Short Cue for a small scene description.
Recorded at Berklee Valencia scoring stage.

Morning Note

A short cue written for a clip from the Spanish film "Los Girasoles Ciegos".
Instrumentation: String quartet, Clarinet & Bassoon.
Recorded at the Berklee Valencia Scoring Stage.

Los Girasoles Ciegos

Wadi el Natrun, Egypt, January 1936. 

Renowned investigators Lucius Goldzweig and Benjamin Howe have been sent down to look for French writer/aviator Saint-Exupéry and his flight mechanic, reported missing after their plane crashed in the remote Scetis desert right before New Year’s Eve. Upon arrival at the accident site, the investigators follow the aviators’ traces, but will soon get lost in the dunes themselves, where they wander for three days and nights and extreme heat and water deprivation make them experience mirages and hallucinations. One night, a horrendous, mischievous creature appears before them, so they fear they have completely lost their mind and the end is near. But an old Bedouin caring for a herd of camels finds them the next morning and gives them shelter in his tent. There, he will reveal to Lucius and Benjamin an ancient, well-kept desert secret: the evil creature they saw the night before wasn't a sensorial deception…

Recorded in the King's Tomb of the Great Pyramid of Giza (Not really, but I used Altiverb)

The Search for Saint-Exupéry

4042 AD

The Rus System is being invaded from all sides by the battleships of the Teutonic Order. After the merciless destruction of the Pskov moon settlement, all outlying planets have been evacuated and the fearful working people of Rus have taken refuge on the great planet Novgorod. In the despair and helplessness that fill the crowded city streets, a name is uttered. 
Envoys are dispatched to the far reaches of the galaxy, seeking the outlaw whose skill in battle is a legend whispered amongst young children. The streets of Novgorod swell with fierce determination as the people chant the name of the exiled prince, Alexander Nevsky…

Original (amazing) piece by Sergei Prokofiev:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QseiYxsMms

Alexander Nevsky in Space

Brass Quintet piece recorded in the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia, Spain (November 2013)

Oradour-sur-Glane

A love theme written for String Quartet & Harp and recorded in the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, December 2013.

Violet's Theme

A piece for String Orchestra, composed at Berklee Valencia and recorded live in Budapest in March 2014.

Sun Earth Moon

Recorded in May 2014 at Air Lyndhurst with a 55-piece orchestra comprised of amazing players from various London orchestras.
Thank you to Pablo Schuller for help with mixing the recording.

Odyssey

This piece was written in collaboration with Clara Barbera and the Ballet de la Generalitat Valenciana. The strings were recorded remotely with the Budapest Art Orchestra and the piano was recorded the next day in the Scoring Stage at Berklee Valencia.

The piece is about being alone. The title is taken from a haiku by Matsuo Bashô.

Along this road / Goes no one

This is a midi mockup of a composition written as a concept for a short film.

Daniel Gadd | Composer

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