Worlds Apart brings an American harpist and French cellist together through an introspective, collaborative musical journey. It contemplates the vast universe as a source of inspiration during pandemic isolation in a neoclassical style. Lush and dream harmonies hug the listener like a warm blanket.
A deep, atmospheric and lush ambient track of analogu synth textures spiced with field recordings. A track from the due to be released soundtrack 'Castle in the Ground'. Starring Alex Wolff, Neve Campbell, Imogen Poots, Keir Gilchrist and Tom Cullen.
The story: "After the untimely death of his mother, a teenager befriends his charismatic but troubled next-door neighbor and becomes embroiled in a world of addiction and violence just as the opioid epidemic takes hold of their small town. "
Few words about Chris Hyson:
Chris Hyson is a London based multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer. He studied at the RWCMD and the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he developed his keen sensitivity and creative flair for composition, indulging an appetite for writing that has since led to a professional portfolio spanning performance, composition, and production.
As a performer, Chris has shared the stage with various acclaimed artists across genres, including English singer/songwriter Mara Carlyle (EMI), renowned Drummer/Producer Richard Spaven (José James and Jameszoo), Mercury Prize nominated Folk artist Sam Lee, Mercury Prize nominated British Rapper TY, three-time Grammy Award winning artist Bill Laurance, project of Australian-born London-based Singer/songwriter Jamie Doe ‘The Magic Lantern’, Rough Trade Records artists Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker, and Sony artist & Texan Jazz Singer Hailey Tuck, with whom Hyson appeared live on Jools Holland in 2018.
Chris’ talent and creativity truly take center stage however in his steadily growing collection of self-produced solo instrumental music, now spanning a notable 5 EP’s; ‘Little Moon Man’, ‘Alive With Closed Eyes’, ‘Paradise’, ‘Human Error’ & ‘Still Life’. This impressive body of work has not gone unnoticed, collectively reaching over 1 million streams online, and gaining recognition and radio play across major UK stations, including BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3, Jazz FM and Classical FM.
Chris is the composer and producer behind ‘Snowpoet’, a hugely successful collaboration with Jazz FM's Vocalist of the Year (2016) Lauren Kinsella. Tracks from the band’s self-titled debut album, ‘Snowpoet’, were championed by BBC 6 Music and Snowpoet’s stunning second album, ‘Thought You Knew’, a unique & fresh offering that was dubbed by Clash Music as ‘a multi-faceted jewel’ drawing influence deeply from jazz yet imaginatively and ‘wonderfully retrained’.
Chris has recently branched out into the world of film composition, a landscape beautifully suited to his effortlessly enigmatic and emotive composition style.
He has composed several noteworthy film scores; Richard Raymond’s ‘A Million Eyes’, ‘Pink Wall’, starring Tatiana Maslany & Jay Duplass - which premiered at SXSW Festival 2019,‘Castle in the Ground’, starring Neve Campbell, Alex Wolff & Imogen Poots which premiered at TIFF in September 2019 and ‘Hailey Alien’, directed by Hannah Arterton, starring Gemma Arterton & Karla Crome.
Chris has also worked as a producer, lending his sensitivity, imagination & dynamism to the music of contemporary Jazz Vocalist and composer Emilia Martensson, Alternative Folk Singer/Songwriter Laura Fell and, most recently, Ninja Tunes emerging talent Jordan Rakei; holding true to Clash Music’s celebration of Hyson’s ‘ability to stretch towards virtually any style placed in front of him’. Indeed, it seems clear that there is no creative field in which Chris fails to excel, impress, delight and surprise.
‘an exceptional musician’ TIME OUT
‘His music exhibits a remarkable self-assurance’ - New York Times
https://www.instagram.com/chrishyson
Old Forest by David King is a gentle solo piano piece which expresses peace, beauty and nostalgia but with a hint of danger and sadness. A concept theme for our wonderful forests are destroyed every year. A well performed neoclassical theme by a Canadian classically trained pianist which please us until the forthcoming and first recording of original piano music album. His album Solitude which will be released on September 8th 2020.
https://davidkingsolitude.com/
Justus Rümenapp latest single Gone is a deep emotive neoclassical piano, rich in atmosphere and well performed, recorded with clarity and offering to listen an emotional diving.
