This was the main station ID / logo. The brief was for something big and anthemic.

OFM - STATION LOGO - ANTHEM

Because "Crash" is a far more interesting title than "You Get It Your Way!" :) Was very pleased at how this track works live. In fact i'm not sure if we even know which is the bridge or the chorus. I think the "rabbit hole" bit is the bridge.lol Love this track.

CRASH - OBSIDIAN (Melissa Truebody)

Thought this track would just be a "filler" as i didn't have a clue of what direction to take the production.  Ended up with two quite different feels. This is a re-mix of the 2nd version of this track that we haven't released. (I know - the logic and grammar sound retarded but just go with it!!)Prefer this one actually.

AGAINST THE SPEAKER(subtlety-mix)-OBSIDIAN   (Melissa Truebody)

The 13th and final track!! At last! Such a mission, this one! For no apparent reason. Have about 30 versions....yawn!


WHO YOU ARE - OBSIDIAN (Melissa Truebody)

We decided to re-work this track a little...but M forgot how to sing...for a bit...omg! Women!?? Less busy, more space. Feels better now.

DONE HERE(2015)- OBSIDIAN (Melissa Truebody)

I heard this sick soundtrack to a documentary on Aliens and managed to record about 5 seconds of this ridiculous reggae bass-line. Thanks to the marvel of Shazaam I tracked down the piece of Library Music. WOW! Not a plagiarism but very highly inspired by that wicked track! Well done sir! Have been dying to do something vaguely "Leftfield-esque" for ages. Whatever happened to them, they rocked?

IN THE DARK - OBSIDIAN (Melissa Truebody)

We wrote this entire track in about 10 minutes. It kinda' just fell into place. So cool when that happens...never happens!

YOU ARE THE MUSIC - OBSIDIAN (Melissa Truebody)

Have been trying to finish this mix for days and the sad thing is, the rough that i bounced out in 10 minutes for Melissa sounds better than the final! Anyway here's the rough, perhaps once i get over myself the final will appear too! You guys are welcome to download this!

Sweet Dreams

SWEET DREAMS - Melissa Truebody

A remix of the first track we ever recorded together. It needed a bit of a freshen-up. Much happier now!

OBSIDIAN

Whatever

Whatever (2016) Obsidian - Melissa Truebody

This track is part of a Library i have been contracted to compose. This is first in a series of 20 i am writing for the X-Box/ESL game called COUNTER STRIKE - everyone knows this awesome multi-player game - Everyone at the studios used to spend hours playing Counter Strike on the Network - It was awesome. Wanted to create something quite tech and pacey yet with a sense of the surreal, building tension. Will post the rest as i finish each. These tracks will be used specifically for the ESL International Competition to be held Live Online next month .

COUNTER STRIKE

BREACH - Nick Heaton ( Counter Strike - Video Game Soundtrack)

Part of an ongoing contract, writing for a client's music library. This was part of the modern soundtrack section.

Getaway - Nick Heaton (URF Music Library)

This began as an exercise in using different verbs/fx with some nice minimal perc sounds. Had no clue it was going where it ended up. Composed for a Music Library.  Was fun - glad it's over!

URF LIBRARY

Introvert

Introvert - Nick Heaton - Library Soundtrack

Let the track dictate where it wanted to go, sometimes better that way. Being the observer and not the observed....cause-effect, yadda, yadda :)

SMOTHER - Nick Heaton - Library Soundtrack

URF Library

GRAVITAS - Nick Heaton - (CS game soundtrack)

Also for the same reality series, dark and pacy with a sense of urgency to underscore time running out. Love reversed pianos! (Thanks Martin Gore!)

Dealer's Revenge

Jingle for the change-over from analog to digital of our national broadcaster. This track has progressed quite a bit since this version, I started enjoying working on it more as I was experimenting with the automation. This version is still a bit messy. I was having a bit of a chuckle listening to the vocal track... The "here comes the" sounds a bit like Fred Dirst from Limp Bizkit.

DT 2 Ad Campaign pitch

This is a track we started last night, charged through it, starting with the chorus and worked our way back to the verses. It's pretty commercial but nice and hard and has lots of room for some fun production stuff. Most of Melissa's album was written this way. We would get an idea and then just bomb a rough music track with a rough vocal down before it left the building! Then add a verse or a bridge in the same fashion...and then stick it all together at the end. Seems to work really well!

FEELS LIKE ME - ROUGH -Melissa Truebody

This was the 60" TV version of the same COKE-ENJOY" campaign of 2000. Innocent did all the vocals on this one. I seem to remember the reference was a Lauryn Hill / Fugees track.
Did so many versions / cut-downs for this campaign. was such a blast - worked with great people from the agency and fantastic musicians! For some reason, the Ad-Industry starts taking you a lot more seriously once you have done a Coke Campaign - thank goodness!

COKE TV 60" R&B VER. "ENJOY" - DOWNLOAD

This is my favourite track from Phinda's new album, which i had the privilege of recording and co-producing. Phinda has been a great friend for 20 years now and is one of South Africa's top session vocalists and jazz artists. Here's a taste of what her album promises to bring! Enjoy!

HE- MNTANAM

I am a commercial composer/ producer in South Africa, I work with Ad-Agencies and Production Houses and artists. I have been in the industry since 1992 and still enjoy experimenting with new genres and styles. I have studios in Johannesburg, South Africa and have been privileged to work on a bunch of really fantastic campaigns and artists over the years. 

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