Prelude to Adventure

MechaGodzilla [Battle Theme]

Skull Crawler [Battle Theme]

Fall of the Nothing

The Last Days Of Dialup

Solstice

The Story of My People (Instrumental) [Hawkward Studios Project]

The Story of My People (Still Mix) [Hawkward Studios Project]

Entropy

Threshold Exceeded

The Harrowed  Coast (Aquatic Mix) [Age of the Deep - Original Game Soundtrack]

Level 2 (Mystical Forest Mix) [The Wild - Original Game Soundtrack]

Level 2 (Danger Mix) [The Wild - Original Game Soundtrack]

A Meadow Run

Showdown [EtherOrcs - Original Game Soundtrack]

Waverider

The First Link

Confronting the Shark [Age of the Deep - Official Game Soundtrack]

Teaser Reveal [Ahoy - Official Game Soundtrack]

Precipice [Age of the Deep - Original Game Soundtrack]

Solidarity in the Key of Zero G

Sylvan Grove

Fifteen Eight One

See the video: https://youtu.be/lKRKhi4Z85I

A cyberpunk homage, inspired by some classic cinema, but with my own twists on things. This was made using a variety of synthesizers and is my first real multilayered synth track. This was also written as a possible set piece for a section of a game I'm working on.

Runner

See the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlslcBaQL5k

The goal of Undertow is to tell a story through use of instrumentation. It also functions as a sort of overture, revealing pieces of six main themes that would be expanded upon in a larger score, but condensed here into a single piece.

In short, it's telling the story of a character's fall into villainy through the themes of childlike innocence, lost love, grief, revenge, a descent into madness, and arising in darkness.

This composition was completed over three successive weekends. It's built on over 50 tracks, uses the entire orchestra, and is the longest and most complex piece I've written to date (featuring multiple tempo, key, and time signature changes). There are some rhythmic themes I've tried to weave throughout, but most of the continuity is through use and reuse of instruments.

Undertow

Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAZNsfcGAWs

This is the opening title screens/start menu theme music for an in-development horror action title.

Chroma

See the YouTube video: https://youtu.be/LU3ZLNd5ZkA

This is the menu/options theme music for an in-development horror action title. It was created with a mix of synths and orchestral instruments.

Hunted

The remastered music in Monkey Island: LeChuck's Revenge never sat quite right with me. Seeing as the themes in that soundtrack are iconic to my childhood, and I'm writing music now, the least I should do is put my money where my mouth is and orchestrate my own take on things.

Major additions are strings (violin and cello) for swells; ukulele and banjo for that rustic, Pirates-of-the-Caribbean ride feel; trumpet blasts; a huge oboe solo; and accordion (because, well, pirates). Enjoy!

Monkey Island: LeChuck's Revenge (Opening Theme)

Safe

Mission Accepted

Cake or Death

Composing, orchestrating, arranging, mixing, and mastering of orchestral and synthesized soundscapes by Grant Holzhauer. Learn more at grantholzhauer.com or find me on Discord at DojoGrant#4979

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