Music by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
Website: www.danielciurlizza.com
Music: fanlink.to/danielciurlizza​

Claim What's Yours

Music by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
Website: http://about.me/danielciurlizza
YouTube: www.youtube.com/danielciurlizza
Music: www.youtube.com/danielciurl­izza

Music Department:
ELVIS BATES (@elvisbates) - score technical consultant
DANIEL CIURLIZZA - synthesizer programmer
NESTOR ESTRADA (@nestor-estrada1001) - sample development
PAUL PARAMO (@paulparamo) - sample development

Music Mixed and Produced at OUTLIER STUDIOS

The music on this video demo was inspired by the motion picture EDGE OF TOMORROW, directed by Doug Liman. Also inspired by the book ALL YOU NEED IS KILL by Hiroshi Sakurazaka.

I decided not to die with three rounds left in my pile driver.
I lifted a leg. I put a hand on one knee.
I stood.
I screamed. I forced myself to keep going.
The red Jacket turned to me.
I heard some noise over my headphones, but I couldn't tell what she was trying to say. One of the Mimics in the pack stood out from the rest. It wasn't that it looked different from the others. Just another drowned, bloated frog. But there was something about it that set it apart. Maybe proximity to death had sharpened my senses, but somehow I knew that was the one I was meant to fight.
So that's what I did.

EDGE OF TOMORROW - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1631867

See the EDGE OF TOMORROW trailer here:
http://youtu.be/vw61gCe2oqI

http://www.edgeoftomorrowmovie.com/
https://www.facebook.com/EdgeofTomorr...
In theaters June 6, 2014.

Oscar® nominee Tom Cruise (the "Mission: Impossible" films, "Collateral," "Jerry Maguire") and Emily Blunt ("The Devil Wears Prada," "The Adjustment Bureau") star in Warner Bros. Pictures' and Village Roadshow Pictures' sci-fi thriller "Edge of Tomorrow," under the direction of Doug Liman ("The Bourne Identity," "Mr. & Mrs. Smith").

The epic action of "Edge of Tomorrow" unfolds in a near future in which an alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world.
Lt. Col. Bill Cage (Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously dropped into what amounts to a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop—forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again...and again.
But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage the adversaries with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Blunt). And, as Cage and Rita take the fight to the aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy.

Meant to Fight - (aka Edge of Tomorrow Reimagined)

Music by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
Website: http://about.me/danielciurlizza
YouTube: www.youtube.com/danielciurl­izza

Music Department:
ELVIS BATES - score technical consultant
DANIEL CIURLIZZA - synthesizer programmer
NESTOR ESTRADA - sample development
MICHAEL WYCKOFF - digital instrument design

Music Mixed and Produced at OUTLIER STUDIOS

The music on this video demo was inspired by the motion picture INTERSTELLAR, directed by Christopher Nolan.

INTERSTELLAR - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692
Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

See the INTERSTELLAR official trailer here:
http://youtu.be/zSWdZVtXT7E

Interstellar

Music by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
Website: about.me/danielciurlizza
Music: www.youtube.com/danielciurl­izza

Elvis Bates (@elvisbates) - Score Technical Consultant
Tato Ciurlizza - vocalist
Casey Aaron Edwards (@caseyedwards) - Music Assistant
Corin Neff (@esgalachoir) - Synthesizer Programmer
Daniel Ciurlizza - Synthesizer Programmer

Score Mixed at Outlier Studios


Oppenheimer [Soundtrack Suite]

Music by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
Various Themes by JOHN WILLIAMS
www.outlierstudios.co

This track is an experiment in the Star Wars universe and its composer, John Williams. The goal for this piece was to play with a new kind of Star Wars sound and research different ways of merging genres and styles. In place of traditional orchestral elements like strings, I used synthesizers designed to sound like strings. But I also wanted to ground it in a world where the "star wars" was a real thing, so using a singular real violin - which may represent how these wars have affected real individuals - was important to me.

There's also a bit of an indie music feel in the way the chords play on the piano. Plus, adding in white noise risers to separate each section is a callback to electronic music - it gives us energy to keep pursuing that "end goal" in this world.

This original composition has no official connection with Disney, LucasFilm Ltd.,  or composer John Williams. It has been published for research and demonstration purposes.

