Amusement
the condition of being pleasantly entertained or diverted (as by something funny) (merriam-webster dictionary) 0:00 / 0:00 Love in a Library Love, longing, rejection, a bizarre book-stealing heist, a treasure hunt, a kidnapping, and a comical invention – all with no dialogue. So the music had to be very descriptive yet still simple, like the […]
Experimental
experimental and synthesised sounds can take our feelings by surprise, capturing indescribable emotions with the accuracy that only an unrecognisable sound can – by dissociating from what we know and expect. 0:00 / 0:00 Paws and Pathways Yes, that is an actual dripping tap. And you are not hearing things – that is a dog […]
Electronic
electronic music has the ability to sidestep the boundaries of culture and generation to guide our thoughts and feelings towards introspection, contemplation, emotional exploration, as well as creating sonic landscapes and futuristic atmospheres. 0:00 / 0:00 Reptilian Frightmare Imagine a world where reptiles have mutated into giants and are lurking around every corner, bent on […]
Orchestra
there is no limit to what the orchestra can do – it is the embodiment of human creativity, and with endless amounts of expression at its disposal, an orchestra can transport us to realms beyond the tangible. 0:00 / 0:00 Death Valley Dark, brooding, desolate, foreboding hopelessness. I started with moody synthesised sounds and pensive […]
Drum
the drum possesses an innate ability to evoke a spectrum of visceral reactions – a surge of excitement by imitating a pounding heartbeat, a primal sense of energy and celebration, even even a feeling of catharsis and liberation. 0:00 / 0:00 Danger Becomes a Dancer Racing through a forest, your life is in danger, murderous […]
Piano
every note played on the piano begins to “die” the moment it is born. This quality, however, is both a liability and an asset: it is a peculiar, and at times, hauntingly beautiful characteristic that gives the piano its unique sound. 0:00 / 0:00 A Very Gentle Love From quiet to loud, from sweet to […]
Guitar
guitar can do it all. its emotive range extends far beyond just the obvious sweet and gentle to stormy and fiery. In between its wooden body holds the power to evoke every feeling from nostalgia to yearning, reverie to regret, sadness to triumph, fear to melancholy. 0:00 / 0:00 Home Might Not be Where the […]
Tension
inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion (merriam-webster) 0:00 / 0:00 Touch and Go The tension is palpable. Imagine a scene where someone is hiding from a killer, and we’re at the edge of our seats, not knowing what is around the next corner. Eventually the ‘prey’ decides to break cover […]
Resolution
the act of finding an answer or solution to a conflict, problem, etc. (britannica dictionary) 0:00 / 0:00 Trying to Get Home Driving at night towards a distant skyline, blinding headlights every now and then, landscapes whizzing by in a blur, rain lashing the windscreen, concentration frozen on the driver’s face – then… sweet relief […]
Grief and Loss
deep and poignant distress caused by or as if by bereavement (merriam-webster) 0:00 / 0:00 Devastated Not all devastation starts suddenly, so I wanted to capture the feeling of a terrible situation sinking in slowly. Using just piano and cello (with some subtle strings in the far background), this piece is spiralling downwards into deep […]