Thought provoking piece about the life somewhere else.

Oboe & English Horn performed by Kristin Naigus
Tin Whistle performed by Jasper Blunk

Far Beyond The Stars

Adventure score about a fantastic trip Down Under.

The Secret Of Ayers Rock

Another track from the unreleased game...

Awakening The Warrior Within

Some of my older work. Fast action piece with strong trailer passage towards the end

Hybrid Statement

Some of my older work, intense Orchestral piece.

The Weapons

Monumental trailer version of Entering the Stronghold.

The Revolution

Epic choral hymn, written for the game Novus Aeterno back in 2011.

Additional Mix and Mastering by John Rodd (http://www.johnrodd.com)

"Novus Aeterno is a full Real Time Strategy (RTS) game that takes place in a massive and seamless galaxy full of great opportunities and challenging threats. Players familiar to RTS games will be able to grasp the controls and layout to get right into the action of Novus Aeterno."

http://novusaeterno.com

Veni Vidi Vici

Classical-Electro crossover, written as a battle track for the Sci-Fi game Novus Aeterno.

"Novus Aeterno is a full Real Time Strategy (RTS) game that takes place in a massive and seamless galaxy full of great opportunities and challenging threats. Players familiar to RTS games will be able to grasp the controls and layout to get right into the action of Novus Aeterno."

http://novusaeterno.com

Agitato

Comforting, romantic piece, which is expressing the meaning of love.

This certain track was written for someone who's very important to me. It's uncertain if I'm going to show this to her, because... well, when aren't things ever complicated?

I still decided to make an upload before the dust would settle upon this piece! :)

Oboe and English Horn performed by Kristin Naigus.

You Light Up The Sky

Serene and magical piece, inspired by the element of water.

The main motiv of this track was taken from an older piece of mine, which was called Sea of Crystal. It only made a short appearance in there, but it got people to point it out for me, noting how they'd love to hear a longer version of that theme. I felt the same about this and starting writing a full track the revolved around this. Just like Sea of Crystal, this one was inspired by water in all of its forms, mainly how it flows and moves when it starts raining, or how it would form a lake.

I want to thank Kristin Naigus for contributing her amazing talent to this track, she played the Oboe, Tin and Low Whistle parts in this, which really helped bringing the solo parts to life once again! She performs in quite a lot of my tracks and contributed an amazing performance to them. 

You can check out more of her work here: http://field-of-reeds.net/ and https://www.youtube.com/user/fieldofreeds

The Flow Of Water

An ambient/exploration track from the Novus Aeterno Soundtrack!

Distress Signals

Another nightly-themed music track for Lightyears from Home. This ambient track is intended to play within the first area at night, underlining the calm and more peaceful forest setting.

Polaris

A suite I've written for an upcoming video game that revolved around space and time travel. While the score I proposed was greenlighted, the whole project was put on hold due to investors changing their minds. Been highly looking forward to this, but unfortunately things aren't always happening in my favor, so all that's left is this suite!

1. A Key to the Past (0:00)
2. Time (2:18)
3. Light-years from Home (4:15)

A Key to the Past (Suite)

Thunderdome (Extended)

Remade, extended, and properly mixed! Newly produced for a portfolio I'm putting together.

License for TV/Film and anything else available at 1Revolution/Immediate Music.

Entering the Stronghold (Extended)

Composer reel of my work from the recent years.

Demoreel 2015

Here's a slightly darker adventure/fantasy track! This was originally commissioned by Dan Brose and later on used as a base for the suite of the game Tenebrae.

Gathering Shadows

Here's a more romantic track that was originally written for a TV commercial before being turned down. Since it was originally written within 8 hours the orchestration was a little thin, so I went back to polish it up a little and post it here!

Asking Her Out

A Celtic inspired suite that was written for Paul Holland's debut novel Penny the Brave, featuring live performances by both Taryn J. Harbridge on the Violin and Kristin Naigus on the Irish Low Whistle.

