This list contains what I personally consider to be my best works (latest first)
All music and noises © Copyright Paul A. Williams aka Elwood Herring - Please read these notes before downloading
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| Click the titles for links to music & info | Op. | ©Yr | Mins | Style | CD | ?/ 10 |
Description & comments | Foundation and Empire | 16b | Jul 09 | 18:00 | Electronic | 10 | A reworking of my old 1980 guitar improvisation Take 3. | DNA | 61 | Feb 08 | 42:00 | Electronic | 9 | Electronic minimalist pieces. | The Hitch-Hiker Symphony | 28/ 54 |
Dec 06 | 62:00 | Rock |  |
10 | A rock symphony based on the original radio series of Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. |
| 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. |
| The Dreamer of Dreams | 52 | Aug 05 | 41:28 | Surreal |
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10 | A sound painting based around my poem "The Dreamer of Dreams". |
| Variations on a Lennon/McCartney Theme |
51 | Mar 05 | 09:45 | Orchestral |  |
10 | My arrangement of a Lennon & McCartney song for strings & harp. |
| Morphic Resonance |
50 | Jul 05 | 39:00 | Wacky |  |
10 | 39 minutes of percussive pianistic pandemonium. |
| To Touch the Silver Butterfly of Spring | 48 | Jun 04 | 31:00 | Avantgarde | |
9 | Inspired by the electronic works of Morton Subotnick. |
| Serenade for String Theory A Midsummer Nightmare |
45 | Nov 03 | 12:10 | Orchestral |  |
8 | A complex string serenade with a few surprises in store. |
| Fearless Asymmetry For 2 pianos & percussion |
41 | 2003 | 06:30 | Minimalist |
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8 | Pseudo-minimalist piano piece quoting a famous tune. |
| Symphony no.4 |
37 | 2004 | 39:20 | Orchestral | |
10 | A proper orchestral symphony, albeit in MIDI form. |
| The Herringbone Rag | 36 | 2002 | 07:33 | Classical |  |
9 | A crazy ragtime piano piece, plus a pizzicato string version. |
| Piano Sonata #1 | 33 | 2003 | 13:00 | Atonal | |
7 | First music I made for 16 years, and the first made with modern sequencing software (i.e. "Cakewalk"). |
| Concentric Circles | 19 | 1983 | 57:43 | Electronic |
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7 | A Jean-Michel Jarre - ish electronic work. Easy listening for the most part. |
| Herringbone Concerto | 10 | 1980 | 15:04 | Rock | |
8 | Jaunty guitar & synth piece. A good "fun" piece which should get you whistling. |
| Concerto for 2 guitars & Synthesiser |
9 | 1979 | 17:55 | Avantgarde |  |
9 | Combining guitars and synthesiser, a piece I'm quite proud of. Takes a few listens to get into it. |
| Chinese Cheesecake | 6 | 1979 | 04:14 | Pop | |
8 | A wierd musical "perpetuum mobile". Quite catchy. |
| Nova | 5 | 1979 | 05:53 | Electronic | |
8 | A giant musical crescendo like an exploding star. |
| Upandunder Overture | 1 | 1979 | 04:13 | Pop | |
10 | My first synthesiser piece. Very catchy. |
| Opus Zero | 0 | 1980 | 03:20 | Classical | |
8 | My earliest piano composition. |
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