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H A V E N

“Future Folklore” appears on Nature Noir, Out Now

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Crystal Stilts - Future Folklore

yesterday's tomorrows

Titanium Piano Instrument by Rai Bagus

Here's the finalized version of the score "The Assassination of Henry William McCarty". This piece I decided to focus on the 1928 Steinway Legacy piano sound. I had been listening to a lot of Thomas Newman's work so everything from "The Road to Perdition" to "Cinderella Man" to even soundtracks like "A Beautiful Mind" by James Horner and "The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford" by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis. Actually it was "The Assassination of Jesse James" that inspired me to write the music with that subtle tone and it was Thomas Newman's styling that helped develop this score. 

Anyway, as the title also entails, this is my submission for the 8Dio contest where you highlight one instrument of theirs in your score. So as I mentioned I picked the 1928 Steinway Legacy scoring piano for my main instrument. I wish I had the Adagio Strings because I know that would have enhanced my score WAY more but alas I'll have to work with my EWQL strings until then. 

Anyway, enjoy the piece and I'll have my other "A Farewell to the Infamous William Henry McCarty" piece finished soon. Share, Comment, Like.

F I R S T | E D I T I O N S - The Assassination of William Henry McCarty by J Scott Rakozy

SHELLS RATTLE & FUSELAB are proud to announce "Cyclones" - the debut release by Hoavi. This album is teeming of lo-fi, ambient textures, tropical rain sounds & tribal rhythms, documented on a magnetic tape and released as a limited edition of 20 unique tapes.

Tapes w/ stickers and a little gist + full digital thing with intro and bonus here:
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Greets to our fam http://soundcloud.com/shellsrattle and https://soundcloud.com/hoavi

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Hoavi - Proto

Mestre, te0k & lactus - The Assassination of Jesse James

This piece was written in a single night. I was listening to some Jonsi and decided to just sit down and write something out. I haven't been able to do that with school and work eating up my schedule so I went and created this piece. I wanted to keep it simple, upbeat, and short. So there are a few instruments that I incorporated into this piece I haven't done in the past. First instrument is the kick drum from my new EZ Drummer Indie Folk kit from ToonTracks. It's a Ludwig kick drum so it has an incredibly tight feel to it along with the tom that accompanies it. On top of that I also brought in a Dulcimer to bring another tone of a plucked instrument even though a dulcimer uses mallets. The piano is from 8dio called the 1928 Legacy Steinway Scoring Piano. Seriously, if you want a beautiful scoring sound from a piano, definitely grab the 1928 Legacy. Anyway, as for the influence, Jonsi's "Go Do" soundtrack just features an incredible collection of some of the most powerful music out there, namely his orchestration with woodwind instruments, hence the flutes in my piece. Enough talk, go and enjoy!

H O M E

This is another demo reel featuring more recent pieces I've done. We've got snippets of: Anti-Gravity (which has not been put out yet), Home, Adeline, Farewell, Haven, Smash, and Voice of the Children (which has not been put out either). So these are my more tamed pieces that show off a more atmospheric, more intimate setting. Enjoy!

D E M O | R E E L | T W O

G O | B E Y O N D

So this piece was written probably back in April or so for my wonderfully brilliant high school choir director, Darcy Reese, and her choir production that she pours all her heart and soul into. So she asked me to write a few songs for the production and this was one of my favorites that I wrote for her. 

I don't really recollect how long it took me to write this, probably a week? Maybe less than that? I'm not entirely sure, but the final product introduces a voice-over talking about the preciousness of the world and about us...if memory serves me right. Anyway, it was just extremely beautiful. 

This piece I started using synth pads from the Kontakt library to emulate that ambient vibe found in a lot of Tony Anderson's work. In addition to that I love the use of the 8dio 1928 Legacy Steinway grand piano. It just has this exquisite quality to the sound. And then of course I used the cello patch from EWQL Symphonic Gold and the african choirs from Logic Pro X for the choir segment. Anyway, enjoy.

D R E A M I N G

Also available on Extreme Music XMT618 as 'Start Of An Era'

Dawn

So I decided to test out some other waters and try my hand at doing electronica ambient work. The Music Bed offers an incredible library of talented musicians that I would listen to for days and days and decided to try it out and see what I could produce. Well, here you go! Enjoy!

