The "Pelé: King of Football" mobile soccer game app was released on iOS and Android right before the 2014 Brazil World Cup, and has been downloaded over seven million times. I originally produced the app's high energy samba and bossa nova-flavored score for playback on mobile device speakers. I produced these fully realized remixes for Rio 2016 Olympics-related broadcast licensing and beyond.

"Pelé: King of Football" soundtrack remixed for licensing

HGP Set - Oct ‘21

08 World Cup Samba

This is the extended version of my theme for "Inside: US Soccer's March To Brazil". 

Inside: US Soccer's March To Brazil - Theme (Extended Version)

This remix grew out of the Main Menu theme from the "Pelé: King of Football" app, a rousing hymn to the gods of Brazilian futbol. This piece envisions the energy and excitement of a marching band playing from the pitch of Rio's Maracana stadium to a capacity crowd at the 2014 World Cup. A samba bateria and apito whistle get the party rolling. Then a brass fanfare amps up the crowd, which erupts into an anthemic bossa nova style terrace chant. Viva the beautiful game!

Maracanã Samba Anthem (Stadium Crowd Roar Mix)

This uptempo samba/house/electronic groove gets its CHIC on with funky horns, bouncy electric bass, and percolating Brazillian percussion, including a frenetic berimbau feature. 

Rio Runway Strut

"Junior" level theme from "Pelé: King of Football" app, remixed for broadcast. Vintage bossa nova jazz nod to Sergio Mendes' "Mas Que Nada" featuring funky piano, breezy flutes, Brazilian percussion, and nylon string guitar.

Bossa Nada

"National" level theme from "Pelé: King of Football" app, remixed for broadcast. This high energy, aggressive funk/hip hop groove faces off with cocky attitude, spiked with Brazilian berimbau and vintage, turntable-spun horn section stabs. Filthy funk bass breaks away in a big beat/Block Rockin’ bridge, and plays dirty with a tripped-out samba bateria breakdown.

Conversa Fiada (Talkin' Trash)

This is a studio remix of the Main Menu theme from the Pelé app, a rousing hymn to the gods of Brazilian futbol. The sadium crowd sounds and huge crowd vocal from the video game mix have been removed, here the ensemble performs in an intimate space with less reverb.

Maracanã Samba Anthem (Studio Mix)

Cycling

Taken from Ave Africa, The Complete Recordings 1973-1976
Out 24th June on Strut
Pre-order: https://strut.lnk.to/SunburstAveAfricaSo
Limited Demos Cassette Bundle: https://strut.lnk.to/SunburstBundleSo

Strut presents a definitive collection of recordings from one of Tanzania’s most revered but short-lived bands of the 1970s, Sunburst. Covering their entire output from 1973 to 1976, this first retrospective features their singles for Moto Moto and TFC, their sole album, ‘Ave Africa’ and an unreleased radio session recorded in Tanzania in 1973.

For a limited time, orders from the Strut web store & Bandcamp have the option to include a limited edition cassette featuring unreleased Sunburst demos recorded in Lusaka in 1976. 100 copies only!
https://strut.lnk.to/SunburstBundleSo

For more info:
http://www.strut-records.com

Ave Africa: The Complete Recordings

Sunburst - "Simba Anguruma" [From Ave Africa: The Complete Recordings]

This album is available at http://bubbles.bandcamp.com/track/split-infinitive-full-album-mix-2

    The music on Split Infinitive is dark and sparse with thick bass and psychedelically mutated vocal samples. A musical reflection of the sentiment of our day and age. A tone poem.

    Split Infinitive pushes the boundaries of electronic music genres by melding dubstep, ambient, minimal, and drum n' bass elements with curious musical references to Pink Floyd, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Aphex Twin, Led Zeppelin, Plastikman, Prophetnoise, and many others.

Split Infinitive - Full Album Mix

"Commotion" - Dust Motif

A bluegrass arrangement of Richard Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" to accompany a game involving a flying pig!  I'm kind of crazy about this track. I think I followed the Valkyries harmonic structure through most of the track.  I had to use 9 harmonicas to get through all the chord changes.

