A track from my "Freespace Soundtrack Expansion Project", the first part of which has been collected into an album called "Synesthetic Xenotype I: Cataclysm". Slated for official release on May 7, it will have 19 unique tracks, and 7 pairs of bonus ambience and battle variants, for a total of 33 tracks. The individual tracks have already been released to the Freespace modding community.

This is a mainhall/main menu/theme track inspired by the Shivan Superdestroyer "SD Lucifer", originally appearing in Freespace 1. It is essentially the main antagonist of the game, and its presence in a battle means utter defeat and destruction for the good guys; hence, it is a very bleak sounding track.

The Bringer of Death

A track from my "Freespace Soundtrack Expansion Project", the first part of which has been collected into an album called "Synesthetic Xenotype I: Cataclysm". Slated for official release on May 7, it will have 19 unique tracks, and 7 pairs of bonus ambience and battle variants, for a total of 33 tracks. The individual tracks have already been released to the Freespace modding community.

This is a mission/in-flight track inspired by the Vasudan heavy bombers, the "PVB Amun" and "PVB / GVB Osiris", which both originally appeared in Freespace 1. This results in a very "heavy" track that is plodding and deliberate, with a bit of a dramatic feel.

This track encompasses ambience, arrival and battle loops to provide the full "story" of this suite. The album will also include an ambience-only variant and a battle-only variant.

Dying Sky

A track from my "Freespace Soundtrack Expansion Project", the first part of which has been collected into an album called "Synesthetic Xenotype I: Cataclysm". Slated for official release on May 7, it will have 19 unique tracks, and 7 pairs of bonus ambience and battle variants, for a total of 33 tracks. The individual tracks have already been released to the Freespace modding community.

This is a briefing track inspired by the Terran installation "GTI Ganymede", originally appearing in Freespace 2 (in multiplayer only). It is a repair/servicing station that is essentially a giant ring, which resulted in my composition of a gentle, swaying track.

Attendant to the Divine

A track from my "Freespace Soundtrack Expansion Project", the second part of which has been collected into an album called "Synesthetic Xenotype II: The Lost Generation". Slated for official release on December 1, it will have 24 unique tracks, and 8 pairs of bonus ambience and battle variants, and a bonus remix, for a total of 41 tracks. The individual tracks have already been released to the Freespace modding community.

This is a mainhall/main menu/theme track inspired by the Terran Destroyer "GTD Hecate", originally appearing in Freespace 2. This was also the first track I completed that used Omnisphere - specifically, the soprano voice. The original Freespace 2 soundtrack used this source via Spectrasonics Symphony of Voices; the SoV sources are riddled throughout my new album, particularly in the Shivan-inspired tracks. My hope is that it blends nostalgia and originality in a positive way.

Cover art is used with permission by Kai Ng of LiK Studios (www.likstudios.com)

Synesthetic Xenotype II: The Lost Generation

Beyond Fate

Pandora Unlocked spans 4 albums of different genres, each tied to a different charity. Each track serves as a "demo" for a soundset from the Luftrum store, most of which I acquired from winning a contest in the Summer/Fall of 2021.

This is a chipper, positive Synthwave track from the "Neon Pink" album (https://petergagliardi.bandcamp.com/album/pandora-unlocked-neon-pink). Donations from the album will go to Equality Now.

This track exclusively uses patches from the Enigma library for Omnisphere 2, except for stock DAW drums with stock reverb, and stock DAW limiter & equalizer on the master bus.

Pandora Unlocked: Neon Pink

Alphago Forever (Sonic Underworld Enigma)

Pandora Unlocked spans 4 albums of different genres, each tied to a different charity. Each track serves as a "demo" for a soundset from the Luftrum store, most of which I acquired from winning a contest in the Summer/Fall of 2021.

This is an easygoing Psychill track from the "Crimson Red" album (https://petergagliardi.bandcamp.com/album/pandora-unlocked-crimson-red). Donations from the album will go to MSF (Doctors Without Borders).

This track exclusively uses patches from the Expanse library for Omnisphere 2, except for stock DAW drums with reverb, and stock DAW limiter & equalizer on the master bus.

Pandora Unlocked: Crimson Red

Kinesthetic (Echo Season Expanse)

Pandora Unlocked spans 4 albums of different genres, each tied to a different charity. Each track serves as a "demo" for a soundset from the Luftrum store, most of which I acquired from winning a contest in the Summer/Fall of 2021.

