Hey there. In this musical sampler, you'll hear plenty examples of the various styles of music I can compose as well as produce. Everything from peppy, upbeat and light orchestral to sweeping, epic sagas with choirs on top of loud brass, to hot jazz or electronic fused with 60's and jazz. There's also nuanced underscore for projects that need a bit more musical space. I even have chirping birds with my Low Fi sampler. :P  

All of the stuff here is composed by and produced solely by me with the exception to: 

Casual, Puzzler, Comical, Covers, Quirky Sampler - From 2:18, this sampler shows off the music I did for Wolf Toss which has some original music I did as well as several arrangements of classical pieces that are public domain. Have you ever heard the Sugar Plum Fairies done on KAZOO?!?! Well you can in this track!

Low Fi, Hip Hop, Jazz, Remix, Narration Clips Sampler - That is comprised of music I've done for SkateBIRD and that soundtrack is drawing from original stuff I've done as well as various royalty free samples and loops that I'm using, editing and tweaking to make work within my original compositions. Much like a DJ would sample records and change them around. 

To learn more about me and my work simply go here: www.madsenstudios.com. 

Need some great music? I'd love to work with you!

2021 Music Sampler

Here's a short montage of several clips from some of my solo piano work.

2021 Music Sampler - Solo Piano Montage - Peaceful, Ambient, Relaxing, Meditative

This is the official soundtrack for SkateBIRD, developed and published by Glass Bottom Games. When Megan Fox, the lead designer and studio owner, approached me about a new prototype idea she had of a skateboarding bird I was MORE than intrigued.

Like many, I played plenty of skateboarding themed video games in the 2000's and enjoyed them a ton. Skateboarding games are often edgy, with hard hitting or aggressive soundtracks to boot. SkateBIRD is just the opposite of this. We wanted a game that focused on creating a chill, fun vibe that allowed the players to experiment, try over and over and explore.

The game is full of hilarious, quirky moments and the first time I saw the bird flap its wings while soaring on a skateboard... I was hooked. Combine this with the fact that you can customize your birb's appearance - well - this game was turning into something special. On top of all of this, the settings of a bedroom, kitchen (complete with greasy, left over pizza box) and other locales were interesting, unique and added a whole new level of immersion. This game was gonna be special. 

I hope you enjoy the soundtrack and look for the game coming out on August 12th!

SkateBIRD Official Soundtrack

Vincey's POV

To Skate Or Not To Skate

The Logic Of Rex

The Heron

Teresa's Brood Mood

Strut

Sophie And The Blackbirds

Skatebird Time To Ride

Sharisse's Sporty Garden

Sam Needs Snacks

Reuben's Vibe

Pantone Tone

Jodie's Encouragement

Growing Up Red Tails

Duct Duck Goose

Dour Matt

Dominic's Skate Camp

Daniyah Does The Science

Craig's Tinfoil Hat

C Isn't For Seagull

Blue Streak

Bird Moms

Bird Bath

Beulah's Wisdom

Atlas' Gospel

Adrenaline Chaser

A Little Dusty

The Walk is an orchestral piece that evokes a sense of mystery, tension blended with beauty and innocence in the lullaby-like piano line. I love the idea of a piece that can convey a mixture of emotions and moods. Where is this walk leading? Is it a good or a bad thing? What happens next? 

Creating this short, musical "story" is a fun way to capture a vibe and I hope you enjoy it. 

This song is available for licensing and is out on all major storefronts and streaming platforms. 

Syauqi Destanika - Vocals
Paulo Oliveira - Flute
Nathan Scott Madsen - Composer, Producer, Mixing and Mastering Engineer

To learn more about me and my work, go here: https://madsenstudios.com/

The Walk

Here's an improvised solo piano piece that conveys a sense of mystery, longing and determination. I called it "Deciding Moment" because it feels like this person is about to move forward on something that's been blocking him or her. It's time to push through and overcome. Will this be successful? It's not clear.

With all of my solo piano pieces, which are most often improvised, I'm trying to create a mood or a scene. It's like dropping you into the middle of a story. What setting or situation can you imagine to this music?

I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for listening.

