PERFORMANCE ART
Film & Video Game
Scoring
"Landscape Flight"
This scoring demo was composed in the spirit of
Neal Acree (World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Starcraft),
who wrote the score for the
game developer, NetEase’s Revelation Online.
"Enough Is Enough"
This scoring demo was influenced by
Jeremy Soule
(World of Warcraft, Harry Potter, Elder Scrolls)’s
work for Bethesda Game Studios
in the fantasy saga, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
"Depths of Imagination"
This scoring demo
to the announcement trailer of Civilization VI,
by Firaxis Games,
was written in the style of
Christopher Tin (Civilization IV & VI, Le Reve).
"Hedwig’s Theme” & "Hogwarts’ Hymn"
This scoring demo was the final project for a film score orchestration course taken in 2017
with bassist, Dr. Norman Ludwin (Inside Out, Jurassic World, Super 8) in Los Angeles, CA.
Composed by film veteran, Patrick Doyle, this arrangement is
inspired by the orchestrations of John Williams & and the late, James Horner.
“With centuries of harmonic and textural development,
listening to and writing for orchestra and choir is,
to this day, the magic of
pure imagination.”
Listen Adventurously
Working as the resident music technologist at Poplar Creek Library’s Studio 1405,
this segment from a live session in 2022, demonstrates how to use pre-recorded audio clips, called "samples,"
to build an instrumental beat using Pro Tools and Pro Tools First.
“Build-A-Beat” is an educational workshop
created by J. Golko in 2021.
Samples by: cymatics.fm
this tutorial is a 6-part series that demonstrates:
how to create a recording from scratch using Pro Tools audio software
routing bus channels & gain staging track volumes
mixing and mastering techniques using Waves plugins
creating a music video teaser using Adobe Premiere
creating album art using Adobe Illustrator & Canva
Showcasing Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata,”
sit back and take a look behind the curtain of music production.
The “Moonlight Sonata” video series was produced by J. Golko in 2021.
this special interview with Chicago blues musician, educator,
pianist, and frontman of the Downtown Charlie Brown Blues Band
digs into the history and evolution of the blues and
how African American musicians impacted our society in the U.S along the way.
INFINITY RESET
"Goodnight Moon"
Reconnect with childhood in this re-imagining of
the classic children's poem, "Goodnight Moon,"
written by the eminent poet, Margaret Wise Brown, in the Fall of 1947.
Words cast to music and
published in 2011,
this musical composition was sonically illustrated
by the majestic pen of Eric Whitacre.
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“My Girl”
Pop Rock
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ESCAPE INTO
ENCHANTMENT
is a new classical/pop crossover act
featuring a unique pairing of the traditional harp
with tenor sax and bass clarinet.
ForEverAfter brings together
the magic of intimacy and adventure
in a contemporary adaptation of
a traditional musical ensemble,
re-cast for modern life.
Video excerpt of "Clarie de Lune" performed live by ForEverAfter in 2021.
Classical and Pop Music for Woodwinds & Harp
In 2020, Eric Whitacre organized his 6th virtual choir.
It was an honor to sing Bass 2 in this magnificent moment in modern history!
17,572 singers from 129 countries.
"Thing of Gold"
Get a backstage look at the 2016 Quantum of the Seas Orchestra
in a rehearsal/recording session
featuring a contemporary electronic wind instrument called the “EWI.”
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Composition by - Snarky Puppy
Arrangement by - Michael League
Music Direction/Trombone - Sean Dalton
Video Production/Guitar - Grant Higgins
EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument) - J. Golko
"Ave Maria"
Inspired by Yo-Yo Ma’s #songsofcomfort series,
this performance of the Schubert classic
was arranged for piano and bass clarinet.
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Composition by: Franz Schubert (1825)
Arrangement & Performance by - Jonathan J. Golko (2020)
“Shadow of My Past” (Ft. Farisha, I. Nadurata, J. Golko) - Sergey Danilevych (Composer/Bassist)
"Shadow of My Past"
The final movement that follows
the spirited vocals of Farisha,
expressive synthesis of Sergey Danilevych,
and the boundless saxophone of Iggi Nadurata,
features a rapid synthesizer outro by use of an electronic wind instrument (EWI).
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Composition by: Sergey Danilevych (2015)
Performance by:
Sergey Danilevych - Bass, Synths & Production
Farisha - Vocals
Iggi Nadurata - Alto Saxophone
J. Golko - EWI 5000 (Electronic Wind Instrument)
“Tale As Old As Time”
(Themes from Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast”)
This 2017 arrangement of the Disney classic by Alan Menken was made by
fusing together elements of rock and film scoring.
Written with a heavy hand
in the likes of
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
and Two Steps From Hell,
this orchestration includes a variety of live woodwinds paired
with a MIDI-synth orchestra performed on the EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument).
This was J. Golko’s first independently produced music video.
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