Theme: Orphans of War

by David , November 8 2007 in: Intrepid, audio, soundtrack

Orphans of War

I completed the score for the scifi fanfilm Orphans of War this week. With Rob’s permission, I’m posting the end credits theme here, cos I’m pleased with how it turned out. I love writing epic space music.

This theme pops its head up in various places throughout the film, mostly when large spaceships are moving majestically across the screen. This is its most triumphant form, and rightly so - our heroes have just prevailed against impossible odds and the threat of fiery death.

Wait, does that count as a spoiler? But heroes are supposed to prevail, it’s not like it’s a surprise. Ok, fine, should they prevail, this will be their theme tune. If they fail it will be the theme from Dying Young.

Edit: Orphans is out now, and you can download it from the Hidden Frontier pages here. Mom, it’s too big for your dialup, I’ll post you a copy.

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9 Comments for “Theme: Orphans of War”

  1. Michael H says:
    8 November 2007 , 9:40 am

    Love it David, good mix from both styles in there.

  2. David Reid (S'Ceris) says:
    8 November 2007 , 10:42 am

    That is Fantastic David !! it gave me goosebumps

  3. David says:
    8 November 2007 , 10:57 am

    Thanks for your support, guys. It was fun to write.

  4. Brian S. Matthews says:
    9 November 2007 , 1:12 am

    Bravo!

    I particularly liked the last six bars.

  5. Andrew F says:
    9 November 2007 , 6:56 am

    Bravo. I love the “percussive nod” at the end.

  6. Rick (rpike20625) says:
    10 November 2007 , 12:18 am

    Very nice, and since I am assuming Orphans has a war/aftermath plot, it has a militaristic strong feel to it. And I, too, liked the strong percussive beats.

    Whew.. I was expecting bagpipes…. lol

    – Rick

  7. Thalek says:
    10 November 2007 , 3:44 am

    That was verra nice!

    I look forward to hearing the rest of it when the episode is released.

  8. David says:
    10 November 2007 , 7:21 am

    John, honoured to have you visiting my blog.

    Thank you all for your kind words. Clearly my next piece must be 90% epic drums … with some bagpipes on top. Winnar!

  9. Jerry Stanford says:
    30 December 2007 , 7:56 pm

    Sir,

    Any chance of releasing this theme as an MP3? I’d love to add it to my Fan Film Theme Collection!

    Jerry

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