SOLO PIANO BEST

WHERE ANGELS MEET 2016

Having composed in many widely different genres of music over nearly 30 years here is a compilation of perhaps the best compositions from the top 15 genres. This may perhaps illustrate the pretty vast musical diversity of my work. The fact that I can compose in so many different styles has created major difficulties for me over the years. Which is the real authentic Michael Mulroy??? I always say to people when they are looking a bit puzzled. Imagine Elton John Billy Joel Stevie Wonder etc. As soon as you hear one of their tracks you KNOW it is them. But I can't say that but myself. I simply do NOT have a particular signature style. I am what is known in professional songwriting circles as a "GENERALIST" ie someone who writes in a wide variety of styles. It is generally recognised that these types of composers have the hardest time establishing themselves in the industry because it is impossible to pigeon-hole them or for them to create their own brand IDENTITY as it were. This is precisely the predicament I have found myself in. And very unfortunately it has paralysed me over many years. However what I have gradually realised is I need to aim whichever song at whichever specific market. Horses for courses. I also recognise that all the while I am composing I am building up my portfolio of music so that IF ... doors ever open for me (after all it only takes ONE song to be recognised!!!) then the floodgates could open!! I might yet win that Oscar!! 

TOP 15 GENRES

INNER SANCTUM VIII Monk Of Funk

INNER SANCTUM TOP 20

ANGEL VOICES 2012 (Lyrics 2021)

8 A STAR ALIGHT 1 X.WAV

RIVER OF LOVE (V)

LOVE ONE DAY ... 2022 (song for sarah)

Recorded with the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra in April 2012. I played piano - a Steinway D grand piano. 

Piano + Orchestra - JOY OF LIFE 2010

Me SINGING!!! One of my few pop-type songs. Love the groove. Lyrics purposefully repeated in verse 2. I was trying to get into that space of feeling that somehow lies beyond words ...

THE WAY THAT U MAKE ME FEEL 2003

Ballad - WHERE DID LOVE GO? 2007

AS GOOD AS IT GETS 2009

EMMANUEL 2000

Rock n Roll - JTM 2014

A TIME AND A PLACE

ICARUS

FLIGHT OF THE EAGLE

AWAKEN THE DAWN

ACROSS THE LAKE

A VAST CREATIVE OUTPOURING AFTER RETURNING FROM A 3 MONTH SABBATICAL IN LOS ANGELES.  WORKED MORE OR LESS 8 HOURS A DAY FOR 3 MONTHS. INCREDIBLE. YOU CAN SEE HERE MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF TRACKS. THIS IS HO I BUILD THEM UP LAYER UPON LAYER.  G = GUITAR. EP = ELECTRIC PIANO. BR = BRASS. STR = STRINGS. EACH LAYER WAS TRANSFERRED TO COMPUTER AND LABELLED. 64 SEPARATE LAYERS OF TRACKS HERE. YOU CAN NOW SEE HOW I BUILD UP EACH TRACK TIL IT REACHES ITS FINISHED FORM.

ROUND THE WORLD 2000

GROOVE 2 2008

ADAGIO FOR PIANO + STRINGS 11P

THERE ARE WORSE THINGS I COULD DO

LAURIE APPLEGARTH + JESSIE  + MICHAEL MULROY 1982

MAKE MUSIC 2.WAV

O MAKE MUSIC Forum 2

O MAKE MUSIC  F4 DR B

O MAKE MUSIC F5 DR

4. HOLY SPIRIT RAIN DOWN 3Vox

5. I GIVE YOU ALL THE HONOUR 4 EP

YOU ARE NEVER ALONE 7 3 DRUMS

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE 1 4VOX X

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE Fri 16th May 2025

FOREVER (Smooth JI) 16th May 25

INTO THE LIGHT 2025 EP G

Into The Light 25 3 BASS

NOT ALONE ANY MORE 3 EP PAD

JB 1V

SING O DAUGHTER OF ZION 3 DRUMS

NOT ALONE ANY MORE 4 B+G

Songs composed and recorded by young teenage members of the youth music community I founded and led in 2006. Good times.

IS I Will Worship.WAV

IS CH+GRACE.WAV

IS All The Wonders.WAV

10-17 CHARLOTTE God will not give up

Hhptp

10 With All I Am

2 - 07 You Are The Vision Michael Grace + Beth

2 - 06 Eagles Wings

2 - 02 You Are God In Heaven

Inspired by the art of Corinne Morgan an old friend. Mystical Art from a Mystical Soul. Impossible to convey just why and how meditating on Corinne's work inspired me. I was sitting in Cafe Nero a few weeks back and all of a sudden I just felt that old familiar urge to compose and record.  Below are the complete set of recordings. The way I record is in layers. Each recording you hear of a particular piece has an added layer of whatever instrument. There are 6 pieces in total so far. I will do a separate playlist of just the 6 completed tracks. If you are sufficiently interested to listen to some of these tracks to see how they build up you might find you prefer one of these versions rather than what for me are the finished tracks. 
DAY OF THE FAIRIES was initially a 13 minute solo piano track  spontaneously recorded on the spur of the moment. But I decided to split the recording into FOUR!!! So I am currently  crafting 4 separate pieces from that one long original. 