This is a hopeful-turned-dystopian cinematic track from the "Forest Green" album (https://petergagliardi.bandcamp.com/album/pandora-unlocked-forest-green). Donations from the album will go to Coalition for Rainforest Nations.

The "plot" of this track is loosely based on the "plot" of the soundset: a network of information builds in complexity until it breeds a new, hostile consciousness.

This track exclusively uses patches from the Omniscient library for Zebra 2, except for BBC SO Discover Percussion, and a stock DAW limiter & equalizer on the master bus.

Pandora Unlocked: Forest Green

A Burst of Hyper Assimilations (Sonic Underworld Omniscient)

Pandora Unlocked spans 4 albums of different genres, each tied to a different charity. Each track serves as a "demo" for a soundset from the Luftrum store, most of which I acquired from winning a contest in the Summer/Fall of 2021.

This is a melancholy ambient track from the "Ocean Blue" album (https://petergagliardi.bandcamp.com/album/pandora-unlocked-ocean-blue). Donations from the album will go to charity: water.

This track exclusively uses patches from the Solaria library for Dark Zebra.

Pandora Unlocked: Ocean Blue

My Solemn Place (Sonic Underworld Solaria)

A selection of tracks from my upcoming Artwave album, releasing on September 2, 2022. The album includes 10 tracks that are all inspired by sci-fi / synthwave pieces of art.

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Veil City

Dystopia 02

Wide View

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A track made with the Vangelis soundset for Omnisphere 2, created by Luftrum; like so many others, I have used the opportunity to make my own tribute to the great composer.

Valhalla Supermassive, stock FL Studio Parametric EQ, and IK Multimedia T-RackS ONE have been added, but all sounds originate from the soundset.

This will be a bonus track on my upcoming "Unfold the Universe" album, which will celebrate the JWST. (Releases: October 25, 2022)

Cover art uses an image by ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-JWST Team. Acknowledgement: J. Schmidt.

Unfold the Universe

With the Angels

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Pandora Unlocked: Interstellar Black releases June 6, 2023.

Something hidden in the darkness strikes out to shatter our world. We deal with it as best as we can, being forever changed through the process. Sometimes we are able to overcome these dark leviathans and leave them behind; often we must continue our struggle through our lifetimes; and once and a while, they get the best of us.

We all deal with pain. We all face mortality. We are all travelling between the light of the stars, facing our own stretches of the unknown.

But even through the darkest journeys, we can still find hope.

Pandora Unlocked: Interstellar Black is a collection of 16 instrumental tracks, combining Darksynth and Dark Ambient, coloured with a Cinematic slant. The tracks tell a story of an epic struggle, but also a personal struggle - what are your dark leviathans? What parts of your future are in distress? What sort of memories will you leave for those around you?

This is the fifth album in the Pandora Unlocked series, which consist of soundset demos of content from the Luftrum shop (http://www.luftrum.com). Further details are included with the Bandcamp download. Plus a short story...

Pandora Unlocked: Interstellar Black

Path to the Galactic Wastelands

"I think the main legacy of Voyager is to, in fact, have opened up our solar system in a way, which was not possible before the space age. It revealed all our neighbors in the solar system." - Ed Stone, Voyager Project Scientist

On November 12, 1980, Voyager 1 began its encounter with Saturn with a flyby of Titan. It would remain in the Saturnian system for 2 days before heading on its Extended Mission; nearly 42 years later it would cross the heliopause and become the first spacecraft to enter interstellar space.

Beyond the Planets is the first part of my Formation III concept. I was hoping to release it as a full album in 2023, but due to the scope of the album and life circumstances, I still have a ways to go. I also thought that it might be nicer to have 3 or 4 reasonable-length albums rather than a giant one that went longer than 2 hours. Even I start to get sick of these songs by the time we hit Jupiter!

Audio clips are used freely from the NASA archives.

Formation III.i: Beyond the Planets

Voyager

One of the in-flight soundtracks I worked on for an FS2 mod called Syrk. Probably my favourite of the 5 I made for the Act I release. The mod isn't released yet, but this soundtrack was released as part of the demo so I figure it's okay to make public...Right?? :P

Synths used: Morphine and Sytrus.



LostInSpace Amb01

LostInSpace Arv01

LostInSpace Btl01

LostInSpace Btl02

LostInSpace AArv01

LostInSpace Arv02

LostInSpace Btl03

Track 5 of a spacey-trancey concept album I'm currently working on about the formation of the Universe. This one is about atoms - I picked certain sounds and melodies based on protons, electrons and neutrons, see if you can figure out which they are! 

