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Composed and Conducted/Performed by Dave Macfarlane
All music copyright © 1995-2005 by Dave Macfarlane
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The recordings below are strictly for personal, non-commercial use. No part of any of the music recordings below - or the music itself - may be used for any other purpose without written permission from Dave Macfarlane.
Performance Update:
Dave Macfarlane's composition, Remembrance, will be performed at a Regina Symphony Orchestra concert on April 13, 2006.
Selected Film and Television Cues by Dave Macfarlane
For commentary on these cues, click here: Film and TV cues commentary
Space Flight 1:07
Fresh Ice :18
Michelangelo 1:39
South Of The Equator 3:02
Final Freedom :30
Neartown :18
Stripping Bodies (excerpt) :39
Love Theme 2:00
Latin Trip 2:06
Journeys 1:05
New Little Things
For commentary on these cues, click here: New Little Things Commentary
Lament and Sanctuary 2:28
Balcony Tango 1:59
One Day I Hope To Fly Again 2:20
Helen's Farewell 3:22
Enduring Beauty 2:17
Syndrome Suite
Main Title :10
The Couch :23
Kitchen Betrayal :33
End Titles 1:28
Always Suite
Main Title 1:00
Across The Seas 1:43
Archaic
but fun cues from when Dave had lousy equipment and only half a brain
Hug 1:20
Cowfy (excerpt) :53
Happy Ending 1:33
Whales (excerpt) 1:02
One (excerpt) 2:17
Canadiana 4:14
Piano Sonata No.1 (1995)
WARNING: This piece contains material not suitable for younger or more sensitive marsupials. Listener discretion is advised.
This
was
churned out in a few days as an act of necessity, which, though pregnant at the
time, would not become the mother of invention for another three weeks. I
do, however, have a sequenced recording of it as well as an unhealthy
willingness to humiliate myself, so here it is 
Mvt. 1 10:00
Mvt. 2 12:14
Mvt. 3 8:08 (The humour is intentional, as are many of the notes.)
Impromptu for Piano (2005)
Impromptu for Piano 3:23
Wedding Piece for
Wendy and Ian 
This was
originally written for violin and piano, and those of you who were present when
my sister and brother-in-law walked down the aisle may remember something which
sounded rather entirely unlike this piece. As soon as I find out what the
violinist and pianist played, or even what they smoked prior to playing it, I'll
include that here too; until then, all I have to go on is the score that I placed
in front of them, which I have arranged here for piano. 
Wedding Piece for Wendy and Ian 1:26
Dave Macfarlane's Musicals
I have long intended to compose a series of suites or record the overtures from my musicals and upload them to this site. At present that aim is, much like Alpha Centauri, somewhat beyond my reach. In the meantime, I have been going through archaic recordings in search of something that might give some sense of the three works that are dearest to my heart.
The only piece I found suitable to put up here is an old "overture" for my second musical. It was written and recorded over a weekend after I became a tad self-conscious about sending out a CD on the coming Monday that consisted of 25 tracks of my own voice being mercifully accompanied by a piano.
As the piece's instrumentation was determined by which of the sounds I then possessed sounded least awful, and its orchestration was an exercise in hiding the weaknesses of those sounds, a dear friend of mine who loved the musical rightly counseled me to expunge the recording from existence immediately.
I've decided that for all its
faults, it does convey some sense of
the music of my second musical ("Think Again" underwent several
wholesale rewrites since 1997, but all of these melodies remain). Until I
am in better shape (or get an alarmed call from my friend) I will leave this
"overture" up here. As soon as I am able, I promise to give you
the opportunity to mock me freely by putting together works from the three
musicals that will be entirely devoid of caveats. 
Freedom
(1992) book, lyrics and music by Dave Macfarlane
Think Again
(2000) book, lyrics and music by Dave Macfarlane
"Overture" (1997) 8:37
All That I Need
(2001) book, lyrics and music by Dave Macfarlane
Songs Without Walnuts, Nos. 1-6
For violin and piano
These pieces preserve some songs I wrote when I was about eight or nine-years-old. I therefore couldn't honestly say that they didn't have words. Thankfully, no such sense of honesty prevailed when I dubbed them works of music. Also, walnuts are funny. Seriously. Ever talk to a walnut? If so, I have a number you can call. And speak to a pecan.
Here is a link, strictly for the very curious, to some horrendously rudimentary "recordings" of these pieces.
Coming soonish: Overtures and suites from Dave's musicals
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All Music Copyright © 1995-2005 by Dave Macfarlane