D4Disgruntled - The Composer's Reel

ABOUT THE MUSIC This was a collaboration project with another composer D4Disgruntled befriended for some time on Instagram. The other composer, Somnus Music, was based in Pennsylvania and supplied a track that opened with dark atmospheric effects before segueing into a long repeating pedal tone bass line on glittery synth ethereal bells before then ending with the atmospheric opening. It was definitely a somber cue. D4Disgruntled created a whole new musical world on top of this track. He...

ABOUT THE MUSIC This is from my album "Sykosis" which is a mesh of percussive rhythms and a variety of dissonant, ambient sounds and synths to create a unique soundscape that might be considered more sound design than musical. This music tells the part of the story where an infected AI unit has come back to the manufacturing lab for "Diagnostic Testing" due to serious debilitating malfunctions. During the testing, a piece of Malware is found and is discovered to be very dangerous. It detects...

ABOUT THIS VIDEO Dipping my toes into more traditional action music in hopes to demonstrate I CAN compose in a more traditional fashion. Also, this was composed in 5/4 time signature, just to make things even more complex. This is a pseudo-western standoff style music without a lot of the hallmark instruments. I guess it could be for any action movie standoff scene but my inspiration was visualizing a western gun fight in the heart of the town. It is mostly percussion and synth element driven...

ABOUT THE MUSIC This was composed to a scene that was the result of a video editing challenge. It demonstrates the ability for me to get out of my dark "horror movie" comfort zone and create something soft, warm and dramatic. ---------------------------------------- MUSIC PRODUCTION CREDITS Music Composed and Performed by: D4Disgruntled Mixed & Engineered by: D4Disgruntled Artwork by: D4Disgruntled All Intellectual Property, Copyrights and Licenses are owned by: D4Disgruntled VIDEO...

ABOUT THE MUSIC In 2018, The Creative Cortex's owner created a short "spoof" video of his adventures at a Target on Thanksgiving Evening when it opened in the evening for early Black Friday deals. He filmed the adventure of the store and all the idiots who actually showed up to buy stuff for Christmas. He was there to buy much needed house supplies. After editing the video, D4Disgruntled composed music for it. It is a odd piece similar to 1970s funk. With a heavy bass line, brass section...

ABOUT THE MUSIC #shorts Originally, I was commissioned to compose a short intro cue for a YouTube docu-series about the 1960s Batman series and memorabilia. I created 2 demos, this being the first. It was done in the style of the original 1960s batman from an "instrumentation" perspective. I used a similar sounding ensemble of instruments such as the electric bass guitar, hand drums, an organ and strings. While it does use similar brass bursts as in the original theme, everything...

ABOUT THE MUSIC D4Disgruntled was commissioned by Ivotres Littles, creator and host of a new YouTube movie review series called “Horror Movies & Beyond”. While reviewing a movie, she delved into the historical aspects of genre filmmaking, how it evolved over time and how it relates to the film she is reviewing. D4Disgruntled chose to go with an old-school silent film era horror sound with a slight campiness to it. He composed an original theme for the opening titles and several...

ABOUT THIS VIDEO Here is my entry. Unfortunately, my submission did not make it to the finalists. I am still happy with what I came up with. I open the piece with a spooky modern sound design approach but transition it into an the old school style of music. It gets loud and bombastic with intense brass, drums, cymbal crashes and chorus. I can only describe it as a mix of Chris Young's Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 music and the bombastic battle horn sounds from the opening sequence in Bram Stoker's...

ABOUT MY SUBMISSION Here is my submission to the Abbey Road Studios Film Scoring Competition. I discovered the contest on April 20, 2021 to discover it had a deadline of April 24th. I never worked so fast in my life but t was a great challenge if I wanted to make it in time. There was little direction and the clip was a very simple one that really seemed to not provide much in the way of scoring anything of any significance. Yet, that is the challenge in most cases. Taking what little is...

ABOUT THIS VIDEO Short Film: "Bear Hugs" Filmmaker: Nick McLean His Company: https://www.motionandlight.com/ About the film: ...