A little orchestral fun. Inspired by the Hollywood style of film scoring. This was not scored to picture, but rather a composition that stands on its own. 
Some of the orchestration and melodic lines were very challenging to figure out.

Here are some of the references I used:
John Williams - Buckbeak's Flight (Harry Potter)
Hans Zimmer/John Powell - The Bridge (Kung Fu Panda)
James Newton Howard - Beauty Killed the Beast Part 5 (King Kong)
Alexandre Desplat - Calling The Guardians (Rise of the Guardians)
Danny Elfman - The Selection (Epic)
John Powell - Test Drive (How To Train Your Dragon)

Short commentary video about this track can be found here: http://youtu.be/X-2fHaxPpg4

Shattered (Action/Emotional Orchestral)

A subtle orchestral ambient score to accompany the platform/puzzle game "Alex" that was made in 2014's  Global Game Jam.

Contemplate  (Rainmaker - The Beautiful Flood)

Wander (Rainmaker - The Beautiful Flood)

Drum and Bass with elements of IDM, glitch, ambient, electro, dubstep,  orchestral, experimental, and old skool DnB. This is quiet different from anything I've done before, possibly the wildest thing I've done so far.

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Vehement (Drum and Bass)

This is a short composition for low brass, mainly to test different reverb and EQ settings.

Short Piece for Low Brass

Inspired by 8 bit boss battle music. This was one of the most challenging pieces of music I've made so far. Made in Famitracker which was difficult in and of itself, using the Konami VRC6 expansion giving a total of 4 pulse, 1 triangle, 1 sawtooth, 1 noise channels. Rendered in glorious mono.

Duel of the Bits (Chiptune)

Spiral (Short Piece for Orchestra)

Music and sound for the mobile survival game "No Humanity". Winner for best audio Sydney Global Game Jam 2015. A chaotic drum and bass track with ambient elements to match the hectic and random gameplay elements. The music has been arranged from the game as a short soundtrack.

https://globalgamejam.org/2015/games/last-humanity

Play the game!

No Humanity (Game Soundtrack iOS/Android)

Hyper chiptune piece. A bit crazy.

Watch it it action here:
https://youtu.be/7OqUYJHwLro

Hyper (Chiptune)

Wild wacky jazzy, chiptuney, rocky hybrid of a game soundtrack to go with the equally the silly rhythm game "tap tap volcano".

http://globalgamejam.org/2016/games/tap-tap-volcano

Composed at Global Game Jam Sydney 2016 that took the entire day to compose. Designed to be looped indefinitely, this version loops twice and cuts to the end/fail state of the music.

The game version pitch shifts constantly upwards increasing speed. This version is the source version that remains at a constant speed.

Tap Tap Volcano (GGJ Soundtrack)

Short orchestral score aimed to create an eerie/suspenseful atmosphere.

The Unknown (Eerie/Suspenseful)

Short epic orchestral score for to accompany an announcement trailer for Rising Pictures.

The Day Hollywood Died Announcement Trailer (Epic/Uplifting)

Music with video: https://vimeo.com/172167510
Animation plus video:  https://vimeo.com/172171336

My composition for the ASCAP/NYU film workshop 2016. Performed by players from both the NY Phil and the NY Met orchestra. This is the second and final take with less mistakes than the horrendous first take.

This is a highly edited version from the original performance with doubled/added orchestral sample libraries, making it sound bigger than it really was, as well as fixing and hiding mistakes.

Performance instrumentation: 1,1,1,1 - 2,1,2 timp, sus cym, hp, pno, str (4,4,3,3,1)
Edited version instrumentation: 2+picc,2,2,1 - 6,4,5,1 timp, bass drum, sus cym, hp, pno, choir, full str

Absolutely great learning experience in preparation and execution of a real orchestra after years of sequencing and programming a fake one.

Serenity (ASCAP/NYU film scoring workshop 2016)

Worlds Collide (Epic Orchestral)

Extended version of this chiptune track originally composed during Global Game Jam 2017 with the game titled "Last Fast Craft Raft".

Instrumentation composed of an unrealistic:

1 noise channel
1 triangle
5 pulse channels

Emulation of the NES soundchip (Ricoh 2A07) by Plogue Chipsounds.

Raft Wizard (Chiptune)

Piano Orchestral Piece.

