Soundtrack for the upcoming video game "Escape from Ever After."

Three Little Pigs Boss Battle

Construction Site

Miniboss Battle

Fairytale Forest

Title Theme

Battle Theme

Battle Theme - Folksy World 1 Remix

Battle Theme - Spooky World 2 Remix

Program notes:
"Ripples in Infinity" is inspired by the paintings of Lee Krasner, who was an innovative and influential abstract-expressionist painter. She was a brilliant artist, but her career was often compromised by her role as ‘supportive wife’ to Jackson Pollock, as well as by the male-dominated art world. During her lifetime, Krasner found herself being ignored and devalued despite her invaluable contributions to the abstract-expressionist movement. This piece is a celebration of Krasner and depicts one of her most iconic paintings, "Shattered Color." This painting is striking to me because of its seemingly infinite layers – on the surface it’s vibrant and colorful, but underneath, there are glimpses of something dark and stormy with an almost unyielding intensity. Contrastingly, the vivid pinks and yellows dancing across the foreground have a whimsical, playful character to them. "Ripples in Infinity" portrays the splattering of paint onto the canvas and the multitude of different characters that weave in and out of the painting’s ostensibly endless texture. It also tells the story of a woman, who like so many others, had to struggle to build the timeless legacy that she deserved.

Performers:
Garrett Evans, conductor
Ned Martenis, flute
Abbey Atwater, clarinet
Joan Shalit, violin
Julian Bennett, cello
Daphne Thomas, piano
Alex Quade, percussion

Recording by Alvina Tan
Editing by Larry Darling

This project was funded by the George and Marjorie Chandler Senior Experience Fund.

Ripples in Infinity (for chamber ensemble)

Performed by NOW Ensemble live at the Red Note New Music Festival

Blind Eye (Live Performance by NOW Ensemble)

Adventure Game Demo (Twisting Labyrinth)

Adventure Game Demo (Snowy Wasteland)

Performed by Becky Swanson (saxophone) and Maggie Hinchliffe (piano). Recorded/edited by Daniel Whitworth and mixed/mastered by Hank Laritson.

Movements:
I. The Modern Prometheus
II. Exhalation
III. I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
IV. Solaris
V. A Momentary Taste of Being

Program Notes:

Portraits of Being is an exploration of existentialism using the texts of five science-fiction stories, each corresponding to a movement of the piece. Despite these stories spanning almost two centuries, the same timeless question is asked in all of them: “What does it mean to be human?” Portraits of Being uses this common thread to tie all these stories together and to examine some of the different ways we define “being.”

I. The Modern Prometheus (1817)
Based on the novel by Mary Shelley

Otherwise known as “Frankenstein,” this iconic novel is considered to be the birth of science-fiction. In it, the ambitious Dr. Frankenstein brings a corpse back to life and, horrified by what he’s created, abandons it in his lab. The nameless creature escapes and slowly educates itself in the shadows of society, eventually vowing revenge on Dr. Frankenstein for his ungodly existence. The creature’s conflict between his feral nature and desire for acceptance is represented in the first movement by bursts of chaos with small interruptions of Romantic harmonies.

II. Exhalation (2008)
Based on the short story by Ted Chiang

Set in an unknown place in an unknown time, a civilization of immortal mechanical beings is shaken after a strange occurrence. In the story, we follow one of these beings as he deconstructs his own body and, by studying his anatomy, discovers that the minds and bodies of his kind are powered by air currents. Paired with the realization that the air of their world is slowly depleting, the civilization faces the prospect of life someday ceasing to exist.
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III. I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1967)
Based on the short story by Harlan Ellison

A sentient artificial intelligence called AM has wiped out all of humanity except for a small group of survivors. As an expression for its hatred of mankind, AM tortures the remaining survivors and keeps them virtually immortal so that its punishment may be eternal.

IV. Solaris (1961)
Based on the novel by Stanisław Lem

A psychologist named Kelvin is sent to a space station orbiting the planet Solaris to investigate why its crew is suffering from severe psychological trauma. Solaris, covered entirely in water, seems to project and materialize physical manifestations of the human psyche. Once at the station, Kelvin encounters a recreation of his deceased wife, who has been constructed entirely from his memories of her. She is completely sentient, unaware of her true nature, and doesn’t even remember dying. This forces Kelvin to confront his long-buried grief and decide if this identical version of his wife is real enough to allow himself a second chance to be with her.
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V. A Momentary Taste of Being (1975)
Based on the novella by Alice Sheldon

In a distant future where the Earth is slowly decaying, a team of scientists are deployed on a mission into the far reaches of space to investigate a planet that has potential to support life. When they arrive decades later, the crew sends a small team to the surface to have a closer look. Only one woman returns from this expedition, claiming the planet to be a paradise. Yet, there is something odd about her behavior. They soon realize that the planet holds the key to humanity’s true purpose; or in other words, the meaning of life. The answers they uncover are horrifying.

Portraits Of Being (for saxophone and piano)

Composer, Sound Designer, and Saxophonist based in the Seattle area.

Master's Degree in Composition and Film/Game Scoring from Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music

Daniel Whitworth

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