All my compositions made in MIDI format - new works added frequently.
All tracks © Paul A. Williams aka Elwood Herring except where stated otherwise - Please read these notes before downloading
EXPLORING NEW DIRECTIONS AND NEW POSSIBILITIES IN MUSIC COMPOSITION.
LOTS OF DIFFERENT STYLES AND APPROACHES, EVERY PIECE A MUSICAL EXPLORATION. GIVE YOUR EARS A TREAT!
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Click the titles for links to music & info
Op.
©Yr
Mins
Style
CD
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10Description & comments
Foundation and Empire
16b
Jul 09
18:00
Electronic
10
A reworking of my old 1980 guitar improvisation Take 3.
DNA
61
Jul 08
52:10
Minimalist
8
MIDI versions of five electronic mictotonal minimalist pieces. Trippy.
Quarter Tone Sonata
58
Sep 07
03:40
Microtonal
8
First movement of what I hope will be an interesting quarter-tone piece utilizing a nine-note whole tone scale I invented myself.
Opus 56
56
Jan 07
11:00
Abstract
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8
A curious abstract MIDI piece.
Interface Reconnected
53
Sep 05
52:20
Rock
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10
A complete MIDI reworking of my 1984 album "Interface" in two large MIDI suites.
Variations
on a Lennon/McCartney Theme51
Mar 05
09:45
Orchestral
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10
My arrangement of a Lennon & McCartney song for strings & harp.
Morphic Resonance
50
Jul 05
39:00
Wacky
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10
39 minutes of percussive pianistic pandemonium.
Piano Sonata #2
49
Sep 04
12:30
Classical
7
A second piano sonata in two unconventional movements.
Organ Sonata
47
Jul 04
22:00
Classical
7
Written for my friend the Californian organist & composer Jonathan Orwig
Serenade for String Theory
A Midsummer Nightmare45
Nov 03
12:10
Orchestral
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8
A complex string serenade with a few surprises in store.
The Moebius Strip Polka
42
2003
08:00
Atonal
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6
A palindromic piano piece alternating 7/16 and 3/8
Fearless Asymmetry
For 2 pianos & percussion41
2003
06:30
Minimalist
8
Pseudo-minimalist piano piece quoting a famous tune.
Piano Fantasy #2
40
2003
10:15
Classical
7
"Duelling Pianos" - A schizophrenic piano duet.
Symphony no.4
37
2004
39:20
Orchestral
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10
A proper orchestral symphony, albeit in MIDI form.
The Herringbone Rag
36
2002
07:33
Classical
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9
A crazy ragtime piano piece, plus a pizzicato string version.
Piano Sonata #1
33
2003
13:00
Atonal
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7
First music I made for 16 years, and the first made with modern sequencing software (i.e. "Cakewalk").
Time and Commotion
23a
1982
02:50
Pop
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7
Silly little synth piece.
Interface
20
1984
50:10
Rock
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8
All the music written for my 80's band Interface. Good music to be found here.
Symphony #1
Son of Man12
1980
66:21
Surreal
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5
My 1st electronic symphony, some of which I have converted into MIDI files. Very odd stuff.
Herringbone Concerto
10
1980
15:04
Rock
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8
Jaunty guitar & synth piece. A good "fun" piece which should get you whistling.
Chinese Cheesecake
6
1979
04:14
Pop
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8
A wierd musical "perpetuum mobile". Quite catchy.
Nova
5
1979
05:53
Electronic
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8
A giant musical crescendo like an exploding star.
String Quartet #1
March of the Killer Ants 2
1979
06:22
No idea
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6
Piano piece or string piece? You decide.
Upandunder Overture
1
1979
04:13
Pop
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10
My first synthesiser piece. Very catchy.
Opus Zero
0
1980
03:20
Classical
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8
My earliest piano composition.
Pete's Piano Piece
1978 01:58 Crazy ![]()
8
Not by me, but my friend Peter.
James's Piano Piece
2002 06:43 Crazier 8
Not by me, but my friend James.
The Left Bank
(Lance Gambit / Wayne Hill)
Left Bank Revisited
(Arr. Elwood Herring)
2003
200802:40
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By popular demand, I have also sequenced the famous "Gallery" theme tune from the 60's children's TV series "Vision On". I wanted a copy of this for my Album Covers page, but I couldn't find a decent version anywhere on the Net so I made this one myself. It's a faithful note-perfect reproduction of the original piece, including the seldom heard coda at the end.
The second link here is the same piece but with some extra embellishments I decided to add to it. I suppose this is always how I sort of imagined the piece to continue, as it was rarely heard in its entirety on the show.
More MIDI pieces of mine HERE!
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