EVAN PEREZ PORTFOLIO
Music
Funtime Inc. 2 (Original Song)
Funtime Inc. 2 is a song I originally wrote in 2018 in GarageBand for iPad. After using Logic Pro X for a few months in an audio class, I decided to revisit it for another project and essentially try and remake it with better instruments and make it sound better overall. I first replaced the piano-filled melody with something more synth-sounding, and introduced a new instrument during the bridge. I then added some drums to accent the melody especially in the chorus.
This was my first major music project in Logic Pro X, so the mix is a little rough and wouldn't mind remastering it. I've gotten a little better at mastering since this project, for example with panning and individual track leveling. With this song I tried to evoke the feeling of a creepy and eerie carnival. The cover art was done in Adobe Photoshop.
Multimedia Composition Demo Reel
In Spring of 2022, I took a class on scoring for multimedia, and this video I made combines all the projects I did for that class into a demo reel. The first composition is a scene from Disney/Pixar's WALL-E, I made use of woodwinds and strings to match the tension in the scene. The second composition is for Nintendo's Animal Crossing New Horizons, where I was heavily inspired by one of the tunes from the original game.
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The third composition is for Nintendo's Mario Party Superstars, and is also heavily inspired by the original game. For this I used Spitfire brass and orchestral samples and I think it really makes a difference. The last composition is for WWise integration with Unity. Based on an idea I came up a few years prior, I wanted to write something otherworldy and alien, lost on a different planet.
A.I. Generated Music
For this project I wanted to explore the realm of A.I. generated music. I generated many snippets of music from WolframTones of various genres and picked the ones I thought had the most potential to be expanded upon. Next I brought the midi files it outputted into Logic Pro where I expanded those snippets into actual songs with structure. I thought it would be neat to generate some artwork for each of these songs, so I went to NightCafe and put in prompts based on the vibes of each song. I then complied all the songs together into a single video in Premiere Pro.