Music

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Bathynomus (2023)

Performance of Bathynomus, composed by Nilakash Roy-Faderman, at Boston University Tanglewood Institute. Performed by Andrew Nelson (contrabassoon) and Thomas Weaver (piano).

Program Notes: This piece is dedicated to Bathynomus giganteus, the giant isopod. Growing up to over a foot long, it is a giant relative of the woodlouse, bearing a segmented carapace, large, reflective eyes, and seven pairs of many-jointed legs. A denizen of the abyssal plain, it scuttles in the darkness of the deepest oceans, surviving without food for up to five years, until it comes upon the fallen corpse of a squid or whale. The contrabassoon, both in its low percussive rumble and its thin, unsettling altissimo, speaks to me of the giant isopod, monstrous and alone, making its slow way through the abyssal dark.

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Gehenna, from The Four Post-Mortem Worlds (2023)

Read-through of “Gehenna,” from the suite The Four Post-Mortem Worlds, composed by Nilakash Roy-Faderman, at Boston University Tanglewood Institute. Performed by the BUTI Young Artists Orchestra.

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Elegy of the Sea (2022)

Performance of Elegy of the Sea, composed by Nilakash Roy-Faderman, at the Lamont School of Music Summer Academy. Performed by Ian Wisekal (english horn), Martin Kuuskmann (bassoon), and Sarah Whitnah (violin).

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A Brief Study in Surrealism (2021)

Digital realization of A Brief Study in Surrealism, composed by Nilakash Roy-Faderman. Note that the G-string of the violin is downtuned to an F.

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Excerpt from Spring (2021)

Excerpt from the movie Spring, by by Blender Animation Studios, with music by Nilakash Roy-Faderman.

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Rain Song (2020)

Digital realization of Rain Song, composed by Nilakash Roy-Faderman, for 2 voices and marimba.

Score (including lyrics)

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Dancing in the Rain (2020)

Readthrough of Dancing in the Rain, composed by Nilakash Roy-Faderman, by the Playground Ensemble

Midi realization (up to tempo)

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Ethereal Heart of the Earth (2019)

Digital realization of Ethereal Heart of the Earth, composed by Nilakash Roy-Faderman.

Ethereal Heart of the Earth

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Phantasmagoria (2019)

Performance of Phantasmagoria, composed by Nilakash Roy-Faderman, at the Lamont School of Music Summer Academy. Lyrics adapted from Phantasmagoria, by Lewis Carroll

Score (including lyrics)

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Dance (2019)

Performance of Dance, composed by Nilakash Roy-Faderman, at California State University, San Marcos.

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Awakenings (2018)

Digital realization of Awakenings, composed by Nilakash Roy-Faderman.

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Syzygy (2017)

Digital realization of Syzygy, composed by Nilakash Roy-Faderman.

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