LATEST RELEASES

Le Clown is an instrumental album of cinematic themes by John Forbes. These themes are based around a solo piano with sparce orchestration.

QUIET WORSHIP is a collection of instrumental praise and worship songs composed and produced by John Forbes.

ANABEL Anabel is a musical piece that I composed while on Broadway as musical director for Love Jones the Musical. It is inspired by my daughter Catriona Forbes who was 5 years old at the time. The melody is from my emotional state when I was not with my daughter. It...

Dark Town is a collection of themes composed for darkness and tension in mind. These themes are the perfect recipe for film or television cues needing a dramatic feel without being distracting. These themes tend to be more emotional and void of direct genre or styles...

Lucky Spurs is a theme composed for the film written by Rick Padilla. The script itself was based on a short story by cowboy author, JPS Brown. I had the privilege of working with Joe Brown starting in 2015. I took trips to Patagonia, AZ from 2016 to 2022 staying on...

IT’S ALL ABOUT LOVE   In an attempt to assemble a collection of themes that support scenes about love, intimacy and passion, I composed 11 suites based on piano and a modest textural ensemble. After years of scoring for TV and film and later as a post supervisor,...

In 2015, I had the opportunity to meet a film industry professional that has become a creative and business partner. Rick Padilla is afilm director that worked with the legendary Hal Ashby as hiscreative associate. Hal was considered one of the greatestdirectors to...

"Go To Sleep" is a song written and produced by John Forbes for his daughter Catriona. With Grammy winning singer, Quan Howell, this is a beautiful symphonic lullaby.  Shortly after the birth of my daughter in 2011, I found myself rocking her to sleep every night...

New Collaboration Between John Forbes and Courtney David Titled "Stay High." In 2019 I received a phone call from a label in regards to a newly released, Kanye West, Gospel Album. The label was aware of my history in Gospel music and asked if I would consider...

"Cowboy Christmas" is the special holiday release by artist, Cory Padilla, and based on the book, The Spirit of Dogie Long by JPS Brown. The Cowboy Christmas song was recorded during the time the soon to be released “The Spirit of Dogie Long” album featuring Cory...

"Soy Una Taza" is the first release from Latin artist, Anabelita. Sung in Spanish, Anabelita's music is produced for kids of all ages. The EP contains 3 Spanish language children’s songs:           (1) El Baile Del Sapito - is an uptempo Latin groove that is the Dance...