Signs ~ (Orchestral Mockup Of The Main Title Theme)

Hi guys, I hope everybody is safe and well. Something more textural this time, in my favourite genre of Sci-fi because I get to use the same old chords over and over again! 😆

SOFTWARE USED :
FL Studio
Cinematic Studio Series (Strings, Woodwinds, Brass)
Cinematic Strings 2
CineBrass
CinePercussion
True Strike 1
Berlin Woodwinds + Berlin Woodwinds Soloists 1
Berlin Inspire 1 Harp
Randy's Celeste
Choirs : Oceania 1, Olympus Micro, Streznov Essentials
Reverb : Cinematic Rooms
Mastering by Cloudbounce

© 2021 Paul Cassidy
THE REPRODUCTION OF THE MUSIC HEREIN CONTAINED IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR.

ALIEN SUNRISE

Alien Sunrise

Testing Shreddage 1 guitar VST because I may have a use for it on a future project. All the other instruments are freebies :  Shreddage 3 Stratus Free, Shreddage 3 Precision Free, Revalver 4 lite version, Guitar Rig 6 lite version, and the drums, (also free) are MT Power Drumkit 2 which is amazing for a freebie. What better way to test it than on the opening bars of Master Of Puppets! It sounds a bit robotic in places but with a lot of tweaking I'm sure I can get it to do a good job.

**I used an excerpt from the track Master Of Puppets as a learning exercise. The track is not monetized and no copryright infringement is intended**

MASTER OF PUPPETS (Shreddage 1 test)

Hi guys. I hope everyone is well. This piece of music was inspired by the thrilling painting, "The Wild Hunt Of Odin", painted in 1872 by Peter Nicolai Arbo. So I tried to come up with some equally thrilling music, where I took Wagner as my inspiration. I hope you enjoy it! 

SOFTWARE USED :
FL Studio
Cinematic Studio Series (Strings, Woodwinds, Brass)
Cinematic Strings 2
CineBrass
Norrland Solo Trumpet
CinePercussion
True Strike 1
Berlin Woodwinds + Berlin Woodwinds Soloists 1
Berlin Inspire 1 Harp
Randy's Celeste
Choirs : Oceania 1, Olympus Micro, Streznov Essentials
Reverb : Cinematic Rooms
Mastering by Cloudbounce

© 2021 Paul Cassidy
THE REPRODUCTION OF THE MUSIC HEREIN CONTAINED IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR.

The Wild Hunt Of Odin

Hi guys, I know it's a little early for some, (me especially!), but not for others, so here's a little Christmas treat for you. It is my orchestral arrangement, of the beautiful song "A Little Love" by Celeste, which people from the UK will recognise as the song from the annual John Lewis advert, Christmas 2020. The original has such a beautiful and charming melody, with a vintage feel.

Thank you so much for all your support this past year, and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and a better and brighter New Year! 🖤🖤

**Disclaimer. I do not own this music, The track is not monetized and no copyright infringement is 
intended**

SOFTWARE USED :
FL Studio
Cinematic Studio Series (Strings, Woodwinds, Brass)
Cinematic Strings 2
CineBrass
Norrland Solo Trumpet
CinePercussion
True Strike 1
Berlin Woodwinds + Berlin Woodwinds Soloists 1
Berlin Inspire 1 Harp
Randy's Celeste
Choirs : Oceania 1, Olympus Micro, Streznov Essentials
Reverb : Cinematic Rooms
HoRNet Plugins : HoRNetAngle, HoRNetTheNormalizer, HoRNetThirtyOne, HoRNetVUMeter
Mastering by Cloudbounce

A Little Love ~ CELESTE (Orchestral Arrangement)

Hi guys, I hope everyone is well. It's a while since I did composed some music set in the Star Wars universe, so here is one, fresh out of the oven.

I hope you enjoy it! 

SOFTWARE USED :
FL Studio
Cinematic Studio Series (Strings, Woodwinds, Brass)
Cinematic Strings 2
CineBrass
CinePercussion
True Strike 1
Berlin Woodwinds + Berlin Woodwinds Soloists 1
Berlin Inspire 1 Harp
Randy's Celeste
Choirs : Oceania 1, Olympus Micro, Streznov Essentials
Reverb : Cinematic Rooms
Mastering by Cloudbounce

© 2022 Paul Cassidy
THE REPRODUCTION OF THE MUSIC HEREIN CONTAINED IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR.

