Vector Owl Animated Adventures

The Adventures of Vector Owl - Theme Tune and Intro

Vector Owl is a cheeky magical owl who gets up to various antics in the forest he calls home. Quite often,  he just wants to have a quiet snooze but pesky creatures keep disturbing him. 

Thankfully, with his understanding of the power of vector magic, he can conjure up solutions to these annoyances and get back to having a well earned rest.

YouTube link to the full animated Intro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imB5RzyaMpg
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Instrumentation Used

Piccolo / Sousaphone / French Horn / Trombone / Woodblocks / Celtic Harp / Upright Bass

The sound of a Tawney Owl that is used in this piece was sourced from www.freesound.org and is classed as Public Domain.

( creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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Background
 
This project began with a 10 second piece of music and a very simple 2D animation of a little character called Vector Owl. 

The music was expanded into a full theme tune, a brand new redesigned Vector Owl emerged and a change of animation software resulted in what you see here. Whilst familiar with creating music, animation is a completely new world to me and I'm still learning as I go.

All the graphic elements are vector-based, using a combination of Serif Affinity software for graphical development and various open-source packages for animation and video editing, with the original music created in Cubase Pro.

Now this intro is complete I'm hoping to get started on his first adventure.

Vector Owl - Full Theme Tune

The Adventures of Vector Owl - The Forest Theme

Vector Owl is a cheeky magical owl who gets up to various antics in the forest he calls home. To support the animated stories, a piece of music was required to set the scene before an adventure begins. The idea is that it probably be used after the main theme tune. Further incidental music will be written as required depending upon the story line. 

As a result, an idyllic theme was required to help put the viewer into the forest environment and additionally act as a reprise at the end of his adventure. 

If you want to watch the YouTube video of the Full Animated Intro here is the link. 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=imB5RzyaMpg
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Instrumentation Used

Piccolo / Alto Flute / Bassoon / French Horn / Celtic Harp / Vibraphone / Cello / Ensemble Violins / Ensemble Violas / Celestial Strings 

Background

This project began with a 10 second piece of music and a very simple 2D animation of a little character called Vector Owl.

The music was expanded into a full theme tune, a brand new redesigned Vector Owl emerged and a change of animation software resulted in what you see in the Full Animated Intro above.

Now that the Intro is complete, the journey begins on creating graphical assets and pieces of incidental music / sound FX for his first adventure. This Forest Theme is a vital part of these assets to help create a complete adventure. Music and sound FX will be particularly important with characters that don't speak to support any on-screen graphics. 

The Forest Theme can be enjoyed purely as a short piece of orchestral music of course. :-)

Vector Owl - The Forest Theme

The Adventures of Vector Owl - Halloween Short

A 26 second piece of music to support an upcoming  Halloween themed Vector Owl short animation. If you can, compare this short with the original theme tune to hear how it's been tweaked to give what I think is a spooky vibe. 

YouTube link to the animated Halloween short

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptg_n37Ro6U

Vector Owl is a cheeky magical owl who gets up to various antics in the forest he calls home. Quite often, he just wants to have a quiet snooze but pesky creatures keep disturbing him.

Thankfully, with his understanding of the power of vector magic, he can conjure up solutions to these annoyances and get back to having a well earned rest.

YouTube link to the full animated Intro

www.youtube.com/watch?v=imB5RzyaMpg
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Instrumentation Used

Piccolo / Sousaphone / French Horn / Trombone / Woodblocks / Celtic Harp / Upright Bass / Ymir Choir / Lumina Choir

The sound of a Tawney Owl that is used in this piece was sourced from www.freesound.org and is classed as Public Domain.

( creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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Background

This project began with a 10 second piece of music and a very simple 2D animation of a little character called Vector Owl.

The music was expanded into a full theme tune, a brand new redesigned Vector Owl emerged and a change of animation software resulted in what you see here. Whilst familiar with creating music, animation is a completely new world to me and I'm still learning as I go.

All the graphic elements are vector-based, using a combination of Serif Affinity software for graphical development and various open-source packages for animation and video editing, with the original music created in Cubase Pro.

The idea of a Halloween Short for Vector Owl seemed a great opportunity to play around in adapting the original theme tune to a spooky setting.  I used the same instruments, slowed down the tempo and went from major to minor. The addition of some choral elements was enough for this short piece of music.

When completed, the Halloween short link will be posted here, but for now it can be enjoyed purely as a very short piece of orchestral incidental music. :-)

Vector Owl - Halloween Short

The Adventures of Vector Owl - Winter Fun Theme
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I noticed the original upload tempo was a bit fast. I've now re-uploaded with a more ponderous version, especially for the band sections. It sounds better to my ears now, more what I intended. I was a few bpm too fast. :-) 
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A relatively short piece of music to support an upcoming Winter Fun themed Vector Owl short animation.  I wanted two contrasting styles of music in this piece to give more animation possibilities. 

So I went for the sound of a Tyrolean band in one section and a more dreamy, string-based section with a choral element. Hopefully the whole piece will invoke the sense of fun and Winter wonder.

Vector Owl is a cheeky magical owl who gets up to various antics in the forest he calls home. Quite often, he just wants to have a quiet snooze but pesky creatures keep disturbing him.

Thankfully, with his understanding of the power of vector magic, he can conjure up solutions to these annoyances and get back to having a well earned rest.

YouTube link to the full animated Intro

www.youtube.com/watch?v=imB5RzyaMpg
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Instrumentation Used

Viola / Cello / Ensemble Strings / Ensemble Trumpet / Ensemble French Horn / Ensemble Trombone / Tuba / Alto Flute / Bb Clarinet / Baroque Bassoon / English Horn / Harp / Glockenspiel / Vibraphone / Ymir Choir / St. Peter's Choir / Bass Drum / Sleigh Bells 
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Background

This project began with a 10 second piece of music and a very simple 2D animation of a little character called Vector Owl.

The music was expanded into a full theme tune, a brand new redesigned Vector Owl emerged and a change of animation software resulted in what you see here. Whilst familiar with creating music, animation is a completely new world to me and I'm still learning as I go.

All the graphic elements are vector-based, using a combination of Serif Affinity software for graphical development and various open-source packages for animation and video editing, with the original music created in Cubase Pro.

The idea of a Winter Fun Short for Vector Owl seemed a good idea after doing a Halloween-based one. The idea of two distinct types of music in the track gives possibilities for more varied animation and I'm hoping to add a few extra characters to the Forest for this one. 

When completed, the Winter Fun short link will be posted here, but for now it can be enjoyed purely as a very short piece of orchestral incidental music. :-)

Vector Owl - Winter Fun Theme

A collection of songs, instrumentals and orchestral pieces charting my adventures in home studio recording and production.  All original compositions using voice, acoustic and electric guitar (sometimes using altered tunings), bouzouki, low and high whistles and MIDI instrumentation. 

I'm also using VST instrumentation to create classical compositions and integrating orchestral sounds into my songs and instrumentals.

Links to various instrumental projects and other Social Media links are available below.

My Eclectic Music Connections repost thread is here

https://soundcloud.com/mrbouzouki-repost

Vector Owl - Halloween Short

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