A punchy piano-pop ballad where the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about at all.

Rumor (Demo)

An up-tempo downbeat conversation between two people with a few violins thrown in for emphasis.

We Are Alive (Demo)

A demo of the upbeat and slightly psychedelic title track to my upcoming solo album.

Backstage Past (Demo)

An epic piano ballad about falling out of love and closing off your heart.

I Won't (Demo)

A cover version of Radiohead's Weird Fishes/Arpeggi from the album In Rainbows.

Weird Fishes

I wrote the opening and closing themes to the themepark-centric podcast, "Attractioneers". I wanted the intro to suggest a round-trip through Disneyland, the park I'm most fond of and familiar with. The outro has more of a "the park is closing, thank you for coming" vibe. You can catch episodes of the podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/6aHUOFsxxmwroystqEUD69?si=357417b4105e4d37

Attractioneers Outro Theme

Attractioneers Intro Theme

I helped write the music to a series of animated shorts for Animation Workers Ignited produced by Jellybox. The shorts are animated in a classic UPA style so I tried to make it extra cartoony! For this first short I crammed a LOT of different cues in 50 seconds.

Animation Workers Ignited Short 01

The opening title to Modern Modern Chef. I wanted to evoke some Nintendo-sounding themes while keeping it original. But also there's a winking requisite sound signature at the end of the track as a reward for staying on the menu for too long.

Modern Modern Chef: Title Theme

This is an original remix of Chef originally for the Game Boy Color collection Game & Watch Gallery 2. The original music was composed by Noriko Nishizaka, Saburo Sasaki and Yoko Mizuta. I wanted to take this song in a slightly jazzier direction and even went as so far as to flip the bridge into a minor key. I hope its spicy licks keep you humming in the kitchen!

Modern Modern Chef [Arranged]

This is the fourth and latest Animation Workers Ignited short I’ve scored for Jellybox Studio. For this generative AI-themed short I composed an original piece – with a tip of the hat to Shōji Yamashiro’s iconic Akira soundtrack. I call the track “AI-kira”. Enjoy!

Lyrics:
Alex Hirsch… Conover…
(Repeat)

Animation Workers Ignited Short 04

For this animated short I composed an original march based on wartime newsreels. It plays underneath some pretty enormous explosions so I wanted to share the song on its own. May it propel you to win your own battles!

Animation Workers Ignited Short 07

For this AWI short I got to play around in both post-apocalyptic Mad Max-inspired themes and a superheroic finale to send listeners off feeling like good conquers all! (PS. If good does not conquer all it's not my song's fault)

Animation Workers Ignited Short 8

Recorded in my apartment, Spring 2017

Produced by Jake lloyd: jakelloyd.net

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