Justus Rümenapp is a german neoclassical Pianist and Film Music Composer. He started studying popular music at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg 2011 and won several classical competitions. He is known for his sensitive and atmospherical way of playing the piano. The melodies let the listeners forget their worries and their everyday life...
Rümenapp also composes Film Music for international award winning Films
https://www.instagram.com/thejrsounddesign/
Hagl by Selsom is an emotive "morning" piano theme with delightful harmonies and beautiful performance. A recording which captures the performance moments of the artist like been sit next and enjoy the silence, where everything filled only from the beauty of the notes.
The Norwegian language has 100 words relating to snow. Hagl, meaning hail, is part of Selsom's one year long project releasing one piano lead Ambient / Neo-classical composition a month. Hagl is a pacy yet mellow solo piano piece, imitating the small, bouncing hail stones, beautiful performed on a Yamaha U1 upright.
Selsom is the composer alias of songwriter and producer Stian Vedøy. Hailing from a windswept west coast island in Norway, with not much else to do other than playing music, Vedøy started having piano lessons as a 6 year old. Having given most of his adult years too his indie folk pop project, Firewoodisland, he has now decided that it is time create an outlet for his piano lead compositions. With hints of misty and organic sounding synths and other sonic nuances, Selsom takes you to an atmospheric and cinematic state of deep focus.
https://www.selsommusic.com/
Choral by Hideyuki Hashimoto is a gently, well performed, emotive piano with chill and romantic notes that engage a daydreaming.
A theme that could be your "breakfast" sound to start a new fine day. Taken from his album "April - Water" released on nlart.
Hideyuki Hashimoto (b. 1986) is a pianist/composer born in Osaka Japan, currently based in Kagawa Prefecture. He utilizes space in his improvisational performances and composition. In 2012, Hashimoto released two works Earth and Air, throughout Japan. His music has a delicate spacial beauty with a feel of vivid imagery and has been appreciated as a work of superiority in an array of reviews published both in Japan and abroad. In addition to first being appointed to compose the music for film in Hungary, he has also appeared in Japanese audio magazines and had his music featured in such commissions as JAL flight broadcasts. In 2013, following the Setouchi Triennale 2013, Hideyuki Hashimoto partook in the Sea’s Terrace event with his spacial music in Takamijima, and with an upright piano from the island, represented the region’s atmosphere with music, leaving the audience with a deep impression of beauty.
http://hideyukihashimoto.com/
Dale Nichols, a Canadian musician based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, deliver us a sentimental piano solo reprise of an electronic track originally composed for an award-winning VR dance production "Eve: Dance Is An Unplaceable Place". Performed with right balance between harmonies and silence which allo listener get into the story quick and enjoy the flow.
http://dalenicholsmusic.com/
Each Day I Think Of Her from Archi Alpizar, the intro track of his album "Water's Memories" from Layren Music Entertainment is a song based on the intimate Cuba. Dedicated to the mother of the composer Archi Alpízar. This song is performed by Latin Grammy nominee Iván Melón Lewis who was a student of Archi Alpízar in Havana. Mostly romantic and refreshing in the atmosphere it delivers, with diversity in harmonies to the end and a clear balanced performance that makes the listening deep and enjoyable.
Few words about Archi Alpizar:
A versatile contemporary music composer. His origins go back to being a professor of Harmony at ENAC and at the Higher Institute of Art in Havana. The artist currently resides in Spain where he is a Phd of Musicology. His interest is always to evolve music beyond labels. Its main instrument is the piano, but it contributed to the foundation of the National Electroacoustic Music Laboratory (LMNE) in Havana. Archi Alpízar combines electronics with piano from an experimental perspective, generating multiple sound systems juxtaposed in motion.
https://instagram.com/archi_alpizar
For The Glory, a single by Darkwars, is a wonderful cinematic epic theme with big tension, the tension that generates by massive preparations in the fields before a big medieval battle begins. A battle that will change the world as we knew it. Listen to this soundtrack and revive that scenery.
Winter Wanderers is an atmospheric ambient chill bliss, a daydream of winter landscapes, where droney pads, gentle key notes and lush harmonies work as a warm blanket for the listeners. A wonderful single composed from Antarctic Wastelands, Matt Tondut and Lauge and released on Valley View Records.