I used Z3ta+ 2, Rapture and Dimension Pro (all by Cakewalk), my most recent purchases, for this track. I made the album art from scratch using GIMP, including the logo (which I made in Inkscape).

This album will Part 1 of a multi-album concept - I'm done rough cuts of 8/10 planned tracks, which actually means I have a chance at finishing this project!

Formation I: v - Atoms

Track 10 of a spacey-trancey concept album I'm currently working on about the formation of the Universe. This one is about the big freeze - it probably has the most orchestral influence of anything on the album.

I used quite a few different instruments on this track, including Z3ta+2, Dimension Pro, Rapture, Toxic Biohazard and Sytrus.

I'm now done a second draft of the full album, and I'm starting to prep for release. If anyone wants to "beta-test" and provide feedback in the next couple of weeks let me know!

Formation I: x - The Big Freeze

An original track inspired by the "Hydroid" character from the video game Warframe, by Digital Extremes. I have selected instruments and motifs based on Hydroid's abilities, and built them through the song as you would build them in the game. See if you can pick them out!

As with Synesthetic Prototype, the plan was to build several of these tracks based on different characters, and release an album at the end. I have made 11 such tracks (plus one extra), and will be finalising them over the next month or so.

This is close to the final album version but there may still be some touch-ups. I will update this track with the final version if there are!

Synesthetic Somatotype

Uncharted Waters

Track made for the 136th iteration of KVR's One Synth Challenge (OSC 136) in June 2020. The only synthesizer used for this song was Odin 2 by The Wave Warden (https://www.thewavewarden.com/). There are 11 instances of the synthesizer in the track.

This is the first time I have tried to build my own sounds from scratch - there is still a lot to learn! Odin 2 seems like a very powerful and easy to use synthesizer, however, so maybe I'll continue to experiment...

Sleipnir's Stride

Track made for the 137th iteration of KVR's One Synth Challenge (OSC 137) in July 2020. The only synthesizer used for this song was HY-Poly free by HY-Plugins (https://hy-plugins.com/product/hy-poly/). There are 11 instances of the synthesizer in the track. (Same as the last one... Guess 11 is my limit!). I opted to avoid effects plugins again to ensure complete focus on what the (free) synth is capable of.

I had some trouble getting the drum sounds right, particularly the kick, but they will have to do!

Renewed Hope

A track I wrote for a contest on the FL Studio Looptalk forum, with a "Light & Darkness" theme. The track starts with a piano playing a melody over some D minor chords, and by the end it is playing the same melody with a D minor - F major - C major - Bb major progression. That change in chords and character of surrounding instrumentation is what I hope gives the difference between "Darkness" and "Light". With a build section between them, of course! ;)

As a fun fact, I the only synth/instrument I used was FL Studio's "FLEX" (free for all FL Studio users); furthermore, I only used sounds from the "Magnificence" bank by Sense Gemini (also free for all FL Studio users). I used a fair bit of automation, both on effects (all standard in FL Studio) and synths.

Promise of Splendor

The first movement of a trilogy I was inspired to write in the Lent/Easter season of 2020, which will be released in an upcoming EP.

This movement represents the extremely difficult but meaningful sacrifice of Good Friday - sombre but with faint notes of hope.

Three Journeys

Victoria Ultimate I: Sacrificium Aeternum

This is a haunting but beautiful piano driven piece meant to see what I could do with a very limited toolkit, and to serve as a demo for the Audio Voltage Montrose presets for Valhalla Supermassive. Limiting myself is a common theme for me lately - there's a lot to learn about sound design and toolkit in this way!

Five instances of the (free!) Spitfire LABS Piano, one per track, were the only instruments. The onboard plugin reverb was not used. One instance of Valhalla Supermassive (free!) per track, with Montrose presets only (free!), were the only effects used. I did not tweak the Montrose presets, except for the Dry/Wet level.

Montrose presets used:
Forester (High melody)
Ethem (Chords/moving bassline)
Trafalgar (Pad)
Moonie (Tense riffing)
Back Plains (Backwards sound)

Melancholy Revelation

A track created for a campaign in the "Series Resurrecta" mod for Freespace 2. (https://www.moddb.com/mods/series-resurrecta) It has been split into Ambience, Battle and Enemy Arrival tracks for in-game use, but left as a full piece for sharing outside of the game.

This is meant to be used in battle against a specific enemy faction, with a relatively straightforward feel. I often end up leaning towards psybient when I want some drive without getting too busy, which was the case here.

