Excerpts of cinematic orchestral music for the upcoming classic fantasy "Saaelle" fantasy movie. Meant for the opening credits. Very old (and simple) composition, recently updated with better instruments and improved dynamic range.

Land of Adventure    [Opening Titles - Large Orchestra]

An excerpt from "Saaelle"'s soundtrack: a short classic fantasy independent movie. This is the Lightshunners choir - bad guys as you can hear.  Comes with gratuitous BRAAAMs at the beginning. :) Composed and orchestrated in Finale, Logic and Cubase. Choirs programmed in EastWest's Wordbuilder for Symphonic Choirs.

Lightshunners Dark Choir    [Epic Fantasy]

Excerpts of cinematic orchestral music for the upcoming short fantasy movie "Saaelle". This excerpt is the Witch's "Innocence Lost" theme. Rather old, first draft notated in Finale and "performed" in Cubase around 2008. Current version has been redone in Logic using Symphonic Choirs and a touch of iZotope's Nectar.

Innocence Lost   [Lyrical Magic Theme]

MIDI Piano and real Viola, performed on jun 13th, 2016 at the opening and closing of “Innova Domani”'s international meeting under “High Patronage of the Presidency of Council” (italian government's highest branch).

"Rainy Days"    ―   Positive, Optimistic Piano & Viola

Running during the end credits of the short fantasy movie “Saaelle”, this ballad is an "orchestral pop" original take on the classic “Daemon Lover”. 
Lyrics liberally adapted from Sir Walter Scott’s version of the ballad. Notated in Finale, audio processing and virtual instrument tracks added in Logic Pro X. First draft! :) 

Medieval-Pop Ballad    [Singer & Orchestra Hybrid]

The night before the battle, knights gather to protect their Lady as the horn melody calls. I composed the first draft (18 measures, 50secs) in 2007. Reworked and expanded in Jun 2015 for Saaelle's soundtrack. "Tide of Blood" choir lyrics liberally adapted from two Yeats's poems that I translated to latin and then to "Votox" (EastWests's Symphonic Choirs phonetic language). Still needs a proper finale.

Epic Knights     ―     [Large Orchestra and Choir]

Hope some fellow composer will get a laugh out of this. :) Composed for fun on sunday morning, according to my 'blockbuster music' checklist:
√ Limited to death
√ Mandatory "chugga chugga" strings
√ Childish horns melody (2 measures max!)
√ Regularly spaced BRAAAMs
√ Percussions from 'Damage'
√ Tempo 12/8
√ Droning synths
√ Over the top 'Tutti' chords repeated over and over at the end
BONUS: 99.5% Woodwinds-free 

Poking Fun at Today's Epic Film Music   ―   [See description :)]

Short piece for Saaelle’s movie, playing during a fly-through of the land of Soborche and ending at the Lady’s Fortress, also known as the Castle by the Sea.

Onward to the Castle   [Epic Orchestral Hybrid]

A piece I wanted to compose since a long time, an humble tribute to Danny Elfman's amazing style. Crazy fast tempo by my standards. ;) Happy Halloween!

Ghosts on the Loose  —  [Original Tribute to Danny Elfman]

Merry Christmas, my friends! 
An original pop Christmas song, with a gospel-inspired structure. Oh what fun to write in plagal cadence. :-)

"Give a Kiss"  —  Christmas Song  [Merry Christmas to You All!]

Orchestral composer, pianist, researcher in film theory. Associate producer of the award-winning theatrical film “Score” w/Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman, Moby & top Hollywood composers. Tracks here are sketches or personal projects.

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