Since I was a teenager I've been making short films. I always loved making them but there was something very special about taking the footage into a quiet editing room then placing one shot against another. That's when the magic really happened. And most magical of all was when I would bring MUSIC into these films. Instantly I could see what a powerful effect music had. Though I always had an excellent feel using it in my films for many reasons it would be years before I would compose and bring my own music into them. But when I did it was as if a door was flung open and wondrous, eclectic, powerful music stormed in.

I've always loved Classical and Classic film scores and my music reflects that but I have far ranging tastes including Glass, Vangelis, Bach, Gabriel, Jenkins, etc. "Lost Islands on an Imagined Sea" is my first album. I's filled with what I'd call short and hopefully captivating works taking the listener to distant times and lands.

Finished my latest album "CHILD OF THE WEST". I know it's by far my best work. Check it out at CDBABY.COM http://cdbaby.com/cd/mazarakes3

Also there are my two previous albums that also if I do say are quite good
"SONGS FROM A STONE" http://cdbaby.com/cd/mazarakes2
and
LOST ISLANDS ON AN IMAGINED SEA "
http://cdbaby.com/cd/mazarakes

JUST PUT UP A WEBSITE, come visit me at: http://www.charlesmazarakes.com

Composer Dr. Madelyn Byrne has featured my music at the "Electro-Acoustic Music Experience" at Palomar College and recently my music was beautifully choreographed to by Faith Jensen-Ismay, Artistic Director of the Mojalet Dance Collective.

Composer Dr. Madelyn Byrne has featured my music at the "Electro-Acoustic Music Experience" at Palomar College and recently my music was beautifully choreographed to by Faith Jensen-Ismay, Artistic Director of the Mojalet Dance Collective.
A video of the dance was made. The first 2 parts have been uploaded to icompositions.com.

Check it out to see some wonderful young dancers and some pretty fine music.

Part 1 of Collected Spirits:
http://www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=59405

Part 2 of Collected Spirits:
http://www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=59860

ENJOY!

Title	Genre	Plays	Rating
Ancient Games	Classical	141	5.00
Train to Nagasaki	Classical	111	5.00
Flight over Baghdad (the video)	Music Videos	189	5.00
Prairie	Classical	254	5.00
Prelude to a Death	Classical	468	5.00
Snake Eyes	Classical	177	5.00
Jamie's Gone	Classical	251	5.00
Sabastian's Commin	Classical	295	5.00
Erin's Cove	Classical	240	5.00
Collected Spirits - part 3	Music Videos	179	5.00
Miracles	Classical	315	5.00
Gift for an Assyrian King	Classical	347	5.00
Tightrope	Classical	254	5.00
Child of the West	Classical	287	5.00
Flight Over Baghdad	Classical	316	4.91
Collected Spirits - part 2	Music Videos	308	5.00
Collected Spirits - part 1	Music Videos	324	5.00
Why Can't I?	New Age	437	5.00
The Story of Red Skies -Collaboration	Spoken Word	531	5.00
Derungs: 21 Century Renaissance Man	Music Videos	350	5.00
Cold Dreams	Electronica	401	5.00
Red Skies	Classical	267	5.00
The Earth Trembles	Classical	396	4.83
Serengeti	Classical	405	5.00
Damascus	Classical	334	5.00
A Great Bird Flew Beside Me	Classical	293	5.00
Legionnaire's Promise	Classical	371	5.00
Island of War	New Age	303	5.00
Little Fugue #1	Classical	425	5.00
Walden Mists	Classical	334	5.00
Business	Classical	332	4.88
The Man from Cornish	Classical	355	4.88
Lilly's Dance	Classical	541	5.00
Cain	Classical	411	5.00
Fallen	Classical	517	4.92
We Welcome Him	Classical	604	5.00

Title	Artist	Genre	Plays	Rating
The Way It's Always Been	k6	Latin	205	5.00
Etude	k6	Other	162	5.00
night sail	IanCarey	Ambient	240	5.00
Fanfare in 5/8	soulima	Classical	176
In the Name of Humanity v.2	the24factorsofseandonovan	Alternative	213	5.00
Reign Trolls	AuDioChosis	Alternative	334	5.00
Lippedy Spit	jdwyer05	Jazz	789	5.00
KissFromArose	eagle_1	A Cappella	537
Tennessee	Narananda	Classical	102	5.00
I CAN SEE THE LIGHT IN HER EYES	RiGee	Inspirational	417	5.00
Longing	RAVENS	Spoken Word	902
The Thirteenth Trump	padowan_learner	Classical	366	5.00
Futuristic World	RAVENS	Ambient	1174
africa (redux)	knight	Other	289	5.00
Another point of view	jamo	Electronica	296	5.00
The Hope	jamo	Rock	325	5.00
Wicked Annya (Galactic Short Bus Mix)	jdwyer05	Rock	713	4.99
Assam Song	byHeart	Classical	295	5.00
The Old Man - I	sirjon1989	Classical	274	5.00
SMASHING PLANETS #1	OMNICELL	Ambient	235	5.00
Suite for Strings 2nd Movement - Adagio	solovey	Classical	267	5.00
Somewhere in My Past	byHeart	Classical	578	5.00
Pensieri Piccoli	k6	Classical	349	5.00
A Summer's Nocturne	k6	Classical	460	5.00
Violin concerto	pandolfo	Classical	389	5.00
Confiance/ Trust	k6	Classical	351	5.00
Grace of Creation	RiGee	Inspirational	404	5.00
Protocol (collab)	becwil	Classical	611
like Antonio	Donatus	Classical	240	5.00
Pearly Friday	jamo	Rock	520	4.96
Desert Dream	videoscore	New Age	507	5.00
Appalachian River	videoscore	Folk	449	5.00
Lost and Found	mediadad	Country	590	4.92
Psycho	pandasdontdance	Rock	753	4.99
Never	brnPetra	Pop	963	4.97
Silent Night (ChB style)	Choirbox	Holiday	886	4.98
When Did It Get Easier	Choirbox	Other	1155	4.99
>Golden Peak	DavidBowles	World	673	5.00
EMC orchestra	RAMZAR	Classical	1382	5.00
>Andromache's Prayer	DavidBowles	Classical	683	5.00
A Robyn, Gentil Robyn	jbrook	A Cappella	539	4.20
Concerto for Harpsichord and String Orchestra (More Harpsichord Mix)	ciheins	Classical	594	4.97
Wake Me...	AnangaRanga1	Alternative	420	4.78
Unearthing Our Own (UF)	becwil	Other	643	5.00
Pulp-2-Cimmerian Steel	DavidBowles	World	649	5.00
When Johnny Comes Marching Home	TheTiler	Inspirational	5682	5.00
Indigenous Mystery	becwil	New Age	753	4.98
Abundant Display	becwil	New Age	498	5.00
2S2S5S-1-Musashi and the Zen Monk	DavidBowles	World	910	5.00
American Fanfare	atwood1956	Classical	813	4.96