I was recently inspired to play with the Dragon Age themes after watching the ‘Dragon Age: Redemption’ live-action web series (http://youtu.be/-093SQo9NWM), which if you haven’t seen, you really should. The track starts out simple with vocals, percussion and flutes, but ramps up into an epic choral ending.

I had fun with this one, just because the themes are so good – although it is worthy to note that I pulled much of the thematic material from the first game – Dragon Age: Origins, as Dragon Age II doesn’t have too much in the way of themes other than a simple repeated motif. Anyway… I hope you guys enjoy!

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I always like Krotoflik’s use of colour – always looks smashing. ‘Utopia’ is used quite well methinks – glad to see it used as it’s one of my personal favourites… from one of my ill-fated album projects; I really do suck sometimes . Anyway… enjoy!

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‘Utopia’ is released under the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported” License. For other licenses (including commercial), please contact Scott.

I believe the track was finally called ‘Cabala’ (at one point I had it titled ‘Inertia Hyperbole’… crazy huh!?!), and was written by me, with the final production done by Mark Hannah @ boomerang!.

If you wanna hear the track, it seems that someone has managed to get a hold of the track and have uploaded it to YouTube… naughty naughty, as these tracks are NOT part of my creative commons library and is owned by boomerang!. But whatever – not exactly my problem .

Enjoy!

I actually wrote this track immediately after watching the final episode of ‘Dragon Age: Redemption’ - so I should probably credit that for the inspiration… plus all the Skyrim I’ve been playing puts me in a suitable fantasy-mood. Sanctum features ethnic flutes, vocals and glitchy percussion alongside a string orchestra, giving it a nice modern fantasy touch. I really enjoyed making this one… any excuse to break out a mic and perform is fine by me. I hope you all enjoy it!

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The film looks fantastic – moody, atmospheric and sets the scene for a seemingly doomed game of chess. I enjoyed the fact that my track ‘Parasite’ was edited quite well – which is something I don’t see often in indie films. A little attention towards making a musical edit work adds a lot of polish to a final project. I just wished it was longer – but never mind. Enjoy!

Ultima Jugada from Felix Joleanes on Vimeo.

This film uses the track ‘Parasite’:

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It’s been a stressful few months, but I got through the semester. I must say, my mid-semester incursion working on the Space Marine trailers didn’t help my load, but I made it nonetheless. And… the best of all is I’m not a bothersome first-year anymore. Here are a few interesting tidbits of scientific nonsense I’ve picked up along the way:

• Molesting plants causes them to grow shorter and thicker – trees and shrubs that are rubbed or brushed often tend to release hormones that halt primary growth (growing upwards), but maintain secondary growth (growing thicker). Sooo, this kinda mimicks what plants experience in windy environments. They are constantly molested by buffeting winds – hence they are short!
• Temperature is NOT a measurement of heat – when someone tells you it’s 25 degrees Celsius outside – they are not telling you how hot it is, but in fact, how fast the molecules of gas in the air are moving! So why do high temperatures feel hot? Because molecules in high temperature environments have lots of energy, and when the molecules collide with your skin, the kinetic energy is transferred as heat. So next time, instead of telling your friend it’s 25 degrees Celsius, tell them it’s a rather pleasant 300 metres per second…
• Toads are the sacrificial lamb of choice for first-year students – many toads died, to bring us this information… about biological systems. You’ve never lived until you’ve cut the still-beating heart of a toad out and weighed it to measure cardiac muscle.

I think there was more, but I’m sure it wasn’t important.

Anyway… more music on the way. Sit tight!

Frank (Trailer) from Luke Aherne on Vimeo.

This trailer uses ‘Anna’s Theme’:

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I found myself tooling around with Guitar Rig, and well – I got inspired. The riffing guitar is not something I normally do, but it really does propel things. The almost four-on-the-floor drums help alot as well, with some fuzzed synths for good measure. And in typical Scott style, it ascends to somewhat of a climax to end. I just can’t kick the trailer music habit. One day I’ll write a real song…

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For indie artists who want to use this track in a project, you might consider getting the 24-bit wave version – the higher-resolution is far better for editing than MP3, which can cause artefacts that don’t sound too great. Plus, you can consider it a donation – a way of saying thanks (not that I need to be validated or anything ).

-s

So pretty. Insects never looked better. Thanks to Dasekl for using my track – I enjoyed that immensely!

This film features my track ‘Light in Dark Places’ -

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