Ventura Contemporary Music

This music was written for Sound-In and other on-line venues.  Pieces marked with an asterisk * are available for download from the CD album area.  The idea is to write or improvise new music quickly and submit for play on Friday night.

All pieces listed here are Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 
If you find this useful, please email us: info@venturacontemporary.com!

December 28, 2012
The Year Ends
Time: 9:05
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Stretch
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Bright December Day
Time: 11:35
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Stretch
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January Cometh
Time: 4:18
Scored for: Mix feat. Paul Mimlitsch, Ben Smith
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The Year Goes Out
Time: 4:05
Scored for: Mix feat. Roger Sundstrom, Paul Mimlitsch, Ben Smith
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December 21, 2012
December Solstice
Time: 7:21
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Stretch
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Cry of the Last Mayan
Time: 2:42
Scored for: Mix feat. Paul Mimlitsch, Ben Smith
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December 14, 2012
December Sunrise
Time: 7:53
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Stretch
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December Piece
Time: 3:19
Scored for: Mix feat. Paul Muller, Shane Cadman
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December 7, 2012
Exhortation
Time: 6:28
Score is here.
Scored for: Piano, Oboes, Clarinet
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A Flower Changes
Time: 2:16
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith, Lydia Busler-Blais
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November 30, 2012
December Twilight
Time: 7:40
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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November 23, 2012
Traveling Home
Time: 8:19
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Traveling Crystal
Time: 3:11
Scored for: Mix feat. Norbert Oldani
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Fear of Flying
Time: 4:09
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith, Paul Mimlitsch
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Morning Train
Time: 4:00
Scored for: Mix feat. Jim Goodin, Paul Mimlitsch
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November 16, 2012
November Rain
Time: 9:55
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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November 9, 2012
Autumn Nightfall
Time: 9:40
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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November Wood
Time: 7:40
Scored for: Mix feat. Paul Mimlitsch, Ben Smith
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November 2, 2012
Autumn Storm
Time: 8:07
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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October 26, 2012
Autumn Air
Time: 8:38
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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All Hallows
Time: 9:37
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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October 19, 2012
Autumn Sunlight
Time: 12:20
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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October 12, 2012
Drone in G for Flute
Time: 9:37
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Center of No Where
Time: 3:52
Scored for: Mix feat. Paul Mimlitsch, Roger Sundstrom
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Tuning Six
Time: 9:11
Scored for: Mix feat. Chris Vaisvil
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October 5, 2012
Drone in Bb for Alto Sax, Voices and Strings
Time: 7:37
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Restless
Time: 4:36
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith, Paul Mimlitsch, Roger Sundstrom
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A Night In Kafiristan
Time: 3:40
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith, Roger Sundstrom, Chris Vaisvil, Shane Cadman
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Drone in Bb for Oboe and Melissa
Time: 7:35
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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September 28, 2012
Drone in C for Oboe, Alto Sax and Strings
Time: 9:22
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Poseidon Returns
Time: 4:30
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith, Diego Monroy
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The Three Poseidons
Time: 4:28
Scored for: Mix feat. Diego Monroy X3
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September 21, 2012
Fall Equinox 2012
Time: 7:27
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Short Equi
Time: 1:59
Scored for: Mix feat. Bruce Hamilton, Paul Muller
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September 14, 2012
For Amanda, Parts 1 & 2
Time: 25:17
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Growing Sideways
Time: 3:35
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith and Paul Mimlitsch (x2)
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September 6, 2012
The Ruins Speak
Time: 7:32
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Be Prepared
Time: 2:18
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith and Kavin Allenson (x2)
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August 31, 2012
Darkening
Time: 7:27
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Meteors Rolling Down The Grass
Time: 7:44
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Time Passing
Time: 3:14
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith and Paul Mimlitsch
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Atomic Watch
Time: 4:09
Scored for: Mix feat.  Chris Vaisvil, Petri Haapa
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August 23, 2012
Our Voices Now To Heaven Fly
Time: 7:45
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Two Actions
Time: 2:12
Scored for: Mix feat. Paul Mimlitsch X2
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Twice As Frantic
Time: 3:24
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith X2
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August 17, 2012
Drone in A for Bass
Time: 7:45
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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August 10, 2012
Drone in A for Oboe
Time: 11:25
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Martian Nightfall
Time: 3:27
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith, Glenn Smith
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Martian Rainbow
Time: 1:43
Scored for: Mix feat. Bruce Hamilton, Steve Moshier
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Martian Dreams
Time: 5:50
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith, Peter Thorn
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August 3, 2012
Drone in C for Alto Sax
Time: 8:36
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Bugs, Birds and Beyond
Time: 4:32
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith, Steve Layton
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Benediction
Time: 5:14
Scored for: Mix feat. JC Combs
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July 27, 2012
Islands In the Sky
Time: 11:29
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Noir
Time: 3:16
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith, Paul Mimlitsch
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July 20, 2012
Summer Solstice – Part 5
Time: 9:24
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Download Summer Solstice – Parts 1 thru 5

