A collection of music written in my spare time, either demo-ing new software and sample libraries, or purely for my own satisfaction. 

All music composed and produced by Benedict Nichols

Latest Other Music

New demo track showing off some great products from 8dio including AGE, Claire Woodwind series, Agitatio Sordino Strings and the 1990 Piano Bundle.

©Benedict Nichols 2015

Bloom (demo)

Hybrid orchestral track, suitable for trailers.

©2015 Benedict Nichols

Dark Breath

New demo track featuring Heavyocity's fantastic new Gravity.

©2015 Benedict Nichols

Letifer (Demo)

Quick trailer-esque track

©2015 Benedict Nichols

Genericus

An orchestral track from the archives. Available for licensing and buyout.

©2014 Benedict Nichols

Valley Of Solace

Benedict Nichols' official demo for Dr. Soundiron's Traveler Organ is a naked mix, using only sounds from this library. This multi-sampled instrument library for Kontakt features an early 20th century flat-top reed organ, with 61 keys and 13 stops. We captured a variety of stop configurations and articulations including sustains, marcatos and staccatos, along with bellows creaks, key clicks and plenty of custom sound-designed organs, pads and ambiences.


Benedict Nichols - Organ Flurry (naked) - Soundiron Traveler Organ

Benedict Nichols' official demo for Soundiron's Sick 6 cinematic horror effect, stinger and boomer library for Kontakt. This track is mostly naked, using only sounds and features from this library, with only a piano melody added to the mix. 

This "naked" mix uses only sounds from this library. Sick 6 includes over 4GB of sound designed content, with over 1000 stingers, boomers, impacts, stabs, hits, swells, falls, risers, playable pads, drones and ambiences and more premium special effects for films, TV and games. It provides a powerful UI for Kontakt 5.5 (full version required) to give you total playability and customizability that makes mixing a breeze. This library features unlocked 24/48 stereo wavs with full BWF and Soundminer metadata for easy navigation in any environment.   
http://soundiron.com/products/sick-6

Benedict Nichols - Waiting For Death - Soundiron Sick 6

A track found in my archives. Question is, resurrect and polish, or abandon and move on?!

Let me know! 

Semideus

Benedict Nichols' demo for Soundiron’s Steel Tones tuned percussion library for Kontakt uses just sounds from this library, a little of our Harp Guitar library and some added vocals.  http://soundiron.com/products/steel-tones

Steel Tones is a multi-sampled metallic tuned percussion instrument library for Kontakt that captures the essence of a Hapi Drum — a hollow thin-walled steel chambered acoustic instrument with 8 tongues tuned to a D-major pentatonic scale. Each note has a strong fundamental tone wrapped in a haze of complex overtones and harmonics and a long, very mellow sustain.  We recorded it with a close stereo pair of Neumann studio mics for a dry and very present sound, as well as a second stereo pair captured in a hall at 15 feet for an open, spacious sound.  We sampled it deeply with 7 round-robin variations and up to 9 velocity layers per note, using soft rubber mallets and hard metal mallets. 

We also include dozens of expertly sound-designed ambiences, textures, soundscapes, organic synth pads and custom presets, drawn from the acoustic source to provide excellent accompaniment and underscoring tools. Our robust ARP system provides dynamic arpeggiation and step-sequencing options. The FX Rack page provides chorus, phaser, flanger, compressor, several distortion types, amp and speaker simulation, EQ, resonant filter, delay and convolution reverb. The reverb includes dozens of our custom cathedrals, churches, halls, bunkers, garages, tunnels, chambers, rooms and plenty of special FX impulses to explore. 

This 2.9 GB library includes 1161 samples and a beautifully designed user interface for the full version of Kontakt 5.5 and later.


Benedict Nichols - Memory Bells - Soundiron Steel Tones

soundiron.com/products/petroglyph

Petroglyph is a stone hand percussion library recorded with a collection of primitive stone artifacts from various North America tribes in the pre-Columbian area, some pieces dating back thousands of years. They include tools (mortars, pestles, grindstones, bowls, awls, hammers) and weapons (axe, spear and arrow heads) in all sorts of shapes, sizes and stone types.

Benedict Nichols - The Caveman Quintet's First Performance (naked) - Soundiron Petroglyph

Quick track demo-ing the awesome sample library "Metropolis Ark I" by Orchestral Tools.

Composed and produced by Benedict Nichols ©2016

The Beast Rolls - demo

Custom trailer track for a client. "Rough mix" as needs to be balanced behind other trailer elements.

