Sounds Of The Reefs
Scoring the sounds of the Reefs...
As part of my film composing journey, I had an opportunity to write music for the Corals. How does a coral reef sound? Does coral make any sound? Are they quiet? It is all very interesting but lets our imagination do the magic. Here is how I heard the music of the corals. This music is not written for this particular video. I've made this video by myself for fun and more importantly to raise awareness of climate change.
Sounds Of The Planets Colliding
Trailer (type) soundtrack, composed and performed by me. I was always fascinated by space, and I can only try to imagine how many planets collide each moment in the Universe. Will that happen to our beautiful planet? Is the clock ticking? Are we the only ones out there? Of course not... Anyway, let us not worry about that, just live every moment in full and let the Universe and our beautiful Creator take care of those "minor" things. :) Music is not written for this video. I have made this video after I've composed the music...simply for fun.
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"Vladan accomplishes an impressively seamless mash-up of Eastern European, Western Classical, and American jazz styles".
(All About Jazz)
"In the end, making music, any kind of music, is all about the performer connecting with his or her audience. This, Vladan does without question; his playing opens his heart to ours".
(All About Jazz)
"Vladan also recognizes the splendor and happiness that beautiful music can provide and to that end, he leaves a bit of his soul on the keys as he performs the music of this album".
(All About Jazz)
"To listen to his debut solo piano album is to be engulfed by the whirlwind that is Vladan."
(All About Jazz)
"Ornaments, his solo piano debut is an expansive portrait of his unique style".
(The New York Jazz Record)
"His music mixes classical sensibility with Balkan folk music coupled with improvisation, making him end up sounding like a modern Balkan Chopin merged with
Oscar Peterson."
(All About Jazz)
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V3 is an exciting and innovative new Serbian-American, Jazz-Folk Trio based in New York City. Led by Vladan Mijatovic on piano, together with Berklee College of Music graduates Milos Branisavljevic on drums and Akos Forgacs on bass, they are bringing a fresh, alternative sound to a diverse and demanding music scene.
In a clear, original format V3 traverses boundaries of traditional Eastern European music, specifically Balkan folk melodies, blending the varied, uneven rhythms and colorful lyricism of beloved folk tunes with the sharp, cutting edge sounds of contemporary jazz. The atypical approach of V3 brings a unique perspective to today’s music.
Being brought up at that part of the world, where music is ornamental, melodious and vastly colorful, man is often bestowed with the unique skills and unconventional abilities in music.
Vladan Mijatovic and Milos Branisavljevic have composed several tracks blending native Balkan flavors with current influences. Their debut album, Folk Legacy, features several covers such as “Biljana,” an old traditional Macedonian song, as well as “Night in Tunisia,” the famous jazz standard composed by the legendary Dizzy Gillespie. The featured artists on Folk Legacy include special guest, Ismail Lumanovski, virtuoso on clarinet, and are among today's most accomplished Eastern European musicians. Their inventive compositions are a testament to the creative impetus that is leading the way to new frontiers in “World Music”.
V3 brings a welcome new sound and an authentic, global sensibility to the contemporary musical landscape.
V3 AT THE
NUBLU
JAZZ FESTIVAL
Special thanks to the Nublu Team and to this awesome
musicians...
Jan Kus - Tenor Saxophone
Akos Forgacs - Bass
Omercan Sakar - Drums
Vladan
PRESENTING "ORNAMENTS"
AT THE CARNEGIE HALL
From his debut concert at the world famous Carnegie Hall, Vladan donated everything to charity
