The Blue Planet - #Hanszimmermonth
This is my participation to the Spitfire Audio Hans Zimmer month Challenge.

See my music on the video for this challenge here: https://youtu.be/CNF2L5zpspk

Music & Production: Syrel
Photography: Syrel

The Blue Planet - SA #Hanszimmermonth Challenge. -  youtu.be/CNF2L5zpspk

Spring is back at last
This is a song inspired by the snow melting into little droplets and streaming into the pond where the birds are singing and swimming now that spring is back again. A song as if I was Keith Jarrett playing piano accompanied by a dream team made of Charles Mingus at the bass, Jack DeJohnette at the drums, Alex Acuña at the percussions, Jan Garbarek at the soprano sax and Miles Davis at the trumpet. 

Everybody has the right to dream isn’t it?

This is the second song of the future album "The Five Seasons".
The first song in two versions was https://soundcloud.com/user-461764443/sets/summer-is-over-which-version

Music & Production: Syrel 
Photography: Syrel (1993)

Selected by Fresh On The Net as one of the 10 Fresh Fave of the week 447. Thank you guys. You made my day. Cheers
https://freshonthenet.co.uk/2022/05/faves447/

Mixture

Spring is Back at last

Track 12 of the Album soundcloud.com/user-461764443/sets/the-firm-dark-orchestral-suite

The Orange Barron (the Ascaridida Firm CEO) finally decided to run for his country presidency just after reading again Adolf Hitler’s book “Mein Kampf”. His doctrine “In Fraud We Trust” has never been so true. His admiration to Ken John-two, Voldimir Toopin and other dictators makes him dream of being the greatest dictator of all time. Guess what, he may soon appear one day in front of a church close to the Black House holding a bible over his shoulder as a salute just like Hitler did 87 years ago.  

“This is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental.”

Music and Production: Syrel
Photography: Syrel (1989)

Musical Note: This track is somewhat inspired by "Catch Me If You Can" from John Williams. This score was made entirely using Spitfire Audio (SA) ALBION ONE library except two instances of SA LABS plugin (Tape Orchestra: Strings Flautando  at 0:04 and Trumpet Fields: Coast Is Clear 1 at 2:20)

Latest News: This soundtrack was also used for the Spitfire Audio Bridgerton Scoring Competition. https://youtu.be/Jl1Tduyl8Y0

The Firm

Running for President's Seat

Arbeit macht frei. Work sets you free. This is what is written with all the unimaginable sarcasm possible at the entrance of the Auschwitz concentration camps that can be visited in Poland. This site makes us remember what Hitler was capable of. About at the same era, Stalin planned and exacerbated the Holodomor in Ukraine to eliminate a Ukrainian independence movement. Some people estimate that 5 million people died during the Holodomor while 6 million people died during the Holocaust. Do we remember it? About a century later Mr.P is trying to do the same Holodomor, again, in Ukraine. Don’t we get it?  

“This is not a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is not a coincident. Those are historic facts”

Music & Production: Syrel 
Photography: Syrel   (Auschwitz as I visited on 2016)

Musical Note: This score was mostly made using a trio of Spitfire Audio (SA) LABS plugin “Cello Moods”, which is the Cello marvellously played by Alice Allen and to whom I should give all the credit for the cellos emotion in this music. I also used some instruments from SA TUNDRA library as well as 2 instances of SA BBCSO.

Remember (feat. Alice Allen on the Cello)

Track 14 of the Album soundcloud.com/user-461764443/sets/the-firm-dark-orchestral-suite

While the Orange Barron was busy on leading the war in Mexikrenia, the congress of his country made an investigation in regards to the circumstances of his election. Indeed, during the presidential election certification day a riot in the parliament suspiciously made the count change in favour of the Orange Barron despite the fact that he claimed during the campaign the opposition party would do such that this election could be the biggest fraud of the history. Indeed, some people noticed that the One Rublar Bill back side had the official motto changed to “In Fraud We Trust”. It was found that the newly elected president (the Orange Barron ) cheated his way into his seat by limiting the access to mailed votes, polling offices and even by excluding people of different religion, race or political affinity. Moreover, he bribed senior officials in order to create more votes in his favor. NATO on the other side found the Orange Barron guilty of Crimes against Humanity after killing millions of people during the war in Mexikrenia. Even though he declared himself the dictator of his country, the population and the authorities brought him on trial. He is now languishing in the most sordid prison of his country for the remaining of his life with no possibility to any pardon.

