For Luna - based on the Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven performed on the John Bowen Solaris

Published on Aug 6, 2019 Sean Christopher Evoking Emotion with Synthesizers

"This is my own take on Bethoven's Moonlight Sonata which I originally wrote in 2012 for my last album, Transcendence. That version featured a violinist and children's choirs, along with various software synths, I decided to recreate it on my newest synth, the John Bowen Solaris. All the sounds you hear are based on the factory presets with some editing by yours truly.

The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C♯ minor "Quasi una fantasia", Op. 27, No. 2, popularly known as the Moonlight Sonata, is a piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was completed in 1801 and dedicated in 1802 to his pupil, Countess Giulietta Guicciardi. The piece is one of Beethoven's most popular compositions for the piano, and it was a popular favorite even in his own day.

Thank you VERY much for viewing and I always appreciate a "like" if you enjoyed listening to my work. PLEASE subscribe if you already have not. Thank you to NASA for the public domain moon footage from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter."

The Quickening- An Ode to Art Bell featuring the Kurzweil K2500XS written in 1996

Published on Jul 6, 2019 Sean Christopher Evoking Emotion with Synthesizers

"I've been too busy on other project unfortunately to get a new track up in the past several weeks, so I thought that I would share with you a track I wrote back in 1996 on the Kurzweil K2500XS, a mid-90's digital synth/sampler extraordinaire. I loved my Kurzweil's back in the 90's having owned a K2000, a K2500XS, and later 2 K2600XS's.

The Quickening- An Ode To Art Bell is a piece I wrote that features samples from the old Coast To Coast AM Radio Art Bell show from the "Kingdom of Nye". Back in those days I worked a "real" job at the US Postal Service on the graveyard shift. The Art Bell show kept me entertained for 3 or 4 hours every night with talk on just about every paranormal subject out there. I wrote and composed the music and the lyrics. The singer for a band i was in at the time provided the vocals. Her name is Amy....sorry, I cannot recall her last name right now."

"The Brazilian" by Genesis cover with the Modal Electronics 002 synthesizer

Published on Jun 13, 2019 Sean Christopher Evoking Emotion with Synthesizers

"Just for, as they say, '$hits and giggles' I decided if it were possible to do a proper rendition of my absolute favorite Genesis track, 'The Brazilian' using only one of my synths. As some of you know, I am blessed to own a few fantastic synths, but only one of them was able to satisfactorily pull this heavy percussive piece off - The Modal Electronics 002! kfhkh At first wasn't sure I would even be able to coax out enough satisfying sound from my 002 to cover this complex synth and percussion song, but with a little time and effort I'm very pleased with the end result. I only used reverb, delay, and EQ with the tracks I recorded to Cubase from the Modal 002. I hope you enjoy it as much as I had in recreating this brilliant Genesis treasure."

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 by J.S. Bach on the Baloran The River synthesizer

Published on May 1, 2019 Sean Christopher Evoking Emotion with Synthesizers

"This piece is dedicated to my father, Gary Dockery (1942 - 2019) who introduced me to Bach and other great classical music artists. Thank you dad, and I love you.

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 is a piece of organ music written, according to its oldest extant sources, by Johann Sebastian Bach. The piece opens with a toccata section, followed by a fugue that ends in a coda. It is one of the most famous works in the organ repertoire.

I recreated Bach's genius using a Baloran the River synth which was multitracked to Steinberg's Cubase 10 Pro. The reverb is from Exponential Audio’s awesome R4 reverb plugin. I'm estimating that I spent close to 100 hours putting this together....and in the end I believe that it was worth every single minute. Working on Bach pieces is very humbling. My God that man was a genius!"

Game of Thrones theme performed on the Baloran the River synthesizer

Published on Apr 21, 2019 Sean Christopher Evoking Emotion with Synthesizers

"I recreated the awesome theme to HBO's epic series Game of Thrones using the Baloran The River synthesizer, which was multi-tracked in Cubase 10. The music for the series was composed by the very talented Ramin Djawadi...

Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels, the first of which is A Game of Thrones. The series premiered on HBO in the United States on April 17, 2011, and will conclude with its eighth season."

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Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner performed on the Baloran The River synthesizer

Published on Apr 17, 2019 Sean Christopher Evoking Emotion with Synthesizers

"Richard Wagner's epic piece, 'Ride of the Valkyries' was done on the Baloran The River synthesizer and multitracked using Steinberg's Cubase 10 Pro. Other than The River, only reverb and delay FX were used. I have to admit that this piece was very challenging, but I tried to stay as true as possible to the original piece. The River has seriously been like synth 'Valhalla' to me, and it was a pleasure spend the last week putting this together.

