This peaceful, lyrical piece is an official demo for Orchestral Tool's Berlin Woodwinds Expansion B: Soloists, Featuring Oboe, English Horn, Flute and Clarinet.

You can read more about Berlin Woodwinds Expansion B: Soloists at http://orchestraltools.com/libraries/bww_exp_b.php
Photo Credit: Charles Vernier http://charlesvernier.com/

By The Lake (Berlin Woodwinds Expansion B demo)

Composed, mixed, and mastered by me.

© Daniel White 2015

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Avenoir

This is a piece I wrote for the upcoming Peter Forbes-helmed film from Advent Film Group: "The Screenwriters." Throughout this score I was continually toeing the line between bid-band styled stuff and that golden era cinema sound, which was a ton of fun to write. 

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The Screenwriters: Working Together

Recorded by the Appalachian State University Wind Ensemble, conducted by Dr. John Ross

A Midnight's Sky

"...the only home we've ever known" is an arrangement of the fourth movement of a marimba solo based on ASMR and an excerpt from Carl Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot." In this particular movement, each voice moves by a specific total number of half steps per measure and then intuitively composed around. Marimba solo written for and premiered by Jessica Hughes; wind ensemble arrangement recorded by the ASU Wind Ensemble.

...the only home we've ever known

A piece for Flute Trio, performed by Devin Glasgow, Emma Hammond, and Caroline Sullivan on November 13th, 2016.

Flutrio

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The Upward Call (Official Metropolis Ark 2 Demo - Lib Only)

Recorded by Appalachian Wind Ensemble, May 2017
Directed by John Stanley Ross

Breath of the Mountains (preview)

Two-Faced is a piece written for solo Bb Clarinet, with a solo Bass Clarinet version also available. This piece is based off of the character of the same name from Batman. During the piece the performer is reading either the line of Order or the line of Chaos. The line is chosen by flipping a coin at certain portions of the piece. In this performance, the soloist is flipping the coin on stage, where it is possible to complete all of the coin flips before you begin the performance. In this performance, Braeden McKibben in playing Clarinet.

Two-Faced

To access and study the MIDI from this VST-ONLY track, check out the MIDI Study pack for this piece, which comes with MIDI (and Cubase Files--bonus if you're a Cubase user),WAV stems of the main instrument groups for audio reference, and a multi-page PDF for guided composition and orchestration instruction and assignments. https://store.fortecomposeracademy.com/midi-study-pack-2-hillsdale?coupon=INTRO

This is a piece I composed a theme for a series of online courses hosted by Hillsdale College.

Hillsdale

Dr. Benjamin Dawson is a composer, theorist, and educator based in Atlanta, GA. Although Dawson has written music for a diverse range of ensembles, much of his compositional output and passion lies in the choral field, having composed for SATB, TTBB, SSA and Children’s Choir.

On the instrumental side of things, Dawson is a frequent arranger/orchestrator for Symphony of the Mountains (TN), having completed over thirty projects in that capacity. Additionally, Dawson has a vested interest in music for the screen, having composed over two dozen independent film scores. His most recent soundtrack was for the independent Christian feature film “Royal Ashes.” 

As an educator, Dawson serves as Assistant Professor of Music Theory at Morehouse College, where he teaches theory, sight singing and ear training, and music appreciation. He remains active as a freelance violinist and clinician. As a researcher, Dawson has a particular interest in Bluegrass as well as the Film Music of Randy Newman. Dawson holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Georgia.

Breath of the Mountains (preview)

Benjamin Dawson

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