Three Loop
Time: 6:00
Score is here.
Scored for:  Rhodes Piano
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Sounds Like James
Time: 3:34
Scored for: Mix feat. Shane Cadman, Peter Thorn
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Mind Springs
Time: 5:35
Scored for: Mix feat. Steve Layton, Ben Smith
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July 13, 2012
Summer Solstice – Part 4
Time: 8:52
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Download Summer Solstice – Parts 1 thru 4

Hot Pavement
Time: 3:35
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith, Fabio Keiner
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Two Hot
Time: 3:20
Scored for: Mix feat. Guenter Glaeser x2
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July 6, 2012
Summer Solstice – Part 3
Time: 9:23
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Download Summer Solstice – Parts 1, 2 and 3

Collider Illusion
Time: 2:38
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith x2, Chris Vaisvil
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The Boson Sings
Time: 4:12
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith, Chris Vaisvil
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June 29, 2012
Summer Solstice – Part 2
Time: 8:07
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Flashes
Time: 2:53
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith, Guenter Glaeser
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Pushing Part 2
Time: 3:28
Scored for: Mix feat. Paul Muller, Kavin Allenson, Jim Goodin
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June 22, 2012
Summer Solstice – Part 1
Time: 8:18
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Solstice Underground
Time: 2:56
Scored for: Mix feat. Diego Monroy, Richard Sanderson
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Blue Solstice
Time: 3:57
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith, Paul Mimlitsch
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A Short Night
Time: 2:16
Scored for: Mix feat. Diego Monroy, Paul Mimlitsch
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June 15, 2012
Soft Horizon
Time: 10:01
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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For Dora
Time: 29:15
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Server Not Found
Time: 2:47
Scored for: Mix feat. Paulo Chagas, Chris Vaisvil
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Memory Leak
Time: 3:17
Scored for: Mix feat. Fabio Keiner, Chris Vaisvil
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Conlon Duplex
Time: 2:37
Scored for: Mix feat. Tom O’Neill X2
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June 8, 2012
Safe Transit
Time: 5:13
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Lydia’s Lament
Time: 2:40
Scored for: Mix feat. Lydia Busler-Blais, Ben Smith
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Star Walker
Time: 3:32
Scored for: Mix feat. Roger Sundstrom, Ben Smith
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Blue Intro
Time: 1:50
Scored for: Mix feat. Norbert Oldani, Paul Mimlitsch
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June 1, 2012
Summer Sky
Time: 8:19
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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May 25, 2012
In Memoriam
Time: 32:12
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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The Long Arc of Memory
Time: 4:56
Scored for: Mix feat. Kavin Allenson, Paul Muller
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Memory Dreams
Time: 4:09
Scored for: Mix feat. Paul Mimlitsch, Ben Smith
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Memory Repressed
Time: 3:30
Scored for: Mix feat. Roger Sundstrom, Ben Smith, Fabio Keiner
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May 18, 2012
Drone in G for Oboe and Strings
Time: 32:12
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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The Two Daphnes
Time: 1:43
Scored for: Mix feat. Chris Vaisvil X2
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Friday Blues March
Time: 2:53
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith, Paulo Chagas
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May 11, 2012
Extended Piece for Violin, Oboes, Alto Sax and Bass
Time: 50:22
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Extended Piece for Violin, Oboes, Alto Sax and Bass, Part 1
Time: 25:50
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Space Scream
Time: 2:46
Scored for: Mix feat. Steve Layton, Paul Mimlitsch
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May 4, 2012
For Amanda, Part IV
Time: 11:37
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Oboe Five
Time: 7:30
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Space Clarinet
Time: 3:17
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith, Fabio Keiner, Paul Mimlitsch
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April 27, 2012
Quiet Alto
