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Music by Matthew Marsolek

All music on this site © 2007- 2022 by Matthew Marsolek (ASCAP), Published by Standing Wave LLC (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is prohibited.

A selection of works in a variety of styles.

Music for Colin Ruggiero's award winning short film, Montana.

A mix of samples and excerpts

Travels with Cello
Mix 1 (Sketch for a film in progress)
The Great Open
Guitar Quartet for Ravi
To feel deeply

Balsam flower
3 and 5 equals 6 (From a collaboration with Alex Wurman)
Crossing Variation (From Tracking Notes: The secret life of Mountain Lions)
Soft Keys (From Tracking Notes: The secret life of Mountain Lions)
Hang in the Ocean (Featuring a handpan drum)
Lydian Lift (Orchestral textures)
Ways of the Hand (Solo Piano)
Rolling Tide (Orchestral textures, loops, percussion, guitar)

Dunes

Ethno-Techno grooves for the film, Moonhair

You Can't Run Away From It
Wind Whistle
Mood Variation
Hey-Ah Hey-Ah-Nah

Sunset

Drones, beds, and textures

Mimic Timbre 1 (From Tracking Notes: The secret life of Mountain Lions)
Opening Upward
Dragging Emulation (From Tracking Notes: The secret life of Mountain Lions)
Downward Motion
Gentle Movement

Opening credits for the film, Moonhair

Ending credits from the film, Abdulai (West African percussion)

Oregon Coast

Acoustic moods

Minor Motion (guitar, piano, bass, djembe w/ brushes)
Reunion (acoustic guitar)
To the Meadow (classical guitar & piano)
Study in E Minor (classical guitar)
Reflection in an acoustic pool (acoustic guitar)
March Blues (acoustic guitar)

Orchestral & Classical Sounds

Moving Forward (Orchestral sketch)
Crossing Melody 2 (Classical Guitar, Strings, Percussion)
Sojourn (Guitar, Bassoon, Percussion, Strings, Vocal)

Flathead Lake Stones

Two pieces for String Quartet and African Percussion

Five Ways To Get There (Marimba, Horn, Woodwinds, Piano)
Questions (Full Orchestra, Piano, Percussion, Loops)

Percussion based

Humanah Intro
Opening (From the film: Abdulai)
Ankaben
Parthenon Ratio (Polyrhythms based on the 4:9 ratio found in the Parthenon)
Carry Me Home
Abodan (A vocal arrangement of a West African Drum Rhythm)

"Depending on the Season" by Matthew Marsolek

Email: matthew at drumbrothers.com
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