Frederick Serafim
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Shadow Walking
Shadow Walking
Mystical verses flower into an uplifting, melodic chorus, depicting a couple living in the shadows and dealing constructively with inner ghosts and issues.
Fulfillment
Fulfillment
Upbeat piano and synth guitar jazz-rock tune regarding life's best approach.
Friends Across Enemy Lines
Friends Across Enemy Lines
R&B tune with a breezy, lilting tempo and a exhilarating instrumental bridge, regarding the dire need for international dialogue and goodwill.
Last of the Great Plague-Casting Prophets
Last of the Great Plague-Casting Prophets
Rock Symphonica inspired by an admittedly curious fascination for those interesting creatures of lore :)
Mighty Miss Andrist
Mighty Miss Andrist
A touching, pretty tune from the standpoint of a male school teacher who's lamentably in love with a colleague, who unfortunately is a kind but misandristic 30 year old women's libber.
Beyond Stardust
Beyond Stardust
Slow, yet stirring tune with a powerful instrumental outro. Now that Catherine has passed away due to strangely unexpected natural causes, the song takes on a new dimension.
D'Artagnan
D'Artagnan
Instrumental Rock Symphonic depiction of Alexandre Dumas' "4th" Musketeer.
Homeless
Homeless
A touching piano and orchestral ballad regarding the plight of the homeless. Some nice lead guitar work during the end fade out. Lyrics and song story below.
Since the Beginning
Since the Beginning
Classical Crossover tune featuring exotic synths, harmonies and subtle key changes, evolving from mystic mellow to a buoyant R&B instrumental ending.
Fill the Void
Fill the Void
Mystic and majestic, mostly instrumental rock symphonica prelude, with just a few existential lyrics and some improvised horn / violin synth guitar solos.
Ataraxis
Ataraxis
Upbeat trance featuring a main synth-brass theme and a secondary piano theme which then unite into an ultimate "peace of mind" counterpoint, in the latter part of the track.
Phantom of the Opera
Phantom of the Opera
I used to do a live vocal duet version of this song with the late Catherine Clarkson, using this self-recorded backup track. We never did record the vocal rendition, and so instead I added this improvised lead guitar instrumental.
Conquistador
Conquistador
I always loved Procol Harum's Conguistador, especially the live version recorded with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.
The Harder They Fall
The Harder They Fall
A dark, heavy, yet partly melodic symphonic rock castigation of blatantly evil thugs, dictators, hypocrites and warmongers.
Call of the Dream
Call of the Dream
Up-beat prog-rocker recalling the angst of earlier anti-war social dissent and the constant lure of selling out to the call of the American Dream.
Ethereal Quest
Ethereal Quest
A riveting, mostly instrumental, electronic rock-symphonic overture with some heavy guitar accents and vocals.
Divine Discontent
Divine Discontent
Eerie electronic verses with uplifting chorus regarding the debilitating stigma of psychiatric treatment.
Voice of Reason
Voice of Reason
Upbeat, largely piano driven, pop/rock tune recounting an amazing car crash survival and subsequent prosperity.
There's A Light
There's A Light
Melodic pop/rock tune for those less fortunate. Lyrics and album story below.
This is Atlantis
This is Atlantis
James Bondish-type music, with lyrics pondering our modern world as the actual meaning of Atlantis. Homeric / Platonic prophecy rather than history or myth?
