The Composer Chronicles
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Stephen Trygar delves into the stories of composers past and present and their works. Each episode focuses on a particular work by the featured composer and examines their life during the time the piece was written and performed. Through these tales, you're invited to explore each composers' legacy and their impact on keeping the world entertained. Once a month, a living composer will..
The Composer Chronicles
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When Stephen invited Brian for another episode of Game Play, he didn't expect to be faced with one of the most difficult, heart-wrenching, and beautiful games he has ever played. Lena Raine's music in Celeste is not only some of the best to listen to on its own, but it expertly aids in the game play.
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Theme music is by Daryl Banner.
Alexandrian Media podcast music by Andrew Gavin. Voiced by Michael Bolton.
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There are two sides of a coin. Dakota Sauvé has spent so much of his musical career helping develop video games, but there's a different side to his career that prefers to explore the world of experimental pop.
Featured pieces:
"Mecha Mt. Fuji" from Celestial Blossoms (releasing soon)
"Dream Boom" from untitled 3D platformer game
"Phasmius" from Venture of Dark
"Moon of Etheria" from untitled VGM EP
"The Spirit" from Venture of Light
Where to find Dakota Sauvé/Koda Suave and his music:
Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
BandCamp | SoundCloud
Spotify: Dakota Sauvé | Koda Suave
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Adam Kennaugh believes that genuine communication between the composer and performer(s) is what creates honest and powerful music.
Featured pieces:
Crepuscular Light | Watch this piece: https://youtu.be/0R0IfOUhi70
Confronting Distance | Departure Duo
Approaching Cyyrhus | Natalie Magane - In All but Name... (YouTube flute performance)
Where to find Adam Kennaugh and his music:
Website | Facebook | Instagram
YouTube
Theme music is by Daryl Banner.
Alexandrian Media podcast music by Andrew Gavin. Voiced by Michael Bolton.
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Derek Cooper is a composer with a deep passion for engaging with his audience. To Derek, the relationship between the composer, the ensemble, and the audience is one of the most important aspects of music making.
Featured pieces:
Puzzles: https://youtu.be/PWAG8XZ4fno | How he created this piece: https://youtu.be/c_8FhFXFn3c
Starry Night: https://youtu.be/fVfiv1hzYUM | How he created this piece: https://youtu.be/vj8n2zT3m10
Where to find Derek Cooper and his music:
Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
YouTube | SoundCloud
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The Composer Chronicles
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On this episode of Movie Night, Brooks Leibee joins me once again to chat about Chris Roe's score for the 2018 documentary Spitfire and François Tetaz's score for the 2007 horror/thriller film Rogue. Grab some popcorn, dim the lights, and get comfy!
Watch Spitfire and Rogue (click on the titles to watch the films).
Where to find Brooks and his projects:
Instagram | Twitter
SoundCloud | IMDb
Theme music is by Daryl Banner.
Alexandrian Media podcast music by Andrew Gavin. Voiced by Michael Bolton.
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The Composer Chronicles
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In this interview with Eric Lagergren, he leaves us with an important message: never take your art too seriously. Perfection is unachievable, especially when you’re desperate to obtain it.
Featured pieces: Quarantime | Flor de Muerto | Rhopalocera
Where to find Eric Lagergren and his music:
Website | Instagram | Twitter
SoundCloud | Bandcamp
Theme music is by Daryl Banner.
Alexandrian Media podcast music by Andrew Gavin. Voiced by Michael Bolton.
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In a world where music has time and time again been given narrative, Stephen Ryan Jackson uses his music to explore the mundane.
Featured pieces:
i can feel the universe expanding | solo voice + electronics
Tooth Necklace | flute + bass clarinet + violin + cello + piano + percussion
rinse & repeat | soprano saxophone + double bass + two percussion
Where to find Stephen Ryan Jackson and his music:
Website | Instagram
SoundCloud
Theme music is by Daryl Banner.
Alexandrian Media podcast music by Andrew Gavin. Voiced by Michael Bolton.
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Melissa Dunphy is an award-winning and acclaimed composer specializing in vocal, political, and theatrical music. Melissa is a composer who would be amongst the first to tell you that, if you want to be a composer, you need to write what you're passionate about. After the premiere of her large-scale choral work the Gozales Cantata, her career took off, and she wants to share her vision with the world.
Featured pieces:
Come, My Tan-Faced Children | Performed by Raehann Bryce-Davis, Laura Ward, Min-Young Kim, Tim Ressler
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You never fully understand what someone is going through unless you've lived it yourself. What makes Puccini's opera La bohème so powerful is that so many of its creators went through the same hardships that the characters of the opera went through.
Theme music is by Daryl Banner
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Music used in this episode:
"Quando m'en vo'" (orchestral version) from La bohème by Giacomo Puccini
Caught in the Waves by Trevor Kowalski
Divine by Amaranth Cove
For Those Who Know by Gavin Luke
Lion's Drift by Trevor Kowalski
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Humans have been looking up towards the sky for answers for thousands of years. To this day, humans have held on to the belief that celestial bodies can impact our daily lives, and Gustav Holst saw this as an opportunity for music.
Theme music is by Daryl Banner
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Music used in this episode:
The Planets, Op. 32 by Gustav Holst
City of Silent Wishes by Hampus Naeselius
Graso by Strom
Adrastea by Van Sandano
Silverstar by Elm Lake
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