An interesting one for #MusicWomenWednesday - sometimes as I'm watching TV, I use Shazam to take note of a song so I can find it later.
Isobel Waller-Bridge is a modern classical composer for TV and movies, and her cool song "Bloom" was in whatever I was watching. That led me to her whole 2015 EP, 'Music for Strings'.
I'm not a fan of your older regular classical type stuff. But THIS? THIS is damn good.
Happy #Halloween and welcome to the all Ether Diver Halloween #playlist. I love the spooky season and A LOT of my music has that Halloween vibe, so enjoy this thread of my greatest horror hits...
Even the most innocuous of creatures can be terrifying in the right #Halloween spirit. Take "These Damn Birds" for example: as Hitchcock knew, even the birds can be scary when they're doing their damnedest to peck your eyes out! This track comes from early 2021 and chronicles just such a "nature gone mad" tale (with the help of a few samples from an old B-movie) in a pleasantly melodic, but still creepy, fashion.
Falling somewhere between film music, IDM and downtempo, Inexistens from @xylander offers up 5 tracks of warm, bright and playful electronica. Clean production, minimal arrangements and a good use of sonic space all work together to bring these tunes to life.
Huh. I always thought Laurie Johnson was a woman, but apparently it's short for Laurence. Anyway, the Laurie Johnson theme for the Avengers (Steed and Mrs. Peel) series is basically the Riker's Beard of that show. It signals where it caught its stride and became what people think about today when you mention the show.
"The Little Mermaid" swims into theaters Friday. I transcribed all vocals from the film for foreign dubbing. More info about my role in the live-action remake can be found at https://SymbolsOfSound.com/news
Quentin Tarantino, until pretty recently, didn't use a composer to write original music for his movies. He instead would rely on needle-drops that functioned like score, even to the point of using cues written for other films.
One of my favorite selections that he made was for the second half of the modern-day tribute to grindhouse double-features that he made called "Death Proof". The movie itself goes on for too long (as I find most of his flicks do), has some questionable scenes that a creepy...... but also features one of the best car chases ever put on camera, with some absolutely crazy stunt work.
The song, "Riot in Thunder Alley" comes from a 1967 movie with the similar name "Thunder Alley". Written by Eddie Beram, it has a great forward drive thanks to the drums and rhythm guitar.
A few years ago, I stopped trying to describe my music in typical terms to people and started using a more esoteric approach. On Bandcamp bio, for example,
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I make short songs for doing dishes or walking the dog or riding the bus. Sometimes it sounds like the smell of the ground after it rains in autumn. Sometimes it sounds like a long summer drive with the windows down...
When this leads to more questions, I provide them with a link to music. Has been working quite well, actually.
Also has the upside of not having to come up with a distinct genre.
It takes "ZombiesEdge" by @jaypeach00 almost half of its 7:30 runtime to live up to its horror-movie title, but it does make it, climaxing in a quiet frenzy of hollow drones, sibilant sound effects and eerie atmosphere. Along the way it leans hard into hypnotic minimalism, so get ready to tune in and zone out for a bit.
Intriguing pair of, as promised "Two Space Tunes" from @defaultmediatransmitter. The first is an uptempo, energetic breakbeat track that is just a notch down from going full Big Beat revival. The second is a much calmer, more emotional affair that begs to be used as the soundtrack to an intimate moment between alien lovers in a prestige scifi drama.
I'm a composer/pianist who writes fantasy-inspired orchestral and piano music. I share my songs on YouTube and release albums every now and then on streaming platforms.
Sometimes, I share scores in the form of videos on my YouTube channel so you can follow along with the music if you enjoy that sort of thing.
I'm currently writing the soundtrack for a video game and would like to eventually move into the world of animated film scoring (I love animation!).
I'll keep this post short and share one of my songs below.
I hope that you enjoy listening to my music, and that it carries you away to far-off worlds.