The first novel I ever wrote was The Shadow That Endures, inspired by the books of C.S. Lewis and Tolkien that gave me my love of reading. Over the years, I’ve had occasion to write enough music for my book trailers and audio books that it has occurred to me that they might collectively form a more significant work. Additionally, readers might even appreciate another avenue for gaining emotional insight into the novels. Quite a while ago, I began writing a symphony to use for promoting The Shadow That Endures, and a few rough sketches were even used in the book trailer. I had made it as far as the third movement when the computer with the musical score and recordings crashed irreparably. The JPL computer engineer friend who tried to save it said I might have damaged the chips by crashing it repeatedly in my attempt to push the envelope of what was possible (the finished version of the First Movement has 93 tracks, the Second Movement has over 120). Rather than trying to desolder the hard drive, I set out to re-create and improve the ‘lost symphony,’ which is now available on Spotify and approximately 30 other streaming services. I hope you will enjoy this labor of love.
This musical composition can be found here:
The original fantasy novel, which inspired the musical composition is available here: