For this Uni assignment, I was to create 'hold music' with a limited pitch class (certain notes) that could be looped for a held phone call, video game title screen, website etc.

My piece ‘Butterflies Amongst The Ruins’ is the music played during the title card for a video game, more specifically an open-world exploration game or similar, featuring beautiful jungle and forest scenes, with ancient cities and curious creatures for the player to discover.

Butterflies Amongst The Ruins - Piano

'Comet' is about a new star with strange properties that turns up out of nowhere. It was the first piece I wrote, as a surprise birthday present for my partner (I was surprised I could write anything at all). The piece began from doodling around on the piano and really liking the opening chords, which just reminded me of Alex for some reason.


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Comet

I found the samples library in logic pro.

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/my/collections/2034859--pauline-de-zeeuw/coco-loco/objecten#/RP-P-2009-1926-1A,19

Computer Party

This was for Cecilia and James' wedding. They had planned an outdoor ceremony and reception for Covid reasons, but the forecast seemed to say it would rain. I was quite anxious for them, and realised it was the only thing I was thinking about when I decided to compose a piece as a wedding present. 

So this is a wish for the kind of weather they would have, mostly sunshowers, and showing it would be fine if it was sunny and fine if it rains too(you know like life).

Just as a record of what I was thinking about:
The beginning part is looking out of a window in the morning on a grey sky with a few drops landing on the glass. Then there's some sunshine, then some heavy rain. At the end there's a kind of love-conquers-all wedding march.

I exported it late the night before the wedding and never quite finished it - I need to fix it up!

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-P-1991-220

Sunshine Or Rain For Cecilia And James

An emerging game and film composer, studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

https://arabellajking.wixsite.com/website

Butterflies Amongst The Ruins - Piano

Arabella King

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