Star Wars ~ Revenge Of The Empire

A year after my published album, CINEMATIC NATURE was released, I have decided to release a remastered version of the entire album. This is not because I was not happy with the original, but I felt it the sound was a little dark compared to my usual sound, so I aimed to bring it into line with all my other stuff. I also did it as a technical learning exercise.

MOUNTAIN MIST

Hi guys, I hope everyone is well. Here is a short original piece inspired by Gotham City, it's hero of course, and it's sinister criminal underbelly. I went for something textural rather than going for a big theme, hoping to create an atmosphere.


I hope you enjoy it!!

SOFTWARE USED :
FL Studio
Cinematic Studio Series (Strings, Woodwinds, Brass)
Cinematic Strings 2
CineBrass
CinePercussion
True Strike 1
Berlin Woodwinds + Berlin Woodwinds Soloists 1
Berlin Inspire 1 Harp
Randy's Celeste
Choirs : Oceania 1, Olympus Micro, Streznov Essentials
Reverb : Cinematic Rooms
Mastering by Cloudbounce

© 2022 Paul Cassidy
THE REPRODUCTION OF THE MUSIC HEREIN CONTAINED IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR.

Gotham

Hi guys, I hope everyone is well. Some of you that follow me may know that I occasionally like to do cover versions, or my own arrangements of other artists' music. I've always loved the song Hushabye Mountain from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, but I've always thought, (for some reason), that it was quite creepy and sinister. So I thought I'd do a slightly Danny Elfman style arrangement of it. I hope you enjoy it! 🖤

Hushabye Mountain ~ (Orchestral Arrangement)

Hi guys, I hope everyone is well. I'm going through a phase of doing my own arrangements of pieces of music from classic children's films. I'm not sure why I'm going through this phase, but it is fun and is probably because every child wants to grow up to be an adult, but when you reach adulthood, you yearn to be a child again. So here's my arrangement of Pure Imagination from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Everyone loves this song right..?

SOFTWARE USED :
FL Studio
Cinematic Studio Series (Strings, Woodwinds, Brass)
Cinematic Strings 2
Soaring Strings
CineBrass
CinePercussion
True Strike 1
Berlin Woodwinds + Berlin Woodwinds Soloists 1
Berlin Inspire 1 Harp
Randy's Celeste
Choirs : Oceania 1, Olympus Micro, Streznov Essentials
Reverb : Cinematic Rooms
Mastering by Cloudbounce

Pure Imagination ~ Willy Wonka ~ (Orchestral Arrangement)

Hi guys, here is another track set in the Star Wars Universe. Why? Because they are always so much fun to do! There are other SW inspired tracks here on Soundcloud, also on Youtube if you would like to take a listen.

I hope you enjoy it!

SOFTWARE USED :
FL Studio
Cinematic Studio Series (Strings, Woodwinds, Brass)
Cinematic Strings 2
CineBrass
CinePercussion
True Strike 1
Berlin Woodwinds + Berlin Woodwinds Soloists 1
Berlin Inspire 1 Harp
Randy's Celeste
Choirs : Oceania 1, Olympus Micro, Streznov Essentials
Reverb : Cinematic Rooms
Mastering by Cloudbounce

© 2022 Paul Cassidy
THE REPRODUCTION OF THE MUSIC HEREIN CONTAINED IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR.

Star Wars ~ Across The Galaxy

Hi guys, I hope everyone is well. As you probably know, I occasionally like to do cover versions. I usually do this when I hear something that strikes a chord in me. This one is pretty obscure. It is a cover of a song, written by Elvis Costello about thirty years ago, which I recently heard again. It's about a condemned man who awaits the gallows, his desperation fading to profound sadness and regret. I fell in love with the melody and beautiful chord changes.

The original has three verses, and three choruses, but I had so many problems with the working project becoming corrupt, causing my computer to crash literally every five minutes, which was incredibly frustrating. So I had to try to bring the music to some kind of natural conclusion before I took an axe to the computer. But I still think it kind of works as a short, but complete piece.

