I don't know how to really categorise this piece. It's simple and dreamy. Works as a lullaby, but it's not really happy or comforting.

Detached Lullaby

The BGM to the short 'Tie Fighter: Interdictor'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN_CP4SuoTU
Art and Animation by Paul Johnson
Music by Zakir Rahman

Inspired by the original Starwars film scores, Chopin, X-Japan and Iron Maiden.

This track is available from my website (www.zakrahman.com) and also iTunes, Bandcamp and also available on Spotify!

Thanks one and all for all your kind comments and support so far.

TIE Fighter - Interdictor

A bit of a change from my usual style. I wanted to experiment with some instruments and techniques I rarely use. I am pretty happy with the results. It's a simple tune, but I learnt a lot from doing it.
Vocoders are extremely fun to use!
Also, forgive the guitar, but some habits are hard to kick...

I got the sample bed and one drum loop used in the track from Esrever Audio.
Their official website is: http://www.esrever.audio/

Check them out, they have some awesome things to offer!

Everyday's the Same

This is a cover of Kenny Chow‘s piece “One Must Fall 2097’s Main Menu theme” released by EpicMegaGames for the PC.

I think the piece this is based on is superb. Compositionally and melodically it’s just about perfect. Perhaps the most amazing thing about the original is that Mr Chow managed to write a piece of music which has brought joy to so many using only 4 channels (due to various limitations of tracker programs used in the early 90s). To me that’s astounding, especially in a day where modern DAWs have essentially limitless audio channels available.

I used to listen to this as I did my homework when I was a kid. I am surprised that I didn’t think about trying to do a cover of this earlier.

I originally intended to do a pretty extensive remix, but honestly I don´t see much reason to mess around with something that´s already very good. Based on that, I have stuck pretty faithfully to the original and had a lot of fun doing it too.

Thanks for the inspiration Kenny, and indirectly encouraging me to make music.

Inspiration taken from: https://youtu.be/UvlVaQl7kEk

Illustration by Arthur Gardner (Aardcore): http://aardcore.deviantart.com/

One Must Fall 2097 (Main Menu by Kenny Chow) (Cover) [2016]

Like this track? You can download it here:
http://zakrahman.com/product/sf-medley-dictator-guile-cammy/

See the animation here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z6odw5yYgo

Visit Paul "Otaking" Johnson's Pantreon page here:
https://www.patreon.com/user/creators?u=4652727

A remix of Dictator (Bison/Vega) theme, Guile theme and Cammy theme done for the animated trailer by Paul "Otaking" Johnson.

This is hopefully only the beginning. More awesome songs to come!

This was a lot of fun to do. The Street Fighter 2 melodies are absolutely superb. There is so much to explore. I may try and do a full version of Cammy's theme to explore the orchestral theme a bit more.

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Street Fighter Medley - Dictator (Bison), Guile and Cammy

An instrumental album/show reel inspired by fantasy and science fiction.

Get the full album from bandcamp, iTunes or my website:
https://zakrahman.bandcamp.com/album/abstract-reverie
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/zak-rahman/id1235298769
http://zakrahman.com/

Album cover art and design by David Romero:
http://drmgrafico.com/

Abstract Reverie

Dying Hope

The Dank Depths

Tension

Forgotten Glade

Strange Lands

Reflections

No Matter The Cost

Horizons

The Tale Begins

From a scene I scored for a friend's animated film.

Do check out his work here:

www.patreon.com/otaking77077

Psycho Crusher

Work in progress. A very hot summer. A midnight storm. The soothing qualities of the storm at such a time despite a storm's inherent, violent nature.

Sadistic Gentlemen - Quiet Storm Third Draft

It started out as an attempt to help me learn how to play bass. It turned out that it was a heck of a lot of fun! Still working on it, who knows where it'll lead!

Sadistic Gentlemen - Toejam Jammin EXP 2

A demo done with the awesome XT808 Library by Beotic.

Forgetful Aubergine

A track done using only Beotic's XT808 Library and U-he Diva.

Little Story

A jam for a concept done with the band Chameleon Crash.

It's dark and mischievous. Really fun to play.

It's a shame that we haven't taken it further.

Cthulhu Ate My Socks 1st Jam

A slow, gentle piece of blues I'm working on.

Looking to get a vocalist for this.

Hope you like it!

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