David Saulesco
I am a composer, arranger and songwriter from northern Sweden. Besides that I also sing, teach, speak, conduct and write about music.
I started out by writing music for independent computer games as a teenager. Since then I've had the privilege of working and collaborationg with orchestras, choirs, vocal ensembles and artists from around the world.
I'm comfortable in many different genres stretching from contemporary classical to dance pop and can do pretty much everything from full symphonic arrangements to basic songwriting, depending on the situation.
Contact me at david (at) saulesco (dot) se .
Music- Blog
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Albums
- 3 tracks (09:30)Part two of the Music Sounds Better Live EP series contains acappella vocal music, ranging from mixed choir to vocal ensemble settings with sacred as well as popular themes. The first track was originally composed for Josh Whelchel's annual cancer fundraiser project "Songs for the Cure" and featured on its 2009 release. Tracks two and three were composed two years apart - track two in 2008 and three in 2006 - but come from a trio of wordless hymns for chamber choir.
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- 1 tracks (05:19)This happy-go-lucky little electronic ditty is featured in the trailer and credits of the indie computer game "Helena the 3rd" by Brandon Smith and his team at Only Human Studios. Learn more about the game at their website:
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- 2 tracks (08:58)I originally wrote "8-Bit Bolero" in January 2010 for Josh Whelchel's Indie Music Cancer Drive (www.cancerdrive.org) using the free software "pxtone" by Daisuke Amaya, mostly known as the creator of platform adventure game Cave Story. The piece was inspired by "Bolero", a famous orchestral ballet composition written by Maurice Ravel, and by 1980's "chiptune" video game music. In the fall of 2010 I wrote an orchestral arrangement of 8-Bit Bolero as part of my bachelor's thesis in music composition. Finally, in May 2011, I had the privilege of recording the arrangement with the symphony orchestra at NorrlandsOperan in Umeå, Sweden. This two-track single release features both the arrangement and the original version of the piece.
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- 3 tracks (12:54)The first Music Sounds Better Live EP showcases some of the opportunities I've had to work with the wonderful NorrlandsOperan Symphony Orchestra in Umeå. The first and most recent track was written in May 2010 and finally recorded four months later. It's basically a series of variations on the same theme, ending with a radically different take where the main theme is juxtaposed against an Irish-sounding folk melody. It is an evocative, romantic piece with lots of emotion. Tracks two and three come from a cross-generational project where imaginary plates of food made up by grade schoolers eventually were developed into corresponding pieces of classical music, written by myself and other composition students. The tracks are named after the recipes they represent; "Blue salmon with black caviar" and "Pink avocado on red ice".
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- 21 tracks (34:51)This is the incomplete soundtrack to Eternal Daughter, written between December 2001 and May 2002 with the brunt work done during the first couple of months. It was my first "real" project and the first of a handful of collaborations with Derek and Jon. While its shortcomings, technical as well as musical, may be apparent today, I'm still proud of it as a testament to my musical aspirations. Derek and Jon were an absolute blast to work with, being as passionate about playing and making games as I was. They'd send me stuff from the game as they were making it and I'd write music inspired by what I got; artwork, story bits, gameplay or movie sequences. Eternal Daughter was a tribute to their childhood favorites, as much as it was to mine. Educated listeners may notice several homages to various composers, both classical and contemporary, weaved into several of the tracks. More than anything, this was a labor of love in the truest sense of the expression. Writing game music had been my dream job for years. When I suddenly got the chance to actually give it a shot, I gave it all my at the time sixteen-year-old heart and soul could give. And I'm quite proud of that.
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Posts
i got nothing today here reblog!
^_^ i can relate to this and so on
This is what I do for work. Make eargasms happen.
One minute away from a business development meeting with Ola Lidström. …oops, minute’s gone!
A stage in Skellefteå’s hall of arts, Nordanå, which in a few minutes will be filled with two hours of amazing dancing. And I’m going present it all.
Patrick Gann, previously a long-time writer for RPGFan, now for Original Sound Version, wrote a fantastic review of my old soundtrack to Derek Yu and Jon Perry’s indie computer platform-adventure game Eternal Daughter.
Garbo’s Tear, as in Greta Garbo or Greta Eriksson, world-famous Swedish actress. A delicious little morsel served at a fine pâtisserie and bakery in Stockholm. Or, as the common man would say, a triple fucking orgasm in your mouth.
- Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia, home to Perpetuum Jazzile
There are really so many things to say about Slovenia that I don’t want to say anything because that would really just spoil it, in that I can’t describe what an amazing experience it was to work with Perpetuum Jazzile. Maybe 20 years from now I’ll write a song about it, but I lack the proper words right now.
I still think it’s cool that I have a new office. That’s why I’m posting another picture of it.
Such a depressing view from my office window. Good thing the stuff I’m working on is making me happy. So many good things in the works right now. Will share more later on.
Salmon mince patty with a tomato/shrimp sauce, green pea sauce on top and creamy potato mash.
An absolutely amazing musical journey by several different composers, worth far beyond its price of admission. (About 30 minutes of your life - the entire album is a free download.) Listen once and fall in love. Listen twice and lose yourself altogether.
“Turn left and see the blue sea. Turn right and hear the sound of thunder. Turn back and find peace.”
A song in Catalan which I wrote as a gift to the family in whose apartment I and ten other guys in the Tyresö Youth Choir stayed when we were at the annual festival in Cantonigròs in July.
- New Year's Resolution
Don’t you just love making promises to yourself every time another 365 (ish) days have passed? Somewhere deep down you know - perhaps from experience - that making these promises isn’t necessary any good. They tend to be at least a little more challenging than you can handle, and you’ll end up making the same resolution (or re-resolution as it were) another 365 (ish) days later.
Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.
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Tweets
- Listening to @DarinOfficial new single "Nobody Knows". Very epic soundscape. Pretty nice!Feb 21, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Hans Zimmer himself comments on a forum poster's question about how to achieve the "Hans Zimmer" sound. http://t.co/ydyYsCRNFeb 17, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Eternal Daughter remastered soundtrack coming to @GameMusicBundle very soon. Preview here: http://t.co/uSWtSqquFeb 17, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- My new sounds: Eternal Daughter 10th Anniversary Remastered Original Soundtrack PREVIEW http://t.co/AsUlu0ZJ on #SoundCloud
- Keeps being impressed by the quality and usability of @PropellerheadSW Reason's orchestral sample library. Especially the woodwinds! :O
