Gecko at work!
dataGecko is the home of aspiring media composer, hack musician and Video Game Music fan Scott. I'm based in Brisbane, Australia at the moment but with strong ties to Kyoto, Japan as well. My style is as eclectic as my tastes in music and art, so if you are looking for something a little different, get in contact and lets take a journey of discovery together! After a long career in data and analytics I'm finally giving the right side of my brain free reign to have fun and be creative. I love to collaborate and I'm far more focused on enjoying the process than fame and glory. Life is short, let's play!
The real gecko!
Re-imagined Music for Stray
This was just a little exercise to create a piece of light music for this game that responded to event changes. I enjoy the current OST, just wanted an excuse to imagine how I would have approached it. :-)
Hyper Light Breaker - Trailer Score
Here is my entry for Stillalive Game Labs HLB Trailer Music Challenge #24. Loved the video trailer and the neon colours and frantic energy, so I went with music and enhanced SFX that played off the neon colours with sparkly synth sounds. I focused on molding the music to very closely fit the action, with just a drop of humor slipped in. I also wanted to capture in the music the parkour aspects of the action, and the galloping hunting down of the hapless prey. I hope you enjoy it.
Westwood Lost Piano Scoring Competition
I thought I would have a crack at this film scoring competition. Its only the second time I have submitted for something like this, but I really enjoyed the process of crafting music to fit the narrative of the short story. Storytelling with music is a real passion for me, I enjoy that challenge greatly. If you would like to have a listen, and if you enjoyed it, please leave a comment. I would really appreciate that.
If you want to join the fun you can read more on the Westwood site.
Score Relief 2022 - I Catch You
Another shot at a scoring competition. This was quite a difficult video to work to, but I eventually settled on a relatively simple African inspired piece that I felt captured the feeling of the narration and story.
You can check out the competition here.
A Lament for Ukraine
I feel so distressed by the images and news coming from Ukraine. At first I felt numb, and as the days dragged on I felt I just had to get my feelings out, which resulted in this simple little quartet. For those suffering at the hands of a brutal dictator, and those who so bravely fight to defend themselves. Thank you to the wonderful musicians who brought the piece to life. This is part of a little album "This world is too small for war" which you can listen to on Bandcamp.
Phoenix Fell from Heaven
This was a collaboration with a friend that creates pixelated poetry, and asked if I could create a music track to match.
I am incredibly grateful to the wonderfully talented GhostCandle for allowing me to use her beautiful fan artwork on my videos for the project below. Please do check out her work and support her with a commission if you can!!
Album Released!!!
Critter Songs - A musical tribute to Critical Role Campaign 2
Critter Songs: I've been working for the last few months on an album of music inspired by the characters from Critical Role Campaign 2. There are eight very different tracks, for eight amazing and diverse characters.
Thank you to this wonderful bunch of people for the joy they bring us! You guys rock!
Molly - The music is done, I just need to finish the video.
Essek - Would you like to hear an Essek track?? :-) If so, ping me! @dataGeckoMusic on Twitter.