Artists
We were recently contacted by a prolific musician, producer, and artist, David De Michele, and were blown away by his extensive catalog, creativity, and just friendly he is! David has been creating cinematic electronic ambient music since 2005 and produces all his own works under the Indigo World Productions label. When we first listened to […]
Some of you may remember our interview with Alex Langenbach about a year ago, a ridiculously talented musician and artist who was working on his own interpretation of the Silmarillion put to music. His studio, AlexSonics, will be releasing The Doom of the Noldor, a soundtrack for the Silmarillion on Friday, July 7, 2023! Listen […]
Heroes and Mortals had the immense pleasure of meeting one of our own, a lover of music, Tolkien, and the rich world of middle-earth, in Alex Langenbach, a composer with an epic musical passion, the creation of a soundtrack to Tolkien’s The Silmarillion. Alex started out as a drummer in a metal band, taught himself […]
Heroes and Mortals recently paid visit to Wyrd Leatherworks and Meadery, a Viking themed venue for fine leatherwork and even finer mead and we very highly recommend a visit if you live in or are just plundering through Portland. That got us thinking of the genres of Viking-themed music (of which there are many) and […]
If the internet is good for anything, it’s going down rabbit holes of the odd things people find and post online. Today’s ventures ended up at this article from ArtNet a few years ago about a piece of music in the 15th Century Hieronymus Bosch painting “The Garden of Earthly Delights”. Look closely at the poor […]
Music as theater has a long history, but few modern artists have embraced it as fully as the iconic Rick Wakeman. From a community center big band, playing with David Bowie in his early 20s, forming the most well-known prog rock band of all time, Yes, playing in a pub band, to performing his tribute […]
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