Theodore Tugboat (Short)(ITSO Thomas S8-12)

Decided to go back and redo a theme I did awhile back when I was still new to making music. Rather proud with how this came out.

Honestly one of my most favorite themes from season 3. Enjoy

City of Truro's Theme

Been binge-watching BigEngine87's banger series "Modern Railroad" lately. I've always been very hooked on the catchy intro tune, both the old one and the new one, done by the very talented TheUlfsteadLine. Initially, this cover was gonna be only the new version entirely but after thinking things over, I wanted to combine the two, using my favorite elements from each while adding some of my own, and this was the result. Honestly glad with how it turned out.

Heads up, this is not any official music for the series or anything. Just a lil thing I wanted to do for fun. Please do not use though.

Original theme tunes by BigEngines87 & TheUlfsteadLine/AndoShmando

Arrangement by TheRailFunkPunk





(Also, sidenote but if you're a BE87 fan and you still haven't watched the series, do it right now or spine privileges are gone lmao jk but seriously, it's a great series.)

(DO NOT USE) Modern Railroad | Intro Theme (Extended Cover)

Been busy working on a music project for a friend but here's something for the time being. Always wanted to get around to doing some version of Henry's theme so I decided to do a shortened S5-esque remix of his S7 theme. The more I listen to it again, it sounds like a good possible theme for "Super Rescue" had it been adapted in the fifth season maybe. Enjoy!

Feel free to use with credit.

A Heave for Henry | Short Triumphant Henry Theme

A lil recreation of the happy birthday theme from Lady Hatt's Birthday Party I did on a whim on a friend's birthday earlier this year. Enjoy. :)

Happy Birthday Theme - Lady Hatt's Birthday Party

Helluva Boss is friggin' dope, ya'll

Just an idea I had lately. Not much to say about this one but it was pretty fun to do lol Enjoy!

(Credit to GuiteThe040F for a few of the instruments that were used and modified here)

I.M.P Jingle | Helluva Boss (ITSO Thomas S2)

Recently got an idea to make Arthur's Hartshorne theme but in a spongebob style, sorta fitting for the whole fishing village area asthetic. After mucking about with some guitars in mixcraft, this was the result. Not really much else to say lol. Really pleased with how this resulted as I've been experimenting with other styles of music lately other than strictly thomas styles. Hope you enjoy!

Note: This was also influenced a lot by Kristian(AngryBirdFan98)'s great extended rendition of the theme.

Fishing Village Vibes

Was just kinda bored and made this. Not much else to really say about it lol

"Cows" Sad Ditty (ITSO S8-12)

Was just bored again. That's about it. Enjoy :)

Edward's Theme - "Viaduct Mix"

Was in the mood to do some Thomas themes and kinda bring it back to basics since I'm always working my brain trying to think of original pieces to do so doing some covers of themes with my own little twists is a nice change. Started on this one yesterday and it was quite a fun one to do, I must say. That's about it really. (I never really have much of a description to give most of these lmao) Enjoy!

Original Themes by Mike O'Donnel & Junior Campbell
Arrangement by HotboxHolton

The Ffarquhar Trio

Been on a slight roll with themes lately, haven't I?

So, I have a friend who really likes Timothy (SCC; the ghost train can suck a nut lmao) and I've been watching some Season 19 of Thomas lately. I rewatched the episode "No Help At All" and had an idea with the theme that plays throughout the episode that I can only assume is his theme. I decided to rearrange it in the style of Season 5 and using Derek's theme as the base, which really fits into the whole china clay engines vibe, if that's the right wording. I really like how this one came out too. Enjoy!

Timothy's Theme - Season 19 | ITSO S5

There have been many variations out there of what BoCo's theme could've been like and I kinda wanted to have a go at it. I've seen others extend the ditties that play for him in Season 3 or use the diseasel theme. I decided to have a try at using both and mashing the S3 ditty with the melody of the diseasel theme. It honestly turned out much better than I was expecting and I'm actually really proud with how this turned out. Hope ya'll enjoy!

Original Themes by Mike O'Donnel & Junior Campbell
Arrangement by HotboxHolton

BoCo's Theme | A HotboxHolton Arrangement

Here's a fun lil thingy I made a few months back that I only just now realized I never uploaded lol

I think the number of times I've had a go at this theme, both uploaded and not uploaded, speak volumes for how much I like Arthur's Hartshorne theme. It's one of the few examples were I prefer the newer theme as opposed to the Mike & Junior one. It's just so bouncy yet it fits lol. This is kinda just my take on the theme, along with extending it a bit. Enjoy!

