Cal Ridley

Original score for film, television and brand.

I write music for picture. Orchestral when the scene needs weight, electronic when it needs pressure, and quite often both in the same cue. The catalogue below is pre-cleared and one-stop, so anything you hear can be licensed without a second phone call. If you need something written instead, that is the better half of the job.

Music by Cal Ridley

Piano & Strings — Intimate

  1. Paper Lanterns — Cal Ridley
  2. Winter Light — Cal Ridley
  3. Letters Never Sent — Cal Ridley
  4. The Quiet Hour — Cal Ridley
  5. Glass Houses — Cal Ridley
  6. Small Mercies — Cal Ridley
  7. Held Breath — Cal Ridley
  8. Somewhere Warmer — Cal Ridley
  9. Adagio, Undone — Cal Ridley

Epic Emotional Peaks

  1. The Long Ascent — Cal Ridley
  2. Higher Ground — Cal Ridley
  3. Everything We Carry — Cal Ridley
  4. Against the Current — Cal Ridley
  5. First Light on the Ridge — Cal Ridley
  6. What We Built — Cal Ridley
  7. No Turning Back — Cal Ridley
  8. Summit — Cal Ridley
  9. Hollow Kings — Cal Ridley

Sci-Fi & Future

  1. Signal Decay — Cal Ridley
  2. Cold Boot — Cal Ridley
  3. Orbital Drift — Cal Ridley
  4. Ghost Protocol — Cal Ridley
  5. Terminal Velocity — Cal Ridley
  6. Dead Channel — Cal Ridley
  7. The Last Transmission — Cal Ridley
  8. Reentry — Cal Ridley
  9. Vessel — Cal Ridley

Low Ceiling (album)

Close, airless horror. Prepared piano, bowed metal and a lot of silence you can put a jump scare in.

  1. Low Ceiling — Cal Ridley
  2. Under the Stairs — Cal Ridley
  3. It Moved — Cal Ridley
  4. Breath Held — Cal Ridley
  5. The Wrong Room — Cal Ridley
  6. Not Alone — Cal Ridley

Paper Lanterns (album)

Intimate piano and string writing for character drama and quiet reveals. Recorded close and left unpolished on purpose — you can hear the felt on the hammers.

  1. Paper Lanterns — Cal Ridley
  2. Winter Light — Cal Ridley
  3. Letters Never Sent — Cal Ridley
  4. The Quiet Hour — Cal Ridley
  5. Glass Houses — Cal Ridley
  6. Small Mercies — Cal Ridley
  7. Held Breath — Cal Ridley
  8. Somewhere Warmer — Cal Ridley

The Far Country (album)

Sweeping adventure and high fantasy. Full orchestra, boys choir on three cues, and a main theme that survives being played on a tin whistle.

  1. The Far Country — Cal Ridley
  2. Maps and Lies — Cal Ridley
  3. Riders on the Ridge — Cal Ridley
  4. The Old Bridge — Cal Ridley
  5. Something in the Wood — Cal Ridley
  6. Homeward — Cal Ridley

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