Time: 8:17
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Piano, Bowl and Horn
Time: 2:33
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith, Lydia Busler-Blais
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Unsettled Sea
Time: 3:29
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith, Paulo Chagas
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Shane 66
Time: 2:18
Scored for: Mix feat. Shane Cadman, Steve Moshier
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April 20, 2012
Oboe Four
Time: 7:07
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Oboe Two
Time: 6:25
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Ben in the Dunes
Time: 3:18
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith, Paulo Chagas
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JC and the Oboes
Time: 3:25
Scored for: Mix feat. JC Combs
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April 13, 2012
Into the Night
Time: 5:40
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Sub Salamandra
Time: 3:36
Scored for: Mix feat. Roger Sundstrom, Paulo Chagas
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Sub Alpha Radiation
Time: 3:24
Scored for: Mix feat. Roger Sundstrom, Chris Vaisvil
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April 6, 2012
Mandatum
Time: 5:40
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Energy
Time: 4:33
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith, Kavin Allenson
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Easter Mix
Time: 5:39
Scored for: Mix feat. Roger Sundstrom, Jim Goodin
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March 30, 2012
Three Worlds
Time: 6:43
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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March 23, 2012
Four Lines
Time: 7:54
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Cold Light of Ben
Time: 4:25
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith, Joel Sutton
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March 16, 2012
Conjunction
Time: 6:21
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Layton & Layton
Time: 3:54
Scored for: Mix feat. Steve Layton X2
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Ben, Paul & Paul
Time: 3:12
Scored for: Mix feat. Paul Chagos, Ben Smith
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March 9, 2012
Drone for Church Organ
Time: 7:40
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Powderpuff Monotron
Time: 3:54
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith, Roger Sundstrom, Christina White
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March 2, 2012
IF 3-2-12
Time: 7:59
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Ben Realizing
Time: 3:39
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith, Roger Sundstrom
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February 24, 2012
Sag Harbor
Time: 6:07
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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February 17, 2012
Quiet Evening
Time: 6:17
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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IF 2-17-12
Time: 7:15
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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February 10, 2012
Voices Falling
Time: 5:45
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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JC Jumps In
Time: 3:12
Scored for: Mix feat. JC Combs
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February 3, 2012
I Heard A Voice From Heaven
Time: 8:13
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Solemn Farewell
Time: 4:36
Scored for: Mix feat. S. Cadman, S. Layton
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January 27, 2012
Clouds
Time: 6:39
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Ben in the Clouds
Time: 3:20
Scored for: Mix feat. Ben Smith, Roger Sundstrom
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January 20, 2012
IF 1-20-12
Time: 8:02
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Virtual Particles and ben
Time: 2:39
Scored for: Mix – feat. ben Smith, Roger Sundstrom
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January 12, 2012
Moonset
Time: 4:14
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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Ambiorch 1 + Ben
Time: 4:07
Scored for: Mix
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Judes New Leaf
Time: 3:42
Scored for: Mix
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Rhombo, Rhombo Ambiorch
Time: 2:07
Scored for: Mix
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January 6, 2012
For Richard L #1
Time: 12:47
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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For Richard L #2
Time: 6:46
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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For Richard L #3
Time: 6:45
Score is here.
Scored for: Ambient Mix
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