Deciding Moment (Solo Piano)

I improvised this track early in the morning on New Year's Day. Maybe it was thoughts of a new year already upon us or reacting to the cool timbre of the piano sounds... I'm not quite sure. But I dug the vibe and I hope you do as well. Thanks for all of the listens, support and shares!

Train Ride At Night

This three song EP actually started out as the beginning of a video game soundtrack in 2017. Sadly, the publisher deal didn't pan out and since I kept all rights to the music, I'm able to release it now.

The tracks were originally interactive tiers of music that would toggle on or off based on game play, so I've tweaked things to make the music show off the various intensities while working in a linear, CD format.

The game was based on an alien world with strange, foreign lifeforms. If you think of Metroidvania styled game, you're not far off the mark. I wanted the music to combine elements of fear, exploration, mystery, wonder along with an exciting drive and sense of danger. My client requested the music be heavily electronic with only hints of orchestral. So the genre here is definitely more aggressive than much of my other game music.

All of these tracks are available for licensing. I hope you enjoy it and thanks for listening.

Anomaly

Scanning For Lifeforms

The Signal

Here's my RPG/MMO styled orchestral fantasy sampler. Soaring strings, lush brass, sustained choirs, everything you need to begin an epic quest or journey. Just make sure you take a sword with you. It's dangerous out there, ya know? All of these tracks are from official projects and all rights are reserved. Need awesome music? I'd love to help out!

2021 Music Sampler - Orchestral, Fantasy, RPG, MMO, Lush, Warm

Hey there!

Here's my latest single, The Evergreens, which released world wide today, Wednesday April 13th.

This track actually began way back in 2014 when I was hired for a student film about a road trip. I was living in Colorado at the time and my client wanted a song that conveyed a journey... a wanderlust. Now that I've moved away from the beautiful state of Colorado, this song has taken on new meaning for me personally. I adore the mountains, the trees and the crispness of the cooler air. I long to return. Maybe someday I will. I think that sense of longing and connection with nature carries through in this track. I hope you enjoy it.

This track wouldn't be possible without the incredible musicians who lent their talents! Those folks are:

Marisa Frantz, Violin
Jonny Adams, Electric Guitar
Carolina Diez, Nylon Guitar
Dan G, Bass

I did all of the composition, production as well as the mixing and mastering. 

Released April 13th, 2022

The Evergreens

Hey there! Here's the latest track I did for SkateBIRD.

In this track I'm combining elements of reggae along with some 60's reverb, additional documentary narration, custom bird samples from fans of the game and some jazz sprinkled on top. I hope you dig it!

If you haven't checked out the SkateBIRD game yet, take it out for a spin! The full OST is now up to 28 songs! I hope you enjoy it!

Links:

Glass Bottom Games: glassbottomgames.com
SkateBIRD: skate.birb.rocks
Madsen Studios LLC: www.madsenstudios.com

Remember Me?

I wrote this for a spec car commercial but sadly it wasn't picked. I still think the track is good and is, ironically, the very first time I recorded both my alto and tenor sax in the same song.

Car Commercial

Being a David Lynch/Twin Peaks fan, I've heard my fair share of dark, gloomy jazz growing up. Think of Angelo Badalamenti or Bohren and der Club of Gore. But I've never really written and produced a track in that style. So I figured, why not?!

This track started as a jam session for one. :P I came up with some chords and began to improvise over it. Adding in some other live musicians to embellish and enhance the skeleton I had put together really helped bring the track to life.

I love how the trumpet and saxophone intertwine, playing off the melody in the last section. I hope you like this track too! Feel free to share it on your socials as I'd love to get a bit more exposure out there!
credits

Cal Rustad, trumpet
Giulio Esposito, guitar
Dan G, bass
Glenn Welman, drums
Nathan Scott Madsen, piano, synths, tenor saxophone, composition, production, mixing and mastering

Ten Past Midnight

Howdy all! Here's my track for the Material Final Fantasy VII Remixed album. The idea was to fuse Trois Gymnopedies No. 1 with You Can Hear the Cries of the Planet from FF7 together. The album went live today, Oct. 9th! It's MASSIVE with over five hours of music and 185 composers/producers/musicians contributing! 

