Tinsel Time
Here’s a little something for the holidays, a relaxed winter holidays-styled tune of orchestral instruments atop a percolating percussion loop with hints of the traditional “Jingle Bells” melody.
Bold Eagle Dawn
Landed myself a copy of Spitfire Audio’s “BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover” sample pack. Such beautiful, high-fidelity samples! Looperman artist Eendee’s “Scarydrums” loop doesn’t sound frightening at all when partnered with the fanfare tones of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
The Trees Are Full Of Forests
Here’s an action-adventure themed cinematic piece featuring energetic percussion loops, regal french horns, punchy brass sections and sprinkles of cinematic SFX.
Isle of An Caillte
A cinematic piece that starts out with a low, droning synth before a tribal rhythm sets the pace. This one came out sounding like a title sequence for a modern action-adventure game.
Teardrops in the Rain
Here’s a soft, relaxing cinematic piece with just a hint of melancholy. Built around a beautiful acoustic guitar sample from Sampletank on the iPad, accompanied by a string section backing a solo cello.
The Last Sunday
Here’s a short cinematic piece built with freely available samples, including the robust pack from Virtual Playing Orchestra. Done in the style of a trailer for an action/adventure movie. I’d love to see it put to some cool visuals! If you do, drop me a line! 🙂
The Future is Sci-Fi
Whenever my partner & I watch Enterprise, I find myself regularly skipping through the opening title sequence. I guess I’m hardwired to expect orchestral music in a Star Trek theme. So he suggested that I compose my own replacement for it. And here it is.
Heiro’s Quest
As I was polishing up this tune in post, I found that it was reminding me of an old video game I used to play, King’s Quest. Since it started out from the idea to do a superhero theme, I’d found my title. Enjoy!
Synth Toms Mean Action
I grew up watching a lot of action adventure serials in the 80s and 90s that featured the latest synth technologies of the time filling in for the much more elaborate orchestrations of higher budget productions. Blissfully, groundbreaking composers like Brad Fiedel showed that you could do this without making it sound hokey, by playing to strengths of the modern instruments. You’ll hear a lot of his influence in this pulse-racing action sequence.