Remastered version available for purchase on Bandcamp:
https://jbock.bandcamp.com/track/sunrise

Here is a piece I composed back in January 2013. I never uploaded it to SoundCloud, so here it is!

I hope you enjoy your listen! :D

Sunrise - an orchestral piece

This is an early release for an upcoming album project I am working on. Hopefully you enjoy this preview of things to come!

Available on Bandcamp here if you wish to support my music:
https://jbock.bandcamp.com/track/fools-resolve

Fool's Resolve

This is an early release for an upcoming album project I am working on. Hopefully you enjoy this preview of things to come!

Available on Bandcamp here if you wish to support my music:
https://jbock.bandcamp.com/track/pendulum

Pendulum

Remastered version available for purchase on bandcamp:
https://jbock.bandcamp.com/track/forgotten-strength

I felt like revisiting the silk librairies and having some fun with the erhu and xiao patches. I was going for some sort of blend between eastern and western orchestral music. Hopefully it doesn't sound out of place!

The piece is about finding resolve. Inner strength forgotten with time, perhaps buried in doubt, and how it erupts to help overcome the encumbrance.

Hope you enjoy your listen! :D

Forgotten Strength - an orchestral piece

Remastered version available for purchase on Bandcamp:
https://jbock.bandcamp.com/track/a-sinister-plan

I've been working on a new orchestral template, ever striving for a more authentic sound and here is the first test drive! It's a bit different than my other pieces. I was going for a comic/cartoony evil theme. Tell me what you think!

Cheers!
-Jonathan

A Sinister Plan - an orchestral piece

Remastered version available for purchase on Bandcamp:
https://jbock.bandcamp.com/track/arena-of-flame

This track came a bit out of nowhere. I was working on a very different piece and was kind of running into a creative wall. I figured I'd go in a completely different direction just to shake up the brain.

I was going for something dark and epic. I had in mind the scene of a terrible battle surrounded by flames with no escape.

Feel free to leave some feedback and I hope you enjoy your listen!

Cheers!

Arena of Flame - an orchestral piece

Remastered version available for purchase on Bandcamp:
https://jbock.bandcamp.com/track/windrider

This is a piece I've been working on for quite some time. I would hit a wall so to speak, leave it to work on other pieces then come back several days later, so it might be a little all over the place in terms of style and unity! That being said, there was certainly no shortage of musical ideas. Perhaps there where too many even. That's what I find the most difficult about writing music: knowing when to remove certain passages. I tend to get attached to certain layers and have a hard time letting them go even when they are harmful to the overall mix.

I kept thinking of the wind for some reason while composing this one. Something about a feeling of transience and ceaseless change.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy your listen! Feedback is always welcome!

Windrider - and orchestral piece

This is an early release for an upcoming album project I am working on. Hopefully you enjoy this preview of things to come!

Available on Bandcamp here if you wish to support my music:
https://jbock.bandcamp.com/track/cascade

Cascade

This is an early release for an upcoming album project I am working on. Hopefully you enjoy this preview of things to come!

Available on Bandcamp here if you wish to support my music:
https://jbock.bandcamp.com/track/spiralis

Spiralis

In honor of Super Metroid's 30th anniversary, I wanted to have a bit of fun and remix one of its most iconic tracks: Lower Brinstar. Hope you enjoy!

My thanks and utmost respect goes to Kenji Yamamoto and all those who brought us this masterpiece of a game that will forever remain one of my all time favorites.

In the remix, I wanted to emphasize and bring to the forefront the rhythmic aspect that is subtle in the more atmospheric original piece. I imagined a more menacing, determined energy as if Samus was in a hostile environment but fierce in her conviction to complete her mission. I also wanted to bring in some more oriental instruments such as the ghuzeng and xiao as the original hinted to me to have some eastern scales in some areas. I also opted to blend synths with the more acoustic orchestral sounds as a nod to the games original soundtrack being a blend of sci-fi with more traditional orchestral scores.

Super Metroid - Through the Depths (Lower Brinstar Remix)

Remastered version available for purchase on Bandcamp:
https://jbock.bandcamp.com/track/a-perilous-path

8Dio instruments used:
-Adagietto
-Solo Taiko
-Epic Taiko Ensemble

other VST used:
-EastWest Hollywood Orchestra Diamond (brass, woowinds, percussion, harp)
-QLSpaces

DAW: Cubase 7.5

Hey there!

