Blog Posts - ANTHONY LUIS SANCHEZ: Composer and Musicologist

ANTHONY LUIS SANCHEZ: Composer and Musicologist

Haunted Theme 2 (Loop) (2019)

10/7/2019

Music by Anthony L. Sanchez (b. 1988)

Photo by Stefan Ringler on Unsplash

Audio track now available on Patreon: https://bit.ly/2oeFAJN

Music created using MidSequer2 and Audacity

Instrument used in MidSequer2: Synth Lead: Lead 1 (square)

"Reverse," "Echo" and "Reverb" effects used in Audacity

Note: When converting the original ".mdsq" file to ".mid" and ".wav," the overall sound quality of the track changed.

Haunted Theme (Loop) (2019)

10/4/2019

Music by Anthony L. Sanchez (b. 1988)

Photo by Rythik on Unsplash

Audio track available now on Patreon: bit.ly/2oeFAJN

Music created using MidSequer2 (app), Lexis Audio Editor (app) and Audacity

Instrument used in MidSequer2: Synth Pad: Pad 5 (bowed) "Echo" and "Reverb" effects used in Lexis Audio Editor and Audacity

Note: When converting the original ".mdsq" file to ".mid" and ".wav," the overall sound quality of the track changed.

Soundscape No. 14 (2019)

9/12/2019

Music by Anthony L. Sanchez (b. 1988)

Photo by Pawel Czerwinski on Unsplash-- Video edited by Anthony L. Sanchez in Movie Maker

Music created using sounds from the natural environment in and around Helen, Georgia while escaping the wrath of Hurricane Dorian last week-- recorded and edited with the (now very restrictive) Lexis Audio Editor and Audacity

Return Flight: August 8, 2019

8/14/2019

Videos and images from the second flight home last Thursday

YouTube Channel Update 2 (2019)

7/21/2019

Music by Anthony L. Sanchez (b. 1988)

Photos by Simon Maage, Dayne Topkins, Frank Septillion, and Sašo Tušar on Unsplash

Music available on Patreon: https://bit.ly/2JTA6e9

Morning Theme (2019)

7/20/2019

for orchestra

Music by Anthony L. Sanchez (b. 1988)

Photo by Wes Hicks on Unsplash

MIDI playback

I consider this track to be an experimentation in instrumental layering, but within the confines of a short duration and looping.

Heroic Battle Theme (2018-19)

7/18/2019

for orchestra and piano

Music by Anthony L. Sanchez (b. 1988)

Photo by Victor B. on Unsplash

MIDI Playback

I originally created this theme last year as part of a long soundtrack to accompany tabletop gaming sessions. When that project failed (because I had composed too many electronic tracks that made no sense), I went back and re-orchestrated the piece. This music is meant to evoke something from an RPG or MMORPG.

Menuet and Sarabande (2010-19)

7/17/2019

for strings

Music by Anthony L. Sanchez (b. 1988)

Photo by Vitor Pinto on Unsplash

MIDI playback

Musical score available on Patreon: https://bit.ly/2T5NX8G

These are the two complete pieces that I originally wrote as Counterpoint assignments as an undergraduate in 2010. Originally written for keyboard, I later changed the instrumentation to string instruments in February 2019:

"Menuet," for violins and cellos
"Sarabande," for strings (violins, violas and cellos)

Tranquil Theme (Loop) (2017-19)

7/16/2019

for string orchestra

Music by Anthony L. Sanchez (b. 1988)

Photo by Daniel Roe on Unsplash

MIDI Playback

This is is the first in a series of pieces that I am writing and revising as possible video game music with different instrumentation. Each of these pieces will be quite short, so I will have them loop about 2 or 3 times and include a fade-out.

Three Sonatas (2019)

7/15/2019

for toy piano

Music by Anthony L. Sanchez (b. 1988)

Photo by Matthew T Rader on Unsplash

NOTE: The MIDI Playback for these pieces uses a celesta instead of a toy piano, because Finale does not have a "Toy Piano" in their Instrument List.

I originally planned for this work to consist of 5 to 10 sonata da camera (each with short "A" and "B" sections). However, I grew a bit dissatisfied with the strict serial method of composition and timbre and settled on the three pieces instead. While I had previously uploaded these pieces in separate videos, this current video serves as an electronically realized version of all three toy piano sonatas. They are meant to be performed on a 37-key toy piano.

To see the time stamps for each movement in this video, click the video title below and view the "Comments" section on YouTube.