Over the years, I have had the pleasure of working on larger projects with filmmakers, animators, and even fellow composers.
Of course, my role is always to provide the Music/Sound Design, and so far, all clients have been satisfied with the audio that I've made for them, so I must be doing something right.
At the bottom of each of these projects, there are links to all creators involved, as well as where you can listen to the full soundtrack.
Collaborations
Recent Collabs
Doctor me is an animation about a woman named Cherise, who visits a Doctor/Therapist for help on how she can deal with recurring nightmares that prevent her from sleeping properly.
Doctor Me
This animation takes a lot of inspiration from the wacky nature of Japanese TV advertisements, and it was my job to compose a series of songs to go with the visuals. The style of the animation is CONSTANTLY changing throughout, which means that the genre of music playing in the background never sits still (the music changes every 20 seconds or so).
I was also tasked with doing all of the SFX, which required a bit of research to analyse how the sounds used in Japanese media are created (i.e I watched some anime).
Credits
Listen to the full soundtrack here:
Enter Exile is a game about a professional racer named Ken that develops a drug addiction, causing his girlfriend, Alice, to leave him. He then wanders around his penthouse, trying to stay sane as he tries to find all of the items that Alice loved.
The game is still a work in progress, and hasn't been released yet, so here are a few snippets from the trailer instead.
Enter Exile
Listen to the full soundtrack here:
Checkout the game here:
This game is being made within the Unreal Game engine.
La Chancla
La Chancla (or "The Slipper" in spanish) is an animation about a couple of children that break an urn containing their grandmother's ashes; the consequences of which will not go unpunished.
It was my job to create all of the Foley (sound effects) for this animation, which required a lot of slipper noises, as well as faking whip sounds, fire crackling, and glass breaking.
Watch the animation here
A Cup of Omen is a short animation about Umay, a Turkish university student that gets an unexpected visit from her aunties. After making them Turkish coffee, they demand that she reads their fortune.
Frustrated by their criticism and bullying, she sprinkles some lies in between reading their fortunes to get back at them.
A Cup of Omen
Credits
Animation made by:
Watch the animation here:
Listen to the full soundtrack here:
The music that the animators wanted was fairly simplistic in nature; most of the audio being comprised of a clarinet, marimba and a Turkish lute. The music becomes more complex as Umay tells each auntie their fortune.
During each fortune, there's a lot of ambient sounds & whooshes to make it more immersive. 99% of the foley was created by me spending a Wednesday afternoon smacking some of my cutlery together - plates, forks, spoons, you name it.
Everybody Breaks
Everybody breaks is a short film about a sombre family dinner that is interrupted by an "uninvited guest". This movie tackles sensitive subjects such as Imposter Syndrome, Grief, and Broken relationships.
Watch a snippet of the film here:
Unfortunately, the full film isn't available online, as it was exclusively shown as part of a film festival.
Backstory
A skilled composer by the name of Josef was tasked with creating the soundtrack for this film.
Seeking someone with a different musical skillset to his own, he reached out to me to work on this film with him as a co-composer.
He specialises in music theory and classical orchestration, while I focus more on synthesis and electronic percussion.
Together, we combined our strengths and created a series of emotional hybrid-orchestral scores whose quality ended up being greater than the sum of its parts.
Credits
Co-composed alongside Josef Krista.
See more of his work here:
https://jkristacomposer.myportfolio.com/about
Film made by Ginosko Badudu:
Listen to the full soundtrack here:
Overall Bad
Overall Bad is a short animation about a couple of investigators that use interesting tactics to interrogate a suspected arsonist.
The animator requested that I compose a rather strange piece of music: Something that can only be described as "Awkward", with a sort of Easy-Listening or "Lounge" feel to it.
This interesting premise resulted in me making a song that accurately reflected the atmosphere of the interrogation room, and the chemistry between the characters; hopefully after watching, you came to the same conclusion.
It was also my job to create the all of the sound effects that can be heard throughout the video. Working on this animation made me realise that I have a knack for creating 'silly' sounds via the use of synthesisers and heavily editing audio samples.
Credits
Animation made by Skimipe:
Watch the animation on YouTube:
Listen to the full soundtrack here:
Soul Thief
Soul Thief is a short animation about a girl called Afina, who invites a friend over to hang out, only to be ambushed by an alien that desperately tries to steal her soul.
The animator wanted both a Composer and a Sound designer to compliment the visuals of this animation. At this point, I already had a few other projects under my belt, so I felt confident that I could do both roles.
Luckily, the placeholder music that they provided was purely EDM, so I had no trouble making something within the same vein of that genre. I decided to create 2 opposing songs: One with relaxing melodies and a smooth bassline, to then switch things up with a Jungle Drum 'n' Bass track to match the energy of the fight scene.
Most of the sound design is exaggerated and rather "cartoony" in nature, taking inspiration from old Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Most of the sounds are either created via synthesiser, or by me literally running around my room, making a mess by ripping cardboard, and stumbling over things. Seriously.
Credits
Animation made by Katescolada:
Watch the animation on their website:
https://katescolada.wixsite.com/katescolada/animations#:~:text=Soul%20Thief%20.%20Short%20Film
Listen to the full soundtrack here:
Original character is a short animation about an aspiring artist (called Artie), that lives in a world where anyone's creations can come to life. As they attend an important "character exhibition", their embarrassing old OC (Original Character) comes to life at the worst of times, and they must learn to appreciate their old creation for what it is.
Original Character
Credits
Watch the animation here:
Listen to the full soundtrack here:
The animator wanted a consistent theme for the "Original Character" (called Nyx). An energetic mix of jazz and EDM (called Electroswing), while still having a "cutesy" feel to it.
They were looking for a rather unique style of composition, similar to that of Ed Edd 'n' Eddy, where the music "reacts" to the actions of the characters onscreen. As a result of this, there are parts of the animation where there is no music, but will suddenly burst into song as soon as the action begins.
When the Stars Found Me is a short animation about Aurelia, a hotel-style lift operator in the distant future, using a "Space Lift" to transport various aliens across the galaxy. Unfortunately, the lift keeps malfunctioning, resulting in chaos.
When the Stars Found Me
Credits
Animation made by SPICE.E:
Watch the animation on YouTube:
Listen to the full soundtrack here:
This animation has quite a varied soundtrack, ranging from energetic Jazz to calming ambient electronic music. Despite the differences in genre, each song contains the same melody, all in the same key, and with similar chord progressions. This helps to 'gel' the music together, keeping its theme consistent throughout.
The sound effects are mostly synthesised, such as the stars flying overhead, and the space lift as it malfunctions and hurtles around space uncontrollably. The space lift collision noises are made by me repeatedly slamming a metal cabinet door, and lowering the pitch of the sound.
This animation isn't
finished yet!
Chicken Rush
Chicken rush is a short student film about a boy named Derek, who is instructed by his mother to defrost a chicken before she returns home. With only minutes to spare, he rushes into the kitchen to find a quick solution to his problem.
Backstory
I worked on this film with Josef Krista, a friend of mine who I've had the pleasure of working with before.
We decided to split the Music & Sound Design between us - I composed original background music, while Josef created and implemented the sound effects.
This was probably the most diverse group of songs that I had ever made for a single production, ranging from 8-BIT chiptunes, to unsettling horror, to a full on orchestral score.
Credits
Co-composed alongside Josef Krista.
See more of his work at:
https://jkristacomposer.myportfolio.com/about
Film made by Shruthi Lakshmanan:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shruthi-lakshmanan-02385b252/
Watch the film here:
Listen to the full soundtrack here:
