A lot of the time when I sit down to record music, I start the process with a scene from a movie in mind. It helps infomr all the decisions I make to have a visual image in mind of what this music might fit with (even if that movie doesn’t exist and never will)….

This tune was a ‘turn off all the lights, drink a tea, and see what happens’ sort of song. I really like how much this track says with so few instruments all playing relatively muted tones. There’s a lot of atmosphere here if you’re making something laid back, but want a to add a little…

I never know what is going to come out of my fingers when I sit down to record. I definitely wouldn’t have guessed it was going to be a really intense workout soundtrack – the likes of which you’d see in an ad for powder powder. However, that’s what happened today and, let’s be honest,…

Here’s another ‘fantasy’ flavoured tune for you. A good friend of mine in Scotland worked on a fantasy fiction podcast with me years ago called “Gorbauuch”. This was a track I recorded for an episode about (maybe slightly evil) faeries that trapped an adventurer. The episode never aired, but I always loved the mix of…

A lot of my Patrons ask me for chilled out, background ambience. Something that they can loop in the background of their podcast as they speak over top of it. This track is me having another go at creating something relaxing. I’ve created 8 minutes of ambience here but if you download this track and…

This piece was designed as a looping backdrop for a game, presentation or podcast piece. It’s achingly sad and very dark. I can see it wokring well for a haunted forest scene, maybe a true crime podcast. That sort of thing. I recorded this one on a dreary, rainy morning with a focus on the…

I went full on fantasy nerd with this one. I love fantasy books, I love fantasy movies, I really like making fantasy music. This tracks was inspired by faerys, it’s full of harps, strings and even some female vocals off in the distance. While the key stays major for the majority of the composition (it…

I found this piano movement and something about the incessant half tone repetitive melody on the piano reminded me of Edgar Allan Poe and poem “The Raven”. The piano here is echoing the line “Tapping at my chamber door – only this and nothing more…” It’s enough to drive you mad, but if you’re looking…

This track is really subtle, but I’m really proud of it. It was created with a very specific atmosphere in mind – a funeral rite in a big cinematic scene. The trumpets and flute that carry that simple melody throughout stand on their own in a wash of subtle background drones. It’s sad, it’s tense,…

This is a quick little tune I wrote on the piano. It’s just a few simple chords accompanied by a *very* high string descend that I thought gave the whole thing a science fiction feel. Due to the piercing nature of the string part, I’d recommend keeping this track low in your mix, but hopefully…

I’ll admit that this tune has a very specific niche that it will be useful for. It was originally recorded as part of a high-fantasy project that featured a brief battle scene. While it may not be for every project, now that I’ve added it to the music library, I hope that this track can…

This track was recorded as part of our “Sleep Music Against Abuse” fundraiser in 2017. That project was able to raise over $700 in donations to a local women’s shelter. Thank you to everyone who took part! Now that Sounds Like An Earful is supported by Patreon, I’m really excited to be able to release…