Bret Higgins - Scoring the Unseen (2026)

Scoring the Unseen - 
Imagined soundtracks for films not yet made - stories that linger just beyond the frame. Scoring the Unseen brings into focus Bret Higgins’ writing for chamber-style ensembles, music that suggests narrative without ever naming it, evoking places, tensions, and emotional undercurrents that feel strangely familiar yet entirely new.

An outgrowth of Higgins’ long-running Atlas Revolt project, the recording features core members of that ensemble expanded by a carefully curated palette of sounds: accordion, cimbalom, marimba, strings, woodwinds, choir, orchestral percussion, ocarina, charango, and synthesizers, each colour woven deliberately into the fabric of the music.

Deeply informed by a love of film scoring, these compositions subtly tip their hat to masters such as Ennio Morricone, François de Roubaix, Piero Umiliani, Piero Piccioni, John Zorn, and Gustavo Santaolalla - while always retaining Higgins’ own distinct voice. The result is an immersive listening experience: cinematic, textural, and deeply personal.

Tom Juhas - Electric Guitar
Kelsey McNulty - Piano, Wurlitzer, Electric Organ
Jon Hyde - Drums
Juan Carlos Medrano - Percussion
Brad Kilpatrick - Timpani, Marimba, Surdo, Bells, Bass Drum, Tam Tam, Chinese Tom Tom, Triangle, Metal Agogo
Aleksandar Gajic - Violin
Jessica Deutsch - Violin
Josh Greenlaw - Viola
Lydia Munchinsky - Cello
Jason Hay - Flute
Jacob Gorzhaltsan - Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute
Lief Mosbaugh - Oboe
Peter Lutek - Bassoon
Alexsandru Suna - Cimbalom
Eric Stein - Cimbalom
Milos Popovic - Accordion
Voci dell'Invisible - Choir

Bret Higgins - Piano, Synthesizers, Clavinet, Electric Organ, Electric Bass, Double Bass, Vibraphone, Bass Harmonica, Ocarina, Charango, Percussion, Rheem Kee Bass, Lyra 8.