WOMAN CREATOR OF THE WORLD 1 4 V+SY SOLO

Inspired by the art of Corinne Morgan an old friend. Mystical art from a Mystical Soul. Impossible to convey just why and how meditating on Corinne's work inspired me. I was sitting in Cafe Nero a few weeks back and all of a sudden I just felt that old familiar urge to compose and record.  Below are the complete set of recordings. The way I record is in layers. Each recording you hear of a particular piece has an added layer of whatever instrument. There are 6 pieces in total so far. I will do a separate playlist of just the 6 completed tracks. If you are sufficiently interested to listen to some of these tracks to see how they build up you might find you prefer one of these versions rather than what for me are the finished tracks. 
WHERE ANGELS MEET was initially a 13 minute solo piano track  spontaneously recorded on the spur of the moment. But I decided to split the recording into FOUR!!! So I am currently  crafting 4 separate pieces from that one long original.

WHO ARE YOU???

THE WATCHERS 6 WOODWIND

TREE OF LIFE 5 STRQ 2

Inspired by the art of Corinne Morgan an old friend. Mystical Art from a Mystical Soul. Impossible to convey just why and how meditating on Corinne's work inspired me.
EXILE is a dialogue between us here on earth ( the Violin)and the ANGELS (the Choir). There is so much suffering in the world. You can hear that in the discordant moments. There is also that spiritual yearning - almost as if we were truly in exile from our true home. I hope you can hear the IMMENSE COMPASSION from the Angels towards us. They truly understand our suffering and frustrations and our hidden longings. They are with us. WE ARE NEVER ALONE.

EXILE

THE IMMACULATE FUNK 2008

CELESTIAL DANCE 2016 (MY SOUL SINGS)

10 NEW PIECES APRIL 2018 ON MY BRAND NEW YAMAHA 665 ELECTRIC GRAND PIANO

AWAKENING TO LOVE

1. THE JOURNEY (V) (The Ordinary World)

EPIPHANY OF HEAVEN (Astara Light) (V)

CELESTIAL SKY

A beautiful beautiful beautiful  
A beautiful world
Where energies soar
Cruelty lurks behind a physical door
An endeavour to step out into the light
As a soul battles on
To extinguish the fight

She raised her head
To a celestial sky
Overwhelmed with the exquisiteness
She gently cries out to the universe
She laid her soul bare longing for freedom
From infinite despair

As the cosmos hears her cry
Stars align
And angels fly by
The enchanting universe sent her
A soul


Words of a poem
Music by Michael Mulroy
Composed Wednesday 30th October 2019

CELESTIAL SKY 2019

INTO THE LIGHT - For All Those Who Have Died (V)

BIOGRAPHY
Born: And live in Darlington Co Durham. Aged 57.   

Occupation:
Classically Trained Professional Pianist; 
Piano Teacher; Composer; Songwriter
 
Educational History:
Distinctions for all grades
‘A’ for O Level Music ‘A’ for A Level Music
Degree in Music at University of Liverpool 1985-89.
PGCE Liverpool 1991
Taught RE and Music in Liverpool for 5 years (1991-1995)
Played at the Albert Hall and on the BBC a few times.

Medical History:
Aged 2 Knocked down by an old lady in a Mini... (Car not skirt! Haha) 
Cancer at 5. Right leg amputated at 8. Cancer again at 9 Chemotherapy for 3 years until 12. Fine ever since...  (VERY lucky!!)
(Can't drink too much alcohol because I'm legless as it is! Haha)
Awarded a special Bravery Award by the Scouts received from Princess Margaret at Windsor Castle in 1976 and I was a finalist in Barnados Champion Child 1983. 

Contemporary Pianist:
   As you can see I have built up an extensive Repertoire over the 35 years I have played the Piano (played mostly from memory!) My desire at all times is to fill wherever I am playing with “Beautiful Sound”. For me “Melody Is King”. And to do everything I can to enhance the enjoyment of those of us sharing this evening of our lives together. Hence my great desire to play your favourite songs if at all possible!  I express my philosophy of piano playing in this way …..

“Every Song Has A Soul…. And In Order To Make The Song SING …You Have To Enter Into The Soul Of The Song”

Michael Mulroy

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