something pretty I just wrote for a film score I'm working on. photo by my dad, Jim shirey

Dom Piano Theme  #1 (music for film)

Rules of Summer. This is a book by Shaun Tan. Shaun talks about our process at this link HERE.. http://www.shauntan.net/books/Summer%20-%20App.html

Available on I-tunes:  https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/rules-of-summer/id705751146?mt=8

"Sxip’s approach was to create something that was as much a soundscape as a musical score, in part because there is no animation or ‘pace’ in my images, as I was very keen to NOT have movement within my paintings in order to preserve the timeless feeling of painted canvas, which I like so much. Yet a musical score generally moves in time, has a set duration, and can make a painting seem resistant or frozen when played against it, so creating a necessary feeling of unity between the two was no easy task."

Shaun Tan is my favorite living visual artist.

Never Leave One Red Sock On Clothes Line

Just made this by extrapolating a bit from this wonderful  Ableton instrument by Berlin composer Madeline. http://sonicbloom.net/en/free-armonica-live-pack-no-40/

Jet Lag i Brooklyn #2

oh look, I can grab midi files of classical music and drop them in Ableton and set the instrumentation and effects.. ahhhhh... nice.

Sxip Remix Midi Of Debussy

Is Suicide the Answer?

Try a Little Chocolate

Hoping for a Boy

Purpose Over Pleasure

Purpose Over Pleasure (feat. Morley)

He Tackled Me

Expectations Can Fuck You Up

Expectations Can Fuck You Up (feat. Morley & Rizo)

I'm Your Bully Boy

Living Life Alive

Living Life Alive (feat. Natti Vogel)

The Most Popular Boy in School is Dead

The Most Popular Boy in School is Dead (feat. Natti Vogel)

God Make Me Sexy

Will There Be a Day

Danik

The Land Whale Choir Sinks the Albert Hall

My composition for this image "Never Eat The Last Olive At The Party" for the book app version of Shaun Tan's "Rules of Summer" You can find it in i-tunes under apps.

Never Eat The Last Olive At The Party

My reimagining of Ramin Djawadi's GOT theme based on midi files and a smaple of glass harmonica player (wine glasses) and singer Jonny Rogers aka Cinder Talk. I wanted to imagine what the actual sound of the mechanical landscape would be in the opening credits if it was some sort of giant mechanical music box also. 

GOT/Cinder Talk MashUp

...from the album "A Bottle of Whiskey and a Handful of Bees" VIA  Records.

11 Sxip Shirey - Fat Robot

"Bach, Steve Wonder and Janelle Monae" from the album "A Bottle of Whiskey and a Handful of Bees" on VIA RECORDS aka National Sawdust Tracks

15 Sxip Shirey -Bach, Stevie Wonder And Janelle Monae (feat. Rhiannon Giddens)

Track from the album "A Bottle of Whiskey and a Handful of Bees" on VIA RECORDS

17 Sxip Shirey - Last Walk Through The City

JUST DEMOS AND IDEAS. To find my finished music, go to www.sxipshirey.com

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