Music Department
Elvis Bates - Score Technical Consultant & Sample Development
Daniel Ciurlizza - Synthesizer Programmer & Sample Development
Corin Neff - Synthesizer Programmer
Paul Paramo - Sample Development

Score Mixed at Outlier Studios

Special Thanks to
Director Jared Pelletier
VFX Team Brandon Clements & Andrew Farris

Star Wars - Dark Side Themes (Reimagined)

Music by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
www.danielciurlizza.com

The Long Dark

Music by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
www.danielciurlizza.com

Music Department
Elvis Bates - Score Technical Consultant & Saxophone
Daniel Ciurlizza - Synthesizer Programmer
Nestor Estrada - Sample Development
Corin Neff - Synthesizer Programmer
Paul Paramo - Sample Development

Score Mixed at Outlier Studios

Happiness (from Trying Not to Explode OST)

GLADIATOR

RIOT

Music by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
www.danielciurlizza.com

Music Department
ELVIS BATES - Score Technical Consultant
DANIEL CIURLIZZA - Synthesizer Programmer & Sample Development
TOMMY DEARTH - Score Consulting
NESTOR ESTRADA - Sample Development
JAIME LEW - Score Technical Engineer
CORIN NEFF - Synthesizer Programmer

Produced by OUTLIER STUDIOS

On The Line

Chaoticism

Music by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
www.outlierstudios.co

All Our Might (Piano Version)

No Honor Among Men Like Me

Music by DANIEL CIURLIZZA

Music Department
ELVIS BATES - Score Technical Consultant

Music Produced by OUTLIER STUDIOS

We Are Not Forgotten

Listen on SPOTIFY

BUY THIS MUSIC: https://goo.gl/3ye8Tf

Music by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
www.danielciurlizza.com

0:00 - The Goldilocks Missions
1:30 - Mission Log Reports/Landing on Gliese
4:03 - Elora Ashford
5:40 - Our New Home
6:52 - Humanity's Future

MUSIC DEPARTMENT
DANIEL CIURLIZZA - Sample Development
NESTOR ESTRADA - Music Assistant
MITCH DEL ROSARIO - Sample Development
CORIN NEFF - Synthesizer Programmer

Music Produced by OUTLIER STUDIOS

GOLDILOCKS directed by BLAKE SIMON

Goldilocks [Soundtrack Suite]

Music by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
www.outlierstudios.co

MUSIC DEPARTMENT
NESTOR ESTRADA - Sample Development

Music Produced by OUTLIER STUDIOS

Watch Nerf Team Fortress 2 by Corridor Digital:
https://youtu.be/OYXiYcX3sQ8

Nerf Team Fortress [Soundtrack Suite] - Corridor Digital

Music by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
www.outlierstudios.co

Music Department
NESTOR ESTRADA - Music Assistant
TRAVIS W. HENDRIX - Sample Development
JAIME LEW - Score Technical Engineer
DANIEL CIURLIZZA - Synthesizer Programmer

Score Produced by Outlier Studios


The Negative [Soundtrack Suite]

BUY THIS MUSIC AT https://danielciurlizza.bandcamp.com/track/warning-danger-zone

Music by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
www.outlierstudios.co

Music Department
TRAVIS W. HENDRIX (@travis-w-hendrix) - Score Consultant
MICHAEL WYCKOFF (@r-otofficial) - Electronic Drum Sample Design
DANIEL CIURLIZZA - Synthesizer Programmer & Sample Development

Special Thanks to
CLINTON JONES
HOWARD SCARR

WARNING: DANGER ZONE

Music by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
www.outlierstudios.co

Music Department
ANNIE CILLEY - Sample Development
TRAVIS W. HENDRIX - Sample Development

Special Thanks to
AL BENOIT

The music on this video demo is a fan score inspired by the video game DEATH STRANDING, developed by HIDEO KOJIMA and KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS.

This music was originally developed for an unrelated film by director AL BENOIT.

From DEATH STRANDING Wikipedia:
Death Stranding is an upcoming open world action video game developed by Kojima Productions and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4.

The game features actors Norman Reedus and Mads Mikkelsen, as well as director Guillermo del Toro, who are portrayed in-game via motion capture. The game's title is a reference to the cetacean stranding phenomenon.

Kojima Productions' Death Stranding Reveal Trailer - E3 2016:
https://youtu.be/i2nuHEGhwiw

Death Stranding ( Hideo Kojima ) - Game Awards 2016 Trailer
https://youtu.be/6goa1pI_az8

Death Stranding

Music by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
www.outlierstudios.co

Music Produced at Outlier Studios

Darkest Hours

Featured in:
Murder On The Orient Express - Trailer #2

Music by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
www.outlierstudios.co

Music Department
JORDAN ANN MARTONE - Lead Violin

Music Produced by OUTLIER STUDIOS & SCORE A SCORE

Licensing Provided by SCORE A SCORE
http://scoreascore.com/

Watch the trailer at https://youtu.be/z68frP9Q7XA

BELIEVER by Imagine Dragons [Orchestral Cover] - Murder On The Orient Express Trailer #2

Music by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
www.outlierstudios.co

Two cops try to cover up killing an unarmed black teen. Things don’t go as planned.