Song composed in FL Studio.
Virtual Instruments: Spitfire LABS, Arkhis, Elysion, UJAM Carbon.
Effects: Valhalla Supermassive, Fruity Convolver, Fruity Reeverb 2

Resurfacing Mystery

A track created for a campaign in the "Series Resurrecta" mod for Freespace 2. (https://www.moddb.com/mods/series-resurrecta) It has been split into Ambience, Battle and Enemy Arrival tracks for in-game use, but left as a full piece for sharing outside of the game.

This is meant to be used in battle against a specific enemy faction, with a desperate/bleak/we're-getting-our-butts-kicked feel. Made use of the glitch feature of DS Thorn to make it a little more disorienting. Added a clean arpeggiation on the high end to contrast the giant mess in the low end - sometimes a hint of clean & bright helps highlight the dark & dirty.

Song composed in FL Studio.
Virtual Instruments: Baltic Shimmers, Spitfire LABS, Alchemy, DS Thorn, Arkhis, Toxic Biohazard, Dimension Pro.
Effects: Valhalla Supermassive, Maximus, Fruity Parametric EQ 2, iZotope Trash 2, Fruity Limiter.

Ruinous

A track created for a campaign in the "Series Resurrecta" mod for Freespace 2. (https://www.moddb.com/mods/series-resurrecta)

This is meant to be used in a briefing (i.e. while learning information about the next piece of gameplay). The mod team was about to build and release version 0.0.7 of the modpack, and thought I'd see what I could throw together in an evening that could commemorate this release. If anyone at MGM is reading this, we can talk about using this for trailers about upcoming spy films (kidding, of course :D)

Song composed in FL Studio.
Virtual Instruments: Arkhis, Elysion, Alchemy, Novel Piano, Z3TA+2, BBCSO, Dimension Pro.
Effects: Valhalla Supermassive, Maximus.

Starset

A track created for a campaign in the "Series Resurrecta" mod for Freespace 2. (www.moddb.com/mods/series-resurrecta)

This is meant to be used in a briefing (i.e. while learning information about the next piece of gameplay). The mod team was having trouble finding a track with a tense but hopeful mood, and I made this track in response!

Also... I was really eager to finish something using all 4 of my major acquisitions through December :D

Song composed in FL Studio.
Virtual Instruments: Arkhis, Elysion, BBCSO Core, ZebraHZ.
Effects: Valhalla Supermassive, Maximus, Fruity Delay, CloudSeed, Sandman Pro.

Something Out There

A track created for a campaign in the "Series Resurrecta" mod for Freespace 2. (www.moddb.com/mods/series-resurrecta) It has been split into Ambience, Battle and Enemy Arrival tracks for in-game use, but left as a full piece for sharing outside of the game.

An important fun-fact about this track: it is a total re-imaging of the first ever in-flight track I wrote for FS2, though the original has never been released.

This one has a very positive feel, and a solid metal influence in the battle sections. The BBCSO Solo Tenor Trombone was really nice to use for the quiet melody.

Song composed in FL Studio.
Virtual Instruments: ZebraHZ, Sytrus, BBCSO Core, LABS, Elysion, DS Thorn, Novel Piano, Carbon, Z3TA+2
Effects: Supermassive, Maximus, Fruity Parametric EQ 2, Instant Delay, Dent 2

Forging Through The Black

A selection of tracks from my upcoming Formation II: Across the Galaxy album. (Limited due to SoundCloud cap)

These are likely the final versions of the tracks but there's still a chance for tweaks before release.

This track was inspired by Brown Dwarfs - bodies that almost became stars but didn't quite get there. The track is meant to evoke a bit of hope and a bit of melancholy.

Brown Dwarf

A selection of tracks from my upcoming Formation II: Across the Galaxy album. (Limited due to SoundCloud cap)

These are likely the final versions of the tracks but there's still a chance for tweaks before release.

This track is meant to go through the lifecycle of an "average" star, like our Sun. First, formation of a Protostar, a section that starts quiet and builds some coherence. Then to the Main Sequence, which has a stable feel to it. This builds into a Red Giant, which is a little more unstable sounding and switches to a 7/4 time signature. Finally, it "destabilizes" into a planetary nebula/nova through one last hurrah (in 9/4)and ends as a gentle White Dwarf, fading into the distance.

Definitely my most ambitious single-track to date - I almost gave up, but now that it is finished I am quite happy with it.

A Star's Life

Composing soundtrack & electronic music since 2006, using FL Studio with various software synthesizers.

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