May 2011
15 posts
May 31st
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Waking the Machine
Waking the Machine by Zachary Young I wrote this piece, “Waking the Machine”, to practice emulating the aesthetic qualities presently typical of background music found in video-game menu and load screens.
May 30th
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WatchWatch
New video by Clayton Browning. Music by Zachary Young.
May 29th
May 29th
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May 29th
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May 19th
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Listenmyfavoritewordiscunt: “Metamorphosis Five” -...
May 19th
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Simulated Reality
This goes out to my fellow composers and friends who enjoy music and science: I’ve recently finished Brian Greene’s lastest book, “The Hidden Reality” (2011). For those of you who don’t know Brian Greene, he is a theoretical physicist currently teaching at Columbia University. His career in the field has been primarily focused on the development of supersymmetric...
May 14th
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Simulated Habitats: II. High {Sea} Fidelity
Simulated Habitats: II. High {Sea} Fidelity by Zachary Young Simulated Habitats (2011) is a collection of short electro-acoustic pieces. The key focus of this collection targets the subtle blending of digitally synthesized sounds with natural, environmental noise to compose a variety of hybrid, sonic landscapes. This environment, “High {Sea} Fidelity”, utilizes a recording of a...
May 14th
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Simulated Habitats: I. Cracking the Cove
Simulated Habitats: I. Cracking the Cove by Zachary Young A new side project…
May 13th
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"Ultra Creep!": The Collector
“Ultra Creep!”: The Collector by Zachary Young Here is some music I’ve composed for the soon-to-be released short film, “Ultra Creep!”, by Clayton Browning. This track is titled “The Collector”.
May 12th
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The Trial and Death of Socrates: II. To the men of...
The Trial and Death of Socrates: II. To the men of Athens by Zachary Young SOCRATES: It is for the sake of a short time, men of Athens, that you will acquire the reputation and the guilt, in the eyes of those who want to denigrate the city, of having killed Socrates, a wise man, for they who want to revile you will say that I am wise even if I am not. If you had waited but a little while, this...
May 12th
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Dipteracoustics
Dipteracoustics by Zachary Young This electronic sound-scape is intended as a sketch for a possible short animation collaboration currently floating around.
May 11th
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May 10th
My Composition Recital
Click here to check out the recordings from my composition recital held April 26th, 2011. Thank you to all who made this event possible!
May 2nd