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Genesis 1:20ff - And God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens.” So God created THE GREAT SEA CREATURES and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

Latin Text: cete grandia "Great Whales" (Ge 1:20)

benedicite, cete et omnia quae moventur in aquis, Domino;

laudete, et superexaltate eum in saecula " Bless the Lord, you whales and all that swim in the waters; sing praise to him and highly exalt him forever." (Daniel 3:79)

A droning A note cuts across the middle of two themes, one a slow and one faster. Soon, the two themes are forcibly separated by a sforzando note, pushing the fast (heavenly) theme above the drone, and the slower (earthly) theme below.

Genesis 1:6-8 -- And God said, Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water. 7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the expanse sky. And there was evening, and there was morning - the second day.

Text: "dividat aquas ab aquis" (let us separate waters from waters) "caelo desuper" (heaven above) "terra deorsum" (earth below).

The third day of creation sees the primordeal oceans recede and dry land appear. "The deep" is personified by a seven-headed chaos dragon called Leviathan, and the dry land by a lumbering ox-like creature named Behemoth. Yahweh defeats Leviathan, and brings forth Behemoth, who lies down for a long sleep and plants grow out of his back.

See:

* Job 40:15-24

* Job 41:1-34

* Gen 1:9-13

In two parts: Leviathan, then Behemoth.

* Leviathan is the sea. Chaos. Leviathan rises from the sea, horror. Leviathan's theme: Descending diminished fifths, in unsettled 7/4 time.

* The choir, that is, the Sons of God, sing the battle between God and Leviathan, the Chaos monster in the sea.

* Text: Latin Vulgate Job 41:5a; 40:27 — "Portas vultus ejus quis aperiet? Pone super eum manum tuam; memento belli, nec ultra addas loqui."

* English version: 41:14a; 41:8 English - Who can open the vault of his jaw? Put your hand upon him, remember the battle and speak of it no more!

* Leviathan slinks away, into the depths, beaten back. He is mastered.

* The sea retreats and the dry land rises. Whole tone ascending figures.

* Behemoth is the land, and the forerunner of all land beasts to come. His theme is ponderous and strong. Brass choir. Gigantic.

* Behemoth lies down to rest, in the shadows. Choir of angels sings him a lullaby: "ipse principium est viarum Dei" (he is the greatest of God's creatures) and "sub umbra dormit in secreto calami" (Under the shadows he sleeps, under the cover of reeds) from Job 40:14a and 16a (Vulgate).

* In the end, Leviathan is vanquished, and Behemoth lies down for an aeons-long nap so green plants can grow out of his back.

The Oceans teem with life. Weird, creepy crawly life. Some beautiful, some ugly, all fascinating.

Slow and dreamy. A sort of sentimental nocturne, based on a theme I wrote when I was 17. Features the solo horn, because. Original work.

A rhythmic string orchestra piece inspired by Revelation 4, which is where the title comes from: "I looked and behold, a door standing open in heaven ..."

First movement of Creation, suite for orchestra and chorus. Space echoes flat and dark, then come six consonants: yod heh yod, alef vav resh, the first words, "Let there be light." The first theme is a musical cryptogram of those Hebrew consonants. Light is separated from darkness. By the end, everything is vibrating, and light breaks forth.

In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep, and the breath of God was fluttering over the surface of the waters, then God said, "Let there be light!" and there was light.

22 And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

A frenetic orchestral dance in 7/8 time, in the spirit of Khachaturian's Sabre Dance. Inspired by the story of the Israelites worshiping the Golden Calf. (Madewith EastWest Symphonic Orchestra.)

The Carnival of the Damned.

So, my little brother asked me to make some "demented clown music" and I said, "Well, I do like circus music, and I am a little a demented. Why the heck not?" What came out is a little bit like a raucous interdimensional festival of weirdness that uses every note between C1 and C8 at least once, I'm pretty sure. Is that a theremin? Or a musical saw? Who knows? Is there a high wire act? Is there juggling? Tumbling? Does someone get shot and is the ending their funeral?

I'm pretty sure this is nightmare fuel for someone. I think it sounds cute.

Oddly enough this is now my most popular track, because a YouTuber I don't know used it as background music for a video game play-through. Hey, thanks for the traffic, kind stranger!

Updated in 2015 with East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra instruments.