The latest in a series of stream-of-consciousness style piano compositions. It's a journey, moving through many different places, but what those places are is up to you! My own title is just what I got out of it. 

It's long, but hopefully varied enough to maintain interest. I personally like the bit starting at 9 minutes the most!

Journey to the Skies (Ramble 26)

A theme for a character from some recent project I never finished but might one day revive. While it lacks lyrics, the main motif is based on the cadence of her personal 'motto' - a short phrase encapsulating her general philosophy - which is this: 

"Smiles are brighterous beacons which wake us up from daymares".

(She's quirky, and believes that the best way to be free of her inner demons is to act as positive as possible, though it comes across as a bit forced and desperate.)

She's based (vaguely) on a character called Solaar from my MARDEK series, and that character's theme is quoted in this.

Glimmer's Theme

One of the boss battle tracks for a game I made called Taming Dreams, which had spiritual themes such as overcoming inner demons via understanding rather than violence. The in-game description says:

"A timpani heartbeat thumps under much of this piece, reflecting the characters' beating excitement hearts [a gameplay mechanic].

It begins as a tense, accelerating crescendo, as the heart speeds up and agitation begins.

Next, a burst of tension and unusual time signatures leads into a slow, dark, strings-focused rendition of this piece's main melody, flowing between chords, before returning to the same tension it emerged from.

A sudden stop marks the arrival of light. The piece's main melody - now at twice the speed - emerges brightly in Phrygian dominant mode (probably) on the piano, flute and guitar; exotic, spiritual, uplifting... Beautiful, even. Agitation [what this game called battles] isn't a tense, violent, life-or-death struggle. It's a chance for positive personal growth."

Tame Thyself (Boss Battle)

A really simple piano piece composed as looping background music for some project of mine.

Introverts

Another of these long, stream-of-consciousness piano things. It's a journey, but what exactly that journey is about - and the places passed through - is up to your mind to decide!

It gets quite intense!

Voyage for the Sea Beast (Ramble 28)

Like my other Rambles, this is essentially the musical equivalent of a sketchbook page; an exploration of many different ideas. It's also possibly a journey, a story, though what it's about is up to your interpretation! The title I've given it came from my interpretation, but the imagery it evokes for you might be completely different.

(This is a re-upload, because I edited it a bit.)

Ancient Alien Architects (Ramble 30)

Another simple piano piece for the same project as the Introverts one, intended to contrast with that one.

Extroverts

I'm a self-taught composer of digital music. I mainly compose soundtracks for my various creative projects, most notably a game series I made way too long ago (MARDEK).

Since I'm self-taught, I never learned how to compose 'properly'. I'm always trying to learn and improve my skills, but I'd say my musical 'voice' is fairly idiosyncratic because of this.

Tobias Cornwall

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