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
Prairie (the movie)	Music Videos	Sep 19, 2008	173
The Territories	Classical	Aug 30, 2008	178
Ancient Games	Classical	Aug 17, 2008	229
Train to Nagasaki	Classical	Aug 12, 2008	182
Flight over Baghdad (the video)	Music Videos	May 26, 2008	240
Prairie	Classical	May 13, 2008	296
Prelude to a Death	Classical	May 4, 2008	526
Snake Eyes	Classical	Apr 30, 2008	232
Jamie's Gone	Classical	Mar 31, 2008	302
Sabastian's Commin	Classical	Mar 25, 2008	323
Erin's Cove	Classical	Nov 22, 2007	264
Collected Spirits - part 3	Music Videos	Sep 28, 2007	210
Miracles	Classical	Sep 4, 2007	354
Gift for an Assyrian King	Classical	Aug 4, 2007	385
Tightrope	Classical	Jun 24, 2007	285
Child of the West	Classical	May 12, 2007	316
Flight Over Baghdad	Classical	Apr 30, 2007	345
Collected Spirits - part 2	Music Videos	Apr 1, 2007	331
Collected Spirits - part 1	Music Videos	Mar 27, 2007	357
Why Can't I?	New Age	Feb 4, 2007	486
The Story of Red Skies -Collaboration	Spoken Word	Jan 28, 2007	566
Derungs: 21 Century Renaissance Man	Music Videos	Jan 21, 2007	375
Cold Dreams	Electronica	Jan 17, 2007	430
Red Skies	Classical	Jan 13, 2007	292
The Earth Trembles	Classical	Jan 4, 2007	422
Serengeti	Classical	Dec 29, 2006	443
Damascus	Classical	Dec 18, 2006	366
A Great Bird Flew Beside Me	Classical	Dec 13, 2006	322
Legionnaire's Promise	Classical	Nov 26, 2006	396
Island of War	New Age	Nov 12, 2006	328
Little Fugue #1	Classical	Oct 14, 2006	450
Walden Mists	Classical	Oct 7, 2006	362
Business	Classical	Sep 30, 2006	365
The Man from Cornish	Classical	Sep 21, 2006	385
Lilly's Dance	Classical	Sep 6, 2006	580
Cain	Classical	Aug 29, 2006	454
Fallen	Classical	Aug 24, 2006	553
We Welcome Him	Classical	Aug 19, 2006	639

Title	Artist	Genre	Plays
The Stargazer	videoscore	New Age	323
The Way It's Always Been	k6	Latin	320
Etude	k6	Other	223
night sail	IanCarey	Ambient	302
Fanfare in 5/8	soulima	Classical	236
Reign Trolls	AuDioChosis	Alternative	362
Lippedy Spit	jdwyer05 [+5]	Jazz	1116
KissFromArose	eagle_1	A Cappella	609
Tennessee	Narananda	Classical	126
I CAN SEE THE LIGHT IN HER EYES	RiGee	Inspirational	532
Longing	RAVENS	Spoken Word	1095
The Thirteenth Trump	padowan_learner	Classical	410
Futuristic World	RAVENS	Ambient	1409
africa (redux)	knight	Other	324
Another point of view	jamo	Electronica	327
The Hope	jamo	Rock	355
Wicked Annya (Galactic Short Bus Mix)	jdwyer05 [+2]	Rock	803
Assam Song	byHeart	Classical	335
The Old Man - I	sirjon1989	Classical	311
SMASHING PLANETS #1	OMNICELL	Ambient	270
Suite for Strings 2nd Movement - Adagio	solovey	Classical	311
Somewhere in My Past	byHeart	Classical	632
Pensieri Piccoli	k6	Classical	371
A Summer's Nocturne	k6	Classical	529
Violin concerto	pandolfo	Classical	436
Confiance/ Trust	k6	Classical	434
Grace of Creation	RiGee	Inspirational	475
Protocol	becwil [+1]	Classical	657
like Antonio	Donatus	Classical	265
Pearly Friday	jamo	Rock	568
Desert Dream	videoscore	New Age	561
Appalachian River	videoscore	Folk	487
Lost and Found	mediadad	Country	630
Psycho	pandasdontdance	Rock	839
Never	brnPetra [+1]	Pop	1067
Silent Night (ChB style)	Choirbox	Holiday	983
When Did It Get Easier	Choirbox	Other	1275
>Golden Peak	DavidBowles	World	723
EMC orchestra	RAMZAR [+1]	Classical	1456
>Andromache's Prayer	DavidBowles	Classical	726
A Robyn, Gentil Robyn	jbrook	A Cappella	580
Concerto for Harpsichord and String Orchestra (More Harpsichord Mix)	ciheins	Classical	635
Wake Me...	AnangaRanga	Alternative	447
Unearthing Our Own (UF)	becwil	Other	688
Pulp-2-Cimmerian Steel	DavidBowles	World	689
When Johnny Comes Marching Home	TheTiler	Inspirational	5939
Indigenous Mystery	becwil	Other	800
Abundant Display	becwil	Other	543
2S2S5S-1-Musashi and the Zen Monk	DavidBowles	World	965
American Fanfare	atwood1956	Classical	853