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Bret Higgins: Scoring The Unseen

by Glenn Astarita
August 23, 2026

Bret Higgins has built a career as a bassist among adventurous improvisers, but on Scoring the Unseen he steps fully into the role of film composer, minus the inconvenience of an actual film. The concept, soundtracks for movies that exist only in imagination, could easily be read as a gimmick on paper. On wax, it plays like a genuine calling. Higgins handles double bass, piano, synthesizers, clavinet, vibraphone, ocarina, and charango himself, an instrumental range that borders on showing off, ...