Peaceful, bittersweet strings and brass. It reminds me of deep time – exploring the ruins of a lost civilisation. Featuring Hardanger fiddle that evokes a feeling of mournful longing.
Type: Audio
Penumbra
An emotional, bittersweet work for string orchestra, atmospheric synth and field-recorded sounds. A tender, glacial meditation steeped in longing and atmosphere.
Echoes
An atmospheric, bittersweet work for solo cello and strings. Starts of meditatively, and picks up intensity at 3:10, reaching a rising, emotional climax at 4:30, before ending with a reprise of the opening theme on solo cello.
Hour Of The Witch
A pulsing, gritty evocation of dark spells and hungering spirits. Perfect for brewing evil potions and vanquishing your foes. Happy Halloween 2022!
In Search Of Solitude
Age of Wonder
An epic, majestic orchestral track inspired by ideas of courage, endurance and discovery – dreams of a better world that can rise to any challenge. Big & bold, and ends with a flourishing finale of choir, strings and brass.
Hiraeth
‘Hiraeth’ means a longing for a home you can’t return to, or one that was never yours. Calm synth pads, strings and yearning solo cello.
Helios
A driving, aspirational orchestral track featuring solo cello. Falls away to a quiet interlude at 2.51, but then builds up to a big backend with choir.
Signal to Noise
A mysterious, cinematic neo-classical piece featuring solo cello & piano on a background of warm synths and ominous low strings. Dark and melancholy, but also hopeful.
Ephemera
A luscious ambient piece featuring solo cello against a background of wafting electronics, constructed from beach field recordings in Australia.
Absolution
A bittersweet, contemplative classical track featuring string orchestra, with violin and cello solos. Drops away to a floating, dreamy middle section at 2:57, building to a final, intense statement of the main theme.
March of Midnight
A fiendish orchestral march for the bleak, the broken and the undying. Lots of dark brass signals your impending doom! Happy Halloween, 2019! ?
Omega
An emotional, bittersweet orchestral hybrid track, starting with solo cello and a synth ostinato, and slowly driving towards a full orchestral backend.
Monomyth – The Distant Sun
All journeys start here – the place of safety and calm, but looking to the stars and dreaming of a different life; a different world. Effected strings and solo cello set the scene, creating a calm, but not quite serene atmosphere. Part of the ‘Monomyth’ album project.
Monomyth – The Vision
Unearthing knowledge of what truly lies in the unknown is breathtaking, but also terrifying – a realisation of what must be done. Wavering ambient synth and strings morph into a realised version of the Monomyth main theme on solo cello, ending with a quiet, serene theme, reflecting a greater understanding of the universe. Part of the ‘Monomyth’ album project.
Icarus (2019 Remaster)
A remaster of another popular old library track. Sweeping, uplifting orchestra, with synth and driving percussion.
Ashes of a Fallen Year (2019 Remaster)
A 2019 remaster of an old track! ‘Ashes’ is a simple, uplifting orchestral track with acoustic drums and strings. The new version has more emphasis on solo strings (violin and cello).
Freedom
An uplifting orchestral track, imbued with ideas of exploration, and the pioneering spirit.
Computations in a Snowstorm
Ambient electronics, strings and solo cello, melding into an amorphous tonal explorational soundscape. I’ve also included a ‘No Cello’ mix, which transforms the track into atmospheric underscore.
Static
A calm, melancholy piano + string cue, with a simple cyclic theme. It’s a twinge of sadness mixed with a bit of optimism – of things lost but new things yet to come. And they’ll come.