NOTE: The Rublar is the currency of the Orange Barron country and “In Fraud We Trust” is his business doctrine, which by the way is the same doctrine as the Ascaridida Firm and the Tremendump Organization.

“This is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental.”

Music and Production: Syrel
Photography: Syrel (Mr.P pictured in Slovenia in 2004 and the jail pictured in France in 2018)

Musical Notes: Music influenced by Erik Satie (but less static), Frederic Chopin and mostly Ludwig Van Beethoven as if he had access to a 97 keys Bösendorfer Concert Grand 290 Imperial in 1801 when he composed the Piano Sonata No. 14. The chorus is inspired by the orchestration used by Thomas Newman in Wall-E and EVE "Define Dancing" scene.

The Final Chapter

Rust & Bones – Fetchflix TV Series
soundcloud.com/user-461764443/sets/rust-bones-new-tv-series-1

Luc Clouseau is the proud son of the French inspector Jacques Clouseau. Having the same talent as his father for investigation, he is to police investigation what P.D.Q. Bach is to music, a total disaster. When young and since his first name is Luc, he identified himself as Luke Skywalker and he was wet dreaming about Princess Leia. Unfortunately for him, he learned in the third Star War episode that Luke and Leia were siblings. His space soldier career then ended abruptly and he decided to pursue a career in the police. At the beginning of his career he was shot in the butt and had to work in the office on a wheelchair for 12 months, which gave him the nick name of Ironside in reference to Chief Robert T. Ironside. 

Luc Clouseau was assigned to investigate about what happened at the Boneman Mansion. Hopefully he will do better than his father.

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental.” Ho by the way, Fetchflix is also fictitious ;o)

Fetchflix started a new TV show featuring the Inspector Looso called "The wacky adventures of Inspector Looso". Listen to it in the next link.

https://soundcloud.com/user-461764443/sets/the-wacky-adventures-of

Music & Production: Syrel
Photography, portrait of my old friend Luigi: Syrel

Musical note: Some melodic notes for the horns from Star War (1977) by John Williams were borrowed as well as for the trumpets from The Ironside (1967) by Quincy Jones and finally for the trombonnes the rythmic from Mission Impossible (1966) by Lalo Schifrin. Ho yes, by the way, P. D. Q. Bach is a fictional composer created by the American composer and musical satirist Peter Schickele

Rust & Bones

Inspector Looso's First Investigation

Rust & Bones – Fetchflix TV Series – Mrs. Peacock

soundcloud.com/user-461764443/sets/rust-bones-new-tv-series-1

Miss. Peacock was a fantastic ballet dancer as well as a famous fashion model showing up on numerous magazine cover pages. Her ballet dancer career reached a peak when she performed Odette in the Swan Lake ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and her fashion model career reached the top when she made the Decormag Cover Page in 1983. Twice upon a time during the performance of the Nutcracker by Sergey Prokofiev, Dick Boneman simply cracked for her and asked for her hand. He took both hands for a tango and got married with her. Later during a ballet performance Mrs. Peacock fell on the floor and badly broke her ego. After that pathetic event the White Swan wasn’t white anymore and her persistent dark mindset made Dick Boneman to divorce her. A year after the divorce and in order to earn enough money for her costly life style she became “Mistress Black Swan”, some kind of a sexy fetish influencer wearing latex and presenting herself in a very provocative way on Pornhub.  She was eventually able to invest a huge amount of money in Boneman & Sacks Relic Asset Management Inc. that now worth nothing after Mr. Boneman fraud declaration press release. Mrs. Peacock mindset is thus deep dark and she is now a suspect for the murder of Mr. Boneman.