The 'Ride of the Valkyries' (German: Walkürenritt or Ritt der Walküren) refers to the beginning of act 3 of Die Walküre, the second of the four operas constituting Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen. As a separate piece, the 'Ride' is often heard in a purely instrumental version, which may be as short as three minutes. Together with the 'Bridal Chorus' from Lohengrin, the 'Ride of the Valkyries' is one of Wagner's best-known pieces."

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Close Encounters Of The Third Kind "The Conversation" performed on the Baloran The River synthesizer

Published on Apr 6, 2019 Sean Christopher Evoking Emotion with Synthesizers

"If you haven't seen this movie in a while I urge you to do so, as it is a FANTASTIC movie! I recreated the iconic synth/UFO conversation scene from Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind using only the sounds from the incredible Baloran The River synthesizer.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction film written and directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, Cary Guffey, and François Truffaut. It tells the story of Roy Neary, an everyday blue-collar worker in Indiana, whose life changes after an encounter with an unidentified flying object (UFO).

The score for the film was composed, conducted and produced by John Williams, who had previously worked on Spielberg's Jaws. Williams wrote over 300 examples of the iconic five-tone motif for Close Encounters—the five tones are used by scientists to communicate with the visiting spaceship as a mathematical language—before Spielberg chose the one incorporated into the film's signature theme."

The Human League's "Don't You Want Me" on the Baloran The River synthesizer

Published on Mar 26, 2019 Sean Christopher Evoking Emotion with Synthesizers

Follow-up to Queen's Radio Ga Ga on the Baloran The River synthesizer

"This is a COVER of the instrumental version of The Human League's awesome piece, 'Don't You Want Me' that I have recreated on the incredible The River synthesizer by Baloran. The drums were created using Aly James awesome VPROM:"

VLinn VST version 2.0 Linn LM-1 Drum Machine with EPROM Import

Published on Jun 23, 2015 Aly James

"Version 2.0 of the Most accurate Linn LM-1 Drum Machine VST which now support Mac & Windows, native 32bit and 64bit format, VST2, VST3 & Audio Unit.
All the geeky details are into the freely available PDF Manual."

Queen's Radio Ga Ga on the Baloran The River synthesizer

Published on Mar 20, 2019 Sean Christopher Evoking Emotion with Synthesizers

"In 1984 Radio Ga Ga was my favorite song. I would listen to it over and over and over....until my parents intervened. LOL I created this cover of Queen's masterpiece using the Baloran The River synthesizer. EVERY sound other than the drums and Freddie's vocals come from The River. I used Cubase to mix the piece and tried to use only stock plugins to create the vibe or the original song. The only other real difference is that I slowed the piece down about 6 bpm, as my synth version just sounded better to my ears slowed down a bit. Other than that though, I tried to stay as trues as possible to the original track."

Queen's Radio Ga Ga (instrumental version) on the Baloran The River synthesizer

Tangerine Dream's "Vengeance" from Sorcerer (1977) on the Baloran The River synthesizer

Published on Mar 3, 2019 Sean Christopher - Evoking Emotion Through Music

"I thought I'd see if the Baloran The River synth was good with vintage sounds, and IMO it definitely delivered. 'Vengeance' is a track by Tangerine Dream on the 1977 film, Sorcerer.

Sorcerer is a 1977 American thriller film directed and produced by William Friedkin and starring Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, and Amidou. The second adaptation of Georges Arnaud's 1950 French novel Le Salaire de la peur. The plot depicts four outcasts from varied backgrounds meeting in a South American village, where they are assigned to transport cargoes of aged, poorly kept dynamite that is so unstable that it is 'sweating' its dangerous basic ingredient, nitroglycerin.

Hopefully you enjoyed this track as much as I had making it."

Sean Christopher's home studio - 2019-02 update

Published on Feb 27, 2019 Sean Christopher - Evoking Emotion Through Music

Black version of The River by Baloran.

"Just a quick update of my new equipment in my home studio near Boise, Idaho. This is a follow-up from part 1 in 2017. [below]

The sound diffusor coupler kit can be ordered at www.jasacoustics.com."

Sean Christopher's new 2017 home studio in Hidden Springs near Boise, Idaho. See the LED light show!

Published on Apr 30, 2017 Sean Christopher - Evoking Emotion Through Music

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On Galactic Comet - featuring the Baloran The River synthesizer

Published on Feb 25, 2019 Sean Christopher - Evoking Emotion Through Music

"I originally wrote this piece about 6 years ago for a New Age violin track actually, but like many of my previous compositions, it translates very well into electronic synthesizer music. The only instrument used on this track was the glorious The River synthesizer by Baloran. I only used external reverb on the 2 main lead sounds, but everything else came from the The River. Cubase was also used for the multi-track recording and EQing."

