Composed for the film "Pas de deux" 

ToïToï
Directed by Elie Aufseesser
Produced by Joshua R. Troxler, Elie Aufseesser

Drums: Jean-Loup Didelot (https://soundcloud.com/drjedd)
Special thanks to Sylvain Wenger (https://soundcloud.com/bigsylvain)
Mixing&Mastering: Ashley Mareemootoo (https://soundcloud.com/ashmotif200)
Guitars, Strings: Clément Barral

La Théorie Des Continents

By Pablo Jókay & Aleksandra Sucur

On the 13th of July 2021 a thunderstorm caused serious damage in the city of Zürich. Data from that event (i.e. wind speed, temperature) is controlling parameters like pitch and speed of field recordings from the particularly affected "Stadtgärtnerei" through a custom built application (created with Max/MSP).

This piece can be heard as part of the exhibition "Cool Down Zurich" in the Stadtgärtnerei Zürich from June 2022 to June 2023.

BRND//47°22'30''N 8°30'01''O

Musik: Pablo Jókay
Gesang: Inessa Brazhnikova (Sopran), Amelie Scheffels (Mezzosopran), Laura Glauber (Alt), Florian Stierstorfer (Tenor), Beka Buchukuri (Bariton), Tobias Lux (Bass)
Mix: Pablo Jókay, unterstützt durch Benjamin Gut (www.gut.audio)

Text:
Ich kann nicht schlafen!
Tausend Fragen schwirren mir im Kopf herum.
Wo endet die Unendlichkeit?
Woher kommen wir?
Wer bin ich?

Wenn ich glücklich bin, kommt es mir so vor,
als wenn ich leuchte. 
Wenn ich traurig bin, habe ich ein Gefühl
als wär´ ich voller Wasser. Und das Wasser steigt und steigt.

Ist eigentlich mein ganzes Leben von Anfang an vorbestimmt?
Oder muss ich mich wirklich allein zurechtfinden?
Werde ich immer die richtigen Entscheidungen treffen?
Und wie weiß ich, ob es die richtigen sind?

Und wenn das ganze Leben nur ein Traum ist?
Und alle Träume Wirklichkeit?

In der Nacht fühle ich mich allein
und schutzlos.
Ich habe Angst, dass man mich plötzlich verlässt,
Ich habe Angst vor Krieg.
Ich habe Angst.

Werde ich wissen, wenn es soweit ist,
dass ich sterben muss?
Tut Sterben weh?
Und wenn nach dem Tod gar nichts mehr ist, was dann?

Und wenn man ewig lebt?
Dann könnte man alle Wunder verstehen,
Wunder der Erde,
des Universums!

Woher kommen wir?
Wer bin ich?

aus: Michèle Lemieux, Gewitternacht oder Wo endet die Unendlichkeit?
© 1996, 2019 Beltz & Gelberg in der Verlagsgruppe Beltz · Weinheim Basel

Gewitternacht

--- to watch the music video visit https://youtu.be/ghscu6qfpl0 ---

"Trails" was one of the two pieces I wrote for my final bachelor exam in composition for film and media at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München.
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Composed and orchestrated by Pablo Jókay

Conducted by Markus Hein
Performed by the Munich Symphony Orchestra (Münchner Symphoniker)
Additional Musicians: Deniz Esen (Harp), Florent Farnier (Trumpet), Gergö Mátyás (Tuba)

Recorded by Klaus Strazicky
Mixed by Pablo Jókay

Special thanks to Gerd Baumann for helping me with the composition, Kay Westermann for helping me with the orchestration, Benjamin Gut (www.gut.audio) for helping me with the mix and, of course, my classmates and colleagues Maximilian Lindinger and Josef Piras.