Watch the short at https://vimeo.com/248003379

Music Department
JONI FULLER - Violinist
TRAVIS W. HENDRIX - Sample Development

Score Produced by OUTLIER STUDIOS

Chickens [Soundtrack Suite]

Music by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
Theme by JOHN WILLIAMS
Website: https://about.me/danielciurlizza
Music: https://fanlink.to/danielciurlizza

While experimenting with achieving a "live room" sound without having a "live room," we reimagined the Jurassic Park theme with strings and some sprinkles of piano. Here's the result....

Music Department
Joni Fuller - Strings

Jurassic Park Theme (Reimagined w/ String Quartet) - Ft. Joni Fuller

Cover and Re-imagining by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
Original by MICHAEL NYMAN
www.outlierstudios.co

Original track by Michael Nyman:
https://youtu.be/ZzpvJT3t3u8

Fish Beach [Cover] - Won't You Be My Neighbor Trailer

Music by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
Themes by HANS ZIMMER
More tunes: fanlink.to/danielciurlizza

Music Department
MAHMOUD ALTAF - Vocals
WILLIAM ARNOLD - Lead Vocals
NESTOR ESTRADA - Vocals + Additional Programming
JONI FULLER - Vocals
SABRE HANNAH - Additional Lead Vocals
TRAVIS W. HENDRIX - Flute
RYAN SPRATT - Sample Development / Vocals

THE LION KING: A King Returns (Theme Reimagined)

For the past many years, I've seen the Marvel Studios team tell engaging stories, with a major focus on spectacular entertainment. Offering that kind of work to the world is exciting to me, and seeing what it can do for people is what drives me every second of the day.

This is my take on the upcoming SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS, and I consider this to be my first step in achieving the goal of being part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 

Music by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
More tunes: fanlink.to/danielciurlizza
I write music for movies: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3792999

Music Department
QIANQIAN JIN - Guzheng, Flutes, & Pipa
WILLIAM ARNOLD - Suona & Vocals
STEVEN C. CHIU - Erhu & Violins
JONI FULLER - Violins & Viola
ROLAND BINGAMAN - Sample Development
RYAN SPRATT - Bells & Rings Instrument Development

Music Consultants
QIANQIAN JIN
TYLER GLOVER
NESTOR ESTRADA
BILL SNYDER III
ADAM LUKAS
LUNA Y. PAN
RHYAN D'ERRICO

Storytelling Consultants
JORDAN PASSMAN
JAKE WEINREB
JARED PELLETIER
MICHAEL CHWASTIAK
SIMU LIU
ERIC COOK

The Ten Rings (Unofficial Experiments for Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Rising Spirit (Unofficial) Experiments for Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Orchestrated & Arranged by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
Original Music by JOE HISAISHI
More tunes: fanlink.to/danielciurlizza
I write music for movies: www.imdb.com/name/nm3792999

A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece of music that made me feel inadequate.

It was one of those moments where everything I did made me feel like I wasn't good enough at my job.

I realized that, while I was happy with my music production and composition skills (big/clear sounds, good melodies, and solid grasp on harmonies) my orchestral arranging skills were comparatively imbalanced.

For those of you that don't know what orchestration is exactly:
- 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 is creating melodies from (seemingly) thin air. Just pure musical ideas.
- 𝘖𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 is giving those melodies (and harmonies) to different instruments in the orchestra.

If I could offer an analogy, great composition without solid orchestration is a delicious meal that's haphazardly thrown onto a plate...

It tastes pretty good, but it would have been a lot better if they'd put everything in its place. (And if you're really good at plating, then you can charge a lot of money for that meal.)

So I dug in...

I chose one of my favorite composers, Joe Hisaishi. And I went into this with the goal of recreating his piece, "The Legend of Ashitaka" from Princess Mononoke, from scratch.

MY PROCESS: TREAT IT LIKE A WORKOUT (I.E. DON'T CUT CORNERS BECAUSE EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS)

To extract the most out of this exercise, I listened to his piece a million times, and did a simple piano reduction by ear. I also cross-referenced a couple of fan-written scores online.