You can listen to the original track here : 
https://youtu.be/iCNWNMILJ00

Favourite Hour

Hi guys, I hope everyone is well. Some of you that follow me know that I occasionally like to do cover versions, or my own arrangements of other artists' music. Here is my midi mockup of Brian Tyler's thrilling fanfare from the film, Now You See Me 2, which was all done by ear. I  mainly do these covers for ear training, and to pick apart some of the orchestration. This was really challenging and I tried to stay as close to the original as possible, though as usual with virtual instruments, I had to take some liberties with the arrangement in order to fill in some gaps.

I hope you enjoy it! 

SOFTWARE USED :
FL Studio
Cinematic Studio Series (Strings, Woodwinds, Brass)
Cinematic Strings 2
CineBrass
CinePercussion
True Strike 1
Berlin Woodwinds + Berlin Woodwinds Soloists 1
Berlin Inspire 1 Harp
Randy's Celeste
Choirs : Oceania 1, Olympus Micro, Streznov Essentials
Reverb : Cinematic Rooms
Mastering by Cloudbounce

Now You See Me 2 (midi-mockup)

Here is a short tribute to my uncle who sadly passed away just before Christmas last year. You couldn't meet a more decent and fine man, hence my tribute offers him a hero's burial. 

On a musical and technical level, the project became corrupt and kept crashing in my PC every 5 minutes so it's underdeveloped and underfinished so I just had to try and drag it to some kind of fast conclusion to get through it and give it sense.

SOFTWARE USED :
FL Studio
Cinematic Studio Series (Strings, Woodwinds, Brass)
Pacific Cello from Performance Samples
Taylor Davis Violin
Cinematic Strings 2
CineBrass
CinePercussion
True Strike 1
Berlin Woodwinds + Berlin Woodwinds Soloists 1
Berlin Inspire 1 Harp
Randy's Celeste
Choirs : Oceania 1, Olympus Micro, Streznov Essentials
Reverb : Cinematic Rooms
Mastering by Cloudbounce

© 2023 Paul Cassidy
THE REPRODUCTION OF THE MUSIC HEREIN CONTAINED IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR.

Viking Funeral

Hi guys, here's my orchestral arrangement of Jar of Hearts, originally performed by Christina Perri, which I did just for a bit of fun and to kill some time. I hope you enjoy it! 😊

SOFTWARE USED :
FL Studio
Cinematic Studio Series (Strings, Woodwinds, Brass)
Pacific Cello from Performance Samples
Taylor Davis Violin
Cinematic Strings 2
CineBrass
CinePercussion
True Strike 1
Berlin Woodwinds + Berlin Woodwinds Soloists 1
Berlin Inspire 1 Harp
Randy's Celeste
Choirs : Oceania 1, Olympus Micro, Streznov Essentials
Reverb : Cinematic Rooms
Mastering by Cloudbounce

Jar Of Hearts ~ Christina Perri ~~ orchestral arrangement

Hi guys, I hope everyone is well. Here is a collaboration with a local poet and friend, Amy, where we tried to do something akin to a prologue of a film. I hope you enjoy it.

SOFTWARE USED :
FL Studio
Cinematic Studio Series (Strings, Woodwinds, Brass)
Pacific Cello from Performance Samples
Taylor Davis Violin
Cinematic Strings 2
CineBrass
CinePercussion
True Strike 1
Berlin Woodwinds + Berlin Woodwinds Soloists 1
Berlin Inspire 1 Harp
Randy's Celeste
Choirs : Oceania 1, Olympus Micro, Streznov Essentials
Reverb : Cinematic Rooms
Mastering by Cloudbounce

© 2023 Paul Cassidy
THE REPRODUCTION OF THE MUSIC HEREIN CONTAINED IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR.

In Silence I Come To You

I last saw Tilly alive exactly one week ago. We found her dead at 6am on Thursday 5th October. She was killed under horrific circumstances. I didn't want my last memory to be of her broken body lying on the cold tarmac. She didn't deserve her life to be snuffed out that way. So I wrote this tribute, something majestic, befitting of the queen that she was. 

