｢アドリア ~ RONDÓ FOR A SINGLE FATHER」

Concept music (and character theme) for a graphic novel.

Music written, produced, mixed and mastered by Thomas O'Higgins Horna.

Cover art: "L'Atelier du peintre. Allégorie réelle déterminant une phase de sept années de ma vie artistique et morale." (1855) by Gustave Courbet. Edited by me.

ADRIÀ

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｢三和音 ~ CANON IN MEMORIAM OF A MISSING SISTER」

Concept music for a scene of a graphic novel.

Music written, produced, mixed and mastered by Thomas O'Higgins Horna.

Cover art: "Trois Jeunes Femmes" (1953) by Marie Laurencin. Edited by me.

TRIAD

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｢調整 ~ ADAGIO ADDOLORATO」

Concept music for a scene of a graphic novel. Part 1 of 4.

Music written, produced, performed, mixed and mastered by Thomas O'Higgins Horna.

Cover art: "Die drei Lebensalter der Frau" (1905) by Gustav Klimt. Edited by me.

RECONCILE

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I've been playing this piece lately, meaning to arrange it for an unusual orchestra, but I think I prefer it this way. It soothes my soul and that's what I've been needing these days.
Anyway, Merry Christmas/Hanukkah/Whatever you celebrate, and a prosperous and productive 2023 :)

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"Gnossienne No. 1" from Trois Gnossiennes (1893).
Composed by Erik Satie.
Performed by Thomas O'Higgins Horna.
Cover picture by me.

Gnossienne No. 1

｢変身 ~ FIRST TRANSFORMATION｣

Concept music for a graphic novel.

Music written, produced, performed, mixed and mastered by Thomas O'Higgins Horna.

Cover art: "Sleep and Death, the Children of the Night" (1883) by Evelyn De Morgan. Edited by me.

TRANSFIGURATION

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It's incredible that it only took me ten years to make something with this melody. I find this funny because, just recently, I've been reconnecting with friends from that time and, to be honest, it has been kind of a surreal experience. 
Anyway, this one goes to a friend named like a constellation.
Éxitos.

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Music composed and produced by Thomas O'Higgins Horna
Recorded at Kolima Forest Studios.

Cover art: "Portrait of Helene Klimt" by Gustav Klimt, 1898. Edited by me.

very nice hair

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A prayer made of prime numbers.
A fact: "ghrian" means "sun" in Irish.
A fun fact: In the Connacht province, it's sort of pronounced "gian", which happens to be the word for "sun" in the ancient Mochica language.

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Music composed and performed by Thomas O'Higgins Horna.
Cover picture by me.

Ghrian

Once I heard that my maternal grandfather was of Japanese ancestry, information that baffled me and that I'm not sure I can corroborate. Maybe I should travel to Japan to find out. I've always wanted to go there, see the cities, travel by train, eat like a salaryman; so much to do.

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"Matsuri 2"
for a small percussion ensemble.
Composed by Thomas O'Higgins Horna
Produced at Kolima Forest Studios
Cover art taken from "Nuevas ideas de Origami" by Zülal Aytüre-Scheele.
Edited by me.

Matsuri 2

About ten years ago, around this time, I was at the Gare de Lyon, on my first visit to Paris. I still remember the awkwardness of not speaking the language, having lunch at the Café des 2 Moulins, the grave of Oscar Wilde, and my desire to be there as an artist. I didn't know I could be one yet...
Ok, but this music is not really about that. This is the theme of a tragic prince, an artist too. Once kind and shy, he then started a war against his loved ones.

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"Lyon"
Music composed by Yoshihiko Kitamura, Saki Haruyama and Yoshito Hirano.
Performed by Thomas O'Higgins Horna.
Excerpt at the end taken from "Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones".
Track produced at Kolima Forest Studios.

Cover art: "Self-portrait as Hamlet" (1821) by Eugène Delacroix.
Edited by me.

Lyon

"1986.
What were your parents like before you were born?
Yuri, the factory worker.
Yelena, literature graduate.
Met in school, then moved together.
Gomel was their Eden until one fateful day.
It was a rumble, a southern gale.
Rumours of a disaster made them leave their home.
A year later, Masha was born".

Gomel 84 - From "MARIA"
Music composed by Thomas O'Higgins Horna
Produced at Kolima Forest Studios.

Poster photo retrieved from Pro Stock Tennis,
Edited for a movie that most definitely exists.

Full EP available on:
bandcamp: https://thomasohigginshorna.bandcamp.com/album/maria
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-es/album/5DjtzKV7hKfVioknzfSdi6

Gomel 86

Full EP on bandcamp

"1991.
Day after day, people crowded to see
Metronome girl,
hitting the ball for hours against a wall.
Persistence, 
Yuri said. Toughness,
That's what you need.
Time will tell,
Does Masha have it, or not?"

Riviera Park 1991 - From "MARIA"
Music composed by Thomas O'Higgins Horna
Produced at Kolima Forest Studios.