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental.” 

Music & Production: Syrel

Photography: Decormag Cover Page 1983 by Syrel

Musical Note:
Chord progression base on a jazz song I made 15 years ago. 
https://soundcloud.com/user-461764443/well-at-home

Rust & Bones – Fetchflix TV Series – Mrs. Peacock

The wacky adventures of Inspector Looso - Main Theme- New Fetchflix TV Show

https://soundcloud.com/user-461764443/sets/the-wacky-adventures-of

Luc Clouseau is the proud son of the French inspector Jacques Clouseau and his ex-wife Simone Clouseau. Having the same talent as his father for investigation, he is to police investigation what P.D.Q. Bach is to music, a total disaster. Stay tuned on Fetchflix TV during the next months and enjoy this new series called “The wacky adventures of Inspector Looso”.

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental. Ho and for those who did not get it, Fetchflix TV is also fictitious.”

Music & Production: Syrel
Photography: Portrait generated with Meta AI

Musical note: You may recall the theme I used in the Rust & Bones Inspector Looso track. However, this time I tried to use the humor and derision of John Williams and added the sarcastic tone of the American composer and musical satirist Peter Schickele who created the fictional composer P.D.Q. Bach as well as the Gerhard Hoffnung humoristic music.

The wacky adventures of Inspector Looso

The Wacky Adventures Of Inspector Looso  - Main Theme

The wacky adventures of Inspector Looso - New Fetchflix TV Show

soundcloud.com/user-461764443/sets/the-wacky-adventures-of

Mr.Peter Pencil, which is well known for his blue suit and lizard pin, vanished during a business trip somewhere in Italy. His mistress Penny Pen was desperate and called the police to investigate. Young Inspector Looso was assigned to this case by his boss hoping this investigation would sharpen his skills. Looso took charge of this case as if he was one of the Raiders of the lost Pencil. Will young Inspector Looso be able to find Mr.Pencil. Let’s hope Mr.Pencil was not violently erased from the surface of the earth?

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental.”

Music: Syrel
Photography: Syrel (Mr. Pencil as found in the Castello di San Giorgio in Mantova, Italy)
Sculpture: L’Artista invisibile. Lucio and Peppe Perone
 
Musical Notes: Should I be embarrassed that I borrowed to so many composers. Nope. But you may recognize Lorne, Hans, John, Sergey, Pyotr, Maurice and many others. I had so much fun making this pastiche ;o)

Finding Mr.Pencil

I wish you a very happy new year and mostly I wish that all those bully leaders, dictators and political parasite such as Mister N, Mister P, Mister T, etc. will be dismissed in 2025.

Music: Syrel

2024 ---> 2025

“Who stole Teddy’s cookie jar” short movie main theme. Now on Fetchflix

Teddy loves cookies and jealously guards his recipe for himself. He gets help from a team of tiny bunnies and cats because his fur makes him rather clumsy. However, yesterday’s batch was stolen. Will Teddy and the tiny rabbits and cats team be able to recover the cookie jar? 

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental. Ho and for those who did not get it, Fetchflix TV is also fictitious.” 

Music: Syrel
Photography: Syrel, Book Cover (1987)

Musical notes: This theme could have been the main theme of the series “Only Murders in the Building.“ but hey, Siddhartha Khosla did such a wonderful work composing her theme that it would be a sacrilege pretending I could do better. Thanks to Tchaikovsky and Saint-Saëns for their help on mine ;o)

Who stole Teddy's cooky jar

The One-Night Stand Tango Man - Short Movie main theme. Now on Fetchflix

Bob is single but also a sex addict. He learned that women are generally overrepresented in dance classes and therefore it would be an opportunity to meet women. He started with ballet because there are 10 women for every man in these classes, but dancing on pointe didn't suit his slightly overweight body very well. Frankly, it was a disaster. Then he started dancing tango where there are 3 women for every man and then his one-night stand rate started to climb. His hide a bed sofa was always busy with all kind of partners until he met Mistress Noir. A superbly bold tango dancer but also a BDSM fan. Well, there are some risk running for one-night stand constantly. 