Fishy Travels with Arthur

Always loved the smallies so I had to have a go at this. Such a fun tune and it made for some more good practice lol Enjoy :)

Short 'Never Overlook a Little Engine' Theme

It's funny because Tugs and SpongeBob are in the water lol

This is sorta an idea I had in my mind for a long time and finally decided to actually make it a few minutes ago. It's meant to be one of those short SpongeBob title card ditties, hence it's short length. Enjoy. :)

Tugs Production Music - Warrior's Longest Day

Been feeling a bit down in the dumps lately so I decided to make a little S5-esque Henry theme to give me something to do and because I've been wanting to make one since I came to the realization that he's actually my favorite out of the main engines lol Enjoy!

Opening bit slightly inspired by AceOfTrains' "Henry's Triumph" theme arrangement.

Happy Henry

"It's too hot... I'm too hot!"

Recently, I've been experimenting with doing more orchestral style music pieces and scores and, as a bit of practice, I thought I'd put this together. I've always loved the tense danger theme KnapfordHarbor made for Tardisrescue's story "Thomas in Hot Water" (both do absolutely stellar with their work and if you haven't checked them out, I highly recommend to do so) so I thought I could try to do a dramatic orchestra cover of it as a bit of a test. Honestly pretty pleased with the result. That's about it really. :)

(Should really go without saying that, since the music from the video is strictly not for use, this is not to be used in anything either. Also, if the original creator wishes for this to be taken down, I'll gladly take it down. Thanks for understanding.)

Original Themes by Mike O'Donnel & Junior Campbell
Original Arrangement by KnapfordHarbor
Rearrangement by HotboxHolton

(DO NOT USE) TIHW - Thomas Boils Over | Orchestral Cover

Once again, it's been awhile since I last put together and uploaded a music piece on here. The last few weeks have been extremely busy with schoolwork and prepping for a move but now that school is just about done with no more work needing to be done, I've got some more time on my hands. Thought I'd get back into it with a relatively easy theme. I love the Arlesdale Railway stories (and just the railway and characters in general) and decided to have a go at Bert's theme from "Tit for Tat" but with a bit of a twist. Did my own take of extending the theme, sneaking in some other familiar themes, and I'm honestly very proud of how it came out. Enjoy!

(As a side note, yes, the ending bit was heavily influenced by OneTramBand's version of the theme.)

Original Music by Chris Renshaw, Robert Hartshorne, Mike O'Donnel, & Junior Campbell

Arrangement by HotboxHolton

Simply Bert

Say what you will about the season he's in but I think Hank is amazing.

It's probably my love for American engines of his type talking here, especially because I myself live in America, but he's just such a neat character who deserved better. His prop, his personality, etc. I always loved the little "Hail to the Chief" ditty that played when he first arrives so I thought I'd have a stab at extending it, along with making it sound somewhat season 5-esque in a way. It's also a bit inspired from Headmaster Hasting's composition of his theme for the soundtrack of a Hank story too. Enjoy. :)

Original Music by Robert Hartshorne and James Sanderson
Arrangement by HotboxHolton

Hail to the Hank

A little orchestral test piece I put together within a couple minutes, made to take the BBC Symphony Orchestra plugin I've gotten recently out for a (rather short) spin. The only instruments here that are not from it are the cymbal roll and "sparkle" percussion sounds. Earlier, I was actually planning on putting together a whole orchestral arrangement of either Stepney or Oliver's themes as the first test but for now, I just settled on recreating the ditty from the end of Stepney Gets Lost. I'll getting around to doing the other ones I planned soon though. I think this turned out rather beautifully though, and I'll definitely be using this for more orchestral pieces. Enjoy. :)

Original Music by Mike O'Donnel & Junior Campbell
Arrangement by HotboxHolton

Bluebells Forever

Here's something I've been meaning to finish for a while. Started working on this lil James theme back in June and got like 80% of it complete before proceeding to not touch it until recently. Last couple of months have been rather hectic and kinda stressful so making music wasn't my main focus but it's gotten better. After making updates and a crap ton of tweaks to most of my Jupiter instruments, along with inspiration from various other people, I felt it was time I finally did a S1-2 piece again, with some S3 sprinkled in near the end (a change I made pretty recently because I love the way it sounds). That being said, I quite like how it turned out. Enjoy!