I'd been watching documentaries about people having after death experiences, how time became meaningless, and how they were floating through the cosmos. I was also watching videos showing some of the most beautiful scenes from the film "Interstellar", which gave me inspiration for the music.

Interstellar ~ Tilly

Hi guys, I hope everybody is well. I was due to start scoring a horror film which was delayed and delayed for the past couple of years. I then discovered at the 11th hour that the opportunity had been given to another composer. It was a huge disappointment for me but life is full of them. I had been working on a few themes and some textures, on and off in preparation. Here is a textural background piece of noise, but I may post some of the others is due time, more complete works, otherwise they won't see the light of day. Wishing everyone well, including everyone involved in the film. 

SOFTWARE USED :
FL Studio
Cinematic Studio Series (Strings, Woodwinds, Brass)
Cinematic Strings 2
CineBrass
CinePercussion
True Strike 1
Berlin Woodwinds + Berlin Woodwinds Soloists 1
Berlin Inspire 1 Harp
Randy's Celeste
Choirs : Oceania 1, Olympus Micro, Streznov Essentials
Reverb : Cinematic Rooms
Mastering by Cloudbounce

© 2023 Paul Cassidy
THE REPRODUCTION OF THE MUSIC HEREIN CONTAINED IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR.

Haunted Dolls

Hi guys. Here is something experimental, a collaboration with Amy, where we have created a trippy dreamscape to transport your mind to strange and wonderful places.

This particular piece is a byproduct from a 10 track album we produced earlier this year which won't be published by me but will be published somewhere at some time.

Amy's Dream

Hi guys! Here is something I did about three years ago, but happened upon it as I was clearing out an old hard drive. I thought if I posted it here, I can then delete without really losing it. 😉 It is a rescore of the Jedi Steps scene at the end of The Force Awakens. I found the clip where the original music was removed, and composed my own music to the scene, just as an exercise in film scoring. It wasn't an attempt to try and outdo Mr Williams, only a lunatic would attempt that, it was just for practice. You can find the music with the film clip on my Youtube channel.

Star Wars ~ The Jedi Steps

Hi guys, I hope everyone is well. I haven't made much noise on here for a while due to other commitments. So here is some new noise for you. Nothing ground-breaking, I'm never one to try to reinvent the wheel, just enjoy making some sci-fi noises!

SOFTWARE USED :
FL Studio
Cinematic Studio Series (Strings, Woodwinds, Brass)
Cinematic Strings 2
CineBrass
CinePercussion
True Strike 1
Berlin Woodwinds + Berlin Woodwinds Soloists 1
Berlin Inspire 1 Harp
Randy's Celeste
Choirs : Oceania 1, Olympus Micro, Streznov Essentials
Reverb : Cinematic Rooms
Mastering by Cloudbounce

© 2025 Paul Cassidy
THE REPRODUCTION OF THE MUSIC HEREIN CONTAINED IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR.

Zero Gravity

Orchestral cinematic music inspired by the Greek mythological tale Pandora's Box (don't open the box!).

© 2016 Paul Cassidy
THE REPRODUCTION OF THE MUSIC HEREIN CONTAINED IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR.

Pandora

This is a piece I've been working on for songwriter/composer Hal Dickens. Hal wrote this as a fantasy love song from Esmeralda to Quasimodo, the Hunchback of Notre Dame. He will be recording this as a song later this year but in the meantime, here is my orchestral arrangement of Hal's original piano composition. 

You hear hear Hal's original version by following this link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To8cH9WxQLk

I should have some of my own original material coming soon :)

You're Not Made Of Stone

Here is my latest piece which was inspired by the beautiful artwork "The Lost Angel" (though I thought the music suited the title "The LAST Angel" better) by http://generazart.deviantart.com/ , who kindly gave me permission to add music to the image he created. Check out his DeviantArt site for more amazing artwork.

I hope you enjoy the music. Please feel free to comment and share if you like it (or even if you don't like it!).

© 2017 Paul Cassidy

The Last Angel

This is an assignment I did for a Facebook film scoring practice group. The original score has been removed from the scene and we had to write our own orginal score for the scene. This is what I came up with.  If you want to view the scene with my original score, please follow this link:  https://vimeo.com/311069999
DISCLAIMER : Any Star Wars images or logos used in this video are the property of Lucasfilm/Disney. This is a non-profit making venture. The music is my own. The purpose of this project is a learning exercise.

