Commissioned by the Chicago Sinfonietta as part of Chi-Scape, which also featured works by Chris Rogerson, Armando Bayolo and Vivian Fung.

Shards of Serenity

To the Beginning - Tortoise Unbinding

To the Beginning - Main theme

Trazos Edit GDC

Jumbling- solo experimental prepared drumset

"The Night You Swallow The Moon" by Lisa Hosokawa

Music from the last level of Jamestown, by Final Form Games. Composed by Francisco Cerda

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fcocerda@gmail.com

Jamestown - The Lost Temple Of Croatoa

It's finally here! A version of the Elder Scrolls theme made by me! :)
This track is a first for me in a few ways. I have never used a horn section until now, and it sounds amazing on this track. It's also my first Elder Scrolls song, and yes, I am planning on making more in the future. Hope you like it. Feel free to give this a like or a comment.

The Elder Scrolls Theme -  AceMantra Arrangement

New track for ProtoCorgi, a cute shmup game by Kemono Games. I tried to be as Kawaii as I could with this one uwu

The full soundtrack is now available on Bandcamp:
https://franciscocerda.bandcamp.com/album/protocorgi-original-soundtrack

ProtoCorgi - Leviathan (Level 1)

After 4 years, the amazing horror fighting game "Omen of Sorrow" has been released!

I was lucky enough to have the chance to make the Soundtrack for this project (the first fighting game ever developed in Latin America), so here goes a little taste of the intense Industrial/Metal OST, that is probably the most over-the-top thing i've done to this date \m/

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Guitars by Benjamín Lechuga
Mix and Mastering by Pepe Lastarria

Omen of Sorrow - Untamed Madness

The Book of the Dead ostensibly depicts the path of a soul through the Egyptian afterlife.  Each movement is representative of one of the “spells” contained within the ancient Book of the Dead.  “All the evil upon me has been removed” represents the cleansing power of death and the moment of passing into the afterlife.  “Guarding against the loss of heart” captures the struggle to maintain self-identity amongst the confusion and terror of the afterlife.  “Protecting against being devoured by servants of Osiris” represents the physical manifestation of terror and struggle.  “The Weighing of the Heart” is the final judgment.  Was the life lived worthy of eternal rest and comfort?

The narrative structure of the piece follows this closely and can be heard as somewhat programmatic; the saxophonist is the lost soul, struggling to overcome the forces that seek to devour, dement and consume.

As a young composer, the idea of being overwhelmed by the constant inundation of sound, and by the pressures of being a professional, is quite terrifying.  What does it mean to be me?  This piece, in a big way, is about that.  “Guarding against the loss of heart” is a collection of quotations (there are dozens of quotations in movement two alone – from both the classical and “pop” traditions – see if you can identify them all!) and is representative of this very thing.  I imagine myself as the lost soul stepping into the new, terrifying world, being pulled at in each direction by forces (in this case, musical quotations), trying to sway me from my path.  The aggregate is chaotic, confusing, quirky, disturbing.  It is hard to keep focus and direction.

Moonlight Sonata continually returns across all four movements at moments of repose.  It serves to unify the entire composition, while also giving the soloist a place of solace and rest.  One of my earliest musical memories is of this piece.  To me it is music and emotion at a very fundamental level and still is a place of comfort and stability in my life.

Book of the Dead - Concerto for Soprano Saxophone, Winds and Percussion

Composer, sound designer and educator
dreyest@gmail.com

Trazos Edit GDC

Daniel Reyes Taha