Aaron Copland's Fanfare For The Common Man performed on the Deckard's Dream synthesizer

Published on Jan 15, 2019 Sean Christopher - Evoking Emotion Through Music

"Aaron Copland has always been one of my favorite composers and the Deckard's Dream synthesizer was the perfect synth to do my favorite piece by him, "Fanfare For The Common Man".

Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later a conductor of his own and other American music. Copland was referred to by his peers and critics as "the Dean of American Composers." The open, slowly changing harmonies in much of his music are typical of what many people consider to be the sound of American music, evoking the vast American landscape and pioneer spirit. He is best known for the works he wrote in the 1930s and 1940s in a deliberately accessible style often referred to as "populist" and which the composer labeled his 'vernacular' style. Works in this vein include the ballets Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid and Rodeo, his Fanfare for the Common Man and Third Symphony. In addition to his ballets and orchestral works, he produced music in many other genres including chamber music, vocal works, opera and film scores.

Other than reverb from Valhalla DSP, only the Deckard's Dream synthesizer by Black Corporation was used. Thanks for viewing and I hope you enjoyed it. PLEASE subscribe if you haven't already. :)"

Carol of the Bells & The Little Drummer Boy performed on the Sequential Prophet X synthesizer

Published on Dec 23, 2018 Sean Christopher - Evoking Emotion Through Music

"Merry Christmas everyone! I thought I'd put together some classic Christmas melodies on the Sequential Prophet X synthesizer keyboard for you all. May you all be blessed this holiday season and have an incredible 2019. Please subscribe if you already have not, and have a MERRY CHRISTMAS! :)"

Star Trek Deep Space Nine Theme played on the Deckard's Dream synthesizer

Published on Dec 18, 2018 Sean Christopher - Evoking Emotion Through Music

"Star Trek Deep Space Nine has long been one of my favorite Sci-Fi television shows and I've always found the theme song to be one of my favorite pieces ever written for the Star Trek franchise. The theme was composed by Dennis McCarthy and used mostly orchestral instruments. Creating a synth version of this awesome piece was just too tempting not to do on my Deckard's Dream synthesizer by Black Corporation.

The piece was multitracked via Cubase and the only FX I used was reverb and delay."

George Frideric Handel's Sarabande on the Sequential Prophet X

Published on Dec 13, 2018 Sean Christopher - Evoking Emotion Through Music

"For the Sequential Prophet X I decided to do suite 4 of George Frideric Handel's well known Keyboard suite in D minor (HWV 437). The Keyboard suite in D minor (HWV 437) was composed by George Frideric Handel, for solo keyboard (harpsichord), between 1703 and 1706. It is also referred to as Suite de pièce Vol. 2 No. 4. It was first published in 1733.

Only the Prophet X was used for this piece, including the X's built-in FX, and was multi-tracked using Cubase 10."

The Son of Flynn from Tron Legacy on the Moog One synthesizer

Published on Nov 19, 2018 Sean Christopher - Evoking Emotion Through Music

"The dynamic duo, Daft Punk, composed 'The Son of Flynn' in 2010 for the movie, Tron Legacy, and it is one of my favorite pieces from that soundtrack. I thought that my new Moog One would be the perfect synth to recreate the piece, and was very happy on how it turned out....and hope that you also think so."

Popcorn by Gershon Kingsley on the Moog One synthesizer (vintage 1971 Moog version)

Published on Nov 16, 2018 Sean Christopher - Evoking Emotion Through Music

"I thought that I would recreate the 1971 vintage version of Gershon Kingsley's popular synth piece, Popcorn with the Moog One synthesizer. Composer Gershon Kingsley first recorded "Popcorn" for his 1969 album Music to Moog By. In 1971 the track was re-recorded by Kingsley's band First Moog Quartet. The record was one of a rash of Moog synthesizer-based releases, following the Billboard pop Top 40 chart success Walter Carlos had in 1968 with Switched-On Bach, and which characterized electronic music of the future."

Original Doctor Who Theme on the Moog One

Published on Nov 12, 2018 Sean Christopher - Evoking Emotion Through Music

"Here is my version of the original Doctor Who theme from the 60's. All sounds and FX are from the new Moog One. I've always wanted an excuse to do this piece and the new Moog One synthesizer was the perfect opportunity to do so."

J.S. Bach's Fugue in G minor "Little" BWV 578 with synthesizers from Modal Electronics, DSI and Moog

Published on Dec 26, 2017 Sean Christopher - Music Composer

"The musical genius of J.S. Bach has had a huge influence over me ever since I started composing and any opportunity I get to show the works of Bach via today's synthesizer technology is always a pleasure.

Fugue in G minor, 'Little' BWV 578 was recreated by myself using 5 synthesizers- the Modal Electronics 002 & 008, Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 12 & OB-6, and the Moog Subsequent 37 CV."

This one spotted and sent in via Soviet Space Child.