Тимур Муцураев - ЗВЕНИ СТРУНА

Fourth production in our In Illo Tempore collection. Pre-orders are open: https://gladivsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-age-of-alexander

"Xiphos likes to recount the deeds of the great figures of antiquity, some of them little-known or forgotten. On its latest album, ‘The Age of Alexander’, this project delivers a corpus of new, spellbinding historical episodes. The trio create their scores like a set. The keyboards give colour to the scenes depicted: sometimes heroic and warlike (Artaxerxes, Eumenes), where the martial rhythm and lyrics provide rigorous support for the epic flights of fancy; sometimes instrumental and restrained, like interludes between two tableaux, more inclined to meditation (Timoleon, Phocion).

The voice is the real thread running through this journey, evoking the Attic orators by embodying the story in its various moods: storm, victory, bitterness, trial and glory. The music of Xiphos is akin to a neoclassical martial tale, and the result is an almost cinematic work. In addition to the use of classical orchestration, there is subtle recourse to sounds rooted in traditional Greek music, such as those produced by instruments like the santur or the bouzouki. Lastly, the group's compositions sometimes exude an atmosphere that could be described as Darkwave.

Finally, in a finely woven musical fresco, featuring great destinies, ‘The Age of Alexander’ is a tragic commemoration."

Xiphos -  Artaxerxes

Regular guy falls in love with Medusa.  What could go wrong?

Snake Eyes

The peasant's revolt in 14th C. England has some interesting parallels to today

Peasant's Revolt

🎧 Echoes of the Forgotten Isle – Original Game Score Composed & designed by Raúl (nMaD)

This neofolk orchestral track was created for Echoes of the Forgotten Isle, a third-person action-adventure game built around immersive sound and dynamic environments. From cascading waterfalls to snowy tundras, each biome in the game features a distinct acoustic identity—brought to life through adaptive music, terrain-based SFX, and spatial audio.

🌀 Modal transitions (Dorian → Phrygian) guide the player from calm exploration into tense combat. 🥁 Tribal percussion, medieval strings, and atmospheric synths blend to evoke a haunting, ethereal landscape. 🎮 Real-time parameters in Wwise and Google Resonance shape how the music evolves with gameplay.

As both composer and sound designer, I crafted the full audio experience—from ambient layers and footstep systems to enemy cues and trap mechanics. This track is just one piece of a fully interactive score designed to respond to the player’s journey.

🎮 Play the game on itch.io: https://gamingsoft.itch.io/echoes-of-the-forgotten-isle
🔊 Best experienced with headphones + Dolby Atmos or Windows Sonic enabled.

Echoes of the Forgoten Island - Music Score

Коца - Помощь

A label with three collections:

- Katabasis : Black Metal

- In Illo Tempore : Neo-Folk, Martial Industrial, Ambient, etc.

- Brümes : Industrial, Dark / Cold / Minimal Wave, etc.

Our email : gladivs.records@gmail.com

Game developer, musician, technical music composer and sound designer. 
Available for game music composing and sound design for games and media.

New tracks tagged ##neofolk