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70ZGm_cz4E0

Drift (Piano Orchestral)

Cute amusing short game soundtrack made during Ludum Dare 39. The game was so weird, it was never submitted to the jam. The sounds are from the legendary Roland Canvas.

This is what the game looks like: https://media.giphy.com/media/l1J3FThvde2jhsSsg/giphy.gif

I just discovered that a lot of game music from the past have used sounds from the Roland Canvas. Not high quality, neither low quality; it sits in a weird area where these sounds oddly fit very well in certain types of arts styles such as low polygon or simple models, certain retro art, or just simplistic art. A lot of Nintendo (Wii, Gamecube) soundtracks come to mind. After comparing these sound to the music in Wind Waker, and seeing that Koji Kondo has one in his studio, it seems like it was heavily used as a quick and dirty access to sounds in a short development time.

Adorable Ache (Game Soundtrack Ludum Dare 39)

Extremely short orchestral track to test a new orchestral template.

Short Takeoff (Epic Orchestral)

Short playful, complex orchestral composition.

Watch the track here: https://youtu.be/bGvaqgd7j8I

A mouse and an owl (Orchestral)

Returning (Uplifting/Emotional)

Probably the most ridiculously over the top orchestral piece I've written!

Titan Overlord (Epic Orchestral)

This track aims to be a calming, sorrowful orchestral track.


Serene (Emotional/Climactic)

A composition for piano and strings.
Flow is a psychological term for when one is absorbed in an activity that brings enjoyment and focus causing one to lose a sense of space and time. This is what I have always experienced in music composition.

Watch it here: https://youtu.be/c_5n9T7WLX8

Flow (for strings and piano)

This track aims to be a tense and climatic orchestral track. 

Rise of the Pharaoh (Ethnic/Dramatic)

Watch the with score here: https://youtu.be/d642bAWgkJ4

30 Seconds Of Orchestra

We Shall Not Fall! (Epic Orchestral)

This is a reorchestrated instrumental version of "This Day Aria" from My Little Pony by Daniel Ingram.

For those interested how I reorchestrated this, full score can be found here:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/2d2ketej83gscet/This_Day_Aria_Full_Orchestral_Score.pdf

There are a few differences from the original orchestration and mine, including additional melodies, changing a few rhythms, reassigning orchestral parts to play the vocal lines, and general guesses to the actual melodies, harmonies, and orchestration.

This Day Aria (Reorchestrated Instrumental)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaOtxW4iG1c

This is a cinematic music rescore of the Assassin's Creed Revelations Trailer.

Assassin's Creed Revelations (Trailer Rescore)

This orchestral track aims to be a sorrowful track that climaxes towards the end.


Shadows (Dark/Mysterious)

This is another 3xOsc project and the last of the FL Studio project files series. You can download the FLP from these forum posts:

http://www.theflipsideforum.com/index.php?topic=14398.0
http://forum.image-line.com/viewtopic.php?t=42160

Horizon (3xOsc Mix)

This is a reorchestrated instrumental version of "Life in Equestria" from MLP.

I have also provided the full score, if you're curious on how I reorchestrated this song.
http://www.mediafire.com/view/sj4tpxx311nyb89/Life_in_Equestria_Full_Orchestral_Score.pdf

The music was sequenced in Reaper, using LA Scoring Strings, Sample Modeling, VSL and various other sample libraries. Full score was done in Finale.

Life in Equestria (Reorchestrated Instrumental)

Here's my latest orchestral piece. It's the most melodic piece I've written, and the most difficult to sequence so far.

I originally composed the piece in 2018 but didn't have the skills to finish the orchestration, nor was my computer powerful enough to handle this many samples. Even today, the orchestration was really tough and hard to figure out, and I'm still not sure if it's entirely correct. The samples don't quite do the piece justice, so hopefully there will be an opportunity many years from now to actually perform it live someday.

Youtube: https://youtu.be/bzZKcaSw7C8

Farewell To An Adventure

My reorchestrated instrumental of "Celestia's Ballad" originally by Daniel Ingram.

There are slight changes to the original apart from the obvious. The piano line has been slightly altered, I did not include the glockenspiel, nor any wind chimes. I have added additional instruments and melodic lines, especially in the climax. I have also added an extra chord at the very end.

Full score can be found here:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/vo3b36q0vdk04x2/Celestia's_Ballad_Full_Orchestral_Score.pdf

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