Tony Morales

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Tony Morales

Tony Morales

@tmcomposes

Film & TV Composer • Basketball Junkie

Los Angeles, CA Se unió Haziran 2016
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Cranjis McBasketball
Cranjis McBasketball@Tim_NBA·
Is there a team in the league that compounds their misfortune more than the Lakers? It feels like anytime a call isn’t in their favor there’s like a 50% chance they don’t get back and give up an advantage to the opponent in transition defense and/or they get a tech.
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The White House
The White House@WhiteHouse·
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN 🇺🇸
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Gandalv
Gandalv@Microinteracti1·
This video should unsettle anyone who takes the United States seriously as a nation. Because it exposes something dangerous: the trivialization of the world's most consequential office. It shows how carelessly the power, credibility, and accumulated moral authority of a superpower can be squandered for a few seconds of viral attention. In any other major democracy, this behavior from a head of state would trigger a constitutional crisis. Paris would burn. Berlin would convene emergency sessions. In the Nordic countries, resignation would follow within hours. Across functioning democracies, the public, institutions, and political class would recognize this for what it is: an assault on the dignity of the state itself. Leaders are not free to perform as entertainers without consequence. National honor is not personal property, it's held in trust. But the United States is not just another country with a provocateur in charge. It is the linchpin of global order. It maintains formal alliances and security guarantees with forty to fifty nations. It underwrites the financial architecture, trade systems, and diplomatic frameworks that billions of people depend on daily. When the American president speaks—or posts—it doesn't land as satire, meme, or personal whim. It reads as a signal about what the country is becoming. American power has never relied solely on carrier strike groups or economic output. It has rested on something more fragile and more valuable: trust. The belief that beneath domestic turbulence lies institutional seriousness, predictability, and a baseline commitment to dignity. That belief is now disintegrating in real time. Millions of American companies operate globally. They negotiate multibillion-dollar contracts in environments where reputation is currency. Boardrooms in Frankfurt, Singapore, and Dubai aren't debating whether a post was clever—they're asking whether the United States remains a reliable partner. Whether agreements signed today will be honored tomorrow. Whether American leadership has devolved from institutional to purely theatrical. Consider tourism, which sustains millions of American jobs—airlines, hotels, restaurants, museums, entire regional economies. Soft power isn't an abstraction. It materializes in flight bookings, conference locations, study-abroad programs, and decades of accumulated goodwill. A quiet, decentralized boycott doesn't require government action—only a collective sense that a nation no longer respects itself. Now picture this image being studied by foreign ministers, central bank governors, defense strategists, and sovereign wealth fund managers. Picture them asking a coldly rational question: How do we write binding thirty-year agreements with a country whose public face will be this, relentlessly, for years to come? How do we plan for the long term when the tone is impulsive, mocking, and unbound by the gravity of office? This is where the real calculus begins. Trillions in foreign capital depend on confidence that America is stable, credible, and rule-governed. That confidence is now being traded for what, exactly? Applause from an online mob? A dopamine rush from manufactured outrage? Content designed to dominate the news cycle rather than serve the national interest? Every serious nation eventually confronts this choice: burn long-term credibility for short-term spectacle, or safeguard the reputation previous generations bled to build. The United States spent eighty years constructing an image of reliability, restraint, and leadership under pressure. That image wasn't born from perfection—it came from a visible commitment to standards that transcended impulse. This isn't a partisan issue. Europeans who value democratic norms recognize something ominously familiar here. Americans—Democrat and Republican alike—who believe in responsibility and restraint should see it too. Power attracts scrutiny. Leadership demands discipline. A superpower cannot behave like a reality TV contestant without paying a price. The presidency is not a personal broadcast channel. It's a symbol carried on behalf of 330 million people and countless international partners who never voted but whose lives are shaped by American decisions anyway. Every post either reinforces or erodes the idea that America can be counted on when it matters most. So the question is no longer whether this is offensive. The question is whether this is who America chooses to be: a nation that trades a century of hard-won reputation for viral moments. A country that replaces statecraft with content creation. A republic governed like a season of reality television. History offers a harsh lesson here. Great powers don't fall because enemies mock them. They collapse when they begin mocking themselves—publicly, proudly, and without grasping the cost until it's far too late. Stay connected, Follow Gandalv @Microinteracti1
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Deadline
Deadline@DEADLINE·
Catherine O’Hara, the beloved comic actor who launched her extraordinary career as one of the ensemble members of the star-making cast of SCTV before gaining acclaim in such films as Beetlejuice, Home Alone, A Mighty Wind and, in a full-circle embrace of her TV roots that earned her an Emmy Award, Schitt’s Creek, has died. She was 71. Her death has been confirmed by Deadline. This is a breaking story… deadline.com/2026/01/cather… (Photo: Getty)
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Michael J. Duarte
Michael J. Duarte@michaeljduarte·
I asked Dave Roberts before the game what he learned from managing Game 7 against the Astros in 2017. When he left Yu Darvish in too long IMO. He said he's learned to manage with more urgency, but he did the same thing tonight. can't believe it.
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Lakers Nation
Lakers Nation@LakersNation·
As JJ Redick stated pregame, same starters for the #Lakers tonight.
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Lakers Nation
Lakers Nation@LakersNation·
Reaves with the crafty finish plus the foul. Hopefully that gets him going.
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Tony Morales
Tony Morales@tmcomposes·
@LakersNation Wouldn’t know because I have to watch double OT game I have zero interest in
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ESPN BET
ESPN BET@ESPNBET·
AND NOW WE'VE GOT DOUBLE-OVERTIME?! 😅
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The White House
The White House@WhiteHouse·
🚨NEW POLL🚨 57.11% of Americans APPROVE of President Trump! MAGA!
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Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott@GregAbbott_TX·
Today, I signed the One Big Beautiful Map into law. This map ensures fairer representation in Congress. Texas will be more RED in Congress.
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Tony Morales
Tony Morales@tmcomposes·
@spnfangrl Thank you @spnfangrl 🙏🏼This was my favorite sequence of scenes from S1 to score. Was tricky to keep the music from being a distraction throughout the 3 storylines so I wrote a simple but evolving arrangement of our main ‘task force’ theme first heard in ep1.
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spnfangrl•VanCon2025•Natalie
Rewatching #Countdown Ep.7 & I was struck by the excellent score delicately pulsinging & pressing forward the 3 intertwined stories at the end of the episode, made all the more potent by its sudden absence as Mark confesses "I have a tumor" to Amber. Masterfully done @tmcomposes!
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Variety
Variety@Variety·
Ozzy Osbourne, a founding father of British heavy metal, a latter-day solo star and a new-millennium reality TV luminary, died Tuesday after a yearslong struggle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 76. variety.com/2025/music/obi…
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Ball Don't Stop
Ball Don't Stop@balldontstop·
Kobe before the Achilles tear 🤦🏽‍♂️ Cooking against the Heat superteam. So fluid and sharp with his movement. Sensei stage.
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Tony Morales
Tony Morales@tmcomposes·
Thanks for the nice comments about the music 😊 Have you all watched ep6 yet?!
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Tony Morales@tmcomposes·
@Variety Please just stop reporting anything this clown says
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