L O N G | L I V E

Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 501st Bash

New track from the forthcoming Helios album "Yume" coming Autumn 2015.

KICKSTARTER

Helios - Sonora Lac

A six track EP of cinematic singles. Available for free under Creative Commons for non-commercial use.

Download: http://jamesjoshuaotto.bandcamp.com/album/and-then-the-mountains-moved

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And Then, The Mountains Moved

Revelation

One Step Enough

What Is Whispered In Your Ear, Proclaim It From The Rooftops

Alrighty so I decided to just take this piece alone out of the Variations on a Spyish theme and make it its own seperate track. Now the that entire process of doing those covers was pretty crazy, especially this one....I paid extreme attention to detail and sounds and how instruments collaborated with one another. To be quite honest with you, this is by far one of the best covers I've done, if any for that matter. And also from an equipment-point-of-view, using just EWQL Symphonic Orchestra Gold, and Storm Drum 2 to create this entire piece, that's quite a feat I must say. Anyway, enjoy it!

V I D E O G A M E S || Metal Gear Solid

So, it's been quite some time since the last piece I've done (The Farmstead), however on my vacation in NY, doing my nightly searches of orchestrated covers of popular songs I stumbled upon a few pieces that were ok......an orchestrated cover of Owl City's "Fireflies" and some others.....the only orchestrated cover I actually was super impressed with was The City of Prague Philharmonic's performance of Coldplay's "Yellow". So I decided to take it upon myself to do a cover of one of my favourite Coldplay songs - Fix You. So after returning back from my vacation, that night I began my project......almost a week later, here it is. So as I always say, this is by far my favourite piece I've done. Everything from the strings to the woodwinds to the brass, everything just kind of meshed well.....Earlier this week, I was in a sticky situation deciding if I wanted to bring in the drumkit and the bass since I had the electric guitar featured, however whenever I tried doing the orchestration on top of it, it just didn't fit well....it wasn't like Metal Gear Solid well....so I had to figure out a different way to make it upbeat and triumphant without the aid of a drum kit......Luckily an inspiration came along and it was all figured out! However the next problem was that progressive triumphant segment.......this is where Coldplay is singing "Tears stream down your face" blah blah blah.....so I had to figure out how to keep the orchestration captivating and yet still endure 32 some odd measures at the same time.....But it was interesting to note that within two days I was able to knock off those 32+ measures....And the of course the ending was another issue to figure out......did I want it to end like coldplay's original? and then I though "Pshh, I'm the arranger, heck no!" So all in all, in a matter of 5 days this piece came to life........I was getting tired of listening to terrible orchestrated covers on youtube and what not so I had to do a cover to prove that you can do a proper orchestra cover on a rock song using a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) like Logic Pro or Cubase or whatever and some proper sample libraries like EWQL or MOTU. So yes, this entire performance is all done on a computer, precisely my 13 inch MacBook Pro with 8 GB of RAM with a 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, using Logic Pro and everything was used with EWQL with a few instruments from the Logic library (the piano and the guitars with some cymbals). Anyway, so some influences......John Williams work on Saving Private Ryan, the piece "Hymn to the Fallen", and also Jurassic Park haha! But otherwise there was no other outside influence for this piece, aside from Coldplay and their melody.....oooh I will mention that Lex de Azevado was an influence for the piano segment when you first hear it trickling down. Other than that, yeah I'm just super impressed that I managed to complete it within 5 days.....anyway, enjoy it, comment on it, suggest stuff, whatever......and also I'll have a youtube video up whenever later this week displaying the massive file in action....ENJOY!

A R T I S T S || Coldplay - Fix You

This is a mash-up of the main theme from the 2007 film "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (composed by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis) and the music from the trailer for the upcoming video game "Deus Ex: Human Revolution" (composed by Michael McCann). 

These two songs have been intermingling in my brain for a few days, so I tried lining them up with each other. It's far from a perfect match-up, but there are some seriously chilling similarities between the two compositions. 

