Music by Leif Chappelle

The music catalogued on these pages represent a body of work collected over the years from all assorted genres and styles. Feel free to take a listen, read up on a few descriptive snippets, or even post some feedback on a particular piece.

  • Styles

    Theme BGM Groove Cinematic Ambiance Introduction Action

  • Instrumentation

    Solo Chamber Orchestral Electro-acoustic Rock Electronic Jazz Chiptune

  • Descriptors

    Looping Haunting Playful Nostalgic Retro Beautiful Contemplative Live
    Delicate World Chill Episodic Chaotic

  • Length

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    In Real Time

    An extended version of the original intro/theme I wrote for 1up.com’s podcast Active Time Babble. The whole thing is an homage to classic Final Fantasy battle themes, including its own little victory theme. Spot the references!

    71 Listens | 11.27.09 | Download
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    Cavernous

    A bit of a contemplative piece, built to live within the space it creates aurally. Wet limestone walls, the trickle of water running through the subterranian valley. Composed entirely with pxtune, then remixed and mastered in SONAR using Guitar Rig for some additional effects.

    72 Listens | 07.12.09 | Download
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    Backseat Driver

    Taking a bit more liberty with the noise channel for some fun percussion effects, I wrote this ‘tune as the setting for a fun adventure with brief interludes of off-beat chaos. The track loops, but also has a ‘game over’ jingle tagged onto the end.

    83 Listens | 05.30.09 | Download
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    Celluloid

    An NES-style chiptune written using FamiTracker. Especially fond of the break beats that surface in the latter-half. Also of note is the Mega Man homage tom-toms that you may recognize! More details here.

    81 Listens | 05.02.09 | Download
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    Iron Depths

    An older piece that I resurrected from obscurity with a new synth backing and rhythm tracks. Done in the style of a Sakuraba-esque dungeon theme. More details here.

    71 Listens | 03.09.09 | Download
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    Campfire Tales

    Several figures sit or lie around the crackling fire. Sleep looms at the back of all their minds, but they are entranced by the wild tales being woven by one figure standing alone with the moon to his back.

    27 Listens | 02.04.08 | Download
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    Though We May Sleep…

    Multicolored nonsense, baseball games versus clowns, being serenaded by a random co-worker with a glass marimba, jazz concerts on the roof, big finish.

    23 Listens | 07.07.07 | Download
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    Argonne Forest, 1918

    A track written for the PC strategy game The Operational Art of War III, for battles taking place during World War I. I chose the battle of Argonne Forest as an inspiration for framing the music, writing two distinct sections and tying them together.

    16 Listens | 05.01.06 | Download
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    CittĂ gazze

    Written based on the location in Philip Pullman’s book The Subtle Knife. A small abandoned coastal city, houses in a state as if all life had suddenly vanished.

    18 Listens | 03.03.06 | Download