In my spare time, I like to make music with my computer. I use Cubase SX and a host of samples, synths and instruments to make and mix these. I never use loops except sometimes for drums: I like to make the themes myself. Songs marked with a blue tab were inspired by The Farfield Curse.
These songs were inspired by Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse. Each composition represents the way I see certain scenes, places and people in the book.
TITLE:
A Boy Named Bran
November 2008
ALBUM:
Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse [Soundtrack]
ARTIST:
Kaleb Nation
STYLE:
Classical/Soundtrack
LENGTH:
2:57
This was one of the hardest songs for me to write, and I very nearly threw it out completely on the first day. But I came back the next morning, rewrote the piano and added a guitar, and ended up making one of my favorite pieces.The reason I think this song was so hard to make is because Bran’s character is so complex to me — and like many things in The Farfield Curse, his story is both happy and sad at the same time. I feel that this song helps to set him and his history to music, and fits especially well after the Prologue, when I imagine Bran would be growing up without any idea of The Farfield Curse — a time when he is just a boy named Bran, and yet is destined for
great things he has yet to discover.
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TITLE:
The Grave Of Emry Hambric
July 2008
ALBUM:
Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse [Soundtrack]
ARTIST:
Kaleb Nation
STYLE:
Classical/Soundtrack
LENGTH:
3:21
The story of The Farfield Curse is a mixture of hope with a little sadness, a happy ending but tinged a little, and in a way I feel this song echoes a part in the story where Bran visits the grave of his mother, and the ending of the book.
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TITLE:
Theme To Bolton Road
June 2008
ALBUM:
Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse [Soundtrack]
ARTIST:
Kaleb Nation
STYLE:
Classical/Soundtrack
LENGTH:
3:31
This song is for one of my favorite settings in The Farfield Curse: one that is filled with many mixed feelings and ideas, all bound together as a place I call Bolton Road.
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TITLE:
Prologue/Emry’s Escape
April 2008
ALBUM:
Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse [Soundtrack]
ARTIST:
Kaleb Nation
STYLE:
Classical/Soundtrack
LENGTH:
3:06
As I continue writing, I have made this new theme that is more mysterious than the others: sharper violins and synths that I think fit with the introduction of The Farfield Curse as I imagine it.
I have gotten a lot better at doing orchestral themes. This one is a step above my last as I’ve gotten a better feel for all the instruments and how to make them flow together. This one was inspired by a scene I’m writing now that has a music box in it.
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TITLE:
The Farfield Curse [Old Version]
January 2008
ALBUM:
Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse [Soundtrack]
ARTIST:
Kaleb Nation
STYLE:
Classical/Soundtrack
LENGTH:
4:40
This is my first attempt at making a movie/soundtrack theme, including flutes, violins, pipes, synths and a piano. I came up with the original theme on the piano and it eventually evolved into this.NOTE: This is an older version of this song, and is not mastered well. I
am remixing this song for the final version.
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OTHER MUSIC
These are older songs that I made for fun while I was learning how to make digital music tracks. Some of these date back as early as 2005, and have no titles because they weren’t really made for anything in particular.
TITLE:
Untitled 1
April 2008
ALBUM:
none
ARTIST:
Kaleb Nation
STYLE:
Pop / Electronic
LENGTH:
1:47
I formed the concept of this song many months ago, and some long-time readers may recognize this theme. However, the track got buried in my old computer folders, and it wasn’t until this week I dug it up again and was able to finish it. Unlike my recent tracks, it is more of a Cascada or Shiny Toy Guns type than a movie soundtrack.
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TITLE:
Pop Music Track
January 2008
ALBUM:
none
ARTIST:
Kaleb Nation
STYLE:
Pop
LENGTH:
3:48
This song is more pop and electronic than my other songs. I actually made the concept for this track two years ago but never finished it. I didn’t really have a use for it, since I don’t have any lyrics, but I still like the instruments and learned a lot while making it.
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TITLE:
Untitled 2
2007
ALBUM:
none
ARTIST:
Kaleb Nation
STYLE:
Pop
LENGTH:
3:09
I used this song in a big commercial for a company in California. I especially like how the hard synths in the chorus turned out.
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TITLE:
Untitled 3
2006
ALBUM:
none
ARTIST:
Kaleb Nation
STYLE:
Beats
LENGTH:
1:03
This was actually a remix of a song I did a long time ago as The Trolz.
I never transferred the vocals (luckily for you).
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TITLE:
Untitled 4
2005
ALBUM:
none
ARTIST:
Kaleb Nation
STYLE:
Beats
LENGTH:
2:45
This one is a little more acoustic hip-hop with pianos and some cool drums. It was one of the first songs I completed.
