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[blows dust off account]I recently revised my revised thoughts on #TheWildRobot – it only got better with each rewatch – so I figured...

[blows dust off account]

I recently revised my revised thoughts on #TheWildRobot – it only got better with each rewatch – so I figured I’d comment on the #OST, which I’ve now binged twice in a row:

It’s excellent, of course.

But I was not prepared for the choir that suddenly kicks in at the end of the penultimate track.

♪ I'm gonna live forever in you
♪ Long as the sky and oceans are blue
♪ I'll always love you and I'll never stop
♪ I'll always be there …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVYkiCTtcyM

Holy fuck Audacity’s “crossfade clips” plugin is so fast and simple and good I’m a bit mad I haven’t tried it until now

Holy fuck Audacity’s “crossfade clips” plugin is so fast and simple and good I’m a bit mad I haven’t tried it until now

Just a quick li’l proof-of-life wave hello. I’m in between projects at the moment, and I’m again caught up in non-music-related work...

Just a quick li’l proof-of-life wave hello. I’m in between projects at the moment, and I’m again caught up in non-music-related work that consume all my free time, so it may be a while before I start my next musical project.

(Unless someone commissions me – that always takes precedence.)

✌

@joemcken.net Testing. Have a puppy.

@joemcken.net Testing. Have a puppy.

This is so cool. Love the sound.(via Bsky/@skijarama.bsky.social)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGHIcU3g8Ps#music #instrument #FronReilly...

This is so cool. Love the sound.

(via Bsky/@skijarama.bsky.social)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGHIcU3g8Ps

#music #instrument #FronReilly #fron2

I know this is probably mostly jokey, but still, hard disagree. Every single one of these is amazing and I now need to write music for all...

I know this is probably mostly jokey, but still, hard disagree. Every single one of these is amazing and I now need to write music for all of them. (Already have for a few of them!)

Also, how can anyone claim bagpipes ever fell out of favor? They were never universal, but you can’t go to Scotland or listen to anything vaguely Celtic without hearing them. They’re even featured centrally in some of the most popular modern film scores.

https://www.cracked.com/article_43367_12-instruments-that-fell-out-of-favor-for-obvious-reasons.html

And as ever and always, if you want music of your own for any particular project, or just for funsies, I take...

And as ever and always, if you want music of your own for any particular project, or just for funsies, I take commissions!

https://bit.ly/JMComms

This blends the themes from ‘Titanic: Secrets Revealed’ (1998), which is sensationalized dreck with a great score, and ‘Titanic:...

This blends the themes from ‘Titanic: Secrets Revealed’ (1998), which is sensationalized dreck with a great score, and ‘Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster’ (1997), which also has great music whilst being much more grounded.

It took quite a few tries, but I think the experiment turned out nicely.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnbOVz28vBU

🎵 NEW MUSIC: Elegy 🎵Sometimes, you write music for a general audience, or for a popular project. Other times, you decide to combine...

🎵 NEW MUSIC: Elegy 🎵

Sometimes, you write music for a general audience, or for a popular project. Other times, you decide to combine the themes from two late-90s Discovery Channel documentaries about the Titanic for fun. (That is, if you’re a giant nerd.)

➡ BANDCAMP: https://joemcken.bandcamp.com/track/elegy
➡ SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/joe-mcken/elegy
➡ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnbOVz28vBU

#music #orchestral #soundtrack #Titanic

Update to this three-month-old thread: My channel’s “advanced features” have been restored, meaning I can once again put clickable...

Update to this three-month-old thread: My channel’s “advanced features” have been restored, meaning I can once again put clickable links in video descriptions. Went ahead and fixed the links in the last few videos, so that’s done.

Oh, and also – new song drops tomorrow.

9%? That’s fine.11%? Good to go.10%? Whoa, boss, that ain’t a number. Can’t be expected to remember that. Just gonna pretend you...

9%? That’s fine.

11%? Good to go.

10%? Whoa, boss, that ain’t a number. Can’t be expected to remember that. Just gonna pretend you didn’t type anything at all next time you open the app.

Gee I sure love how Sibelius doesn’t bother remembering the values you set hairpins to so that every time you load a score they all get...

Gee I sure love how Sibelius doesn’t bother remembering the values you set hairpins to so that every time you load a score they all get reset and you have to configure them all fucking over again

Goddamned pile of bugs, this app

Titles are hard. 😒

Titles are hard. 😒

When you get completely stuck on a piece of music and you can’t decide whether to keep working it, or take it in a different direction, or...

When you get completely stuck on a piece of music and you can’t decide whether to keep working it, or take it in a different direction, or give up entirely and just start something new. 😖

Finally, and as always: If you want music like this to call your own, I’d love to work with you!https://bit.ly/JMComms

Finally, and as always: If you want music like this to call your own, I’d love to work with you!
https://bit.ly/JMComms

I started working on this mammoth project last September, which – at 8 months – officially makes this the longest it’s ever taken me...

I started working on this mammoth project last September, which – at 8 months – officially makes this the longest it’s ever taken me to complete a piece of music from start to finish.

(Admittedly, I was interrupted by a few other projects in the meantime.)

https://joemcken.bandcamp.com/track/sunken-horizons-suite

It’s always fun to recreate themes using whatever new software and skills I’ve gained since I first wrote them. As always, the real...

It’s always fun to recreate themes using whatever new software and skills I’ve gained since I first wrote them. As always, the real trick was finding a way to stitch them together as naturally as possible.

I’m particularly fond of the great crescendo segue between Rainbow and Luna’s themes.

https://soundcloud.com/joe-mcken/sunken-horizons-ost-sunken-horizons-suite?in=joe-mcken/sets/sunken-horizons-original

🎵 NEW MUSIC: Sunken Horizons OST | Sunken Horizons Suite 🎵In the grand tradition of ending a soundtrack with a recap, this is a...

🎵 NEW MUSIC: Sunken Horizons OST | Sunken Horizons Suite 🎵

In the grand tradition of ending a soundtrack with a recap, this is a 10-minute suite of themes from the ‘Sunken Horizons’ score. Think of it as “SH in a nutshell”.

➡ BANDCAMP:
https://joemcken.bandcamp.com/track/sunken-horizons-suite

➡ SOUNDCLOUD:
https://soundcloud.com/joe-mcken/sunken-horizons-ost-sunken-horizons-suite?in=joe-mcken/sets/sunken-horizons-original

➡ YOUTUBE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6DQvdEAY94&list=PLNiyojOob1KOGzxC_G_-J0lmpd6eBhXKC

#music #orchestral #soundtrack #OST #audiobook #SunkenHorizons #SunkenHorizonsOST #MyLittlePony #MLPFiM #symphonic #epic

By golly, this mammoth freaking track I’ve been working on since <checks timestamps> *last August* is finally approaching...

By golly, this mammoth freaking track I’ve been working on since <checks timestamps> *last August* is finally approaching completion.

Y’all better like it, or I swear I’ll cry. Like, ugly-cry. You’ve been warned.

#music

I refuse to use clickbaity titles. I don’t spam my posts with a million tags. I don’t post on Spotify. I don’t plug my songs on Xitter...

I refuse to use clickbaity titles. I don’t spam my posts with a million tags. I don’t post on Spotify. I don’t plug my songs on Xitter anymore, only on Bluesky and Mastodon. Most of my works are soundtracks for fanfiction audiobooks.

I think I’m playing the social-media clout game wrong.