MUSIC
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.
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The Wall Of Drawings | December 2008 |
| ALBUM: | Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse [Soundtrack] |  |
| ARTIST: | Kaleb Nation | |
| STYLE: | Classical/Soundtrack | |
| LENGTH: | 2:39 | |
| In the beginning of writing The Farfield Curse, I had a particularly hard time connecting with Bran. This, obviously, was not a good predicament, as the main character should usually be the one the author connects with the most.I later realized that the reason for this was because I was suppressing who he really was, in favor of who I wanted him to be. When I came to this conclusion, all of a sudden Bran seemed to explode off the page in front of me with all these new facets to his character: one of these, which followed automatically, was his penchant for drawing. I discovered that Bran was actually more like me than any other character in the book – just as I connected with my writing, so also did Bran connect with his drawing. This small piece of Bran’s life, that has nothing to do with magic, is an enormous part of who he is.
In a way, this song seems to represent for me the wall in Bran’s room that is covered with drawings, and all the stories that are connected to each piece of paper. |
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The Box In The Bookstore | December 2008 |
| ALBUM: | Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse [Soundtrack] | |
| ARTIST: | Kaleb Nation | |
| STYLE: | Classical/Soundtrack | |
| LENGTH: | 2:33 | |
| In the beginning of The Farfield Curse, Bran is found locked in a vault with no memory of who he is. Years later, when he is 14, he is nearly kidnapped by someone who knows far too much about him, and he realizes there is something dark in his past he hasn’t yet discovered. Searching for the truth leads him to a bookstore, where he discovers something hidden amongst the very townspeople who try so hard to outlaw magic. This song represents the part in the book where Bran first begins to realize how big of a thing he is getting himself into: and how dark and sinister his past could be. | ||
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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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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. | ||
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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.
