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	Released	Plays
RADIANT FLESH	Classical	May 12, 2013	113
VALDEZ	Classical	Apr 19, 2013	100
THE KING'S MEN	Classical	Mar 17, 2013	207
LINCOLN: the video	Music Videos	Jan 23, 2013	239
LINCOLN	Classical	Jan 21, 2013	180
TWO: the video	Music Videos	Dec 29, 2012	223
TWO	Classical	Dec 27, 2012	129
LIFE	Classical	Dec 19, 2012	156
SUN CHASER: the video	Music Videos	Nov 4, 2012	280
SUN CHASER	Classical	Oct 21, 2012	172
DANCE OF THE CLOWNS - the video	Music Videos	Aug 5, 2012	321
Dance of the Clowns	Classical	Jul 28, 2012	267
MIGRATION - take 2	Classical	Jul 7, 2012	158
Migration	Classical	Jun 27, 2012	169
A Quiet Town	Classical	Jun 9, 2012	244
Just a Man	Classical	May 23, 2012	272
A Different Moon	Classical	Apr 29, 2012	205
Kismet Has Arisen	Classical	Apr 8, 2012	156
Keltic Heart	Classical	Mar 17, 2012	497
Simple Pleasures: Take 2	Classical	Feb 20, 2012	222
The Plow	Classical	Feb 7, 2012	285
OuterWorlds: THE LAST DAY	Classical	Nov 26, 2011	351
OUTERWORLDS	Classical	Nov 10, 2011	374
Sorrowful Sun	Classical	Oct 2, 2011	287
Risk	Classical	Sep 17, 2011	252
The Sweet Land	Classical	Jul 28, 2011	361
VALHALLA (the video)	Music Videos	Jul 15, 2011	270
Valhalla	Classical	Jul 4, 2011	256
Remembering John	Classical	Mar 27, 2011	315
Wichita	Classical	Mar 5, 2011	263
A Little Dance	Classical	Feb 26, 2011	292
The Surge	Classical	Jan 1, 2011	356
Celebration	Classical	Dec 26, 2010	319
Music for Golf Promo	Classical	Oct 24, 2010	854
Spilt Milk	Classical	Sep 29, 2010	400
Coming Home	Classical	Jul 18, 2010	455
He Stands Alone	Classical	Jul 5, 2010	516
A Small Request	Classical	Jun 25, 2010	414
The Fence	Classical	Mar 28, 2010	621
Sarah's Song	Classical	Mar 12, 2010	509
Dodging Boulders on a Dark Highway	Classical	Jan 31, 2010	480
Marathon	Classical	Jan 12, 2010	670
South of the Border	Classical	Dec 27, 2009	488
The Orientalist	Classical	Dec 6, 2009	547
A Beautiful Day	Classical	Nov 28, 2009	562
Variations on a Thin Red Line	Music Videos	Oct 13, 2009	703
The Orion Express	Classical	Oct 10, 2009	640
The Lion's Den	Classical	Sep 28, 2009	477
The Silk Purse	Classical	Sep 2, 2009	505
An Open Door	Classical	Aug 29, 2009	472
Gabriel's Triumph	Classical	Jul 2, 2009	504
Tightrope (with sax)	Classical	Jun 15, 2009	472
Shiloh (Rev1)	Classical	Mar 12, 2009	620
Shiloh	Classical	Mar 11, 2009	468
Sayonara	Classical	Feb 8, 2009	579
Thanatos	Classical	Feb 2, 2009	680
Constructing Heaven	Classical	Jan 25, 2009	561
Magnolia	Classical	Jan 21, 2009	558
Lenny	Classical	Jan 10, 2009	534
Fandango	Classical	Jan 2, 2009	539
Leonardo	Classical	Jan 1, 2009	417
Shaker	Classical	Dec 20, 2008	458
Return	Classical	Nov 29, 2008	486
FALLING - Part 2	Music Videos	Nov 29, 2008	630
FALLING - Part 3	Music Videos	Nov 29, 2008	887
FALLING - Part 1	Music Videos	Nov 29, 2008	689
FALLING - Part 4	Music Videos	Nov 29, 2008	566
Prairie (the movie)	Music Videos	Sep 19, 2008	779
The Territories	Classical	Aug 30, 2008	768
Ancient Games	Classical	Aug 17, 2008	812
Train to Nagasaki	Classical	Aug 12, 2008	769
Flight over Baghdad (the video)	Music Videos	May 26, 2008	1581
Prairie	Classical	May 13, 2008	865
Prelude to a Death	Classical	May 5, 2008	1691
Snake Eyes	Classical	Apr 30, 2008	1037
Jamie's Gone	Classical	Mar 31, 2008	859
Sabastian's Commin	Classical	Mar 25, 2008	790
Erin's Cove	Classical	Nov 22, 2007	669
Collected Spirits - part 3	Music Videos	Sep 29, 2007	739
Miracles	Classical	Sep 4, 2007	890
Gift for an Assyrian King	Classical	Aug 4, 2007	850
