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Some original compositions

by John O'Hagan

(co-written if marked *)


Aerial.mp3

Dark free-form jam featuring Ben Green on turntable.
I play double bass with effects.

Angry1.mp3

Angry2.mp3

Dumb-ass rock anthem. Version 2 sung by Bev Parker.
I play guitar and sing version 1

Balances.mp3*

Odd crypto-latin/trad collaboration.
I play alto sax and sampler.

BaNaNaNa.mp3*

Minimalist sci-fi funk.
I play double bass.

Bells.mp3

Orchestral millenial triumphalism.
Commissioned for Sydney Opera House Y2K performance.
I play double bass with effects.

7bells.mp3

Very different version of the above piece.
I conduct.

Crane.mp3

Dark carnival with happy ending.
I play double bass.

DickinAround.mp3

Tati-esque buffoonery.
I play guitar and double bass.

Yourmajesty.mp3

Massed conducted textures.
I conduct them.

Dolmio.mp3

Rough Cuban big-band.
I play double bass and quika.

DoubleTrapeze.mp3

Noir.
I play double bass.

730report.mp3

Three short statements for cello,violin and flute.

Double.mp3*

Bollydub rocks out.
I play double bass with effects.

FlyingBass.mp3

Melancholy miniature for string quartet.
I play double bass.

Flying.mp3

Increasingly silly variations on a minor waltz, with narration by Ali Tamanui.
I play double bass with effects, and guitar.

Hula.mp3*

Rock-operatic space-girl epic.
I play guitar.

Isn'tSheBeautiful.mp3

Punk Floyd.
I play guitar.

IWantToFly.mp3*

Melodrama with vocals.
I play double bass and cliff-top guitar.

LEX.mp3

Extreme tight-trouser rock for a tight-wire artist.
I play distorted double bass and scream.

Orchestra.mp3

Charles Ives goes marching and meets Alma Quon and her Joy Belles.
I play alto sax.

Peacock.mp3

Uplift-your-ending music.
I play double bass.

PinkLemonade.mp3*

Piaf goes trip-hop.
I play double bass.

Plates.mp3

Polyrythmic high-jinks at a Greek wedding.
I play double bass and piano.

Rope.mp3*

Scary, ugly music for a rope trick.
I play double bass with effects.

Spiderwalk.mp3

Bertolucci spy-movie style.

I play Atari computer!

Strongman.mp3

Wistful, quirky waltz.
I play alto sax.

Stuntman.mp3

Theme-song for a hypothetical musical comedy.
I play double bass and sing BVs.

Wheel.mp3*

A simple theme goes from solo bass to Eastern rock via Tom Waits.
I play double bass with effects.

WhiteGoodsMan.mp3*

Funky hymn for a flying hero in white.
I play effected double bass and guitar, and sing.

WithOrWithoutBubbles.mp3*

Techno-latin take on a simple request from a Spanish waiter.
I play sampler.


Here are a few short midi files:

Antonella.mid

Italianate nonsense.

Loopy.mid

A crazy fragment.

NewCaledonia.mid

Sounds like a beautiful place.

PrettyUgly.mid

From one to the other and back.


Other musicians and co-composers featured in various tracks on this page: Svetlana Bunic, accordion; Jenny Thomas, vocals; Hope Csutoris, keyboards and vocals; Chris Lewis, percussion, samples and vocals; Suzanne Simpson, violin, accordion, percussion, keyboards, vocals, trombone, saw; Michael Ling, trumpet; Matt Wilson, alto sax, vocals, clarinet; Stuart Christie, clarinet; Peter Humble, percussion; Tim Coldwell, tuba, trumpet; Per Westman, trombone; and more...



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