
Steve Hansen Smythe

A Synthesized Minute A Synthesized Minute
Just playing around with analog synth sounds.
6/22/2013 Electronica


In a Timepiece In a Timepiece
Piano solo, intermediate difficulty, obviously written for one of my University composition classes. Not sure if it deserves to be remembered, but with repeated listenings it's not so bad after all.
6/14/2013 Experimental

Prime Brass Prime Brass
Scored for Trumpet, French horn, and Trombone. Every time signature is prime, there are a prime number of instruments, a prime number of bars in each section, and a prime number of 8th note beats in the entire piece.
6/2/2013 Contemporary

Dead Loser II Dead Loser II
Background music and sounds for a cocaine abuse Public Service Announcement.
6/2/2013 Experimental

King Arthur Fanfare King Arthur Fanfare
Fanfare for brass and percussion for Storybook Theatre's production of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
6/2/2013 Symphonic

Meedra Ma Meedra Ma
Scored for piano and bass; composed to accompany an animated film of the same name, produced at Quickdraw Animation Society.
6/2/2013 Jazz General

Les Pingoins Explorent/The Exploring Penguins II Les Pingoins Explorent/The Exploring Penguins II
Music and sounds for the second of two versions of the animated film of the same name.
6/2/2013 Experimental

Tangle Creek Tangle Creek
Scored for orchestra and piano. Composed for a broadcast filler service to accompany a video of this creek. Rerecorded and mixed June 2013.
6/1/2013 Symphonic

Soundtrack Improv Soundtrack Improv
Moody improvisation on four tracks, recorded in the electronic music lab at the U of Calgary.
5/29/2013 Experimental

Saamis IV Saamis IV
Themes and stings composed for a CTSR radio play of the same name.
5/29/2013 Native American

Saamis III Saamis III
Themes and stings composed for a CTSR radio play of the same name.
5/29/2013 Native American

Saamis II Saamis II
Themes and stings composed for a CTSR radio play of the same name.
5/29/2013 Native American

Saamis I Saamis I
Themes and stings composed for a CTSR radio play of the same name.
5/29/2013 Native American

Greed Greed
Recorded to accompany an animated film of the same name by Megan Evans, produced at Quickdraw Animation Society.
5/29/2013 Experimental

Animation Animation
Themes and stings composed for a CTSR television documentary about animation.
5/29/2013 Experimental

Thirteen Elephants Thirteen Elephants
A version of the second of my Theme and Variations, performed on a modular analog synthesizer in the basement of the U of Calgary.
5/29/2013 Experimental

Quality Time Quality Time
Recorded to accompany an animated film of the same name, produced at Quickdraw Animation Society.
5/29/2013 Experimental

Print Technology Print Technology
Meant to evoke the percussive and frenetic nature of print technology. Uses themes from Happy Quarks.
5/29/2013 Experimental

Little Mermaid Little Mermaid
Scored for synthesizer or guitar, strings, koto, and vibes (based on a theme by Kristal Calvert).
5/29/2013 Chamber Music