Jason Cullimore

Jason Cullimore - Classical Music Demos

8Dio Stand Out Contest 2015 - Participants

Here are some of the tracks from my new album "Along the King's Road".  The suite, for orchestra, depicts some of the people, places and happenings along the King's Road, an imagined thoroughfare that links all the lands in a fantasy kingdom.  

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Music from my new album "Along the King's Road"

WCMA Classical Nominees

from "The Return of the Lonesome Coyote Patchwork Pulpit, and Sundry Other Tales from the Rainbow's End"

A Deeper Shade Of Blue

As performed by Dr. Marnie Giesbrecht and Joachim Segger for Arktos Recordings Limited. This audio has graciously been shared by the Arktos Recordings group for the University of Alberta's Department of Music. 

Credits: John Mahon (executive producer) and Garth Hobden (recording engineer).

Music For Organ And Piano - Meccanico Eccentrico, Quasi Una Fantasia - Howard Bashaw, composer

This mournful track features 8dio's Studio Sopranos vocal sample library, Adagio Strings and  1928 Steinway Piano.  All samples used in this track are by 8dio.

"All That We Leave Behind" from the album "Along The King's Road"

A track from a new suite I am working on, which describes the downfall of a greedy king, and his eventual redemption through scholarship and contemplation.  This portion of the suite depicts the fallen king's internal struggles.

Transfiguration (from the album "Along The King's Road")

Another track from "Along The King's Road", which is a suite that traces a prince's journey towards becoming a just king.  This movement suggests a peaceful state of mind, like one may have when enjoying a simple fountain or rain shower.

Falling Water (from the album "Along The King's Road")

An fantasy-styled orchestral piece suggesting life under the reign of a wise and just king.  The first movement of my suite "Along The King's Road".  Hope you enjoy it.

Prelude - The King's Road (from the album "Along The King's Road")

A track from the suite "The King's Road".

The Way to Far Away

Instrumental Track featuring the 8Dio 1928 Legacy Steinway Scoring Piano throughout the composition. You can also hear some 8Dio Claire Flute and 8Dio Claire Oboe during the track.

Something Familiar

for this track i used 
1928 Legacy piano - 8dio VST
dubstep vol 1 -8dio vst ( for the snare at the second part of the song)
Claire clarinet virtuoso -8dio VST (for the arpege with the solo violin)


here is the website of the incredible graphic designer of my music , thanks Grafakie : http://www.grafakie.net/

8Dio 2015 Stand Out Contest Submission: “where are you when i close my eyes” by “Marc Bour”

A track from my new album "Along The King's Road".  This music suggests a chorus of drunks singing of the adventures they have had in the King's lands.

The Tavern Chorus

This is the fourth movement of GYPSY CHRONICLES, as performed by the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra conducted by the composer in 2010. A new performance of a slightly revised version is scheduled for Feb. 27, 2016 at the Orpheum Annex Theatre, Vancouver, BC Canada.

Gypsy Chronicles 4 Retour aux sources

This gentle piece features Chris Hein's new Solo Violin sample library.  It was inspired by the skies of my native Saskatchewan in summer.

The Stars Above Us

Hi All, I've been returning to my roots recently, writing a series of tracks that serve as the soundtrack to an imagined archetypal Role-Playing Game (RPG) for computers or consoles.  This movement of the piece broadly follows a narrative in which the player's avatar (the Hero) in the game enters a shrouded fog-where shadows take corporeal form.  After encountering the shadows and attempting to relay a message, they attack and the hero battles them to a stalemate. As they tend their wounds, a dialog between the wary hero and the misunderstood shadows ensues.

All instrumentation used in this piece was created by Orchestral Tools, one of my favourite sample library studios and publishers.  I particularly enjoyed using their solo string "First Chairs" library for the string sounds, and the brass and choir from the Metropolis Ark 1 epic orchestral library that OT released recently.

Comments and feedback are welcome :)

Where The Shadows Dwell

From an upcoming collection of classical compositions, "The Forgotten Trail" suggests a reminiscence of a time long past.

Shards Of Memory

The Forgotten Trail

Taken from an upcoming collection of cinematic classical tracks, this composition is soft and somewhat meditative.

At Peace, At Last

A musical depiction of a sparrow being chased by a hawk.  All strings are 8dio Adagio.

The Sparrow And The Hawk

I'm a composer with credits for film and concert music, and my music has won or been nominated for awards from Western Canadian Music Awards, the Independent Music Awards, the Geminis, and funders such as the Canada Council, Saskatchewan Arts Board, FACTOR and the SOCAN Foundation. 

In April, 2021 I received my PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Regina, where I wrote a thesis on algorithmic music and its impact upon the composer. during that time I created several apps, including a musical score for the university campus using augmented reality on an iPhone.  

I am based in the Toronto area, and would love to hear from anyone who wants to comment on my music, who might want to collaborate on a project that needs a great score, or who just wants to say "hi."