The Music of Aziraphal: Media Soundtracks

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The Website dedicated to original music of Aziraphal; composer and producer of Progressive Symphonic Ambient - electronic music with classical and romantic influences, author of various media soundtracks, classical pianist and a programmer specializing in Java.

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What's New?

2008/01/22: "In Search of the Harmony Horizon": Free Download
The 1999 instrumental album is available as a free download, all 10 tracks in high quality! [more...] Also, links to 3 YouTube Videos in Soundtracks and Classical sections.

2008/01/03: Added Past Contest Entries
Various songs and experiments in different genres [more...]

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Media Soundtracks

Film Soundtracks

Coming soon: The River Man Dance Show
Directed and computer-animated by Bostjan Miha Jambrek

A spectacular dance show directed by Bostjan Jambrek, featuring the dancers of the dancing club Urska Ljubljana and stunning computer animation. The director's version of the famous ballad is based in part on the River Man composition but this time the heroine makes first contact with the supernatural being in her early childhood, trying to reach him using every means possible, from music to a message in a bottle. Later on in her life, the story gets more and more dreamlike, as she takes her unworthy suitors up to the clouds only to cast them down. Then an unknown masked stranger takes her even higher, all the way to the moon. And that's only half of it!

Extra music - beginning and middle part - was written for this production.

Stay tuned!

The Visitor
(Obiskovalec, 2004) by Bostjan Miha Jambrek, starring Veronica Cencur, original music and digital sound editing by Aziraphal

The Movie. A ghost story movie about a girl in whose house strange things are happening, starting with the dark old attic and spreading downstairs during a stormy night ... Soon it becomes apparent that it is the apparition of her late boyfriend, who has come to demand . . . .

The Music. The movie contains no dialogue and the soundtrack supports the excellent actress, photography and masterful buildup of the scary atmosfere throughout the whole movie, ranging from orchestral horror style to relaxing synthesizer resolution of the ending.

Demo video clip available again!

Audio demo: Opening titles

Faces of Africa
(Obrazi Afrike, 1999-2001, broadcast on Slovenian National TV 2002) by Bostjan Miha Jambrek and Klemen Belhar

The Movie. Life in the cities of Zambia is hard, cruel, and often short; each sixth man seen in this film has already died of AIDS. In this dark world of crime, corruption and dangerous superstitions two Slovenian catholic missionaries, Stanko Rozman and Miha Drevensek, struggle to help the people, bring them awareness and a better tomorrow.

The Music. Quite some researching went into the production of this soundtrack. Some tracks are synth imitations of native Mbira rhythms where the keyboards were played using only thumbs to get the authentic feel. The theme of Father Rozman's mission is based on South African Mbube singing. But the far most impressive piece is the Latin Biblical passage of Matthew 28:18 carried by the stirring vocals of Metka Hrabar.

MP3 demo: Excerpt from Mt 28:10

The Collector
(Zbiralec, 2000, broadcast on Slovenian National TV in 2003) by Samo Fabcic and Bostjan Miha Jambrek

The Movie. In the last days before the nuclear apocalypse a disturbed audiophile is indulging in his perverse hobby: collecting the recordings of the dying screams of animals. As those can no longer satisfy him, he begins looking for the ultimate recording... Based on the short story by Charles Beaumont.

The Music. The music for this one is heavily experimental, it moves in jazz and ambient waters with many real instruments thrown in: didgeridoo, jewharps, guitar, a large assortiment of wooden pipes and - especially scary is the use of a Chinese two-stringed fiddle Erhu that can produce perhaps the most annoying sound in the entire universe.

A Route Less Travelled
(Manj uhojene poti, 2001) by Bostjan Miha Jambrek

The Movie. The bicyclist Fredi Virag faces the most difficult bike race in the world, RAAM (Race Across America). The difficult route defeated him the last year, will he make it this time? Beside the road, American history and values are observed by the critical eye of the director's camera.

The Music. For original music in this movie we decided to move away from my usual electronic style and use a majestic orchestral soundtrack. The themes are available from the track list on the right ... enjoy!

A Town in the Heart of the Karavanke Mountains
(Mesto v osrcju Karavank, 2002) by Bostjan Miha Jambrek

The Movie. A documentary about uncounted charms of the Slovenian town called Trzic and its surroundings. Its rich history is traced from the foundation in 1492, to the great fire that almost destroyed the town, the horrors of the Nazi concentration camp Mauthausen, and the important festivals that take place there today.

The Music. After "A Route Less Travelled" I returned to my trademark synth feel again. The themes are based on Trzic anthem: from full synth arrangemet to various pieces based on motives and improvisations from the anthem. We also used my Wendy Carlos-esque electronic arrangement of "Osanna in excelsis" from W.A.Mozart's Requiem.

MP3 demo: A Mountain Nocturno (excerpt)

MP3 demo: Following the Sun (excerpt)

Slovenia Unrevealed
(Skrita Slovenija, frequently broadcast on Slovenian National TV) by Bostjan Miha Jambrek

The Series. Short documentaries about the beauty of hidden spots all across Slovenia.

The Music. The background music comes from the freely downloadable album "In Seach of the Harmony Horizon", the most frequently used songs being "Wings of the Sun Beam" and "Andante". Credited as Matej Hrovat

Example: The Town of Zanigrad

Game Soundtracks

George the Starfish Elephant
(1997) by Marko 'Flying Dog Fish' Kavcic

The Game. A platform game featuring George, a strange animal created from an elephant and a starfish in a lab accident. Its main characteristics are huge levels, top secret areas, lots of stuff to collect, insane bonus levels, cute animation, lots of monster characters and peanut ammo to shoot at them. The behavior of the enemies was improved using genetic algorithms.
George 2: Quest for the Golden YoYo - the next version of this game is coming, but nobody knows when. It will probably be for MS Windows using DirectX and the characters will probably be 3D rendered.

The Music. Several songs and inserts were made for this cool game (DOS version) with the legendary FastTracker 2 and painfully converted into .S3M format.

Download: The game is available at FlyingDogFish.org. It works perfectly in the excellent (and free!) DOS emulator, DosBox.

Children's Stories

Tales for Lana
(Pravljice za Lano, 2001 / 2004) by Jelka Kadunc

The Stories. A collection of fun and educational fairy tales about Cat and Mouse discovering various things: The opera, the computer, the paper factory and much more. German translation is in progress, hopefully we'll see the English version one day.

The Music. A theme that would appeal to little kids was needed for the cassette version; After I thought of imitating the voices of Cat and Mouse with the synths, the road was clear. The main theme can be heard on the track list - see Cat and Mouse Theme.

Update (2004). A second batch of stories was written and published by Jelka Kadunc, this time with the inquisitive Doggy in the leading role, discovering such wonders as the electricity generator, golf playing, the big city, and more! Here are two audio demos from the new cassette:

Audio demo: Theme 1

Audio demo: Theme 2