Name: They Laid Down Their Guns by Casey Fulton
Duration: 1 min 15 s
Description: An arrangement for orchestra of 'They laid down their guns' adapted from 'Bridget O' Malley'

An arrangement for orchestra of 'They laid down their guns' adapted from 'Bridget O' Malley'

They Laid Down Their Guns

Andning 101 (DEMO)

Sonata Form - Live Recording

I remember growing up with my grandparents, they had this clock in their living room that would always play a melody each time it turned 12:00 pm Or 12 am. It would play this beautiful tone that lasted a good 15 seconds.  So, I made my own unique piece out of that tune for a memorial. 

I hope you all like this, this piece is a personal song that was part of my life.

Grandfather's Clock

I remember first hearing this song and realizing music could be funny and didn't necessarily have to take itself too seriously.

(Thank you to my wife for lending her voices towards the ending)

Peaches

Of all Swedish bands/artists/musicians (and we have quite a few) Stina Nordenstam is probably the one I admire the most. Her musical journey, spread across several albums, has been an absolute adventure to follow. I highly recommend everyone to listen to everything she's made.

The Man With The Gun

The Smile Song

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/14JzmjnJrl7XcvwDg9Wmd9?si=utUTuKrEQziojoF3mAR2Ng
itunes: https-//itunes.apple.com/us/album/viking-music-from-the-original-motion-picture/1325115405
Kronos Records; http://www.kronosrecords.com/K87.html
Amazon: https-//www.amazon.com/Viking-Music-Original-Motion-Picture/dp/B0788J5HXH?tag=soundtonline-20
Score Media: http-//moviescoremedia.com/viking-dean-valentine/

Vladimirs Theme - Viking [OST]

Music from the stop-motion animation film, Hair 髮.

"A stop motion animation about a little girl who falls into a world of anxiety after her father leaves the family, and how her mother rescues her and helps her overcome her problems with her love. In this short film, Hair plays a huge role as a character, representing the separation anxiety of the protagonist and her longing for her father’s return. This animation makes use of real human hair on two-dimensional paper puppets, a novel approach that allows for a level of realism and texture that other materials cannot provide."

Hair is scored with traditional Chinese instruments - the guzheng, sheng, and yangqin - supported by a chamber orchestra. Much of the score casts the Chinese instruments in an intimate setting, with the pure and crisp tones of the leading guzheng reflecting main character Qiqi's youth and innocence. 

The musical motif "re-mi-so-re-mi" forms the foundation of the music theme and follows the exploration of relationships and growing up - first heard in the opening gently accompanied by the harp when we see Qiqi and her complete family, the motif appears as a fragmented unit in various forms (from a processed yangqin to achieve a fuzzy, dreamy timbre, to being performed 'molto espressivo' by a flute driven by the orchestra) throughout the film, corresponding to Qiqi's emotional states. 

The main theme is reprised at the end, this time with an uplifting arrangement and in a new key, symbolising growth and a new stage in relationship between Qiqi and her mother. A subtle alteration to the last phrase of the reprised theme, having the notes ascending instead of descending, brings the film to a close as the theme, which has never reached a resolution, finally resolves.

Hair 髮

Hunting

Lonely Tree.

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This is my first project using Spitfire Studio Strings Professional

They Laid Down Their Guns

Casey Fulton

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