Firebird

From my score for "The Man Who Saved Ben Hur," a documentary film by Joe Forte.  Guitars and bass performed by Adrian Romero.

Dolce Vita - Fama

trapped in shadowlands

From "The Man Who Saved Ben Hur," a documentary by Joe Forte. John Alarimo talks about shooting "Boom!" on Sardinia in 1968 with Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and Noel Coward.

Sardinia '68 (From "The Man Who Saved Ben Hur")

Here's a more romantic track that was originally written for a TV commercial before being turned down. Since it was originally written within 8 hours the orchestration was a little thin, so I went back to polish it up a little and post it here!

Asking Her Out

Music for an animation film by Anna Budanova (excerpt)

among black waves - end titles

"Ambition" - opening

poromechanics

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Hui Jin (tenor), Brno Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mikel Toms.

Music by Andrew Webb-Mitchell
Words by Joanna Boulter

“In Songs of Awe and Wonder, Andrew Webb-Mitchell has created a stunning set of symphonic songs on a grand scale. The music is full of passion and heroism, with glorious harmony and beautiful textures. The orchestration is beautifully detailed and the vocal writing creates a soaring line that carries the listener right through the vast canvas of the cycle. The work is dedicated to Mahler but, although the scale of the work is comparable to a Mahlerian song cycle, the music is in no way derivative and Andrew Webb-Mitchell has his own unique style and sound-world.”

Tasmin Little, violinist

The Ascent of Gailly examines the inspiration which compels human fortitude to great feats of endurance, and is based on the story of Etienne Gailly, the Belgian marathon runner who only just failed to win the marathon in the 1948 London Olympics.

Gailly had never run a marathon before, but traded the lead with more established names throughout the first 26 miles. Despite underestimating the dehydrating effect of the severe and unusual heat and humidity, he beat back challenges on two occasions and for some time it looked as if a big surprise was in the making. He entered the stadium first, shortly ahead of Argentina's Delfo Cabrera and Britain's Thomas Richards. Gailly had barely a lap of the track to complete, but the crowd could see his legs wobbling and his path wavering to and fro. Groans rang out around the stadium as he dried up to a walk and was overtaken by Cabrera and Richards. In a shocking reminiscence of Pietro Dorado collapsing within view of the tape 40 years earlier (the last time the Games had been held in London), Gailly fell to his knees on the home straight. But, to a standing ovation, he straightened up and staggered over the finishing line for a bronze.


Heat oppresses me, weighs me down,
and it shimmers till my vision is blurring,
dimming my aim and my goal.

Can I hold on to my lead, this precarious lead,
or must others outstrip me, leave me with everything ruined?

My body gives way; I stumble, am falling,
am passed, and passed again.
How can I keep on in vain?
For my vanishing hopes are melting away to nothing.

Yet something unexpected captures the emotion of the crowd,
willing me on to the finish, forcing me back to my feet.
willing me on to the finish, forcing me back to my feet.

For resolution will brace my strength for the final lap of all,
to set me on the chill summits of endeavour
with their thin and icy air,
to conquer the gleaming peaks of destiny.

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The Ascent of Gailly - Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Mikel Toms


Wlad has worked on such films as Hitman: Agent 47, starring Rupert Friend and Zachary Quinto, Ruby Strangelove Young Witch, directed by Evgeny Ruman, The Giver, starring Meryl Streep, November Man, starring Pierce Brosnan, Orchestra of Exiles, directed by Oscar nominee Josh Aronson, Ginosaji vs Ginosaji series directed by Emmy winning director Richard Gale, Sabotage, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Juggle & Cut by multiple award winning director Caleb Slain, and others.

The music of Wlad Marhulets has been performed far and wide by world-class musical organizations, such as Lyric Opera of Chicago, Detroit Symphony, the Orchestre National de Lyon, the Sinfonietta Cracovia, the Lithuanian choir Jauna Muzika, Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, and others.

He has won the Susan W. Rose Fund Grant, the Peter D. Faith Prize, and five ASCAP Awards, including their prestigious Leonard Bernstein Award. A full scholarship student during his tenure at the Juilliard School, Wlad studied composition exclusively with Oscar and Pulitzer Prize winner John Corigliano (The Red Violin).

Wlad's klezmer opera The Property has just premiered with Lyric Opera of Chicago to great success. It has received rave reviews, such as: Marhulets miraculously combines the elements of klezmer, the “secular” side of Jewish music, with the underpinnings of contemporary opera. His use of leitmotif is masterful, and his sense of vocal line, sublime. The reconciliation is in the music. - New City Stage.


"Ambition" - opening

Wlad Marhulets

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