From the 2021 short film "The Fantastical Millipede," written & directed by Daniel Christophersen.

My New Tutor - from "The Fantastical Millipede" (Original Soundtrack)

Performed by Mari Funabashi in Winter 2011 (age 16). Cochran Chapel, Phillips Academy.

Suite Gothique: IV. Toccata  (Léon Boëllmann)

My husband Robert and I got married in Chichester, UK on June 9th, 2023. We are both huge fans of Top Gun, and naturally being a film composer, I arranged my own music for the wedding. Includes themes from "Top Gun" and "How to Train Your Dragon".

2. Signing Music "Romantic Flight in an F-14"

My husband Robert and I got married in Chichester, UK on June 9th, 2023. We are both huge fans of Top Gun, and naturally being a film composer, I arranged my own music for the wedding.

1. Walking Down The Aisle (Top GunTheme)

Written for the CIM YCP Ensemble-in-Residence, ARS FUTURA. Performed on June 20th, 2014, in Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music. Composed in 2014 (age 19). Instrumentation: flute, violin, cello, piano.

LIVE: Above The Citadel (for piano quartet)

   Before I left home for college, every spring my mother, sister,
    and I would go to the local hatchery and bring home a few
    newly-hatched chicks to join our little family of hens that we
    keep in a cheerful chicken coop in the backyard. In January 2014,
    one of the chicks was a beautiful White Leghorn I named Artemis
    because of her feisty yet charming attitude. She was a quirky
    little thing, often spending hours sitting next to Roameo, the
    family tortoise. One time when searching for any stray chicken
    eggs, we found out she had been laying them on top of his den in
    the corner of the yard (there were about six in a little nest she
    had dug). Sadly, this past summer a bobcat broke into the coop
    and took Artemis. I decided to write a eulogy for her in the form
    of "Artemis, a Cloud," a piece that re-imagined her as a peaceful
    cloud, drifting above the mountains of Arizona, watching the world
    below.

Written for the Contemporary Ensemble at the Atlantic Music Festival, Waterville, ME. Recorded on July 24th, 2015 at Lorimer Chapel, Colby College. Recording Engineer: Nate Shrage.
Flute: Hannah Porter Occena
Clarinet: Shawn Earle
Violin: Jacobo Hernández 
Cello: Alexandra Jones


Artemis, a Cloud (for flute, clarinet, violin, cello)

Composed October 4th, 2017. Performed by Mari A. Funabashi at the Royal College of Music.

For Whom the Bell Tolls (for solo piano)

Composed October 2017. Performed by Vanessa Hristova, viola, and Mari Funabashi, piano.

in every place (for viola and piano)

Royal College of Music Practical Skills Exam 2017. Original score to "Augury," recorded at Air-Edel Studios, London, UK.

"Got It"

I always write a song every time I get a new piece of equipment. To my new Neumann tlm193, here's to you darling. You sound awesome and I don't deserve you.

For David Whom I Loved

A re-scoring of Xavier Chassaing's film "Dry Lights." Performed with a live orchestra at the Royal College of Music's Screen Composition Annual Showcase in Britten Theatre, London, UK, on 2 May 2019.

Dry Lights - Original Soundtrack

https://www.gofundme.com/f/xhqwr-for-the-birds

For the Birds: Main Title - Original Soundtrack

For the Birds: Waiting for Curlews - Original Soundtrack

The title “140.6” comes from the nickname of the Ironman-distance triathlon race, in which athletes attempt to cover a distance of 140.6 miles within a time limit of 17 hours. The race comprises of 2.4 miles (3.8 km) of swimming, 112 miles (180 km) of cycling, and a full marathon run of 26.2 miles (42 km). It is the pinnacle of the sport for many triathletes, and is generally regarded as one of the most difficult races in all of endurance sport. At the time of composition, the composer was training for Ironman Haugesund, which takes place on June 30th, 2019.

140.6 (a tone poem for full orchestra)

Sizzle Reel Demo (Drama)

Photo of South Stack Lighthouse in Anglesey, Wales. Taken at the end of a 403 mile (650 km) bike-packing trip over 5 days (starting from East London).

Don't Look Back (Drama / Nostalgia Demo)

"Calm Before the Storm" from the wildlife documentary "A Year in Richmond Park" directed by Olly Johnson, released March 2020. Available for viewing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h1KPRnAJpU&feature=emb_logo

Calm Before the Storm - from "A Year in Richmond Park" (Original Soundtrack)

Score from the wildlife documentary "Oxfordshire's Wildlife" directed by Olly Johnson, released October 2020. Available for viewing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE4SBJhm5v4

Oxfordshire - from "Oxfordshire's Wildlife" (Original Soundtrack)

Performed by Mari Funabashi at her Senior Recital, May 19th, 2013 (age 18). Cochran Chapel, Phillips Academy.

Etude No. 3 in A, Op. 60 (Matteo Carcassi)

Prelude and Fugue in a minor, BWV 543: Fugue (J.S. Bach)

Prelude and Fugue in a minor, BWV 543: Prelude (J.S. Bach)

Suite Gothique: III. Priere a Notre-Dame (Léon Boëllmann)

Film Composer, Arranger, Conductor, Multi-instrumentalist, and lover of all things music. Masters of Composition in Composition for Screen, Royal College of Music; BA in Music, Columbia University. Hobbies include triathlon, birding, and learning new things. For business inquires only: mari.funabashi@gmail.com
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