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental. And for those who did not get it, Fetchflix TV is also fictitious.”

Music: Syrel 
Photography: Syrel, Magazine article about bedding (1989)

Musical notes: Catch me if you can by John Williams may be a bit obvious at the begining but after I believe I get more genuine to my style. What do you think?

The One-Night Stand Tango Man

Who Cooked the Cat ? - Short Movie main theme. Now on Fetchflix

Bill, Bob, Barry, and Beth are roommates, and once a week, on Saturday, they cook themselves a feast with a special meat. This week, they planned to prepare a rabbit meal. However, the disappearance of Furrball McFluff, their cat, went unnoticed—until a serious unease arose within the cooking team. 
So... who cooked the cat?

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental. And for those who did not get it, Fetchflix TV is also fictitious.”

Music: Syrel 
Photography: Syrel, Microwave Oven Cook Book Cover (1987)

Musical notes: Yes I kind of borrowed a part of the main theme of Voyage to the bottom of the sea by Paul Sawtell but I also twisted it so much.

Who Cooked the cat ?

The Wrongware Factory - Short Movie main theme. Now on Fetchflix

In order to make new friends, the new president of a small and idiocratic country decided to create a new agency called the Government Office of Optimized Failure, the GOOF, which is staffed by a bunch of 12 years old kids having the title of Government Office Overpaid Fools, the GOOFys and headed by an asparagus grower, who thinks he’s a genius. The GOOF is some kind of factory helping the government to creates chaos and uncertainties within the government until it implodes for the benefits of the plutocrats. Guess who will survive?

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental. And for those who did not get it, Fetchflix TV is also fictitious.”

Music: Syrel 
Photography: Meta AI

Musical notes: The wonderful main theme composed by Theodore Shapiro for Severence was somewhat my source of inspiration. I wanted my theme dystopic, simple and complex at the same time.

The Wrongware Factory

Emily in Cordoba - Short Movie main theme. Now on Fetchflix

Emily’s exciting career at « Candeur Advertising » brought her in Cordoba. As usual she takes selfies everywhere anytime all over the place. After the visit of Córdoba’s Mosque-Cathedral she looked at the selfies she’s been taken and found that one of the selfie she probably mistakenly took had the face of  her brother but made of wood. The choir stalls where his face was pictured is located across from the altar, which was crafted during the 18th century and were executed by Pedro Duque Cornejo. Could it be that Emily's ancestors were Spanish?

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental. And for those who did not get it, Fetchflix TV is also fictitious.”

Music: Syrel 
Photography: Syrel, Córdoba Mosque-Cathedral, 2024

Musical notes: I am not sure if the inspiration comes from the great Al di Meola or Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66. Nevertheless, enjoy the short ride.

Emily in Cordoba

Finding Stradivarius- Short Movie main theme. Now on Fetchflix

Octavius Stradivarius was born in Transylvania and lived during his youth in the Bran Castle, marketed outside Romania as Dracula's Castle. Being shy but as well a violin virtuoso, he recently accepted the job of first violin for the national philharmonic orchestra of Dildo in NewFoundland. He was performing marvelusly every night at the concerts providing exciting and bold performances. However, the artistic director of the orchestra decided to schedule during a nice and sunny afternoon a concert for the gay pride of Dildo. But where is Octavius? He was supposed to play Syrel’s violin concerto in B Sharp Major.

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental. And for those who did not get it, Fetchflix TV is also fictitious.”