While starting out calm. this piece slowly grows into a scenic musical journey through the land of Eisley, reminiscent of travelling montages from movies such as Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. In terms of instrumentalization I wanted to try out a few new things, using instruments such as Arcordeon, Bagpipes and concertina next to the usual whistles and orchestra.

An Eislian's Tale

A personal piece that is based on the previously posted track "A Key to the Past". This particular track was inspired by the last section of the suite and turned into its own, very emotional piece of music. 

The track was originally inspired by the idea of an astronaut doing research on a foreign planet while exchanging messages with his wife every evening. The piece revolves around finding consolation in the thought of having someone out there, even in the most lonely days. Writing this was a ton of fun, especially with Taryn playing the violin parts so incredibly well!

Check out more of Taryn's work here!
https://www.youtube.com/user/SaphireRain42

The cover artwork for this track was commissioned by me and done by Niken Anindita, who already did the Dreams of Flight artwork a few years ago. Check out her work here!
http://megatruh.deviantart.com/

Lightyears from Home (feat. Taryn J. Harbridge)

Here's some more space music! A new track that is part of an extended suite for Lightyears from Home, which is a video game that I'm slowly beginning to realize through my recent affiliation with Autodidactic I. It's still a little too early to talk about the details, as my plan for this year is to merely get a few developers involved and get a prototype of the game running. Parts of this track are going to play when the player roams open snow fields at night, underlining the feeling of solitude with a sparkle of hope.

Nocturne

Recently used in Shellshock Live and remade for trailer music purposes, here's a completely overproduced version of With Gun & Crucifix! The original idea behind this rock, electro, orchestral hybrid was a vampire slaying priest who travels through the land to free it from the undead. A proper remake of this track was almost inevitable since this track has always been highly demanded, so here's hoping this new makeover is enjoyable!

With Gun & Crucifix (2018 Version)

Short WIP main theme sketch for Toniko Pantoja's upcoming film, more to come soon!

Earthball - Maintheme Sketch

Magical adventure piece that pictures how a calm, unimpossing day suddenly becomes a great adventure. (Official Demo for EWQL Symphonic Orchestra PLAY)

Morning Adventure

Score for a shortfilm that I did for a good friend. Piece which is completely written in staccato notes, comedy like atmosphere.

That Strange Noise

One of my older 2008 tracks, this one was inspired by Zimmer's Spirit score. 

A Magnificent Journey

An epic, orchestral trailer score, written for a future animated feature film.

Been quite a while since I got to post new music since the majority of scores I write are under exclusive contracts. Luckily this wasn't the case for this track, which is why I finally have something new to upload here! This particular track was originally finished early this year and only longer than a minute. Since I'm secretly preparing a new album whatsoever (guess now it's less of a secret anymore!), I've extended it to make it feel more like a proper piece. Here's hoping I can find some more time next year to finally go back to writing more personal tracks, but since I need to make an income, this has lately been a bit tough! 

Thumbnail artwork by the amazing Megatruh: https://www.deviantart.com/megatruh

Fynder

Sometimes there are projects that take a little eternity. They'll get started, dropped and picked up again in a frequent manner and the as time passes by, you'll start to doubt that they're ever completed. 

Dreams of Flight is a piece that I started thinking about in 2008, I wanted to challenge myself writing a Symphony piece of extraordinary proportions containing powerful themes and clever orchestration, all packed into a Hollywood worthy production. The subject was storytelling through music, something a few listeners would often highlight in my arrangements. Filmmusic needs to tell a story after all, otherwise it could just be described as background music. I started this piece with a piano suite and wrote the first themes in 2009, when I actually began writing the track in 2010, I started to work on a feature film, marking my entrance into the commercial world of scoring. Due to these forthcoming commercial project the progress of this piece started to become negligible, there were times where I laid it down for half a year, picked it up again only to drop it again one week later. Luckily my experience and technical possibilities have evolved greatly during that time which enabled me to lift the quality of this track into new heigths. However, getting back into the piece after half a year wasn't easy sometimes and often left me with a headache.