Original Music by Mike O'Donnel & Junior Campbell
Arrangement by HotboxHolton

Splendid Red At Speed

Now here's a piece that was pretty fun to put together. Heavily inspired by Connor (CGA26)'s remixes of classic series themes in the style of the HiT era (S8-12) music by Robert Hartshorne, along with many other talented people who've done the same thing, I decided to give it a try and put together one for Mr. Big Green himself, Henry. Unpopular opinion but I honestly really love a good chunk of the new music Hartshorne composed for the series, both in the Hit era and even the S7 rescores. Still, it's cool to see what it might've been like in an alternate reality where the main characters kept their OG themes but in the new style. Enjoy!

Original Music by Mike O'Donnel, Junior Campbell, and Robert Hartshorne
Arrangement by HotboxHolton

Henry's Series 1 Theme (ITSO S8-12) (Hartshorne)

Just another one of those fun sounding mashup ideas I thought I'd try out. Not much else other than that. ^^ Enjoy!

Credit to Ctech Music for the TUGS horn/trombone used here (along with a thanks for releasing a soundfont featuring other instruments from the series). Always wanted to have a go at it, so I threw it in while finishing this up. :)

Original Music by Robert Hartshorne, Mike O Donnel, & Junior Campbell
Arrangement by HotboxHolton

HiT Era Busy Theme (ITSO S3)

Thought I'd hop on the bandwagon with this theme too lol

If interested, be sure to check out the parody the theme originated from. It's bloody great and, speaking as someone who's from the land of the bald eagle, cheeseburgers, and the over-entitled, it's pretty accurate to the current state of big railroads here. Enjoy. :)
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The Sad Tale of Henry The Engine: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgKZIXYMGCg

Original Henry Theme by Mike O'Donnel & Junior Campbell
"Last Week Tonight" Parody Henry Theme by Ryan Dann
Arrangement by HotboxHolton

Henry The Engine - America Edition

It's honestly been a very long time since I've done a rendition of Gordon's theme, so I decided to put this together. Decided to make it of a slightly slower paced version that would fit when he's pulling goods trains instead of the express, hence the name. Not really all that much to say except that this was pretty fun to put together and I'm really pleased with how this one turned out a lot. Enjoy. :)

Original Music by Mike O'Donnell & Junior Campbell
Arrangement by HotboxHolton

Gordon on the Goods

(Update: Before anyone mentions it if they come across this now, yes I'm aware Brad now has an actual official theme by S.A. Music. This was just an old thing I did like 3 years ago as of the time I'm typing this because I really like the character.)
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This theme came together after watching some of SireEmEye's videos featuring Brad, the USA Dock Shunter. I was also listening to the soundtrack to 'Forethought' (one of the Brad stories) that was composed by TheGermanEngine and I wondered what it would be like if he had his own theme. So, I whipped this up and posted it on twitter just to share it. However, I was recently told that the character's owner had seen it and was wondering if it could be put on soundcloud so here it is. Extremely proud of this one. Enjoy!

Original Music by TheGermanEngine
Arrangement by TheRailFunkPunk

(DO NOT USE) Brad's Theme

After seeing Carson's recent story adaptation, "Flashbang", I decided to have a go at Fergus' theme and even extend it using elements from the song, 'There Once Was An Engine Who Ran Away'. With that being said, enjoy. :)

Pride of the Cement Works - Extended Fergus Theme

Got inspired by Carson Marenka's recreation of this theme. Kinda thought it'd also fit in with the hit era music so I decided to give it a go. Been awhile since I've used these instruments. Enjoy!

Wooden Bear (ITSO Thomas S8-12)

Donal' & Dougie

Got inspired to do this from listening to a classical band version of the song (heavily inspired by the music heard here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iXHUd2HPvE) and I had the urge to make my own version of the main melody. That's all I can really say. I may do an extended version but who knows. Enjoy!

Screenshot by Me

I've Been Working On The Railroad

Benjamin | 18 | Aspiring Artist | Amateur Musician | I make/recreate music, themes, and stuff (Mostly Thomas style compositions but have been branching out to other music styles too. Mostly orchestral and a little bit of synth.) | 

Most music is free to use as long as proper credit is given. Uploads with "DO NOT USE" or anything similar in the title or description are pretty much self-explanatory. Thank you and enjoy. :)

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