Music from the E3 demo for the cancelled "Star Wars: 1313", recorded at Abbey Road with the London Symphony Orchestra

The Container Fight/Into The Portal

Love Like You (Aivi/Sura/Sugar cover)

This is an arrangement I did for the Materia Collective release, Song Cycle: The History of Video Games.  The album features various singers, pianists, arrangers, and lyricists from Materia Collective bringing together some of game music's most influential tracks.

For this one, I tried to capture the additive feeling of minimalist composers (particularly John Adams), relying on short, repetitive phrases to insert chaos into the very orderly and bouncy Chocobo track, a piece that has been arranged dozens of times and that has appeared in at least 20 different games.  Darby Cupit wrote some incredible lyrics that reflect the stuttery nature of the piece while providing insight into the history of the Chocobo.  Doug Perry and Ben Wallace did a fantastic job of bringing the piece to life on the recording as baritone and pianist respectively.  I'm very proud to present this arrangement to everyone!

Ian Martyn - Arrangement
Darby Cupit - Lyrics
Doug Perry - Baritone Soloist
Ben Wallace - Piano

Song Cycle: The History of Video Games

Lyric de Chocobo (from "Final Fantasy")

From the Materia Collective "SONG CYCLE: The History of Video Games"  here is our vocal and piano rendition of "Cohen's Masterpiece" from the video game "Bioshock"
https://www.materiacollective.com/music/song-cycle-the-history-of-video-games

vocals John Robert Matz
piano arrangement and performance Joel Everett
lyrics and melody Bonnie Bogovich
based on original music by Garry Schyman

SONG CYCLE: Cohen's Masterpiece (from "BioShock")

Have your mind blown by the fantastic original song of 'I Expect You To Die,' a VR escape-the-room puzzle game where you are a super spy.

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N10WWV8

Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Schell_Games_I_Expect_You_to_Die?id=By7ieduwer6wzx7suyrcu35yywm

iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-expect-you-to-die-single/id1195181982?app=itunes&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Spotify
https://play.spotify.com/album/0s7eoBfsWDNsFLnPJ40t5F?play=true&utm_source=open.spotify.com&utm_medium=open


Composers: Tim Rosko, Bonnie Bogovich, & Connor Fallon
Lyrics: Connor Fallon & Jared Mason
Lead Singer: Bonnie Bogovich
The Yinzer Singers (choir): Emily Swora, Anna Ciaccio, George Milosh, Tim Rosko
Violin: Garrett Overcash
Trumpet: John Robert Matz
Percussion: Doug Perry
Orchestration: Tim Rosko
Recording, Mixing, & Mastering: Jesse Naus & Red Caiman Media, Pittsburgh, PA

I Expect You To Die Original Song Dec 2016

Agnus Dei

Once upon a time, the bird-like singers lived peacefully in a forest glade.

Then, evil struck. An egg was stolen!!!

The birds bemoaned the loss of one so young.

And then they plotted revenge.

Roles:
Eastern Towhee (sung by Laura Intravia)
Cardinal (sung by Elizabeth Zharoff)
Crow (sung by Annie Rosen)
Rooster (sung by John Robert Matz)
Mourning Dove (sung by Doug Perry)
Peep-ano (played by Elizabeth Zharoff)

Arranged by Elizabeth Zharoff, based on the original theme song by Ari Pulkkinen.

Special thanks to Chris Vaughn, for production and mastering. 

Also thanks to Thomas Kresge, our notation guru, and Sebastian Wolff, the madman who started it all.

Livid Singers (from "Angry Birds")

From the Materia Collective "SONG CYCLE: The History of Video Games" here is our vocal and piano rendition of "Grasswalk" from the video game "Plants Versus Zombies"
https://www.materiacollective.com/music/song-cycle-the-history-of-video-games

vocals Doug Perry
piano arrangement by Sebastian Wolff
piano performance Ben Wallace
lyrics and melody Bonnie Bogovich
based on original music by Laura Shigihara

SONG CYCLE - What A Deal On This Plot! (Plants Vs Zombies)

From the Materia Collective "SONG CYCLE: The History of Video Games" here is our vocal and piano rendition of "Home" from the video game "Fez"
https://www.materiacollective.com/music/song-cycle-the-history-of-video-games

vocals Laura Intravia
piano arrangement and performance Joel Everett
lyrics Bonnie Bogovich
based on original music by Disasterpiece

SONG CYCLE - Home (from "FEZ")

From "SPIRA: Music from Final Fantasy X - Zanarkand Mix"

Program notes:
This whimsical take on “The Trials” comes about as a result of my love for the tragically-lost Alexandrov Ensemble, previously (and more famously) known as the Red Army Choir.  Something about the original theme felt vaguely Russian, and I decided to run with it, collaborating with lyricist (and Al Bhed linguist) Ian Luckey to craft a compelling folktale set within the FFX universe.  Featuring a full orchestra, men’s choir, as well as yours truly as tenor soloist, Bemknesyka was a joy to see brought to life.

