Life at Garreg Mach Monastery from Fire Emblem Three Houses was one of my favorite songs in the game. I found it weird that there was no sunset/evening theme after sticking around the exploration area for a certain amount of time. So, I chose that as my starting point, and wrote a variation of my own for it!

Nightfall at Garreg Mach Monastery

Here is my orchestral mockup for the Sacred Duet/Final Battle from the Legend of Zelda. The platform it released on gave many limitations on what could be written, so I decided to give the piece a shot with modern music libraries to see what I could conjure! 

Thanks for listening, hope you enjoy!

Sacred Duet and Final Battle [LoZ : Spirit Tracks - Orchestral Mockup]

Originally composed by Koji Kondo, and Mahito Yakota, I made a piano solo around the theme with slight variations. I hope you enjoy my performance!

DAW - Logic Pro X
Library - Native Instrument's "The Maverick Piano"
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/NIMaverick--native-instruments-the-maverick-vintage-grand-piano-software-instrument

Comet Observatory - Piano Solo

I remade a theme from one of Nintendo's first-party properties; Fire Emblem. I always enjoyed its main theme, and thought I'd try writing an arrangement of it!

Fire Emblem Main Theme

This piece is inspired by the creature E.M.M.I, found in Metroid Dread. This is my interpretation of what an encounter with it would sound like. Enjoy!

E. M. M. I. - Metroid Dread [Fan-made]

With Metroid Dread on the horizon, I figured I'd give the iconic theme of the series a try!

Menu Theme - Metroid Dread [Fan-made]

A cinematic take on how I imagine the opening scenes might sound. This is not the real OST, and all rights, as well as themes used, are owned by Nintendo. Consider subscribing for any new content I release or don't, up to you. Thank you for listening!

Samus Arrives - Metroid Dread [Fan-made]

This piece was commissioned for an ad campaign. My instructions were simply to "go big or go home". After a few days, I finally finished and am quite happy with how it turned out. I hope you enjoy it, thanks for listening!

Fanfare! (Original Composition)

After a huge intake of superhero movies, I wanted to try my own take on a bombastic theme! This is only a short excerpt of the work, but I hope to sometime soon finish the rest.

Thanks for listening!

We Could Be Heroes (Excerpt) - Original Composition

The little brother to the Wii Shop theme!

Thanks for listening, enjoy!

Nintendo Dsi Shop - Orchestra

A while ago, I considered what people in sci-fi shows/movies would listen to during their interstellar travels. Would it be Jazz? Folk music? Perhaps a bit of both? 

I began working on a couple of pieces that I thought would capture this genre (if that's what you could call it). This is the first of a few pieces I have planned to release.

I hope you enjoy, Portside Ambience!

Portside Ambience

Wanderer is inspired by the style of Joe Hisaishi who is best known for his works on Studio Ghibli films. Specifically Princess Mononoke. This piece happened to get played by a live orchestra. It's also fair to note that no performer in the orchestra had seen this music before the recording, so what you hear is the players reading everything for the first time. At least to say, It's awe-inspiring. 

Thanks for listening, hope you enjoy!

Wanderer

Original Composers :
Kazumi Totaka
Minako Hamano
Kozue Ishikawa

Arranged by : Jacob Shay

In celebration of the titles remake, I created an orchestral mockup of one of my favorite tracks from Link's Awakening, Sword Search!

I hope you all enjoy. Thank you for listening!

Sword Search ~ Link's Awakening (Orchestral Mockup)

Hello everyone, thank you for visiting my Soundcloud!  

As an aspiring composer, I write a variety of both original pieces and arrangments from media such as video games, shows, and movies!
I currently am based in Minnesota.

This Soundcloud exists to demonstrate my musicality and writing style!

DAW : Logic Pro X
VST's : 
EastWest Sound Library
Spitfire's LABS
BBC Orchestra

Jacob Shay

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