Music: Syrel
Violin: Jack Liebeck
Celo: Richard Harwood 
Photography: Meta AI

Musical notes: You may try to B sharp but you will C what happens. It is a joke since a C sharp major scale is identical to a C major scale but a pain in the neck to read.

Finding Stradivarius

A Simple Man - Short Movie main theme. Now on Fetchflix

Robert is a social worker, a street angel who helps people that ended on the streets. Every day or night, he encounters poor people that had a very bad luck, struggling with alcohol or drug addiction and mental illness. Can he really help them? Will he be able to keep his spirits up? 


“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental. And for those who did not get it, Fetchflix TV is also fictitious.”

Music: Syrel
Photography: Meta AI

A Simple Man

The Temple of Ignorance - Short Movie main theme. Now on Fetchflix

In a small country far far away, a new government was elected in Moronia, which is on the continent of Amnesia. It took only one hundred days for the population of that small country to understand their mistake as the economy and democracy of that country are badly declining. Blunt ignorance of the leader and the yes-man ministers are creating historical damages. Can Moronia be a good place to live again?


“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental. And for those who did not get it, Fetchflix TV is also fictitious.”

Music: Syrel
Photography: Meta AI
Ethnic Flute: Hitomi Son Uscorawa

The Temple of Ignorance

Fanfare for the Common Conman- Short Movie main theme. Now everyday on Youtube

This is the story of a conman who became president of his country by mistake or mishap. Who knows. His government cabinet is filled of idiots secretaries telling him every morning how good a leader he is and the hundreds of millions of lives he saved because of his drugs policy and so ON and so ON to the point that he believe all the BS and flattery they tell him. Unfortunately for him the rest of the world leaders are well educated.  Moreover they posses the obligation bonds of the commercial debt of the country of this conman president. Does he really have all the good cards in his hands to start a commercial war against the world? We shall see!

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental.”

Music: Syrel
Photography: Meta AI

Musical notes: It is not clear if the “Fanfare for the Common Cold” by P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742)? Exhumed by The Professor Peter Schickele was written before or after the “Fanfare for the Common Man” by Aaron Copland in 1942. Something sure is that the “Fanfare for the Common Conman” by Syrel was written in 2025 and should be considered just as a Corny Joke.

Fanfare for the Common Conman

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The Battle of Lake Ontario - Documentary main theme. Now on Fetchflix

On 6 November 1812, Commodore Issac Chauncey pursued HMS Royal George on lake Ontario to Kingston, before his squadron was beaten off by other gunboats and British shore batteries. In the Battle of Kingston Harbour, he was beaten off, partly by shore batteries and gunboats, and partly because a gun exploded aboard the schooner Pert, mortally injuring the schooner's commander and throwing the American squadron into confusion. Naval battles went over and over until the Treaty of Ghent in 1815, which ended the war. In 1867 the Fathers of Confederation signed the Canadian Confederation, which casted the Canadian country as independent of the Great Britain and the United-State and thus Canada would remain independent forever. Do you get it Donald! 

“This story is not really a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is not purely coincidental. And for those who did not get it, Fetchflix TV is fictitious.”

Music: Syrel
Photography: Meta AI

Musical notes: I may have borrow few things from John Williams (Raiders of the Lost Arse), J.S.Bach (Prelude in C Minor, BMW 847) and Calixa Lavallée (Ô Shit it’s still Canada not the 51th)

The Battle of Lake Ontario

The Stormy Day Hitman - Short Movie main theme. Now on Fetchflix

 Victor “The Cleaner” Vance only hits during thunderstorms. His signature is clean, discrete and leaves only a bullet in the head of whatever crooks he has to eliminate after it’s been washed by the rain. Victor Vance is strait on that he takes contracts only to eliminates corrupted politicians. You know the kind that would accept bribes such as a Cessna 152 in exchange of a green card. His preferred weapon is the Heckler & Koch VP9. A German gun precisely made and precisely fit for the job. One last contract and he will retire but is he gone succeed?

