Secret Soundtracks

13 min rough cut of Under the Glacier for the U of Edinburgh Viking in the Sun project - featuring Supriya Nagarajan (vocals)

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A 'Mahlerian pop song' inspired by the shapeshifting raven from the Norse sagas. The bird becomes a metaphor for grief amongst other things...

Lyrics/Music/Vocals: James Cave

'Last night I lay in bed/I couldn't sleep
Tap tap tapping away
A shapeshifter into my room did creep 
Tap tap tapping away
Some tell of shapeshifting souls who still roam the earth
Are they just stories?
This mocking bird will sing
This shapeshifter takes wing
Tap tap tapping away
This broken bird still sings
Don't want to live in your cage...'

Secret Soundtracks: 4 - ShapeShifterV1.0

Work-in-progress string textures for a new 'multimedia opera' as part of the U of Edinburgh Viking in the Sun Project. (This creative work is part of my Knowledge Exchange Fellowship.) The aim here is to create an ethereal, otherworldy atmosphere for the opening of the piece.

Secret Soundtracks 5: Harald Strings (WorkInProgress)

SecretSoundtracks:Nosferatu

SecretSoundtracks: Vanitas1and2

Secret Soundtracks: Paragliding (Final Version)

(Artwork is by Milan Ivanic - ivanic.uk)

Composer/singer/ based in York, UK. Passionate about new music and collaborative projects