Re-issue of an earlier composition for cello and female voice, but I never figured out any real words for the soloist to sing, and then I got this brilliant idea to make it into a theremin. It's a bit of a lament. The title is from a poem I wrote. It's a bit of a lament.

You find yourself in a thick forest. You can smell earth, sap, and resin. The sun filters through the canopy, and birds are singing all around. In order to move on, you need to turn the world upside down.

"Arbores" is Latin for "Trees".

Music from the video game "Percipio", a 3D puzzle platformer from Old Man of the Fire. Published with permission.

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You are in a dark and lonely place. The air is so cold you can see your breath. The hair on your arm stands up. In order to move on, you need to turn the world upside down.

Music from the video game "Percipio", a 3D puzzle platformer from Old Man of the Fire. Published with permission.

"Glacies" is Latin for "Ice".

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You are in an unfamiliar wilderness, a desert canyon. You can feel the sun on your neck, and the sand under your feet. In order to move on, you need to turn the world upside down.

Music from the video game "Percipio", a 3D puzzle platformer from Old Man of the Fire. Published with permission.

"Desertum" is Latin for "Wilderness".

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We are the leaves that float down the stream, sometimes slowly, sometimes over the edge.

I'm calling this a "Concerto" because the cello is the featured player against the orchestra, and "Fantasia" because it seems appropriate: many sweeping melodic themes, no discernable structure, and not part of a larger work

Produced for the Composer Contests Facebook group Melody challenge -- all the melodies consist of six notes: C, C#, Eb, F#, G, and A.

Painting by Paul Gauguin.

Molly Mullally has a magic bell

That calls the boggles in the dell;

All she has to do is ring,

An’ through the window-cracks they spring,

With mossy hair and acorn caps,

Tied on their heads with clover straps.

They help her bring in beets and squash,

Churn the butter, hang the wash;

They scrub the pots with bristle-reeds --

They're all the help that Molly needs;

With freckled cheeks and beards of green,

The boggles mess as much as clean.

The boggle king is wise and just

Twice as tall as a biscuit crust;

A tip of his hat, a wink of his eyes

He grows from an inch up to regular size.

With stoic bow he offers a hand,

They dance to the sound of a boggle band.

“Molly is clever, sweet, and kind

As worthy a woman as e’re I’ll find

But as the beggar leans on his crutch

She rings that bell a bit overmuch!”

He might marry Molly and marry well,

If not for the curse of that terrible bell!

The boggle king appears in a puff

And shouts aloud, “Enough! Enough!”

With his word he breaks the spell

“No more a-ringin’ that awful bell!”

The boggles doff their tiny hats,

And back away with pitter-pats.

Now Molly’s left all on her own,

Poor widow Molly in an empty home;

“I’m frightful sorry my boggle friends,

Is there no way to make amends?”

None to comfort none to keep,

None to hear the woman weep.

The sounds of sorrow reach the dell,

Worse by far than the magic bell;

The boggle king appears in smoke,

And wraps Molly in his mossy cloak;

“Ah, Molly in all the times we’ve shared

I never knew how much you cared.”

Her house enlarged, her dress transformed,

A second dance is now performed;

They twirl around a magical scene

He asks her then to be his queen-

“And if ever again you have a task

No more bells, just come and ask!”

Rearranged tracks from The Unseen Realm documentary score. "Drive Them Out" - Joshua and the conquest of Canaan, "Day of Atonement" - the establishment of Yom Kippur.

Copyright Faithlife Films. Used by permission.

See the whole film on Faithlife TV: https://faithlifetv.com/the-unseen-realm

Sometimes it feels like you are in a losing battle with time. Are you waiting out the clock, or is it waiting you out?

Composer Chords challenge - only chords rooted on B, D#, F, F#. Went for a lot of 6b5 chords for a nostalgic early 1900s feeling.

B6b5, F#6b5, B6b5, F#6b5, D#m7, F#m9/13/D#, B6b5, Fm7b5, F#m9/11, B6b5, F#6b5, B6b5, F#6b5, B6b5; B6b5, F#6b5, B6b5, F#6b5, F#m6/9/D#, B6b5, Fm7b5, F#m9/11, B6b5, F#6b5, B6b5, F#6b5, [implied D#m7], B6b5

Cover photo is from https://pixabay.com/photos/ruin-hall-expired-decay-abandoned-636385/

A night time walk. For the Compser Challenges Chord Dice Challenge: only chords rooted on F#, B, D#, E# (how I'm spelling F because of the key).

Main chord progression is:

D# min - E# half dim (E# G# B D#) - F# maj - B maj

A good number of diminished chords and added 6 chords for flavor.