Name: The Synthetic Orchestra Christmas Calendar Song by blakerobinson in Game Score
Duration: 1 min 9 s
Description: We're steadily approaching the halfway point! I hope you're enjoying the Calendar so far - there's quite a few more awesome pieces of music to come! Keep track of the days over at http://syntheticorchestra.com/calendar or follow my main YouTube channel http://youtube.com/dummeh

I cannot stop laughing at how well the Mario tune blends with the Christmas carol style xD

This is amazing, it sounds like legit Christmas!!!

Game Score

Vince Guaraldi - Skating

White Christmas

VHS Dreams (Quartet)

Single Source Master Use & Synchronization

Jingle Bells-Trumpet

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

I've been working on this project for almost two years. Musically, it’s different than anything I've ever done before. 

Every track takes you on a journey, each telling a different story taken from my own musical journey and life experiences. 

The album as a whole has three themes, all running in parallel. The order of the tracks evokes the passing of one day, from early morning to very late at night. At the same time, the order of the songs represents the four seasons of the year – starting with spring, passing through summer and autumn, and ending with winter. 

The third and most important theme is the theme of love. The love of friendship, of family, of someone special. The love of a particular season or part of the world or time of day. The love of all cultures and colors of humanity. The love of a pet, of a nostalgic memory, or of the planets and stars. 

All of the music is original and I’m playing every instrument in most cases: drums, piano, bass, synthesizers, ocean harp, percussion and vocals. On a few tracks, I used a Vocoder, a talkbox, and an amazing instrument called the guzheng. I also sampled sounds from things like vinyl records, cassettes, retro video games, nature, and even a radio show that my grandfather did in the 1940s. 

Some tracks also feature guest artists. Several singers and rappers contributed their amazing voices, and more than ten instrumental musicians contributed their talents. 

The amazing album artwork for this project was created by my cousin Alex Williams. Every track name is represented in the artwork. 

This project is a very personal statement for me, but its themes of time and place and love are themes that everyone can relate to. I'm so excited to share this project with the world, and I hope it has a positive and emotional impact on everyone who listens.

Little Blue Planet in Great Need of Care

Buy Physical Copy

Christmas Tree Forest

In the style of Michael Buble

Never too early for christmas!

Before the Bar

Santa Baby (Michael Buble) Cover

An orchestration of 'A Child Lost in Time' from the Chrono Cross soundtrack. Used to test some new low lows. Yeah, I'm still hitting those corners in them low-lows, or something. Me and Dre play Bassoon together.

Big fan of the Chrono series? Perhaps you'd like my orchestration of 'The Last Day of the World' on iTunes: http://bit.ly/ChronoTune. Listen and download some related goodies (wallpaper, cover & MIDI) from my site http://bit.ly/ChronoExtra.

Used:
FL Studio 10, Kontakt 5, Spitfire Loegria, Albion, Percussion, British Woods, Harp, Solo Strings & Piano. Orange Tree Samples Evolution Acoustic guitar, Cinesamples VOXOs, CineBells & Piano in Blue, Project Sam Symphobia & Symphobia II, EWQL Symphonic Choir, Orchestral Tools Symphonic Sphere, Various private libraries

Chrono Cross - A Child Lost in Time Orchestra

Charlie Brown Little Drummer Boy

We're steadily approaching the halfway point! I hope you're enjoying the Calendar so far - there's quite a few more awesome pieces of music to come! Keep track of the days over at http://syntheticorchestra.com/calendar or follow my main YouTube channel http://youtube.com/dummeh

The Synthetic Orchestra Christmas Calendar Song

Me playing a medley of Joy to the World and Angels We Have Heard on High on the piano.

George F. Handel / Traditional French Carol
Arranged by Dennis Alexander

Joy to the World / Angels We Have Heard on High

An orchestration of Hyrule Castle from The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker. It has been a while since my last Zelda orchestration. This one stays pretty true to the original.

Used:
FL Studio, Kontakt 5, Spitfire Audio British Woods, Albion, Loegria, Iceni, Sable, Percussion, Harp, Solo Strings, Cinesamples CineBrass Core & Piano in Blue, SoundIron Mars, Venus & Mercury, Project Sam Symphobia II

Zelda tWW - Hyrule Castle Orchestra

I melded this together from Vince Guaraldi's wonderful soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Christmas. It's rather messy since I haven't practiced this consistently since last year when I first put it together, but I hope it'll do in a pinch. Happy Holidays!

Charlie Brown Christmas Medley

A re-orchestration of Amestris Military March from the Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood soundtrack - practicing with Brass and choir

Used: 
FL Studio 11, Kontakt 5, Spitfire Albion, Loegria, Great British Brass, Harp & Percussion, Cinesamples CineBrass & CineBrass Pro, SoundIron Mars & Requiem Lite

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood - Amestris Military March (Re)Orchestra

The original score written for the Corridor Digital short 'Link's Shadow'. Featuring little nods to Koji's Kondo, this delivers a slightly darker feel to the music from Zelda. This video contains only the original elements I wrote for the short - you can find the other parts (Giant's theme & Dark world theme) on my channel!

Obviously as this was used in Corridor Digital's short, please don't use it in YouTube videos and such - I'm offering it to download just for those that wanted it.

Link's Shadow - Score

I've been tinkering with music since I was a kid, composing tunes for fun. Nowadays, I mainly write orchestral scores for video games. Alongside this, with an extensive career in the games industry as a tools programmer I've now focused my skills on developing next-generation sample libraries and music software.

The Synthetic Orchestra Christmas Calendar Song

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