(original score for Little Mother, a new mixed media theatre piece by Katie Green)

-Prepared recording on cassette tape with a chapstick slide on nylon string guitar, cello, and violin


Sick Tiger

(Richard Vaughan, Director)

-nylon string guitar, steel string guitar, percussion

Fright Soundtrack- End Credits (Film Score)

(original score for Little Mother, a new mixed media theatre piece by Katie Green)
 
-Chamber ensemble featuring multiple percussion, cello, violin, and nylon string guitar

Little Mother- Client Two

This was a short piece for one of the shadow puppetry sequences in Little Mother. 

Little Mother-She's Protecting Him (Original Theatre Score)

This is a brief sampler reel of recent projects I've worked on. It's comprised of work for theatre, film, animation, and video games. It'll give you an idea of the instrumentation I gravitate towards, and where my specific voice tends to land. You can always check out more at www.shawnclaudejones.com

Cinematic Audio Reel 2014

Another piece from Little Mother. Just mastered, and hot off the presses! 

Ringmaster (Theatre Score)

A short snippet from an upcoming project, a point and click adventure game I'll be scoring- in a similar vein to Gone Home or Kentucky Route Zero

Point & Click (Video Game Music)

This is part of a score that I did for Over Again, a new film by Anna Schatte- featuring The Walking Dead's Austin Amelio. This particular piece is for the intro, which is entirely instrumental- no dialog among the actors- and there was a wide range of emotions and different marks to hit. Basically, I put on my Jon Brion hat.

Over Again (Original Film Score)

Domestic Theme, Violin-Cello Duet (Original Theatre Score)

Polarities(Solo Piano- Soundtrack)

Music for an upcoming arcade-style game- a work in progress. The developer wanted less traditional/ more modern approach, i.e. not 8bit/16 bit.

This is a development of Theme One- you can hear it progress and get a little more "out" at the 2nd chorus. 

Robots- Developed Theme (Video Game Music)

This is a reference track I made for a client, to show the direction I was thinking of going with the soundtrack. 

Suspense/Horror Reference (Film Soundtrack)

Part of a soundtrack I did for a sixties-esque horror film. 

Cosmic Horror- Rhythmic Cue (Horror Film Soundtrack)

This is one of the main themes I did for the film. Nylon string guitar, with steel string acoustic. I was trying to get more of a 60's creeping horror feel, as opposed as to the more modern jump cues. 

Boat To Shore (Horror Film Soundtrack)

This is one of the cues I did for the film. Nylon string guitar, with steel string acoustic and electric guitar. I was trying to get more of a 60's creeping horror feel, as opposed as to the more modern jump cues.

Cosmic Horror/Suspense Cue (Horror Film Soundtrack)

These are some working cues for a video game client. This scene takes place in a forest, the only notes given were "old, lonely, and eerie." 



Dramatic Strings Cue (Video Game/Film Score)

Elegy for the Moon (The Tender Cut OST)

Tango No. 1 (The Tender Cut OST)

Ambient theme music for the upcoming game The Static Speaks My Name.

The Static Speaks My Name- Ambient Video Game Music

This was a pretty immersive piece I did for a text based video game. There's a ton of fairly involved panning, and a lot of custom sounds I created specifically for this project. The idea was to put on a pair of headphones and transport to this location, which in this case was an ancient, abandoned temple. 

Great Gold Bird, Great Dark Yawn ex. 2 (sound design for game)

This was a pretty immersive piece I did for a text based video game. There's a ton of fairly involved panning, and a lot of custom sounds I created specifically for this project. The idea was to put on a pair of headphones and transport you to this location, which in this case was a wildfire erupting in a camp and spooking the horses. 

Great Gold Bird, Great Dark Yawn ex. 1 (Sound Design for Game)

This was my contribution to an art installation at the Museum of Human Achievement in Austin, TX. The sound design tells a darkly comical story, and is actually through composed and deliberate- loosely based on The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, by T. S. Eliot.

J. Alfred Grasshop (Sound Design for Art Installation)

I was lucky enough to have the world famous Attacca String Quartet workshop my newest piece, a string quartet.

The title for this work sprang from an Atlas Obscura article, about a man who built a statue for everyone he lost in life, eventually amounting to eighteen stone sculptures all facing the East: A childhood sweetheart, his mother and father, close friends, a favorite hound, even the wild fox he had once tamed. This piece was influenced by the German expressionist films of the 1920s and 30s, and the composers such as Giuseppe Becce that scored them. Additionally, out of all of the pieces on the program, this one probably most shows my love of Charles Ives and Paul Hindemith. A melancholy reoccurring motif is developed during the introduction, and appears again in the final moments, though altered and answered by the only unison melody in the entire piece.

Strange Procession for String Quartet (Attacca String Quartet)

In this monologue, Henry (voice actor Tim Englert) addresses the concept of a nucleator, potential, loss and regret. A bit of music and sound design from the game is included. Visit us here, to see frequent updates: www.gamejolt.com (currently featured on their home page!)

Henry's Monologue

Home Movies: Keagan Karnes
 
Original Soundtrack (Indie Comedy/Horror/Mystery)
Saxophones and Drum Kit

"An Unpleasant Discovery" Home Movies Film Soundtrack (Indie Comedy/Horror/Mystery)

Home Movies: Keagan Karnes, director

Original Soundtrack for small ensemble: Electric bass, guitar, drumkit, saxophones, flute, piano and percussion.

"What's in the Box" Home Movies Film Soundtrack (Indie Comedy/Horror/Mystery)

This is a portion of a soundtrack I provided for Jamaica Cole's book tour, and that appeared in her accompanying art installations. Her book deals with loss, perspective, and growing up in a small California town. I collaborated with her closely in an attempt to capture this aesthetic. 

It includes nylon string guitar, saxophones, voice, bass, percussion and many layers of analog loops and delay.

The Endlessly Forking Snake Tongue

This is a string quartet I wrote to be read and recorded by NYC's Attacca String Quartet.

It's now featured in Great Gold Bird, Great Dark Yawn- a narrative adventure game released by Night People Games.

Strange Procession: String Quartet (excerpt)

I'm an Austin based composer, arranger, and songwriter. This page will mostly be sound design/film, theatre, and game scores- although Lovely Sparrows stuff will probably creep in from time to time. 

www.shawnclaudejones.com

Shawn Claude Jones

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