Poster photo retrieved from Shutterstock,
Edited for a movie that most definitely exists.

Full EP available on:
bandcamp: https://thomasohigginshorna.bandcamp.com/album/maria
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-es/album/5DjtzKV7hKfVioknzfSdi6

Riviera Park 1991

"2016.
Meldonium,
Never heard of it.
2020.
Melbourne,
First round defeat,
Love-two.
32,
Maria is done."

Melbourne 16/20 - From "MARIA"
Music composed by Thomas O'Higgins Horna
Produced at Kolima Forest Studios.

Poster photo retrieved from AP
Edited for a movie that most definitely exists.

Full EP available on:
bandcamp: https://thomasohigginshorna.bandcamp.com/album/maria
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-es/album/5DjtzKV7hKfVioknzfSdi6

Melbourne 16/20

On my first trip to Paris, I visited Père-Lachaise Cemetery, excited to meet Édith Piaf, Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde. But before seeing my heroes, I came across a mysterious statue, one I can finally recognize as of Euterpe, muse of music. It was the tomb of Fréderic Chopin. I wish I had know more about him back then, so I could leave flowers on his grave. Also, it's curious how, of all the people in that cemetery, he's the one I now could relate the most. A fellow composer, not that fond of the stage, but still longing to be heard.

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Based on Prelude, Op. 28, No. 4, by Fréderic Chopin
Arrangement by Thomas O'Higgins Horna
Produced at Kolima Forest Studios
Cover photo by me.

Listen now on
Spotify: open.spotify.com/intl-es/track/5UV9NWsUJHIzGLQZbs7tjg

Preludium Fryderyka

｢夢も見る ~ SONONEIRIC COLLAGE」

Concept music for a graphic novel.

Music composed and performed by Thomas O'Higgins Horna.
Produced at Kolima Forest Studios.

Cover art: "Number 3"(1948) by Jackson Pollock.
Edited by me.

DREAMING TOO

ＤＲＥＡＭＩＮＧ ･ ＴＯＯ

Well, technically, this should be titled "Half-prelude in C Major, Interlude in G Major and Prelude (again) in C Major", but never mind that, I had fun making this little tribute to one of the old masters. See (or listen) if you can recognize the melodies in the middle :)

EDIT: It has come to my attention that the Minuet in G Major, included in the middle part, was (not so) recently found to be actually composed by Christian Petzold (1677-1733), not Bach. So, this is a tribute to him too, I guess.

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Based on "Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846"
Music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Arranged by Thomas O'Higgins Horna
Produced at Kolima Forest Studios.

Cover image retrieved from Fine Art Images
Edited by me.

Prelude, Interlude und Epilogue in C Major

｢週は週末から始まる ~ TEEN CHORUS ET CONTRAPUNCTUS」

Concept music for a graphic novel.

Music composed and performed by Thomas O'Higgins Horna.
Produced at Kolima Forest Studios.

Cover art: "The Magic Mantle"(1854) by Isobel Lilian Gloag.
Edited by me.

THE WEEK STARTS ON THE WEEKEND

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"Para una hijita muy
Amada con mucha
Ternura y serás muy
Recordada y querida
Incondicionalmente
Cariñosa
Irradiarás dulzura con
Amor"

Letra por Teresa O'Higgins Luyo
Música compuesta e interpretada por Thomas O'Higgins Horna
Guitarra eléctrica por Tomás O'Higgins Luyo
Producido en Kolima Forest Studios.

Para Patty

Patricia

Probably already knew this, but recently I discovered that if you hand me any sheet music (especially of music in the public domain), I'll most certainly make something bizarre out of it. Sorry, Mr. Bartók!

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Based on "Betyárnóta (The Highway Robber)", from Gyermekeknek.
Music composed by Béla Bartók, based on a slovak folk tune.
Arrangemente by Thomas O'Higgins Horna
Produced at Kolima Forest Studios.
Cover photo by broadacre.

the highway robber

｢アルカディアのイエス ~ VIVACE VIDEOGIOCOSO」

Concept music for a graphic novel.

Music composed and performed by Thomas O'Higgins Horna.
Produced at Kolima Forest Studios.

Special thanks to Gregory C. Coleman (creator of the "Amen Break"), Johann Sebastian Bach and Soyo Oka.

Cover art: "Soldat jouant aux échecs" (1914-15), by Jean Metzinger.
Edited by me.


JESUS of ARCADIA

ＪＥＳＵＳ･ｏｆ･ＡＲＣＡＤＩＡ

If you want to learn instrumentation, practice with small piano pieces, setting them to a wind quartet, a chamber ensemble, or a rock band (like I tend to do!). I find it very fun to do, to be honest. Like this one, took me only a single afternoon.

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"Mélodie antique française", from Album for the Young, Op. 39 (1878)
Composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Arrangement by Thomas O'Higgins Horna
Produced at Kolima Forest Studios.