Sources: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UtCI5O0Re0 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6JTvzrpBy0

The Assassination Of Deus Ex: Human Revolution By The Coward Robert Ford

Alrighty, so this piece was written for a client out in Atlanta, Georgia...hopefully their client likes it as well haha! But I wanted to shared this piece because it was truly a fun piece to write!!! Sure I had less than a weekend to write 8 minutes of music. I wrote up a quick 1:30 demo to them and the director liked it but hadn't heard back from their client as for a green light yet but said I should go on anyway. So Friday, Saturday Night (because of work eating up my entire day) and all day Sunday up until about 3 am and even this morning I was writing this piece....The toughest part about this piece was trying to keep the momentum going for 8 minutes long and still retain that feel and style

When I was first approached about the project, I saw the video and instantly thought of two composers - Hans Zimmer's "Time" and "One Simple Idea" from the Inception soundtrack and also Philip Glass' Metamorphosis album. So I went to town with a simple piano segment which then was introduced to the guitars with their repetitive patterns. The strings were going to be a major factor in this piece as well. I also wanted to add in some electronica elements as well but at a minimum so that the listeners could be sucked into with the strings and piano.

Some obstacles along the way aside from trying to keep the momentum going for 8 minutes was the many modulations and key changes to get to a certain key I wanted. There is a 30 second bit found at 6:03 that frustrated me for a good hour on how to land it in a certain key....the key where the guitar and drums come in. That whole modulating segment took a great deal of time because there were many variations to go but none of them went as smooth as the one you hear.

Some other tidbit information to listen for: at 5:12, the guitar segment there.....I didn't realized it at first because I thought it sounded cool, but those three notes that play there are actually similar to the three notes you hear on the Spiderman cartoon theme haha!!! Also at 6:26, that key change from a G major to a B major was an idea that I had hard on a few Danny Elfman soundtracks.

The drumming found at 6:35 was a lot of fun to do! In the film, it's just clips of a time lapse sequence of downtown Atlanta at night....really cool looking, so to give a feeling of excitement and thrill of downtown I decided to try out this Coldplay kind of feel. It wasn't easy as I'm not a drummer by any means, so I had to figure out what a real drummer could do while I performed the recording on the keyboard haha!!! That last segment is also my favourite due to that sense of accomplishment you feel...I dunno if it's the drumming or the strings or what, but somehow it just feels like this motivation to keep doing the best you can.

Anyway, so there you go! Unfortunately due to this project, it will not be a downloadable piece. But feel free to comment or ask or anything!!! Since this is still being under review, there might be changes needed....if anything I'm assuming the last segment where the drums come in at 6:36. So until then, enjoy the piece!!!

Also check out my youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/jscottrakozy

Also check out my blog as well: http://theinsightfulcomposer.blogspot.com/

Also check out my website (in production): http://jscottrakozy.com/

If you want to ask me about my compositions in how I write them or anything, feel free to send me a message via soundcloud, and for any director or producer wanting to contact me to discuss projects, feel free to contact me as well via soundcloud!

Thanks again and hope you enjoy the piece!!!

~ J Scott Rakozy

T I M E | L A P S E

After watching The Dark Knight Rises a second time at the IMAX I had an idea...to do an entire cover of The Dark Knight Trilogy. The simple idea was to implement Batman's theme, Joker's theme, and Bane's theme all into one large piece of work. I started it Friday night and have been working on until today, Tuesday. 

So to break it down, the song is divided as such: The Joker's theme is introduced with the dissonant vibe that was pretty much the entire soundtrack of The Dark Knight. It then switches into the main Batman theme with that triumphant sound. It then later comes to Bane's lovely theme....the theme itself wasn't so much complex because it literally is two notes alternating, but it's the rhythmic pattern that defines the theme.....more so, it's suppose to be the same pattern as the chant from The Dark Knight Rises when Bruce Wayne goes to climb the wall. After that theme, then brings back the familiar tunes of Batman's theme and ends exactly like Batman Begins. 