I limited the piano reduction to 4 voices (essentially, the notes that make up the melody and chords) because this is how I'd previously started my compositions.

I've enjoyed this way of working because it helps me establish a very basic structure. And it instantly allows me to see voicings "horizontally" (melodically, from left to right), in addition to "vertically" (harmonically, from top to bottom). A lot like regular sheet music does.

Once I'd finished the piano reduction, my next step was to blow it back up into all the different parts: Woodwinds, Brass, Strings, Harp, Percussion, and some Synthesizers for added color. Actually...

That's the biggest thing I got out of this—orchestration is purely about color. It's not really about size or volume—that's music production/mixing. My issue was that I had a hammer (confidence in production skills), and everything I saw (including orchestration) was a nail.

Finally, I finished orchestrating everything according to how Hisaishi did it—including playing with tempo so that I could give it more movement and life.

But I knew that wouldn't be enough for me. To truly get as much as I could out of this "workout," I added instruments to see if I could supplement without making things messy (my original problem)—and not rely on any mixing AT ALL.

In fact, I never touched a single fader on this piece, which is testament to how great all of these sample libraries are, and to how effective good orchestration can be. Good orchestration can often take the role of a good mix.

THE RESULTS OF DIVING DEEP

Ultimately, it took me about 55 hours of deep work across 13 days to finish this. Honestly, it made me think back on why I chose this profession...

Using every second of each hour—intentionally—was invigorating. I could feel my musical muscles grow stronger with every technical challenge I overcame. And covering Hisaishi's music allowed me to reach down into my childhood roots, which helped me remember the fundamental things I enjoy about writing music.

I already want to do it again.

Here's the result of my journey...

The Legend of Ashitaka

Orchestrated & Arranged by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
Original Music by THE WEEKND
More tunes: fanlink.to/danielciurlizza
I write music for movies: www.imdb.com/name/nm3792999
Artwork by POCATSU: https://www.instagram.com/pocatsu/

Blinding Lights by The Weeknd (Full Orchestra in the Style of Studio Ghibli)

I write music for movies: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3792999

Music by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
Themes by JOHN WILLIAMS
Website: https://www.danielciurlizza.com/
Music: https://fanlink.to/danielciurlizza

Score Produced by Outlier Studios (https://www.outlierstudios.co/)

This music was written for @WilkinsAnimations  animated series, "Dark Empire." It appears in the trailer for "Dark Empire Episode II: Devastator of Worlds", which you can watch here: https://bit.ly/3g0TAgI

I'll also be writing music for the actual episode, which comes out early 2021.

In a time of increasing chaos in the Galaxy,
divided Imperial forces contend ferociously
for control of the Empire.

The Rebel Alliance is quick to take advantage of
the upheaval, spreading the cry of rebellion far and
wide — and inflicting stinging blows against the
feuding Imperials.

At the height of the growing anarchy, a captured Star
Destroyer piloted by Luke Skywalker, Lando Calrissian and
Wedge Antilles is shot down over the Imperial City.

In an attempt to rescue their fallen comrades, Princess Leia and
Han Solo, together with the Wookiee Chewbacca and protocol droid
C-3PO, fly the Millennium Falcon into the heart of the conflagration.

But Skywalker, now a Jedi of the highest order, refuses to be saved.
Instead he chooses to face a mysterious energy storm that sweeps him,
along with R2-D2, toward certain destruction.

Meanwhile, at a secret rebel base, Alliance leader Mon Mothma receives
disturbing information: a Dark Side power has emerged from hiding, reunifying
the feuding Imperials and gathering the technological might of the Empire for a
major assault on the worlds of the Rebellion.

EMPIRE REBORN - Star Wars "Dark Empire" Trailer Soundtrack

Find NORMAN (2021) on all streaming sites. My favorite place to watch is Amazon: 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08SBVLRZM

Music by DANIEL CIURLIZZA
Website: www.danielciurlizza.com
Music: https://fanlink.to/danielciurlizza​

NORMAN - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3484204

Time Rift

The Pill

Never Going Home

Day 127

Music producer for film scores, trailers, and other fun experiments with my music team at Outlier Studios.

You may have heard my work on the marketing campaigns for The Handmaid's Tale, Won't You Be My Neighbor, or X-Men: Dark Phoenix.

You might have also heard my work on Top 40 songs by Drake, Kanye West, Khalid, and other artists.

Last name is pronounced "Chur-Leet-Zuh."

Daniel Ciurlizza

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