Arranged, performed and produced by Stan LePard.  Fiddle by Paul Elliott.

Complete music for fun playlist: https://soundcloud.com/stanlepard/sets/music-for-fun

Stan LePard Music website: https://stanlepard.com

Valkyrie Hayride

Pig Up!: Valkyrie Hayride

2K20 Original Music Montage

A 2-hour show which was streamed to Facebook Live on May 2, 2020 and highlights many examples of Tony Allen's peerless drumming throughout his long career, with added commentary.

===================Track List========================

Road Close Dance Dub - Tony Allen with Afrobeat 2000 [Earthworks]
The Seed (Original version) - Tony Allen & Jeff Mills [Blue Note]
Upside Down - Fela Kuti [Celluloid]
Agbada Bougou - Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela [World Circuit]
Push Your Mind - Psyco On Da Bus [Comet]
Night Walker (Vocal Version) - Tony Allen & Jeff Mills [Blue Note]
Water No Get Enemy - Fela Kuti [Soundworkshop]
Let's Start - Fela & Ginger Baker [EMI]
Shuffering And Shmiling (Part 1&2) - Fela Anikulapo Kuti With Afrika 70 [Celluloid]
Path To Wisdom - Jimi Tenor & Tony Allen [Strut]
The Same Blood - Tony Allen [Comet]
Locked And Loaded - Tony Allen & Jeff Mills [Blue Note]
Opposite People - Fela Kuti [Afrodisia]
Drum Solo (live at the Berlin Jazz Festival 1978) - Ginger Baker and Tony Allen  [EMI]
Shakara - Fela Ransome-Kuti And The Africa '70 [EMI]
Expensive Shit - Fela Kuti [Soundworkshop]
Robbers, Thugs and Muggers (O'Galajani) - Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela [World Circuit]
Every Season - Tony Allen feat. Damon Albarn & Ty [Comet]
Ise Nla (A Rework By Wareika Hill Sounds) - Tony Allen [Honest John's]
Ole (Moritz Von Oswald Remix) - Tony Allen [Honest John's]
N.E.P.A. Dance Dub - Tony Allen with Afrobeat 2000 [Earthworks]
Moyege (Mark's Mix) - Tony Allen [Honest John's]
Against The Wall - Jimi Tenor & Tony Allen [Strut]
Sorrow, Tears And Blood - Fela Anikulapo Kuti [Arista]

A Tony Allen Tribute by François K

Cal Reichenbach produces eclectic music for film, TV, and video games. An accomplished guitarist and composer, Cal specializes in emotionally dynamic, rhythmically compelling scores that enhance visual action and propel narrative flow. His work spans a broad range of genres including rock, funk, jazz, afrobeat, Brazilian, orchestral, electronic, and world groove. Cal plays an array of guitar styles as well as bass, mandolin, ukulele, and guembri (Morroccan/Gnawa bass lute) in his productions.

Areas of scoring expertise include show open themes, emulations of any given reference track/musical genre/era, and the integration of ethnic music styles from any desired corner of the world. Tongue-in-cheek musical satire is another CalZone specialty: ironic cover arrangements, over-the-top genre parodies, and other feats of comedic scoring--from subtly sardonic to outrageously hyperbolic--are served with extra relish. 

Cal has worked with Subaru Asia, Bully Entertainment/Cosi Games (for Pelé: Soccer Legend, >7mm downloads), Pilot (for FX, AMC, CMT), Cartoon Network/Adult Swim, Men In Blazers (VICE Sports), Organic, Brass Ideas, Cibo, Evolve Media, Disher Sound (for PlayStation Magazine/Gran Turismo 4), and director Banker White/WeOwnTV.

After a decade of touring, recording with, and producing an array of rock, funk, and jazz bands including the award winning Bay Area afrobeat ensembles ALBINO! and Aphrodesia, Cal earned an MFA in music production for visual media at Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

Maracanã Samba Anthem (Stadium Crowd Roar Mix)

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