and rhythmic string plucking that helps to hypnotize, soothe. Instrumental, Dramatic, Calm Hypnotic
DRAMATIC AMBIENCE provided in this instrumental track, featuring an string and wind ensemble exchanging chords and motifs. The ensemble includes plucked guitar, piano, cello, double bass, viola and bassoon. There moments of tranquil chords and also moments of tension. Instrumental, Dramatic, Calm Edgy
DARK TRANSITION: Mellow, tragic instrumental featuring distorted electric guitar accompanied by acoustic guitar and cello. Slow, foreboding mood. Instrumental, Dramatic, Sad Music
NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE: This medium-paced instrumental track has a subtle, laid back vibe. It would fit well as background for a scene transition, accompanying focused work or sleuthing. The instrumentation consists of electronic percussion and a synth bass, and two electric rhythm guitars. Instrumental, Dramatic, Calm Edgy
COWBOY'S LAMENT in this 60-second instrumental track featuring a harmonica playing slowly over an almost drone played by the orchestra low strings. The harmonica gives it a Western quality, and as a soloist, implies loneliness and solitude as in the desert. Instrumental, Dramatic, Calm Edgy
HAPPY WHOLESOME instrumental track featuring a bassoon melody accompanied by strings performing some plucking and bowing. Instrumental, Dramatic, Tender music
MINDFUL MOMENT instrumental transitional piece featuring a piano and vibraphone sharing the melody, accompanied by a pulsating synthesizer sound and some electronic percussion sounds. Instrumental, Dramatic, Contemplative Music
ARABIAN NIGHTS track featuring a harp and acoustic guitar playing a recurring theme, accompanied by orchestral strings and percussion. Ideal soundtrack for a dessert scene or Arabian palace setting, has a large, grand feel to it. Instrumental, Dramatic, Regal Orchestral
