Not all music written by Stephen O'Connell is for film, TV, game or other screen media, and not everything fits the loop-based model of library music. However, the enjoyment of creating music is not limited to a specific style or purpose, so for those works that he writes outside of his screen media projects you will find them here.

Stephen O'Connell | Cinematic and Contemporary Works

You can hear the dry grass, the scrapping metal and the wind through the rafters in every strike of the performer's bow. 

An intensely detailed and intimate library, Spitfire Alternative Solo Strings provide an amazing experience, creating the expressive uniqueness found in the most unconventional stories of independent cinema. It is a pleasure to hear the scratchy rawness of the samples shining through and the many articulations on offer provide a well rounded tool for many different styles.

Weathered Past (2021)

Apricity... Feeling the warmth of the sun in winter. How fitting for the feeling and mood of this track. 

The idea of this track was generated using Kaleidoskye, a new sample library I've developed, free on Pianobook. It is a sparkling, swarm library of delayed guitar textures, a great pad and atmospheric tool for media scoring. Check out the link below. 

KALEIDOSKYE: Link pending availability on Pianobook. Will be updated soon. 

Photo: Alain via Unsplash.

Apricity (2022)

Here you go guys a little exclusive mix for the holidays. It started out just being a little edit for social media to really showcase the strings, but the reaction from you all was insane so I decided to drop it. Now it's honestly my favourite version of the song so I really hope you all like it!

glued 2 deep in time (Aaron Hibell Edit)

This is the second half to a film score I have been working on for a short final year film project called 'Mum and Dad.' 

Film Score

You And I As One (2023)

A demo track featuring Berserkr, the new library from Keep Forest that combines punk and folk drums for an epic sound.

Photo by Shahin Khalaji via Unsplash

Fire And Blood (2023)

A Level Music Film Score. Guess the storyline?

Legacy (2023)

Original song link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za8eYjQ7Nz8

Wolfborn By BrunuhVille

A really short piece of orchestral music which was to be set to spoken word (but was a bit too much, haha), concerning how something seemingly so innocent can be so evil, and how one can break oneself free out of it. 4/21/2011

Film-score

film score

This track was written as a test and demo to the recently released BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover sample library by Spitfire Audio. A truely powerful and accessible sound library, the plugin works with all major DAWs and is a mere 200MB in size, making professional DAW composition on the go a reality. 

The Green Vale, named after the work's cheery note and the BBC SO's recording home, Maida Vale Studios, works to present all instruments with nearly all articulations available, to give you the best understanding of the capabilities of this sample library. Using idiosyncratic film score tropes and light to heavy textural layers, the library has an unmistakable music for film quality that takes barely any effort to produce. While it produces this feeling almost immediately, it is still possible to produce a wide range of emotions and textures that can lend its hand to most of what you throw at it. At the time of posting, this library is only USD$49 or free with a brief questionnaire from Spitfire Audio.

Written and recorded in 2020.

The Green Vale - Demo for Spitfire's BBCSO Discover Plugin (2020)

You create the film in your mind while you listen.

The Green Vale - Demo for Spitfire's BBCSO Discover Plugin (2020)

Stephen O'Connell | Composer

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