This is the generic battle theme from the MMORPG, Aether Story, but a special Halloween version. This is only heard in The Spirit Realm, or some battles in the Domhan Forest during the annual Halloween-themed event.

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The Generic Battle Theme from Aether Story, but it's a Halloween Version

"Symphony in C" is a neo-classical work without a story; it is simply a new take on tried-and-true musical idioms. The serene first theme group is juxtaposed with an edgy and jagged development section, all balanced by the return of the beautiful.

[3.3.3.3. 4.3.3.1. timp. 3perc. harp. strings.]

This is still a work in progress. This recording was performed by the Rutgers Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Kynan Johns on April 28th, 2014. 

Symphony In C - reading

While writing this piece, I was exploring the use of foreign scales (an equal-tempered equivalent of the Indonesian Pelog scale), and chords that are best explained through neo-Riemannian transformations rather than tonal centers. While working with all elements of the form, I felt like I was making maps of something exotic, yet familiar. 

[3.3.3.3.sopsax. 4.3.3.1. timp. 3perc. hp. strings.]

This recording is from a reading session by the Rutgers Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Kynan Johns on April 29th, 2015.

Lunar Cartography - reading

From DarkBrainComics: "Mirror Mirror" (2010)

Sample 1 - Carnival

This is one of the boss battle themes from the upcoming game, "Project Era." 

Grounded Guards

Another track for "Project Era," this one is battle music for a weak enemy in an era where it doesn't belong. 

The Worst Nightmare

For Eon Revolution Apparatus - Model I Generator Boss Theme

Time Generator

A piece for a small chamber orchestra, /portals/ explores several musical textures. Staggered glissandi in the beginning of the piece create a sense of uneasiness, a motive which returns throughout the suite-like form. It acts as a vessel used to travel to the next section of music, which is defined by its contrasting musical traits, whose scope covers many elements found throughout history. A sweet melody on the cor anglais eventually gives way to a folk dance, a quirky faster theme generated by serial procedures, a jazzy piano interlude, then a coda made up of simultaneous layered ideas before the piece winds down in a series of layered chords. 

This performance was from a recording session by the new music ensemble, Helix!. Not perfect, but a pretty awesome job nonetheless. 

/portals/

“Combustion,” for woodwind quintet, has no real story and is simply an exercise on sounds. The first section of the piece features my oft-used pyramid technique, where I build chords one pitch at a time by staggering the entrances of each instrument to create these sonorities. The contrasting section of the piece seldom uses this technique, but instead relies on interweaving parts to create different grooves, though with a harmonic language derived from the chords of the previous section. Always being interested in the fusion of different musical ideas at the attempt to create something fresh, this piece begins dreary and dissonant, but ends quite cheery and consonant. The title was applied afterwards, when I felt the piece was slowly burning, until it finally is finished and something new is created from the ashes of the previous idea. 

Combustion for woodwind quintet

The title music for Eon Revolution Apparatus - a montage of styles to fit the theme of the game.

Let's Get Started

Another boss theme for Eon Revolution Apparatus. 

Victory's Finest

A classic video game style track for Eon Revolution Apparatus. 

Lost And Found World

Another battle theme for the "16-bit" era of Eon Revolution Apparatus.

Recent Brawl

I just finished my PhD in composition and am also composing for some video games and other commercial projects. I am mostly focusing on creating "art" music, though the first chunk of my career was centered around popular music - specifically progressive rock/metal. My current compositional experiments involve combining aleatoric and serial procedures; e.g.: using random number generators to assemble the pitch- and time-interval content of a row. 

I worked as the sole composer for a webcomic for about four years and am always looking for more projects.

Gregg Rossetti - composer

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