Music written by Elliot Corner (aged 18) to Accompany the Novel by Monica Sanz, published by Black Opal Books.
The music represents the progression of the novel, and ultimately the entwining of the lives of Marcus and Abigail. I have scored this for:
4 Violas
Violin
Cello
Tam-Tam
2 Pianos
Percussion (Castanets, Temple Blocks, Triangle)
The quiet and high piano ostinato of (C - F# - G) that repeats all the way through the piece represents the piano playing of the delicate Abigail, in stark contrast to the low and sonorous melancholic sounds made by the Violas to represent Marcus and the concept of Death.
It ends on a ghostly, ethereal harmonic. Read the book to find out what the significance is!
Buy the book (Print and Kindle) at
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Awk...Visit Monica's Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/Mo...Visit Monica's Blog here:
http://monicabsanz.blogspot...'Refusing to collect a soul was never a part of his bargain...
Haunted by the death of a fiancée he doesn't want, Marcus Kent strikes a deal with Death. For a century, he gathers souls by night in exchange for her life. By day, he endures a droning existence at her side while troubled by the many lives he has taken. However, when he's tasked with collecting Abigail Archer's soul, that monotonous gray is dispelled. He not only finds a healthy girl—with an eerie likeness to his fiancée—waiting for death, but a girl as plagued as he by the death of another.
Drawn to the mysteries of her soul, and the reason she waits for death, Marcus forms an awkward friendship with Abigail that quickly grows into more. She breathes life back into him. He can't relinquish it—any more than he can relinquish her.
But breaking a deal with Death has consequences he cannot escape—at least not for long...'
Music written by Elliot Corner (aged 18) to Accompany the Novel by Monica Sanz, published by Black Opal Books.
The music represents the progression of the novel, and ultimately the entwining of the lives of Marcus and Abigail. I have scored this for:
4 Violas
Violin
Cello
Tam-Tam
2 Pianos
Percussion (Castanets, Temple Blocks, Triangle)
The quiet and high piano ostinato of (C - F# - G) that repeats all the way through the piece represents the piano playing of the delicate Abigail, in stark contrast to the low and sonorous melancholic sounds made by the Violas to represent Marcus and the concept of Death.
It ends on a ghostly, ethereal harmonic. Read the book to find out what the significance is!
Buy the book (Print and Kindle) at
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Awk...Visit Monica's Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/Mo...Visit Monica's Blog here:
http://monicabsanz.blogspot...'Refusing to collect a soul was never a part of his bargain...
Haunted by the death of a fiancée he doesn't want, Marcus Kent strikes a deal with Death. For a century, he gathers souls by night in exchange for her life. By day, he endures a droning existence at her side while troubled by the many lives he has taken. However, when he's tasked with collecting Abigail Archer's soul, that monotonous gray is dispelled. He not only finds a healthy girl—with an eerie likeness to his fiancée—waiting for death, but a girl as plagued as he by the death of another.
Drawn to the mysteries of her soul, and the reason she waits for death, Marcus forms an awkward friendship with Abigail that quickly grows into more. She breathes life back into him. He can't relinquish it—any more than he can relinquish her.
But breaking a deal with Death has consequences he cannot escape—at least not for long...'
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