Tightrope	Classical	Jun 24, 2007	682
Child of the West	Classical	May 12, 2007	689
Flight Over Baghdad	Classical	Apr 30, 2007	774
Collected Spirits - part 2	Music Videos	Apr 1, 2007	911
Collected Spirits - part 1	Music Videos	Mar 27, 2007	881
Why Can't I?	New Age	Feb 4, 2007	1059
The Story of Red Skies -Collaboration	Spoken Word	Jan 28, 2007	1542
Derungs: 21 Century Renaissance Man	Music Videos	Jan 21, 2007	940
Cold Dreams	Electronica	Jan 17, 2007	1068
Red Skies	Classical	Jan 13, 2007	673
The Earth Trembles	Classical	Jan 4, 2007	862
Serengeti	Classical	Dec 29, 2006	861
Damascus	Classical	Dec 18, 2006	860
A Great Bird Flew Beside Me	Classical	Dec 13, 2006	778
Legionnaire's Promise	Classical	Nov 26, 2006	980
Island of War	New Age	Nov 12, 2006	777
Little Fugue #1	Classical	Oct 14, 2006	869
Walden Mists	Classical	Oct 7, 2006	823
Business	Classical	Sep 30, 2006	805
The Man from Cornish	Classical	Sep 21, 2006	827
Lilly's Dance	Classical	Sep 6, 2006	1223
Cain	Classical	Aug 29, 2006	975
Fallen	Classical	Aug 24, 2006	1102
We Welcome Him	Classical	Aug 19, 2006	1134

Title	Artist	Genre	Plays
Fairy Tale Free-For-All	padowan_learner	Electronica	231
One Hour Later	ihussain	Other	185
How Do I Love Thee_2	ihussain	Classical	302
Once In A While	RichardJohn	Latin	246
Mary Rose	padowan_learner	Comedy	290
The Song of a Dancer	ScottHorwath	Inspirational	223
Pirates Alley Interlude	MidiOrleans	Classical	135
I cant tell	Morris [+3]	Alternative	159
Angel	ShadowofNine	New Age	166
The Proposal	ihussain	Classical	280
Forget This!	padowan_learner	Electronica	301
Lost Loves' Lament	Moviz	Other	211
Buffy's First Day (from the TICC Production, "Flee")	padowan_learner	Comedy	316
Winter's Light	videoscore	New Age	209
You Can Quote Me On That (S*** My Son Says)	padowan_learner	Comedy	394
Run Like the Wolves	padowan_learner	Inspirational	277
A Soap Bubble Over Sea (Part 2)	thsantac	Classical	277
Soul War	padowan_learner	Comedy	320
The Pioneers	ihussain	Other	220
SOMEDAY, BABY	KCsGROOVE [+2]	Blues	299
The Song That Never Twas...	ShadowofNine	Other	218
This Man of Mine	SISTERS [+1]	New Age	487
'Cantilena (for solo Cello and Piano)'	soulima	Classical	297
Once a sweet young girl met a nice young boy	ihussain [+1]	Folk	431
Empty Line (Hero's Dust Series) Jan 17th, 2013	TheTiler	Classical	160
DANCING WITH MY BABY	KCsGROOVE	Inspirational	294
The Scrapbook Jig (Mavis' Theme)	padowan_learner	World	314
The Girl in the Tweet	Xolv	Pop	284
Eagle - ABBA (cover)	ihussain	Other	672
Reborn Today	padowan_learner	Pop	379
Sunshine A Cold Winter Morning	KennethLavrsen	Classical	340
Road to Apocalypse	PaulWilkins	Classical	375
'Sonata for Flute, Oboe and Three Pianos (Mov't Three)'	soulima	Classical	333
Dance Of The Elves	KennethLavrsen	Dance	282
Carefree Highway = (Cover)-(Acoustical fingerpicking and Singing)	TheTiler	Folk	171
H.R. Looks After Us	KennethLavrsen	Pop	252
Tiger Man	ScottHorwath	Jazz	174
Walking in the Air - from "The Snowman"	ihussain	Other	289
A Soap Bubble Over Sea	thsantac	Classical	407
Piano Concerto in A Minor	maglasser	Classical	239
Soul Existence (AET)	becwil	Other	316
Helena's Theme	PaulWilkins	Classical	338
Coming Home	videoscore	New Age	198
Turn Around	k6 [+1]	Folk	292
Onyx the Dog	LaFayette [+1]	Jazz	407
Revenge of Lotus Flower	ihussain	Other	298
Vampire	ShadowofNine	Holiday	161
MY FATHER'S FATHER (cover)	SISTERS [+1]	Folk	417
Prokofiev's Symphony No. 1 (4th movement 'Molto Vivace')	soulima	Classical	532
Enchantment	ihussain	Classical	285