Here is my submission to 8Dio's 2015 Stand Out Contest!

In this piece, I was trying to capture a sens of peril that is both daunting and exciting. Hopefully that came through!

Enjoy!

8Dio 2015 Stand Out Contest Submission: “A Perilous Path” by Jonathan Fleming-Bock

Remastered version available for purchase on Bandcamp:
https://jbock.bandcamp.com/track/baby-steps

Here is my submission to the 8Dio 2016 Stand Out Contest. 

8Dio instruments used:
-Adagietto
-Solo Taiko
-Epic Taiko Ensemble

About the piece:
This piece was composed and produced on and off over the last month in my free time from work/life. It's all about dedication and having to start somewhere; inching your way steadily towards a better you, each step a foundation for the next in a journey of growth and discovery while not forgetting where you came from. 

Hopefully the theme and concept is conveyed through the music and layering of instruments.

Feel free to comment if you have any questions or feedback! Thank you for listening!

8Dio 2016 Stand Out Contest Submission: “Baby Steps” by Jonathan Fleming-Bock

Remastered version available for purchase on Bandcamp:
https://jbock.bandcamp.com/track/begin

Hey! Here is my new track that I composed and produced for my updated CG Artist / Lookdev demo reel. 

You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krFQilA9EjU

Hope you enjoy!

Begin - an orchestral piece

As I embark on a second musical journey with a new album project after a lengthy hiatus, I find myself at a crossroads in style and with what I have to say as a composer. I feel the need to pay my respects to my previous work in order to let go and fully move on. This compilation album will serve as a marker on the road; a clear line that showcases the before and after of two very different chapters of my musical life. 

So here it is: a collection of some of my early works, remastered and cleaned up. Much was done to preserve the original essence, flaws and all. All tracks are in order of release date and are available for individual purchase on Bandcamp here:

http://jbock.bandcamp.com/album/early-works-remastered

Forgotten Strength

This is an early release for an upcoming album project I am working on. Hopefully you enjoy this preview of things to come!

Available on Bandcamp here if you wish to support my music:
https://jbock.bandcamp.com/track/passage

Passage

This is a track I made to score a short video my friend Lorna Kidjo directed. Enjoy!

Here is a link to the video:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=615613169159040

Thrive

Remastered version available for purchase on bandcamp:
https://jbock.bandcamp.com/track/the-test-of-time

Here is my latest piece about the test of time we all face. That steady and unrelenting force that erodes all but simultaneously propels growth and change both in the world and in our minds. I was going for something steady and rhythmic to emphasize the temporal aspect. I was really trying to drill home that 1..2..3.. pattern with some powerful drums and chimes.

I was quite motivated while working on this one and the composition came quite naturally. Spent quite a bit of time on mixing and mastering.. I'm really trying to squeeze as much sound as I can out of my mix, and I'm fairly satisfied with the result.

There is a bit of popping and crackling sometimes.. I simply couldn't get rid of it during the mixdown. I feel like I'm really pushing my hardware to it's limits and will have to consider upgrading my machine. I hope it doesn't detract too much from the experience.

Thanks for listening! :D

The choir sings: Tempus, aevus, aeternitas.. Tempus, aevus, infinitum!

The Test of Time

Remastered version available for purchase on Bandcamp:
https://jbock.bandcamp.com/track/onwards

In this piece, I wanted to test out some of the instruments in the EWQL Silk libraries and try my hand at an eastern sounding piece. I don't know much about music from that part of the world so I'm probably breaking a few rules and traditions, but I think it turned out pretty good for the most part. I'm not even sure the Guzheng can be tuned like this!

I also wanted to really have fun with the percussions. Perhaps it's a bit excessive, but I wanted it to be rhythmic and bombastic.

I wanted to convey the idea of a steady and confident march with a ramping up of the tempo to make it feel like a charge was commencing. That being said I always like to attenuate the main idea with some contrasting segments.

Onwards! - an orchestral piece

Hey there! Welcome to my musical hub.

I'm a part time composer and cello hobbyist mainly focused on instrumental and orchestral work.

Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy your time here!

Your support is greatly appreciated!

You can contact me by email at: 
jonathanflemingbock@gmail.com

Jonathan Fleming-Bock

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