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental. And for those who did not get it, Fetchflix TV is also fictitious.”

Music: Syrel
Photography: Meta AI

Musical notes: I may have borrow the cinematic style of Hans Zimmer (Batman) as well as the iconic groove of Danny Elfman (Man in Black) and of course John Williams (Darth Vader theme).

The Stormy Day Hitman

The Dissuaders - Short Movie main theme. Now on Fetchflix

Williams works in a team of workers preventing suicides. Without judging and with a lot of compassion he try’s to save lives but it is a tough job and sometime depressing. How long is he be able to hold on to his mission.

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental. And for those who did not get it, Fetchflix TV is also fictitious.”

Music: Syrel
Photography: Meta AI

Musical notes: This is a variation on John Barry's theme for the 1971 TV show The Persuaders!. It is a challenge that my colleague and great composer Serge Smulders gave me. I could not resist as that TV show was one of my favourite those years. However, may I say that John Barry synthesized version of that time is now a bit outdated. Nevertheless, a classic is a classic hence revisiting it.

The Dissuaders

The Lola Express Pilot - Short Movie main theme. Now on Fetchflix

Brandon is the Chief Pilot of the Lola Express, a Golfstream 400 business aircraft. The perfect aircraft for cheating golfers. Brandon flies and glides to small islands smoothly and he ensures that the passengers has all the privacy for long and sparkling hours in the cabin. He is reliable and ensures that during the take-off and the landing a full glass of brandy would not spill off the folding table. However, Brandon is curious about what is happening in the cabin. Could it be that the passengers are playing Scrabble? Let’s have some doubts.

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental. And for those who did not get it, Fetchflix TV is also fictitious.”

Music: Syrel
Photography: Meta AI

P.S. I know it is Gulfstream, not Golfstream but I could not resist to the temptation.

The Lola Express Pilot

The Ballerina’s Escape- Short Movie main theme. Now on Fetchflix

During the Cold War between USSR and the US, Macarina Bounchenko was on tour with the Bolshoi Ballet Team. All she has in mind is to defect and leave her country for a better world. The secret service is always watching. Will she be able to swing out her exit to the new world, Canada. 

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental. And for those who did not get it, Fetchflix TV is also fictitious.”

Music: Syrel
Photography: Meta AI

The Ballerina's Escape

The Münchaunsen Man- Short Movie main theme. Now on Fetchflix

Like Many people, Robert has a Factitious Disorder. One day he thinks he can be a cook, an architect the other a lawyer, a pilot or even a surgeon each time putting the life of others in danger. Robert learns quickly but fundamentally, he is ignorant in many ways. When he pretended that he landed the lunar module Falcon on the moon with Luis Armstrong one should have understand that he was totally phony but clearly indicating that he may have been a jazzman. However, his charisma and his good spiel may bring him to the presidency of his country. Will someone stop him before it is too late?

Note: The lunar Module is the Eagle landed on the moon by Niel Armstrong with Buzz Aldrin.

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental. And for those who did not get it, Fetchflix TV is also fictitious.”

Music: Syrel
Photography: Meta AI

Musical notes: This song is vaguely inspired by Chick Corea’s album The Mad Hatter, a classic that you should listen some day.

The Münchaunsen Man

The Forensic- Short Movie main theme. Now on Fetchflix

In the waning light of the 19th century, Albert was the kind of doctor you’d trust with your life—and your secrets. He stitched wounds and whispered comfort in the same breath, a gentle soul in a village that smelled of woodsmoke and horse sweat. Folks said he had healing in his hands and kindness in his bones.
But by 1920, the village had grown teeth. Brick buildings clawed at the sky, and the streets pulsed with something darker—something hungry. The city needed a forensic pathologist, not a kindly country doctor. Bodies were turning up in alleyways, drained of life and layered in mystery. And Albert, well... Albert answered the call.
That’s when the dreams began.
He’d wake with blood under his fingernails and no memory of how it got there. He started talking to himself—or rather, someone inside him started talking back. A voice that knew things Albert shouldn’t. A voice that liked the smell of formaldehyde and whispered about what lay beneath the skin.
Albert tried to resist. God knows he did. But the city was changing, and so was he. The question wasn’t whether he’d lose himself. The question was: who would he become when he did?