The piece is portraying all sorts of excitements one could get from orchestral music. You'll spot some obvious influences like Powell's Dragon score as well as nods towards Zimmer and Alan Menken which have always been my favorites. However, with this piece I was aiming for a signature sound, with thematic quality high enough that one could easily mistake it for a suite to an animated movie. This piece was supposed to be used for my application at Berklee, but knowing what they charge composers I'm currently rather doubtful that I'll make an entrance there, it's just too expensive.

Dreams of Flight contains 4 movements, similar to a symphony but not following the rules excactly. So I want to use this term with caution.

1. Once upon a Nighttime

The piece makes a calm start with woodwind solos and light orchestration. This part was inspired by Irish Folk music, putting a strong storytelling aspect into the piece. It ends with a buildup that hints at the main theme.

2. Building upon Dreams

A typical montage arrangement introducing the main theme and its continuation. The second part was obviously influenced by Powell's Dragon score, ending with the "musical line of awesomeness", rowing a line of exciting themes.

3. Journey

At this point the piece will calm down and move back to a similar sound as heard in the first movement with the focus on wind solos. In the second part it goes back to the familiar montage sound, but with a lesser presence focusing on explorationary aspects. It ends with a buildup towards the last movement.

4. Limitless

The most powerful and epic movement, throwing everything around that was introduced in the former movements. Several ups and downs here with the focus to never run out of energy. It ends with the maintheme similar to the second movement.

This piece would've never been possible without the great players who performed in this piece. I'd like to thank everyone who had the patience and time to record for this piece!

Kristin Naigus: Oboe, English Horn, Tin & Low Whistle
Sean Lin: Clarinet
Daniela Koch: Flute
Berker Sen: Bassoon
Mario Hinke & myself: Some choir voices

Special thanks to: Robert Eisenhauer (for introducing me to a flute player), Toniko Pantoja (for keeping me motivated), Mario Hinke (additional motivation) and Eastwest Quantum Leap for their excellent libraries.

Dreams of Flight

Score for Keilidh Bradley's animated short Fox Fires! This film was her diploma work and basically tells the story of the Celtic zodiac animals. Scheduling this was a bit wild since it all happened during a move, traveling, and in between other projects, the story whatsoever really pulled me in, so it was hard to give this one a pass, especially since it's been such a long time coming!

Watch the film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN5goxeTfjc

Fox Fires

Score from Toniko Pantoja's animated film "Crayon Dragon". Was really a lot fun scoring this as the film downright demanded a narrative score. This is an extended version of the score as I wanted the player performances to be heard a little better. Everything after 3 minutes is basically an alternative mix of the middle part.

Big thanks to Kristin Naigus and Taryn J. Harbridge for making the fantastic live recordings! The live Violin, Tin and Low Whistle contributed a lot to this score.

The film can be found here: http://vimeo.com/41314639

Crayon Dragon

Watch it here: http://vimeo.com/65255634

Filmscore for Toniko Pantoja's film "Wolf Song". This animated short needed an approach that was very different from last year's "Crayon Dragon", as Toniko decided to go for a much darker and sad theme this time.

The music played a very important role, as the film revolves around a lullaby theme, which took a recurring role in this animated short. The theme had to have a somewhat sad and eerie tone, but give some sort of comfort at the same time to reflect the storyline of the film. It was a lot of fun working on such a thematic base, as it greatly contributes to a film's character in my opinion. As usual, the Oboe was recorded by Kristin Naigus, who's live recordings greatly contributed to the haunting tone in the beginning of the film. The singing parts were recorded by voice actress Karen N. Kahler, who voiced the wolf mother in this film.

Oboe performed by Kristin Naigus
Voice by Karen N. Kahler

Wolfsong

I'm a German filmcomposer in my mid twenties working from my home studio. Composing began as a hobby to me and later evolved to a full-time job. I use this page to upload a lot of music I've been doing in my free time as well as some commercial tracks.

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