A fast-paced light orchestral piece in a distinctly 1950s vein, in which a playful opening strain in pizzicato gives way to an elegant melody carried on sweeping strings as a plausible backdrop to some idyllic carefree scene of childhood innocence.

Cobbled together by Eric Kong in June and July 2016, using Finale.

Carefree

A recording of myself on piano covering the 1930 jazz standard "Exactly Like You" by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields, in a style inspired by the Ruth Etting and Jack Payne recordings, amongst others.

Recorded on 19 August 2017.

Exactly Like You (1930)

A recording of myself on piano covering the tender 1933 ballad  "Moonstruck" by Sam Coslow and Arthur Johnston, in a style inspired by the Bing Crosby and Al Bowlly recordings.

Recorded on 22 August 2017.

Moonstruck (1933)

A recording of myself on piano covering the 1932 ballad "One Hour with You" by Leo Robin and Richard A. Whiting, from the Ernst Lubitsch film of the same name, in a style inspired by the Bert Ambrose and Carroll Gibbons recordings, amongst others.

Recorded on 24 August 2017.

One Hour With You (1932)

A recording of myself on piano covering the 1928 jazz standard "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields, in a style inspired by the Annette Hanshaw recording, amongst others.

Recorded on 26 August 2017.

I Can't Give You Anything But Love (1928)

A recording of myself covering the evocative Kahn-Johnston 1935 tune "Thanks a Million", from the Roy Del Ruth film of the same name, in a style inspired by the Morton Downey, Dick Powell, and Vera Lynn recordings, amongst others.

Recorded on 26 August 2017.

Thanks A Million (1935)

Perchance this melody recalls a delightful, relaxed romp upon the unpaved paths meandering through an idyllic countryside as viewed through a carriage window, echoing the pastoral sensibilities of an era yet unswept by the tide of industrial advance.

Cobbled together by Eric Kong in Finale on 24 May 2014, and retouched in July 2017 and 24-26 March 2018.

Country Carriage

A grim, nocturnal soundscape, evoking a despair of the dystopian or post-apocalyptic variety. Perhaps appropriately set against the shadows of fallen and decaying buildings, mysterious flashes from a brooding harbour, or abandoned construction sites filled with scrap metal and radioactivity.

Originally composed as background music for a video game project at UCLA, and can thus be played in a loop.

Cobbled together using Finale and Garritan sound libraries by Eric Kong in January and May 2016.

Dystopian Nights

Whether you're infiltrating a top-secret government laboratory in the dead of night, or just wandering about the corridors and open rooms of an empty building after hours, I suggest this calming and subdued, yet possibly enigmatic, vibraphone-flavoured track as a sonic backdrop.

Originally composed as background music for a video game project at UCLA, and can thus be played in a loop.

Cobbled together using Finale and Garritan sound libraries by Eric Kong in January and August 2016.

Nocturnal Escapades

A brief taste of big band-flavoured radio tunes as you drive past the shop windows through the main thoroughfare in a relatively lively 1940s-era small town.

Cobbled together by Eric Kong using Finale, with Garritan sound libraries, on 16-17 May 2015.

On Main Street

When you're investigating a murder at a haunted country manor or wandering the streets of a rural village with a dark secret, here's an appropriately unsettling sonic backdrop.

Cobbled together by Eric Kong using Finale and Garritan sound libraries in the last week of May 2015, retouched in March 2018.

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