Cover photo: Detail from "Femme faisant du crochet" (1908), by Lucie Cousturier. Taken at Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Juillet, 2019.

mélodie antique française

I played this song on the piano when I was learning, about 10 years ago now that I think of it. It was in an exercise book, which I still have copies of its pages. Strangely, no author is listed, and I tried looking them up with no luck. Maybe it's a folk song, who knows.

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Music composed by ???
Arrangement by Thomas O'Higgins Horna
Produced at Kolima Forest Studios.

Cover photo: Detail from "Femme faisant du crochet" (1908), by Lucie Cousturier. Taken at Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Juillet, 2019.


canción francesa antigua

10 years ago, I recorded the guitar track and then completely forgot about it. I found it last week, but still I don't recall what it was about, it was simply titled "untitled M" for some reason. Trying to remember that year, 2014, I gotta say, it was a very strange one. I was in some sort of limbo, tired, lost, ashamed, so young but with no idea what to do. Maybe it was because of my first trip to Europe, maybe not, but when I came back home, I finally decided to give up on architecture school and study music, the only thing that made me happy back then. And it still makes me happy, but now I'm glad to say it's not the only thing :)

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Composed and performed by Thomas O'Higgins Horna
Guitar track originally recorded on November 12th, 2014
Produced at Kolima Forest Studios
Cover photo taken at Museé d'Orsay on February, 2014.

Happy New Year, let's hope it's a good one, without any fear.

Moment

｢ファサード / 血液を送り出す～ELEKTRONISCHES SUITE」

Concept music for a graphic novel.

Music composed and performed by Thomas O'Higgins Horna.
Produced at Kolima Forest Studios.

Cover art: "Orpheus in the Underworld" (1896), by Jean Delville.
Edited by me.

FACADE / PUMPIN' BLOOD

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｢まだ時間はある～DENOUEMENT?」

Concept music for a graphic novel.

Music composed and performed by Thomas O'Higgins Horna.
Produced at Kolima Forest Studios.

Cover art: "Self-portrait" (1914), by Romaine Brooks.
Edited by me.


WE STILL HAVE TIME

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I started to formally learn piano when I was 23 years old. It was very difficult in the beginning, fortunately, I had good, VERY PATIENT, teachers. The first movement was one of the first "long" pieces I learned. The second movement, well... I didn't studied it with them, just by myself, but everytime I lose my temper, I remember what they taught me and how to keep going.
"Listen", "Practice", "Focus", "Breathe", "Be brave".

To my teachers.
Happy Piano Day!

Sonatina in G Major:
I. Moderato
II. Romance
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Played in a single take by Thomas O'Higgins Horna
Produced at Kolima Forest Studios
Cover drawing by me! Stop using AI, y'all!

Sonatina en Sol Mayor

Sonatina en Sol Mayor - Piano Day 2025

I just love trading card games.

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Music composed and performed by Thomas O'Higgins Horna
Produced at Kolima Forest Studios
Cover art by broadacre.

deck construction

"Temple sede vacante,
Ora pro eo".

Music composed and perfomed by Thomas O'Higgins Horna
Produced at Kolima Forest Studios
Cover art: "Sfera con sfera" by Arnaldo Pomodoro. Photo taken by me.

Temple sede vacante

Menuet en re mineur.
Inspired by "Innocent", manga by Shin-ichi Sakamoto (and also Riyoko Ikeda's "The Rose of Versailles").
Music composed and performed by Thomas O'Higgins Horna
Produced at Kolima Forest Studios.

Cover art based on a panel from "Innocent" by Shin-ichi Sakamoto.
Redrawn by me.

Sanson, Charles-Henri

Writing for orchestra seems intimidating at first, so many instruments, so many combinations you that shouldn't work, so many ways to mess up... But the moment you listen to the string section playing the melody that's been stuck in your head for so long, and heaven opens in you ears, then you know there's no escape from this, you got to keep writing. Smi mens jernet er varmt.

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"Halling" (Norwegian Dance)
Composed by Edvard Grieg, from "Lyriske stykker" Book IV, Op. 47: No. 4.
Arrangement for orchestra by Thomas O'Higgins Horna.
Produced at Kolima Forest Studios.

Cover art drawn by me! No tracing, I swear!

Halling, arrangert for orkester

To Carey Lander,
inspired by the music of the band Camera Obscura.

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A remastered version of this track is part of "Juvenilia Instrumental", compilation album available now on bandcamp:
https://thomasohigginshorna.bandcamp.com/album/juvenilia-instrumental

C.L.

My final exam of this semester.
Dedicada a mi tía Doris, mi querida madrina. Espero que te guste.
Mola!

Music composed and produced by Thomas W. O'Higgins Horna.
December, 2019.

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A remastered version of this track is part of "Juvenilia Instrumental", compilation album available now on bandcamp:
https://thomasohigginshorna.bandcamp.com/album/juvenilia-instrumental

"No. 5", para orquesta clásica

Thomas O'Higgins Horna
Aspiring film composer.

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