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MusIcon: “An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump”

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“An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump” by Joseph Wright of Derby depicts a scientist performing an experiment in which a bird is deprived of air, before a varied group of onlookers. The bird will die if the demonstrator continues to deprive it of oxygen, and Wright leaves us in doubt as to whether or not the cockatoo will be reprieved.[1] In this painting there are 6 different music themes:Read More »MusIcon: “An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump”

Merry Christmas with “Kallikantzaroi”

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I wish you all Merry Christmas with “Kallikantzaroi“!

I wrote “Kallikantzaroi” back in 2005. I was planning to compose something new for this Christmas but since this is still uncertain let’s stay with something from the past. “Kallikantzaroi” was first written for piano and then I thought that it would be nice to orchestrate it. Here is the orchestrate version:

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“Defender of the Crown” reOrchestrated

Do you remember “Defender of the Crown”, a computer game of the 80s? If yes then I am sure that you will still remember the title music (composed by Jim Cuomo) played by a harpsichord-like sound of Amiga 500. I decided to orchestrate it for full orchestra and SATB Choir (below you can read the lyrics I added) in honor of the hours I spend playing this game. Here it is:

[note color=”#FFF26D”] Lyrics:
 God save the King
Long live our noble King [/note]

 Update: Cinemaware posted a link to my music on their facebook page. Read the post here.

Here is the original version of the music (title music ends at 0:46).
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