Music Demos

Here are some samples of my work. Most of these examples are Orchestral arrangements using GigaStudio sampling with the Vienna Symphonic Library and other professional grade sample libraries to emulate a live orchestra. They are intended as dramatic underscrore or other cinematic uses. Depending on the file size you may need to let it download a sec. Please be patient, the music is worth the short wait - Enjoy!

 Selected Music for Picture
  Kung Fu Joe
A scene from the feature film "Kung Fu Joe"
Click for HI-Rez Quicktime (32megs, Quicktime)
  • Big-band Jazz, Cinematic Score
  • Kung Fu Joe: Zak Van Winkle
  • Mo Money: Michael Mitchell
  • Director: Glen Berry
  • Composer, Orchestrator, Performance: C. Alpiar
  • Director of Photography: Erik Dinnel
  De Nous - A Dance
A modern dance tale of unhappiness
Click for HI-Rez Quicktime (18megs, Quicktime)
  • Small Orchestral, Tango Elements
  • Female Dancer: Aleksandra Wojcik
  • Male Dancer: Peter Francis
  • Director: Rolfe Klement
  • Composer, Orchestrator, Performance: C. Alpiar
  • Choreography: Rolfe Klement
  • Director of Photography: Rolfe Klement w/ Hu-Hsuan Wei
  • Makeup Artist: Isabel While
  Major League Baseball 2007
TV Advertisement scored for Fox MLB 2007
Click for HI-Rez Quicktime (18megs, Quicktime)
  • Orchestral score "Field of Dreams"-esque
  • Composed, Orchestrated, and Performed by Chris Alpiar

 Film Music Demos
  Flying (4.1M, Orchestral, MP3) - Soaring in the clouds, its the perks of being a superhero!
  Tension Mounting (1mb, Orchestral, MP3) - The clock is ticking, but our hero is a whiz with disarming large bombs...
  Ethnic Trainwreck (840k, World, MP3) - Waiting his prey in the bush... no in the desert... umm in the mountains of Tibet?
  Lunar Superficies (1mb, Orchestral, MP3) - The surface of the moon, majestic and mysterious and a little melancholy
  Morning Coffee for Epic Adventurers (2.5mb, Orchestral, MP3) - An epic adventure that all begins with the morning coffee and ends up plopping into your chair at the office
  Sci Fi Boogie Strut (with stress!) (2.2mb, Electronic/ Jazz, MP3) - Only Zerph can save us in his 2933 Toyota Space Cruiser and a bucket of Jamaica Hellfire Sauce...
  Spy Running (3.14mb, Orchestral, MP3) - Music for an action film trailer, its all about the chase and the mystery
  The Tempest (1.4mb, Orchestral, MP3) - Power and grace, football or chase, we love's ya Porky
  Forth the King of Chaos (912kb, Orchestral, MP3) - Make way for the King of Chaos! The white clover is his sigil and his disciples love him. Ah foolish warhardy folk!
  Loss of a Friend (1mb, Orchestral, MP3) - Much sadness, missing a friend that is no longer
  Only Zuel (1.6mb, Orchestral, MP3) - There is no Dana... but it seems to be more then a tragedy
  Peruvian Excavation (900kb, Orchestral, MP3) - Soaring Mountains, ancient ruins, and clandestine intrigue
  The Phoenix Marches (719kb, Orchestral, MP3) - Finally the army is ready. As the general gives his signal the troops move forward.
  Winter Contemplation (1.2mb, Orchestral, MP3) - A cold December night's walk in the snow. Does she even remember what happened between her and I that fine summer day?
  Enter The Crypt (730kb, Orchestral, MP3) - Mysterious dark cobweb filled stone passageways in this underground crypt. Something is in the corner under that skeleton. Is it the long lost gem of Ankhalthrom?
  Gypsy Moon (2.1mb, Acoustic Jazz, MP3) - Wandering thru the streets of Perugia Italy searching for hash, we meet the king of the gypsies who blocks out the moon almost completely with hash smoke pouring from his lungs
  After the Battle (695k, Orchestral, MP3) - The battle is over and smoke and blood permeate the senses. A crow picks the meat off of some unknown object. A cry of pain in the distance...
  Colonel Pickerings Ball (640k, Orchestral, MP3) - All the local dignitaries have arrived in colonial era british formal officer uniforms and lavish gowns for this festive dance. Good show old man!
  Electric Juice (1Mb, Electronic, MP3) - Some booty stompin for a 1 min ad spot.
  Vetements Frais (781kb, Orchestral, MP3) - Ahhhh Fresh laundry never smelled so nice...
  X-Ploration (1.7mb, Orchestral, MP3) - A demo I wrote for the EMU EmulatorX team using sounds from the EMU Modern Symphonic Orchestra. I love their keyswitch method, very cool!

 Stage Theater Music
  Shapin' Up (2.8megs, MP3) - This is the title song from Scott Adler's new broadway musical comedy "Shapin' Up!" co-written by myself and John Comfort
  There's No Need To Tussle (4.3megs, MP3) - This is a song from Scott Adler's new broadway musical comedy "Shapin' Up!" co-written by myself and John Comfort
  Welcome to Deevine's Danceaerobics (7.6megs, MP3) - This is a song from Scott Adler's new broadway musical comedy "Shapin' Up!" co-written by myself and John Comfort
  Gather Yourself Guys (3.4megs, MP3) - This is a song from Scott Adler's new broadway musical comedy "Shapin' Up!" co-written by myself and John Comfort
  Just Take a Sip, Boy (4megs, MP3) - This is a song from Scott Adler's new broadway musical comedy "Shapin' Up!" co-written by myself and John Comfort
  You Must Get Toned (3megs, MP3) - This is a song from Scott Adler's new broadway musical comedy "Shapin' Up!" co-written by myself and John Comfort

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 Testimonials
"Chris Alpiar has been a great writer since I met him back in Berklee in the 90s. He just keeps getting better and better!"
-- Guillermo Hung, Still Hung Productions


"Don't tell him too much. Let him figure you out musically. Get to the core. "
-- Baird Thompson


 Chris' Notes
One of my closest friends and brothers of the saxophone has his new band Swampdweller and is making a very original sound. Headed up by insane Alto Saxophonist Marc Fendel, and filled with some of Seattle's top Jazz, Hip Hop, and Funk musicians this gig is changing the shape of modern instrumental music.


Hey! If you are in Seattle on a Tuesday night, head on over to the Owl 'n Thistle for a groovy jazz jam session hosted by Bebop and Destruction.


"Clifford's self-assuredness in his playing reflected the mind and soul of a blossoming young artist who would have rightfully taken his place next to Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and other leaders in jazz."
-- Quincy Jones on Clifford Brown


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