Lyrics:
AL BHED: 
Mecdah du so cduno 
Drec syo pa uin mycd lryhla 

Druikr E's hud vnus drec funmt 
E vuikrd du tavaht ed 
Ehcbenat po ran luinyka 
Du cdyht ib ykyehcd ceh 

Bemknesyka 

Cu fa cad vundr uh uin zuinhao 
Yht E canjat yc kiynteyh 
Dra dneymc duug yauhc 
Du bnuja fa fana fundro 

Bemknesyka 

Mat po ran vyedr, cra vummufat drec bydr 
Du pnehk pylg dra lyms 
Dra baubma cyf ran yc y payluh 
Du mekrd dra vidina 

E fyc hud yfyna uv dra bnela 
Cra't cuuh ryja du byo 
Dra nediym tasyhtat cylnevela 
Pid E luimt hud caa fro 

Cusauha ryt du pnayg 
Drec cbenym uv taydr 

E fyc punh uid uv y tnays 
Mega so vydran pavuna sa 
Du yjuet y meva uv ceh 
Dra funmt sicd huf yfygah 

Bemknesyka 

Dra tnays ahtc 
Vun dra adanhym lyms 
Yht cu E, duu, vyta yfyo 

ENGLISH TRANSLATION: 
Listen to my story 
This may be our last chance 

Though I'm not from this world 
I fought to defend it 
Inspired by her courage 
To stand up against sin 

Pilgrimage 

So we set forth on our journey 
And I served as guardian 
The trials took aeons 
To prove we were worthy 

Pilgrimage 

Led by her faith, she followed this path 
To bring back the calm 
The people saw her as a beacon 
To light the future 

I was not aware of the price 
She'd soon have to pay 
The ritual demanded sacrifice 
But I could not see why 

Someone had to break 
This spiral of death 

I was born out of a dream 
Like my father before me 
To avoid a life of sin 
The world must now awaken 

Pilgrimage 

The dream ends 
For the eternal calm 
And so I, too, fade away

Track Credits:
Tenor Soloist - John Robert Matz

Orchestra: 
Trumpets, Horns - John Robert Matz
Flute/Piccolo  - Laura Intravia
Oboe - Kristin Naigus 
Clarinets - Chris Vaughn
Bass Clarinet -  Lori Syngajewski
Bassoon  -  Francisco J Joubert
Trombones - Daniel Romberger
Tuba -  Alex Hill
Accordion  -  Careless (Travis Vengroff)
Snare  - Doug Perry
Balalaikas - Stephen Robert Froeber 
ETHEReal String Orchestra - Andrew Steffen, Andrew Stern

Men's Choir: 
Jeff Swingle
 Emmanuel Lagumbay
 Garrett Steele
 Ryan Ike 
Nautilus T Party
 Daniel Romberger 
Ian Luckey 
Ian Martyn 
Michael Hoffmann
 Ken Crouch 
Jesse Buddington
 Lucas Guimaraes

SPIRA: Music from Final Fantasy X (Zanarkand)

Materia - Bemknesyka (The Trials) - SPIRA: Music from Final Fantasy X - Zanarkand Mix

baby's first string quartet :o

Performed by Vida Strings. They knocked it out of the park and into a different park!

Violin I: Lindi Wang
Violin II: Erika Atchley
Viola: Jacobus Hermsen
Cello: Joyu Lee

The Last Green Place

Chicago-area based composer (for film, videogames, and concert hall), music educator, and voice actor.  I write epic, intimate, emotional, memorable scores for orchestra, band, piano, electronics, and percussion.  Check out my website at www.johnrobertmatz.com, if you like my music, check out my albums for sale at johnrobertmatz.bandcamp.com, and please comment on my stuff!  Inquiries can be directed to JRNMatz (at) Gmail.com

Materia - Bemknesyka (The Trials) - SPIRA: Music from Final Fantasy X - Zanarkand Mix

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