©2022 Pablo Jókay

Trails

Lyrics:

Let me open your eyes  
You’re senseless, without a plan
Clear vision, let me take you by the hand 
You realize that you are last
The void you’ll leave behind seems vast 

Stamp your footprints 
In the realms of time (realms of time) 
Decide! You can’t unwind 

Let me put this into words.
Long forgotten or living on?
What will it be?
Reminisce about all the great things that make you (make you)
That everyone has memories to cling on to 

You realize that you are last
The void you’ll leave behind seems vast 

Stamp your footprints 
In the realms of time (realms of time) 
Decide! You can’t unwind 

You wanna make music, huh? 
Did you think this through? 

Stamp your footprints 
In the realms of time (realms of time) 
Decide! You can’t unwind

Footprints

All sounds* were recorded in a room full of musical instrument with a single Shure SM58 microphone.

Written, performed and recorded by Pablo Jókay
Mixed by Pablo Jókay with the kind support of Benjamin Gut (www.gut.audio)
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(*except for one additional bass drum sample)

Swarms

--- to watch the music video visit https://youtu.be/YqfMgmuT2M4 ---

"Story Arc" was one of the two pieces I wrote for my final bachelor exam in composition for film and media at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München.
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Composed and orchestrated by Pablo Jókay

Conducted by Andreas Puhani
Performed by the Munich Symphony Orchestra (Münchner Symphoniker)
Additional Musicians: Deniz Esen (Harp), Florent Farnier (Trumpet), Gergö Mátyás (Tuba)

Recorded by Klaus Strazicky
Mixed by Pablo Jókay

Special thanks to Gerd Baumann for helping me with the composition, Kay Westermann for helping me with the orchestration, Benjamin Gut (www.gut.audio) for helping me with the mix and my colleagues Maximilian Lindinger and Josef Piras for supporting me during the recording session.

©2023 Pablo Jókay

Story Arc

Written by Pablo Jókay
Mixed by Jakob Schneider (www.sonofloat.com)

Trumpet Solo by Humberto Zaldivar Mitchell

Conductor Big Band Session: Martin Streule
Conductor String Session: André Bellmont

Saxophones: Mattia Faccini, Nikola Bankov, Mauro Reimann, Noah Zwahlen
Trumpets: Humberto Zaldivar Michel, Nicola Bütler, Moritz Stadtmüller
Trombones: Ferdinand Silberg, Simon Ruckli, Kristine Oppegaard
Piano: Etienne Beyeler
Bass: Paul Studer
Drums: Carlos Ronda Mas

1st Violins: Oleksandra Fedosova, Seat Byeol Choi, Yifei Li, Liwen Sha, Francesco Venudo
2nd Violins: Diana-Maria Turcu , Alexandra Seywald,  Mirjam Steinmann,  Lucía Gutiérrez Gual
Violas: Klara Rüttimann , Yuki Ostuki , Samuel Matzner
  Cellos: Teresa Wenhart, Jan Losos

Quintet Version: https://soundcloud.com/pablojokay/it-aint-cold-its-refreshing-quintet

It Ain't Cold, It's Refreshing (Big Band)

The soundtrack for the documentary "Im Rhythmus Der Zeit" about time and time perception.
Full soundtrack out on all streaming platforms:
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/pablojkay/im-rhythmus-der-zeit-original-motion-picture-soundtrack

For this soundtrack I created infinitely accelerating and decelerating risset rhythms, programmed and recorded an acoustic self-playing piano, wrote a program that generates rhythmical patterns by shifting the tempo of every instrument by a few milliseconds, worked with a 130 year old audio recording and tried other ways of messing with your perception of time.

The Rhythm Of Time

Made for itch.io/jam/ost-composing-jam-sandbox.

The challenge was to write a palindrome in 48 hours, which means the track sounds the same played in reverse.

I played and recorded tongue drum, electric bass, two snare drums, shakers, a metal water bottle, doors, my keychain, a wooden table and a curtain.

Broken Mirrors

Composer, drummer, pianist and singer from Munich, Germany based in Zurich, Switzerland. I write music for films and games.
Check out my website:
www.pablojokay.com

The Rhythm Of Time

Pablo Jókay

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