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental. And for those who did not get it, Fetchflix TV is also fictitious.”

Music: Syrel
Photography: Meta AI

Musical notes: I was inspired by the fabulous music of Theodore Shapiro.

The Forensic

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The Compulsive Obsession - Short Movie main theme. Now on Fetchflix

Octave Buzzkillington is a janitor during the day working at the new baroque ballroom in Washington D.C. and hiding a pianist virtuosity after the sun is down and the ballroom left to itself. He can only play one masterpiece. The last movement “Scherzando ma Vendetta” of the “Evil” Piano Concerto in CBD Flat Medium Rare Opus 666 decomposed by Syrel because the composer was smoking cannabis while composing that concerto. Unfortunately, Octave Buzzkillington is also a psychopath and kills woman on the younger side during the night. He cleans his mess perfectly and complete his compulsive obsession by practicing over and over the same music, the last movement of the “Evil” Piano Concerto in CBD Flat Medium Rare by Syrel which disappeared mysteriously when the East wing was demolished. Only the Scherzando ma Vendetta movement was found few years ago by Octave while cleaning the Steinway Grand of the ballroom. Will Octave be able to continue his sequential killing without being caught by the police before his president being convicted for felony? Noooo, he will get a grace from his president.

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental. And for those who did not get it, Fetchflix TV is also fictitious.”

Music: Syrel
Photography: Meta AI

Musical Note: Better have 6 fingers in each hands, seven if you are lucky and hands 12 inches wide to play that one Mr. Rachmaninoff. Syrel likes to use the classical cliché and there are plenty of those in the piano repertoire. Some concertos, if not most, could be summarized into a 15 minutes masterpiece if you remove all the uninspired filling, arpeggios and repetitions. Nevertheless, I believe it sounds more like Chopin. What do you think?

The Compulsive Obsession

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A Brave Man - Short Movie main theme. Now on Fetchflix

This is the story of a Muslim man trying hard helping the middle class immigrants of the largest city of his country by getting elected as mayor. The task is not easy because the president of the country is a dictator who hate immigrants and ship them in prison somewhere in South America. Ironically, this dictator is the grand-son of a German immigrant. Let’s hope the election of this brave man will not turn sour. 

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental. And for those who did not get it, Fetchflix TV is also fictitious.”

Music: Syrel
Photography: Meta AI

Musical Note: Geez it is too easy composing on Logic Pro and some of the best VST on the market. I would never go back to my Tascam 244, DX-7 and MSQ-100 again neither paper. There is a bit of Thomas Newman in this new theme, guess what.

A Brave Man

The Worst Wing - The should have been a Short Movie main theme. Now on Fetchflix

Plot of this too long movie « The Worst Wing »: The White House has turned dark not because of the storm, but because of its current tenant — yes, the President. A dumb dictator who is totally unfit for the job and rotten with corruption. There is nothing right in his left brain, and there is nothing left in his right brain. Nixon was a toddler conman compared to this one. Moreover, he is surrounded by idiots and completely incompetent clowns. From brain-wormed to drunk power-freak War Lord to master of lies, the variety of imbeciles he has appointed as secretaries is outstanding. Can he and his bunch of morons survive until the next elections? Will the shit finally hit the fan? For sure there is a lot of drama ahead.

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental. And for those who did not get it, Fetchflix TV is also fictitious.”