Han Solo death Scene from The Force Awakens (rescore)

Here is my full on "John Barry" style orchestral arrangement of the title theme from the 70's/80's TV series "The Love Boat". I've never watched the show but I've always thought the theme had a very beautiful melody, despite the cheesy arrangement! I've tried to come up with something more serene, recalling memories of the many boat trips I've shared with my partner Laura, during our adventures together, so this is for Laura.

Love Boat Theme (Orchestral Arrangement)

Nothing particularly ground breaking or new here, I was just looking to create a sci-fi  vibe. This started life as one of the Composer Club 30 Second Challenges. I flirted with it for a while longer but kind of quit whilst I was ahead.

Into The Nebula

Hi guys. Here is a brand new track. It's my musical interpretation of "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse". I just wanted to mention at this point, that despite it's dark content, it is in no way inspired by, or bears any relation to the terrible events unfolding right now with this awful coronavirus. I've been working on this, on and off, before Christmas last year, long before these things happened. So if you think it's maybe in bad taste, or bad timing, you're possibly right but that was never my intention. It's just a piece of music, nothing more.

© 2020 Paul Cassidy
THE REPRODUCTION OF THE MUSIC HEREIN CONTAINED IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR.

The Four Horsemen

Here is a Facebook challenge where we had to come up with a 30 second idea representing the picture given. Musically I went with the idea of us all tentatively coming out of lockdown and the joy of meeting up with our loved ones again.

A NEW BEGINNING (30 second Composer Challenge)

Hi octane sci-fi thrills.

SOFTWARE USED :
FL Studio
Cinematic Studio Series (Strings, Woodwinds, Brass)
Cinematic Strings 2
CineBrass
CinePercussion
True Strike 1
Berlin Woodwinds + Berlin Woodwinds Soloists 1
Berlin Inspire 1 Harp
Randy's Celeste
Choirs : Oceania 1, Olympus Micro, Streznov Essentials
Reverb : Cinematic Rooms
Mastering by Cloudbounce

© 2021 Paul Cassidy
THE REPRODUCTION OF THE MUSIC HEREIN CONTAINED IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR.

Race Through The Vortex

Here is a Facebook challenge where we had to come up with a 30 second idea representing the picture given.

GOD DREAM (30 second composer challenge)

Here is a short piece based I did for a Facebook "Composer Challenge" group. It is based on the character of Vlad the Impaler, in some folklore known as the inspiration for Dracula. Rather than going for out and out horror, I decided to focus on the gothic tragedy side of the character.

I have been working very hard on a fifteen track fantasy album, which will be coming in the new year, if I ever get it finished..

© 2020 Paul Cassidy
THE REPRODUCTION OF THE MUSIC HEREIN CONTAINED IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR.

Vlad Of Wallachia

Ambient majestic sci-fi. This was written for video footage. You can hear the track with the footage right here : https://youtu.be/rjYbB4MfLQU

Night

Not one, but two tracks this time! I thought I'd upload them together because they are part of an album published by Amadea Music Productions. The tracks are exclusive to Amadea, and they kindly gave me permission to promote them here. They are also nearly a year old but took a long time to see the light of day. Any licencing queries should be directed directly to Amadea : 

www.amadeamusicproductions.com

"FLIGHT" is the first track and "THE VISIT" starts at 2:17

FLIGHT / THE VISIT

Final track of the year guys, with a little ray of hope for 2021...
*The whole track is a little rushed as I struggled to get something written before the year was up, so please forgive the imperfections. But often, music is more about a "feel" rather than perfect orchestrations.
Thanks for everyone who has dropped by to listen this past year. I appreciate it more than you'll ever know.
Wishing you all health and happiness for 2021. ❤❤❤

© 2020 Paul Cassidy
THE REPRODUCTION OF THE MUSIC HEREIN CONTAINED IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR.

Stargazer 2021

Multiple award winning composer based in London. My passion is to compose cinematic orchestral music, mostly Sci-Fi and Fantasy. I also do commission work. Examples can be found on this channel, or on my Youtube channel.

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