A music box rendition of a theme that plays in the credits/Staff Roll – and nowhere else in the game! it’s very lovely.
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FFVII Remake Demakes come to Spotify! (and elsewhere)
Very pleased to announce and Original Soundtrack Plus-Minus Vol. 1, the first volume of my FFVII Remake covers in the style of the original 1997 game is up for listening on Spotify! also incidentally the first covers/arrangements of any kind I’ve officially released.
Avalanche’s Theme, Jessie’s Theme, Critical Shot, Run Run Run, together with an original composition.
Continue readingMay 17 choon
Olde sounds……. most of these come from the Digital Sound Factory Proteus 1/2/3 / Orbit / Phatt soundfont bundle which I bought for making FFVII soundalikes and was very useful in that respect.
May 19 game choons
More futzing around with olde sounds, sketching some general various themes
Before parting (Robert Burns)
And some actual music:) I think it’s been a clear month since I made any song settings. This is a quick recording of a Robert Burns lyric that might be called “The Silver Tassie”, with a new tune by me. My pronunciation is not… stable… I’m afraid, but shh.
Go fetch to me a pint o’ wine,
An’ fill it in a silver tassie;
That I may drink, before I go,
A service to my bonnie lassie.
The boat rocks at the pier o’ Leith,
Fu’ loud the wind blaws frae the ferry,
The ship rides by the Berwick-law,
And I maun leave my bonnie Mary.The trumpets sound, the banners fly,
The glittering spears are rankèd ready;
The shouts o’ war are heard afar,
The battle closes thick and bloody;
But it’s no the roar o’ sea or shore
Wad mak me langer wish to tarry;
Nor shout o’ war that’s heard afar,
Its leaving thee, my bonnie Mary.
A new demos page
I have a nice shiny new demos page! This is mainly intended to be a landing page and something I send to game developers in particular, but any random netizen is welcome to check it out – and to give me any feedback/thoughts, if you like.
I also need to update the main page and playlist with Shadows Infinity stuff…. too much website making this week though!
Sleep (piano)
Piano, 2020
Sleep thou in the bosom
Bliss Carman, ‘Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics’
Of the tender comrade,
While the living water
Whispers in the well-run,
And the oleanders
Glimmer in the moonlight.
Shadows / Infinity: Battle Zone
A Service of Celebration of Women’s Priestly Ministry
I attended a service last Saturday marking 28 years since the first women were ordained in the Church of England, there in Bristol Cathedral. It was a moving and uplifting service and I was struck by the sense of history more than I was expecting…
Bristol University Schola Cantorum sang selections from my Missa Brevis as part of a very nicely chosen set of music: all the songs had either words or music or both by women. Which of course shouldn’t be a big deal but, you know, is. Extremely honoured to be heard alongside Hildegard of Bingen and my hero Catherine Winkworth!