Music Composer: Brandon Parkhurst

“Night with the Zombie Moon” is a song that I wrote about 15 years ago. As a songwriter, my inspiration comes primarily from 50s and 60s spy instrumentals and exotica lounge jazz with a bit of movie scoring tossed in too. This piece was originally composed thinking of what a haunted music box might play. To recreate that sound, my original recording was performed on a vibraphone with guitar and theremin. With the introduction of the Muro Box N40, I’ve now been able to arrange the music for an actual music box, much to my delight!

I don’t have much to share here, the song as it was originally composed falls perfectly onto the available notes of the N40. The song has 2 primary sections with each repeat of the first section adding an additional melody or harmony. The middle section contains an additional theremin melody on my original recording but for this arrangement the single vibraphone melody is given more space to breathe and demonstrate the capability of the N40, especially the N40 sublime. With the piece, the spaces between the notes are just as important to the overall feel of the song as the actual notes.

【More about the Arranger】
Brandon Parkhurst
Muro Box Music Library Account: bpap7380



I record original 50s and 60s inspired instrumental music under the name Johnnyman.



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