This is the first thing I ever composed. I may revisit this in the future. The end is extremely abrupt and the structure is kinda confusing, but it's a fun piece.

1st Piano Composition

This piece was written to emulate a walk up a frosty hill on a cold winter's day. The climax of the track is meant to represent reaching the summit and seeing nothing but one view of the whole world around you, before going back to the initial motif, indicating the journey back down.

One View

This is a piece I wrote at 3am, hence the name. This was during lockdown, and I was going through quite a difficult time mentally. I just sat at my piano and the opening arpeggiated phrase appeared. This piece helped me out of a rut and I hope it can do the same for someone else.

3 am

This is a track which uses a motif I came up with in my 2nd year of university. The idea was originally a piano solo, but I adapted it into a trio with violin and tuba. I will probably adapt this riff again in the future, potentially into a band setting. The piece modulates up halfway through, then back down to the original key at the end, with an almost ABA structure. I like the interplay between the violin and the piano and how they have a subtle call and response at many points. I also enjoy when the tuba comes in, adding a more solid metre in the form of the walking bass.

Unloose Blue

This is the first movment of three piano duo pieces. The tracks all have baseball related names, inspired by a conversation I had with one of my tutors while discussing this piece. This particular track starts off lively and intense, with a pattern switching between 5/8 and 6/8. I think my use of both pianos in this piece to fill in gaps and compliment each other is effective. There is a much slower and more melancholy section following the first part, before a brief reference back to the opening. After this, there is a seperate leaping motif that leads us into the end of the piece and into the next movement.

Fastball

This is a piece I was commisioned to compose to accompany the White Ribbon 2024 Charity video. This is the first version of the track, which was not chosen.

White Ribbon Video - Version 1

This is the version of the White Ribbon Charity music that was chosen to accompany the video in 2024.

White Ribbon Video - Version 2

This is a piece I wrote to go with various video clips of costume dramas.

Starlings

This is a piece I wrote to accompany a video of a slot machine as part of a job application. This is the music, without the sound effects.

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Upbeat Casino Jazz

This is an homage to the great prog rock ballads of the 1970s.

Landing (Ableton Mock-up)

Graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. I write music because I love it.

Marcus Wesley Music