Music: Syrel
Photography: Meta AI

Musical Note: Some of you may have recognized in background the British drinking song  “To Anacreon in Heaven”, written around 1770 by John Stafford Smith (Yes you should google it and listen to it on YouTube). However you may not know that the American lawyer Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814 borrowed it - Yes a drinking song - to create The Star-Spangled Banner. He must have known it by hart.  Nevertheless, it is still one of the best national anthem - drunk or not - before the SuperBowl.

The Worst Wing

After The Chaos - Short Movie main theme. Now on Fetchflix

Jesus said on the cross, “Forgive them, because they don’t know what they are doing.” Indeed, a majority of uneducated lower–middle-class people and blindly religious voters elected someone who was already known to be the future dictator of the country. His preferred, drunken warlord summoned his generals and admirals to “fight the enemy from within,” meaning those who did not vote for this dictator. As a result, many cities were invaded by the National Guard and destroyed simply because they disagreed with the new dictator’s policies.
Will the population forgive, or will they fight for their freedom?


“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental. And for those who did not get it, Fetchflix TV is also fictitious.”

Music: Syrel
Photography: Meta AI

Musical Note: I just wanted to prototype a violin variable cluster using Hanz Zimmer Strings Super Flautando and then came the inspiration for something really DARK. I also experimented to reproduce the synth flute that Harry Escott used in the main theme of the TV show Deep State.

After The Chaos

The return of Mr Hulot - Short Movie main theme. Now on Fetchflix

Jacques Tati created in 1953 Mr Hulot, a lightly neuro-atypical, non-pathological character, defined by heightened sensitivity and human warmth, used as a mirror to expose the absurdity of modern society.

This short movie transport Mr Hulot from 1953 to 2026 to show what modern life does to people. Computers, SmartPhones, Social Medias, ATM, Artificial intelligence, Autonomous driving Cars and so on will overwhelm him big time and show how insane things are getting. 

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental. And for those who did not get it, Fetchflix TV is also fictitious.”

Music: Syrel
Photography: Meta AI

Musical Note: I am not sure but I think my inspiration on this one came from Bernard Herman and Vladimir Cosma. Let me know exactly which movies.

The return of Mr Hulot

Merry Christmas! - Short Movie main theme. Now on Fetchflix

Yep. Thanks to Donald Grinch Trump. The wealthy Americans are wealthier than ever and the unwealthy Americans gets poorer than ever. Should that bad movie ends once and for all. 

I wish you a Christmas in hell Donald and the worst rating in the US history until november 2026. I am sure I am not the only one dreaming about it.

And for all my dearest listeners I wish you the best you can hope for.

Music: Syrel
Photography: Meta AI

Musical Note: You may find a bit of inspiration from "O Magnum Mysterium" composed by Morten Lauridsen. However, his masterpiece is much better than my little music.

Merry Christmas!

The Feather Lamp Symphony for Piano & Violin - Collaboration with Rosin Dust (Violin Solo)
Music, orchestration and production by Syrel https://soundcloud.com/user-461764443
Violin Solo by Rosin Dust (Tatiana Makarova) https://soundcloud.com/rosindust
Picture of Ingo Maurer Bibibibi lamp by Syrel for the Decormag Magazine in 1985


Thank you so much Tatiana for this inspiring performance.

Syrel Classical Work

The Feather Lamp Symphony for Piano & Violin - Collaboration with Rosin Dust (Violin Solo)

SYREL : C’est un algorithme de fiabilité symbolique basé sur la méthode des Cutset utilisées en ingénierie.

Mais sérieusement, Sy...rel était photographe publicitaire à Montréal dans une vie antérieure avant d'être ingénieur et maintenant compositeur et producteur de musique orchestrale, de bande sonore, de jazz et d'électro tout en profitant de sa retraite. 

SYREL: A Symbolic Reliability Algorithm Based on Path and Cutset Methods used in engineering.

But really, Sy...rel was an advertising photographer in a previous life before being an engineer and is now an orchestral, soundtrack, jazz and electro music composer and producer while enjoying retirement. 

https://soundcloud.com/user-461764443

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