So writing the music, you'd be surprise that I only used EWQL Symphonic Gold and EWQL Storm Drum 2 for this entire project! The only none EWQL instruments I used were from Logic Pro's library.....the synth bass, the GLAM bass, some rhythmic percussion sounds/electronica sounds and the tremolo strings (with a multipressor). And that's it. I saw a lot of batman covers on youtube featuring Symphonic Gold and other programs but the people doing the sequencing and such didn't really put a lot of effort into shaping the sounds to be realistic sounding....so that's when I go and do this and show off what one can really do with Symphonic Gold and Storm Drum 2 if they just dig a lil' bit and not go and splurge their money on numerous other libraries can do the same effect.

ps...also to note. All written on a 13" MacBook Pro with a 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 8 GB of RAM. Sequenced and Edited in Logic Pro 9 (I upgrade haha!) using EWQL Symphonic Gold and Storm Drum 2 and Logic Pro's own library. Performed on an M-Audio 88es Keystation MIDI controller. All sound was run through an Apogee ONE to a pair of SRH840 studio headphones. All sound libraries are carried on a 500 GB OWC Mercury Elite Pro external hard drive.

So enjoy and share!

Credit goes to Hans Zimmer for original themes
Arranged by J Scott Rakozy

F I L M S || The Dark Knight

Photography by Spencer Murphy: www.spencermurphy.co.uk 

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Joining me In this recording is Pamela Martinez of http://soundcloud.com/teletextile on supporting vocals and violin. 

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Musicians joining me on Jan.16th:
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Unfair (live rehearsal) with Teletextile

Release Sincere EP:

Beatport: bit.ly/moodssincerebp
iTunes: hyperurl.co/sincereitunes
Bandcamp: bit.ly/moodssincerebc
Juno Records: bit.ly/moodssincerejuno
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Vinyl distribution by Kudos (UK):
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I'm proud to announce my new release on Boogie Angst (Kraak & Smaak). I've been a longtime fan of Kraak & Smaak's work and the fact that my music will be released on their label is incredible for me. Unreal! 

• Sincere EP is a collection of three tracks that I have produced over the last few years. They are translations of joyfull sincere moments I have experienced in my days. The one's that stick with you for ever. So with that said, enjoy!

Peace & Love

Moods

Moods - Love Is Real (Sincere EP out now)

Ana 3araby - انا عربى

Welcome to Lunar Industries

Memories  (Someone We'll Never Know)

"If love had a sound, this would be that sound."

Akua Naru - Poetry:  How Does It Feel?

This is strictly a demo of what you can achieve with just EWQL Symphonic Gold and Logic Pro's library. So I went and did a rendition of Danny Elfman's beloved score to the first Mission:Impossible (and the best of all 4 of them in my opinion) and decided to show off the power of EWQL's Symphonic Gold program and sounds. All of the rhythmic instruments are found within Logic Pro's library so if you want to know what Logic Pro has to offer, then there you go, otherwise enjoy this short demo!

All rights pertaining to the melody and so on belong to Danny Eflman.

F I L M S || Mission: Impossible

From "The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford" Movie Sound Track (2008) Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

Marry's Song

<a title="Request license for this Track." href="http://www.tracksandfields.com/track/request_license?track_name=Imagine+%28Finalized%29&amp;user_name=jscottrakozy&amp;from_sc=1">Request license for this Track.</a>So this piece is a song for a promo video for a backpack designed by students at BYU called the Tessel Jet Pack. The idea for this piece was to keep the idea of when you were a kid you used your imagination for everything. So the marimba is to give way of the idea of still being a child at heart and by keeping it as simple as possible didn't distract the viewers watching the film, but more so being engaged with what this backpack could do. 

The original idea for this piece was a lil' more rock-driven with a shuffling brush kit rhythm but I decided to scratch that all together and re-thought the entire process, wrote it all out in a single night, and presented it to my client who then presented it to his team and they loved it. So there you have it, all written in Logic Pro with all the guitars from Logic Pro's library with instruments from EWQL Symphonic Gold (strings at the end and the marimbas). Anyway, download it for free and enjoy!

Imagine (Finalized)

A test of Logic Pro 9's virtual guitar.

all improvised and unedited.

Classical guitar

This is beat from sample session pt. 2. Cause SyMPH is dude :D and deleted it. Enjoy ;)

Assassination of Jesse James

Composer for Hogwarts Legacy

For inquiries of licensing or projects, please contact at jscottrakozy@gmail.com


F O L L O W || L I K E || E N J O Y