After finding a "Koto" sample in my DAW, (and free-styling with it) I got inspired and built a track around it. Hope you enjoy the listen! 

Winter In Shanghai

Inspired by reading about the Spanish Navy. The title is Latin for "Lone War Ship." I hope you enjoy it! 

Novis Bello Solum

Inspired by the Metro: Exodus trailer, and being a fan of the franchise.

Metrocalypse

This track was made as part of a challenge from the Twitter page @MusicWeekliesChallenge for a hypothetical RPG title screen. My version is of a horror/sci-fi type RPG, as my style of music is typically darker in tone. It's made to loop, thus the abrupt end. Hope you enjoy it!

Contingency

Fast paced and intense, with soft piano licks that give you a sense of hope while the world is going into chaos around you.

Escape Route

Inspired by the ending of the first John Wick film. I had a lot of fun with this one.

Rainy Night

This is my entry for Music Weeklies "Nuclear" challenge. 

The bombs already fell. Life as we know it has come to an end. Leaving the safety of their shelter, a family steps into this new hellish nightmare of a world. They survey the land. It's dark, dreary, and dead. Ash falls from the sky. Their youngest child, glancing at the ground, noticed a tiny flower sticking out of the ash, still clinging to life. Our hope is what remains.

What Remains

My entry for the "RPG Battle Theme" by Music Weeklies Challenge. (Apologies for the lack of artwork...I'm slacking in that department. Let's hope my music paints enough of a picture for you. Hahaha)

Sort of a more subtle intro, with a quick build-up and climactic ending. Perfect for a scene in which our protagonist eliminates his/her opposition with relative ease, but it's a tense moment overall.

I hope you like it!

Killing Floor

So...there was SO much more that I wanted to do with this track (and maybe I will at some point), but I got stuck, sadly. It sounds good, I think, for the short story that I am conveying, but I wanted to do more. 

Anyway, this is my entry for @MusicWeeklies #Atlantis challenge.

I was imagining a submarine full of very, VERY bad people discovering the long-lost city...and of course they don't have good intentions for it. 

I hope you enjoy it! :)

Photo credit goes to Cristian Palmer from Unsplash.

Raiders Of Atlantis

This is my day 1 entry for the Video Game Music Academy's 21 day challenge.

Another attempt at "adaptive music" in which the music changes depending on what the player character is doing. I'm going to start practicing this method more often.

You are a paranormal detective who is on a missing persons search.

I hope you like it! (Still a work in progress)

Paranormal Detective - Work In Progress

I DID IT!!!! It's finished. GAH!! I'm so freakin' excited right now! SO many hours poured into this, and it's finally done!! WOOHOOOOO!!!

I left the piano part that my son helped me with FULLY intact (it's towards the end).

I REALLY hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed creating it! Definitely one of my favorites at the moment. Feedback is always appreciated. :)

Redemption

This is the VERY first track that I ever uploaded to a site. It was around 12 years ago, and hasn't been heard since then. I think I have come a LONG way since these days. Hahaha I still hope you like it, but if not, no worries. It is a VERY old track. :)

Biodome

This is the entry that myself and Spungee Goodness are entering for @MusicWeeklies #maximumpower challenge. Inspired by some John Wick (thus the title) and some of our own flair. I hope you enjoy it!

Wick Edd

Though I'm not really excited about this one (it could be better), here is my entry for @MusicWeeklies #bionicimplants challenge. I'll come back to it and make it better, but for now, I hope you enjoy it for what it is...an idea. :)

Steven J Soucy - Heart Of Cogs And Sprockets

So it's been nearly a year since I last uploaded anything. I've been going through a very tough time in my personal life, and almost stopped writing music entirely, but something inside me refused to allow me to quit. That fire just won't die, and I'm glad for that. I decided to partake in this Music Weeklies challenge, the theme being "Solitude." Please forgive the shortness of the track...I was going for an emotional but short journey. I hope you enjoy it! 

Photo by Tuce on Unsplash

A Quiet Resolve

I wasn't feeling very creative this week, so this is still very much a work in progress. However, I wanted to have something to upload for the challenge rather than just sitting it out. I hope you enjoy it for what it is thus far!

Espionage

Just a short piece inspired by finding light in the darkness. I hope you like it! 

photo by Zach Woolf on Unsplash(dot)com - Seriously, some amazing content here if you need photos for something.

A Glimpse Of Light

Another short track that I wrote trying to hone my skills at writing "post-apocalyptic" style music. It's my favorite film/game genre, and it's very dear to me. I hope you like it!

Photo by Raychan on Unsplash

We Will Follow

This one I'm a bit stuck on, but I think it sounds good so far. I chose the title because it reminded me of someone rising from what would have been their ruin. Like how a phoenix is born from the ashes. I hope you like it!

Photo by Maxim Lugina on Unsplash

Arise

Have you ever played any Fallout games? More specifically, Fallout 3, NV, or 4? (Not a fan of 76, so it won't be mentioned) So this track was inspired by scouting out Raider encampments. You know, sticking to the shadows, moving slowly, and waiting for that perfect shot to kick off a fight. This one is pretty short, but it works. I hope you like it!

Photo by Tom Barrett on Unsplash

Dust And Shadows

My name is Steve, and I am an absolute video-gaming nerd who has a burning passion for music, sound design, and voice acting. I am a self taught music composer, and began my journey in my early 20's. I have a knack for creating raw, haunting, and gritty atmospheres that would be perfect for a dark sci-fi/post-apocalyptic/dystopic setting, but I am known to branch out as well. It just depends on the project. 

If you want to learn more about me, or if you're interested in utilizing my talents or any of my completed tracks for your projects, please feel free to send an email to stevejsoucy@yahoo.com or follow me on Twitter @Tinkererofsound !

Steven J. Soucy

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