Composed and produced by Benedict Nichols ©2016

So it begins

This is a demo for the Soundiron Alto Glockenspiel virtual instrument by Benedict Nichols. The library is available for download here: http://soundiron.com/products/alto-glockenspiel

The Alto Glockenspiel tuned percussion library features a small 25-key alto concert glockenspiel, a children’s toy glockenspiel and a wide selection of ambient and custom FX sound designed content created from the alto glockenspiel source recordings. We recorded the alto glockenspiel in close and far microphone positions, with 3 different articulation types (hard mallet, soft mallet, choked). Each articulation has several dynamic layers and plenty of round-robin variation to create a very dynamic and naturally playable virtual instrument. You can use our intuitive UI controls in Kontakt to customize the sound to your needs, with a variety of options. We also provide you with a full rack of Kontakt’s onboard multi-effects and a wide selection of our most popular convolution reverb impulses to spatialize the sound in a variety of real and sound-designed spaces. 


Benedict Nichols - Chilling With The Rain Gods - Soundiron Alto Glockenspiel

http://www.soundiron.com/products/lo

An official "naked" demo by Benedict Nichols for Soundiron's LO, an EDM, glitch and trip hop kick drum and bass FX sample library for Kontakt. Benedict's track was created using only sounds from the Lo library itself. 

LO is a dedicated Kick and Low Frequency FX library for the full version of Native Instruments Kontakt. It’s designed for EDM, Glitch, Hybrid, Electronica, Hip Hop, Breakbeat and any other genre of music that calls for serious low end with a dynamic and unique flavor. Each sound has been carefully sculpted by sound designer Spencer Nunamaker of Juno VHS, with awesome detail and nuanced character. With 176 distinctive kicks in all flavors, tones and styles, 271 bass FX and 23 ambient bass synths, this library is an essential weapon in any producer’s creative arsenal. From huge to tiny, from heavy to snappy, any flavor of hand-designed electronic kick you could want is in here.


Benedict Nichols - Drowning R2 (naked) - Soundiron Lo

https://soundiron.com/products/ape-micro

Benedict Nichols' demo for Soundiron A.P.E. Micro. Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble Micro is a compact starter edition of our acclaimed Apocalypse Percussion Ensemble library. This cinematic ensemble percussion library is built for the full version of Kontakt 5.5.2. It features 28 hard-hitting ensemble articulations in 7 drum categories. It also includes powerful UI features like a full FX rack, Arpeggiator, modular kit-builder and more.

Benedict Nichols - Apocalypse Heroes - Soundiron APE Micro

Soundiron Voices of Rapture
https://soundiron.com/products/voices-of-rapture

Voices of Rapture is a single combined Kontakt Player library with the soprano, alto, tenor and bass all together, and with some new content and features. It's easier to use, more streamlined and refined all around.

Benedict Nichols - Rapture's Edge - Soundiron Voices Of Rapture

Messier 31

A WIP track, for a client. Something of an overture :)

WIP Overture (for client)

Benedict Nichols official demo is a dressed mix using sounds from Voice of Wind - Adey blended with other libraries.

Voices Of Wind: Adey is the first volume in our modular female solo vocal series Voices Of Wind. Each volume focuses on a new vocalist with a distinct creative style and comes complete with a full package of vital chromatic and melodic articulations that sound great and are easy and convenient to use in any music or video production project that comes your way. This edition focuses on the ethereal and soulfully nuanced mezzo-soprano voice of singer-songwriter Adey Bell. Her rich, nimble and dusky vocal character effortlessly fuses classical, pop, folk, blues, lounge and jazz vocal styles.

Benedict Nichols - Memory's Voice (Dressed) - Soundiron Voice Of Wind - Adey

Written and produced by Benedict Nichols.
www.benedictnichols.com

Copyright 2019 Benedict Nichols

Red Run

UK based composer.  I have composed for and worked in many areas of the entertainment industry, and have focused on games for over 13 years now. If you enjoy the music I make, please consider supporting me via the support link. Thanks.  More recent credits include:

Before We Leave
The Falconeer
OMNO
Dead Frontier 2
Catastronauts!
Battle Camp
Ayo: A Rain Tale
Color Guardians
March of the Living
...lots of other games and trailers, and a bunch of stuff I cant mention under NDAs!

I also write demos for sample libraries, and provide sound design and trailer editing services.

If you need some music quickly, no matter what the genre or medium, get in touch at:
benedictpnichols@gmail.com 
www.benedictnichols.com

All music and images © 2019 Benedict Nichols