Been meaning to do this one for a while - one of my all-time favourite pieces of Thomas music, but it's pretty hard.

Also done the other version (without brass hits) heard in other episodes of TTTE Series 1.

Happy listening.

J.

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James the Red Engine (Jazz; With Brass Hits)

it just sounds better with the tambourine ok

remaster of a old mashup i didn't originally make

The Narrow Gauge Engines Song (Clean Instrumental)

The Runaway Theme (Accurate)

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Presets: JTI, StarTom

Inspiration: AngryBirdsFan98

Originally Composed: Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell

Arrangement: brickaleg

Mavis' Theme (S1 Remix)

Well, here's something different.

This is something I've always wanted to make but was never satisfied with my previous attempts at it as I wasn't all that good at music making the last times I've tried and have learned a lot since then; a theme for my main Thomas OC, Benjamin. ^^ (Yeah, he's named after me. Sorta a product of the older "trainsona" days but has pretty much mostly evolved beyond that over the years while still retaining the name.) For those who've been around this account long enough, you may remember some of the older uploads of my attempts at a theme for him lol Been working on and off this thing for a long time now, frequently adjusting things in it as I continued to improve my music over the last year. However, I finally got around to finishing it yesterday and I'm honestly extremely pleased with how it all turned out. I should also mention that the overall theme is heavily based on the motif of a childhood film's soundtrack that I love very much and always wanted to incorporate into his theme, even back during the first few attempts, with the exception of some parts. Particularly the second half of the "bridge" section, which I threw together to fill a gap. So, I guess you could say it's partially an original theme lol. Oh well, quite a few other themes in Thomas fall into the same category and regardless, I'm still very happy with it. Hope you all enjoy and have a great summer too! :)

Please do not use this theme in your projects. Thank you.
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Model (and picture) are by Me
Based on Music by Bruce Broughton, Mike O'Donnell, and Junior Campbell
Arranged by HotboxHolton

Benjamin's Theme | (DO NOT USE)

the cry

MISE-EN is a collection of works that share a common sound ideal and conceptual instrumentation. Work on this collection began in 2018 while collaborating with the Ensemble MISE-EN in South Korea under the auspices of the Oil Tank Culture Park Global Network in Seoul.

The resulting work, MISE-EN Series I, is an electroacoustic work scored for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano, Percussion, Ableton Live, and Acousmatic Sound. This work was meant to reflect the aesthetic agenda of Ensemble MISE-EN, whose name roughly translates from Korean to English as meaning “decorative beauty.”

To achieve this goal, I decided to write a work for chamber ensemble which would reflect a larger sonic landscape than what might be considered traditional chamber writing. I thus included live and prerecorded electronics in the scoring and composed with two divergent but complementary musical components: “sound tapestry” (“beautiful”), and ornamentation (“decorative”).

Series I is the first of a series of works based on this concept of “decorative beauty”. To simplify logistics, the Ableton Live part, which would otherwise be performed by a seventh ensemble player, can be mixed with the Acousmatic Sound recording. The World Premiere of MISE-EN, Series I in November 2018, was performed by the Ensemble MISE-EN with this alternative version.

It only occurred to me after completing this first work that I could expand and extend MISE-EN as a series of works. To implement this while retaining the underlying sound ideal of “decorative beauty” for all works of the series, I decided to pair electroacoustic devices with a different legacy or standard acoustic ensemble for each follow-on work. Thus, Series I is scored for a slightly modified “Pierrot” ensemble. Series II, this work, is scored for Amplified String Quartet and Acousmatic Sound. In 2021, the first Episode of Series II was selected by the Sirius Quartet for recording by PARMA to be released on the Navona Records label, CD and streaming audio. The opening Episode presents a tightly woven contrapuntal texture that is eventually painted against a contrasting broad and richly scored melodic line. The juxtaposition of this contrasting content awaits further exploration, as this first Episode ends with a question marked by the remnants of an ascending and fading contrapuntal cascade. The ornamentation of the contrapuntal texture frames the beauty expressed in the soaring cantabile, thus delineating a formal framework that harkens back to a bygone era, an era that nevertheless remains alive and essential in my creative work.

Playing on the Edge 3

Mise-En Series II, Episode 1

Fragments is not a collection of finished songs, but echoes captured in time. Three pieces brief, expansive, and fleeting woven from unresolved chords, layered pads, and fragile strings. Each fragment feels incomplete on its own, yet together they form a journey of tension, delay, and resolution.
Recorded with textures of tape and the imperfection of memory, these tracks are less about endings and more about the moments suspended in between.

III – Brisa

Original Theme by Robert and Peter Hartshorne

Adapted by Me

Victor Says Yes - Main Theme

I Don't Really let other People use the music I Make, I just post them to listen to. 
 Hope you Enjoy.


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