Name: The Tricks of an Illusionist by The Celestial Mechanic
Duration: 2 min 22 s
Description: This is the complete series of primary themes I composed for season one of My Little Pony, using orchestration and arrangement from 2021.

Johann Strauss Sr. lived between 1804 and 1849.  This march has an A-B-A pattern and there is a cup game we can learn to accompany it.  Listen for repeated sections in this march.  Can you tap the rhythm?

Radetzky March by Johann Strauss, Sr.

Moby Dick
The White Wale
Moby Dick is a programmatic concert piece based on the novel of the same name, written in 1851 by Herman Melville. The piece describes the fateful journey of whaler Captain Ahab, who blinded by hatred, hunts the seas for the white whale, Moby Dick, who tore off his leg. The parts are: Overture, Captain Ahab, Deep Blue Sea, The White Whale and Hymn to the Sea.

https://www.molenaar.com/details/1/20160/en

Moby Dick - Michael Geisler

This variation of Manipulation is one of the first pieces I wrote in preproduction for the episode, and it ended up fitting perfectly into its intended action scene.

A Piece of Yourself

Leo A. Kempinski (German/American 1891-1958) composed “Heavy (con moto) Tension” in 1922 as part of the "Incidental Symphonies - Half Reel Dramatic Illustrations" series for the Photo Play Music Company, 1520 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 

The cover sheet explains that the Incidental Symphony series was "compiled with the purpose of solving the difficult problem of eliminating Monotony when accompanying Dramatic and Agitated Scenes of unusual length" and modestly proclaims the series to be "Master Compositions that may justly be called THE ACME of Perfection."

The piano part was "Fully Cued" and could be used alone or as a simplified score. The composition is in 12/8 time, a compound quadruple time signature sometimes used in classic rock (think R.E.M.'s 'Everybody Hurts'). The tempo is "Allegro ma non troppo" - fast but not too much. To achieve intensity but avoid a rushed, frenetic feel we've recorded it at 124 BPM. 

Kempinski's career extended well into the audio recording age, and in the 1940s he led the "Leo Kempiski Continental Orchestra" at Columbia Records - https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/mastertalent/detail/108230/Kempinski_Leo_A

This recording of Kempinski's "Heavy (con moto) Tension" was produced by @MLucas in North Judson, Indiana USA in April 2025 using OMR. The OMR process begins with a digital scan of the original theater orchestra sheet music. The scans are converted into music xml using SoundSlice and then assembled into a score in a professional music notation program. The resulting score was imported into Logic Pro as MIDI. In Logic, each part was assigned a sampled sound and then the project was edited and mixed. All the notes in our recording are in the original music, but we've arranged the piece to add more dramatic variation by silencing some instruments in selected passages.

Cover art by MLucas using his photograph of a rainy night time street.

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Heavy Tension (Leo A. Kempinski)

The explosive and virtuosic concluding part of Vincent Kennedy's fantasy for solo violin and orchestra "Dreams" 

Dreams - 2nd Part - Allegro  by Vincent Kennedy

This is the complete series of primary themes I composed for season one of My Little Pony, using orchestration and arrangement from 2021.

The Tricks of an Illusionist

Alejandro D. Consolacion II
Princeton Seminary Chapel 

J.S. Bach: Little Fugue in g minor BWV 578

Check out another related track here:
https://soundcloud.com/teh-kav/the-saint-war-soviet-patriotic-song

Russian Folk Song - Katyusha (High Quality)

Mozart Requiem - Dies irae

Crusader Kings II: Songs of Byzantium

The Byzantine Empire

Red Dead Redemption 2 Official Game Soundtrack ~ Outlaws From The West

I like writing original orchestral music for my favorite TV shows. It's just my thing! 
For new and expanded releases, as well as full albums, check out my Bandcamp. 
https://thecelestialmechanic.bandcamp.com/
I also publish select cues alongside their respective scenes, which can be found on my YT channel.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_UJNKx5RfxZCZyoOMNNZGQ

The Tricks of an Illusionist

The Celestial Mechanic

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