For #starwarsday I had the privilege of joining a Star Wars game composer panel hosted by The Society of Composers & Lyricists and EA Music. It’s been a while since I set my alarm for 4am, but I wouldn’t miss the opportunity to discuss the world of scoring Star Wars with Kevin Kiner, Gordy Haab …
Score by blakus. Directed by Neel Upadhye, animation by Industrial Light and Magic. Clients
The first look Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora trailer featuring my custom score has been nominated for BEST ORIGINAL COMPOSITION at the 2021 MUSIC+SOUND AWARDS! Congratulations and thank you to Alex and the Ubisoft team for inviting me to be part of this amazing trailer. Congratulations also to Source Sound for their sound design nomination for this same trailer!
https://youtu.be/aw9RaACjZmM Featuring custom score by blakus interpolating John Williams’ themes. Clients
I’m ecstatic that the Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker “Together” trailer featuring my cue “Bladelight” has won BEST ORIGINAL SCORE at the 2021 Golden Trailer Awards this week! Huge congrats and massive thanks to Cavalry Music, Walt Disney Studios and the Hive for putting together such an amazing trailer. You can hear the music for this trailer in isolation at …
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https://youtu.be/I0xKXOQJaT4 Featuring custom score by blakus. Clients
https://youtu.be/vDQHqf2NYmU I used to recreate the Star Wars Main Title yearly to gauge how much my virtual orchestra chops may or may not have improved. To me, it’s such an iconic piece that is recognizable by pretty much everyone and is quite hard to pull off with virtual instruments. It’s now been 3 years since …
Written and directed by Neel Upadhye, this standalone CG short film was made in collaboration with EA, Motive Studios, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) and Lucasfilm. Stranded by his Star Destroyer, Varko Grey finds himself the last TIE pilot on the battlefield, hunted by a renegade X-Wing of the New Republic. Score by blakus. Clients
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3drGzczj8U Featuring custom cue ‘Bladelight’ from 1:19 – published by Cavalry Music. Clients
