Sorry for the extended break in updates. Will try to get some more stuff up soon, probably in a couple weeks when I'm on spring break.
The previous post was about those "Action Themes" I composed. These files below replace the ones I uploaded before. The difference in the new versions is that I replaced the percussion track from [insert Japanese martial arts movie here] with my own percussion. Otherwise, the rest of the music is the same.
Action Theme #1
Action Theme #2
Sorry for such a lame update, but I should have more stuff up relatively soon. Bye for now!
The previous post was about those "Action Themes" I composed. These files below replace the ones I uploaded before. The difference in the new versions is that I replaced the percussion track from [insert Japanese martial arts movie here] with my own percussion. Otherwise, the rest of the music is the same.
Action Theme #1
Action Theme #2
Sorry for such a lame update, but I should have more stuff up relatively soon. Bye for now!
So everybody everybody, check out my latest compositions. There is no video to go with this, but it requires a little explanation. My professor really stressed doing some more "different" things with the orchestra, and to try to use non-traditional instruments. His idea for this assignment was for us to write some melodies and themes over a random selection of a percussion track. Out of his huge library of film scores he chose for us to write music over a percussion cue from [insert Japanese martial arts movie here, so as to avoid being sued or anything]. That's why, when you listen to this, much of the percussion will sound the same. That's because it's not mine (although I did take the liberty of adding a bit of my own percussion to each variation). Hope you enjoy these! I certainly had fun with this one.
EDIT (as of 2/22/08): See this entry for an update on this material.
EDIT (as of 2/22/08): See this entry for an update on this material.
Yes, I know it's a bit late for posting this, but it's my blog and I can do whatever the heck I want. So there.
I composed a nice, contemplative orchestral version of Silent Night called "Heavenly Peace" to use as a postlude for my church's Christmas Eve "candle light" service. Hope you enjoy it!
I composed a nice, contemplative orchestral version of Silent Night called "Heavenly Peace" to use as a postlude for my church's Christmas Eve "candle light" service. Hope you enjoy it!
Film Music Composition Seminar, Fall '07, Scoring Assignment for Week
11.
A slightly "panicked" cue, matching the feeling of the woman in the car, transitioning to something a bit more relaxed -- "tired" would probably be a better word -- swelling to a quite beautiful chord at the sunrise. This the fastest I've written a cue thus far -- two days. Enjoy!
A slightly "panicked" cue, matching the feeling of the woman in the car, transitioning to something a bit more relaxed -- "tired" would probably be a better word -- swelling to a quite beautiful chord at the sunrise. This the fastest I've written a cue thus far -- two days. Enjoy!
Hello, dear browsers! You've managed land yourself at this little blog of mine, where you'll get updates on whatever happens to cross my mind and is deemed worthy of the effort of posting it up here for you to see. I may talk about my life in general, things that bug me, or things that make me happy. I may talk about cool things I've seen on the web and tech crap stuff. It's very likely that I'll talk about music. A lot. See, I'm kind of a huge music geek. I'm a composer, for film mostly, and a musician. So I'll probably post a lot of my compositions here for y'all to listen to. Anyways, that's all for now. Just a quick "hi." Blog ya later.
Film Music Composition Seminar, Fall '07, Scoring Assignment for Week
9.
My first romantic comedy score. Not much to say here, other than that I didn't enjoy writing for this one as much as some of the others, but I feel the music works well enough. Enjoy!
My first romantic comedy score. Not much to say here, other than that I didn't enjoy writing for this one as much as some of the others, but I feel the music works well enough. Enjoy!
Film Music Composition Seminar, Fall '07, Scoring Assignment for Week
8
While many of the previous scoring assignments this year have involved creating music for the beginning of various films, those scenes were simply "introductions" to their respective movies. They were not full-fledged 2½- to three-minute long main title sequences. This one is. At four minutes, this is the longest cue I've done this year. It was definitely a challenge, but I'm pleased with the result. On another note -- please excuse the pun -- this cue's main title is a bit of a different "sound" for me. I went towards a Thomas-Newman-esque route. Anyways, hope you enjoy!
While many of the previous scoring assignments this year have involved creating music for the beginning of various films, those scenes were simply "introductions" to their respective movies. They were not full-fledged 2½- to three-minute long main title sequences. This one is. At four minutes, this is the longest cue I've done this year. It was definitely a challenge, but I'm pleased with the result. On another note -- please excuse the pun -- this cue's main title is a bit of a different "sound" for me. I went towards a Thomas-Newman-esque route. Anyways, hope you enjoy!
Film Music Composition Seminar, Fall '07, Scoring Assignment for Week
7.
Holy cow. This is by far the most difficult scene I've scored yet, for two reasons. First off, this film was originally scored by Danny Elfman. I'm not really sure I need to say much else. You'll notice my score ended up sounding very "Elfman-esque," though I think I still retained a bit of my own style. The other reason, which you'll see, is that the scene is very emotionally heavy. It called for something somewhat complex. I got some extremely good comments from my professor on this one, so I hope you enjoy!
Holy cow. This is by far the most difficult scene I've scored yet, for two reasons. First off, this film was originally scored by Danny Elfman. I'm not really sure I need to say much else. You'll notice my score ended up sounding very "Elfman-esque," though I think I still retained a bit of my own style. The other reason, which you'll see, is that the scene is very emotionally heavy. It called for something somewhat complex. I got some extremely good comments from my professor on this one, so I hope you enjoy!
Film Music Composition Seminar, Fall '07, Scoring Assignment for Week
6
In the last four scores I've done for this class, which is to say also the first four scores, I'd been using a lot of strings, so I told myself I wanted to try to flex my musical muscles with other parts of the orchestra for this week's assignment. Of course, I was assigned a "suspense" cue, a genre in which dissonant, high sustained and/or tremolo strings dominate. However, I believe I pulled off a string-less score quite well for this scene. Instead of using music to amplify the "eerie" environment and try to "scare" the audience, I thought it was more appropriate to play off the mystery of the setting. Hope you enjoy!
In the last four scores I've done for this class, which is to say also the first four scores, I'd been using a lot of strings, so I told myself I wanted to try to flex my musical muscles with other parts of the orchestra for this week's assignment. Of course, I was assigned a "suspense" cue, a genre in which dissonant, high sustained and/or tremolo strings dominate. However, I believe I pulled off a string-less score quite well for this scene. Instead of using music to amplify the "eerie" environment and try to "scare" the audience, I thought it was more appropriate to play off the mystery of the setting. Hope you enjoy!