This is a piece composed for a NYFA student film entitled "Paper Airplane." In grassroots indie-film fashion, this composition creates a multilayered feeling of hopefulness and melancholy. The piece unfolds during a section in the film when a letter written by a young girl to her deceased father magically flies across the sky in the shape of a folded paper plane. As we soar high above the clouds we feel uplifted, yet this feeling is simultaneously tainted and weighed down by the pain of a loved-ones death and the irreversible nature of time.

Flight - Theme to "Paper Airplane"

Written as an intro composition for the hit YouTube short "Knightmare" (Palm Drive Productions, Director Jordon Foss), this piece simultaneously embodies the depths of emotional hell and the heights of the heavenly inspired. A slow build made up of heavy synths, angelic choir voices, and a climax of arpeggiated plucks, the power of this score will wrench the gut and illuminate the mind's eye.

Demon Yearns for Angel

This piece displays out outpouring of ecstatic SYNTH WAVE glory. A moment of climactic triumph expressed with explosive digital love.

Fountain of Love

Beware: this tension building piece will keep you up at night

Bird Fight

This is the one you want to hear when you suiting up to fight your mortal enemy. BIG TIME superhero vibez

Game Time (Suiting Up)

Let the hairs on the back of your neck perk up for this one, kids. Set the scene and establish the vibe with this ambient instrumental hitter

Dark Alleyway Vibez

This dream pop smash was used at the official theme song for the YouTube hit film "Knightmare" (Palm Drive Productions, Director Jordon Foss).

"Mad Dreamers" (Knightmare Soundtrack)

This slammin' electro track was made as an alternate version to a fight scene from Jordon Foss' YouTube fan-fiction film "Nightmare." Note the taste synth reference to the orignal batman theme song around half way through. BIG TIME electro dance vibez

Bird Fight (Batman Homage)

This vibe is a perfect car chase tune meant to build tension and pace for an upbeat, edge of your seat scene.

Car Chase

This track was written for the YouTube fan film "Killing Joker" (Palm Drive Productions, Director Jordon Foss)

Mr. Joker (Themesong for "Killing Joker")

This track was written for the short film entitled "TRYST" written and directed by Andre Monaco. Apropos of the lyrics, the film is about a cannibal-curious man who convinces his lover to allow himself to be 'consumed' by him.

Piece of U (TRYST Themesong)

This instrumental piece was composed for the silent short film entitled "Humanity Dressed In Satire" directed by Delane Leahy. Because there is no dialogue in this film, its music plays an essential role in providing the tone and voice to an underlying social commentary message. It was an absolute joy writing this one.

Humanity Dressed In Satire (Full Score)

Composer / Songwriter / Singer / Multi-Instrumentalist based out of Los Angeles, Corwin's work spans an array of genres amalgamating into a modern sounding, yet vintage-rooted style of musical expression. With experience in indie film scores, pop artist ghost writing, and conceptual live performance art, Corwin's dark yet uplifting style and vision for music-making proves itself both infectious and invitingly harrowing.

Known for coining the genres "Baroque Folk" and "Sleaze Pop," Corwin's strengths rest in his ability to extract the essential, core elements of classic genres while presenting them in a modern context. A multi instrumentalist with an insidiously smooth falsetto, Castellaw has a way of moving his audience to a state of utterly focused and painstaking silence, whether backed by a full band, narrative driven compositions, or the raw simplicity of an acoustic guitar, piano and microphone.

For inquiries, write to: corwinclaw@gmail.com
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