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/…/materia-final-fant…/id1046849552…
Loudr: https://loudr.fm/re…/materia-final-fantasy-vii-remixed/VxYsz
Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/album/5iYxPnzu5QK84N4evsmFt3
Official website: http://materiacollective.com/music/materia_final_fantasy_vii_remixed

Nathan Madsen - vocals, arrangement, production
Lauren Liebowitz - vocals
David Neale - guitar
Joanne Moo - harp
Doug Perry - vibes 

You Can Hear The Cries Of The Gymnopedies (FF7 Cover)

A collection of laid back, downtempo tunes that can provide a chilled, ambient tone. This is just a sampler to help give you a taste of what Madsen Studios LLC can provide for your project. More references available upon request! All music composed, produced and under copyright.

Chill-Ambient-Laid Back Sampler

Here's a collage of various tense, dramatic, dark and/or epic cues. This is just a sampler to help give you a taste of what Madsen Studios LLC can provide for your project. More references available upon request! All music composed, produced and under copyright.

Dramatic-Epic-Tension-Doom-n-Gloom Sampler

I'm happy to announce the launch of Chromo which uses Sphero developed by <a href="http://www.gosphero.com/" title="http://www.gosphero.com/" target="_blank">Orbotix</a>. Madsen Studios LLC was happy to provide all of the audio for this awesome app so go <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sphero-chromo/id519909937?mt=8" title="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sphero-chromo/id519909937?mt=8" target="_blank">check it out!</a> It's FREE!

Copyright: Orbotix. Music used with permission.

Chromo Title Theme

Playboy Midsummer Night's Dream is the featured jackpot slot currently on Jackpot Party Casino, developed and published by SciPlay! Here's a collage of the Main and Bonus Round themes.

For this theme, I didn't want to go with the traditional orchestral fantasy musical treatment. So instead I created an electronic track that has elements of classical infused with EDM and even some distorted guitars. I think the overall effect works pretty well and hope you agree! If you'd like to take the game out for a spin (pun intended) then go here: 

https://apps.facebook.com/jackpotpartycasino

To see more of what Sciplay does and what we're all about go here: https://www.sciplay.com/

To learn more about me and my work, check out: https://www.madsenstudios.com/ 

Hope you enjoy the music and are staying healthy and happy! I'll share more stuff as it goes public. Thanks! 

All content owned by SciPlay - All rights reserved. Shared for promotional reasons only and with consent of the company.

Playboy Midsummer Night's Dream (Main and Bonus Round themes)

Howdy! You've found my new epic orchestral and choir sampler. All of the music you're hearing is composed, produced, mixed and mastered by me. I love writing in this style and seeing how I can help bring large scale, epic worlds to life with my music. Do you need large, sweep orchestral sagas for your next project? I'd love to help out! Go here to learn more about me and my work: 

www.madsenstudios.com

2021 Music Sampler - Orchestra & Choir, Epic, Dramatic, Sweeping

This is my Ethnic inspired sampler that covers Asian, Egyptian, Irish and Polynesian cultures. The reason why I say "inspired" is because I'm full aware that my music isn't fully authentic to the wonderful traditions of these various cultures. This is my take on it and, of course, much of this music was written for various games so it had to match the needs and goals of those products as well. In some cases it's even a fusion of driving drums, bass and synths combined with more traditional instruments and motifs. I hope you enjoy! 

To check out more of my work go here: www.madsenstudios,com

2021 Music Sampler - Ethnic, Asian, Irish, Egyptian, Polynesian, Energetic, Moving, Hybrid

Sometimes less is more. Not every project or scene needs everything and the kitchen sink to support it. Many situations need breathing room. Having too much in the music can often be distracting and harmful to the experience! This is especially true in some drama or comedic settings! 

But that doesn't mean a more "simple" cue can't be evocative or dynamic. 

So if you're looking for more simplified, nuanced cues, this sampler is for you! This showcases what I can do for you in those kinds of situations where more restraint is better for the narrative. 

To learn more about me and what I do, go here: www.madsenstudios.com

2021 Music Sampler - Underscore, Nuanced, Understated

I'm a composer/sound designer, based in Austin, TX who is active in the video game, film and web design industries. I write music in all kinds of styles, produce sound design, direct/perform/produce voice overs and implement audio for all kinds of projects. On top of all of this, I teach private piano and saxophone lessons. I also like long walks on the beach...

Nathan S Madsen

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