Hoy, hoy! So 2k! Dos mil! Even more! As promised Thomas J. Bergersen uploaded a new preview track from his upcoming solo album, Illusions. The song called "A place in Heaven" feature the voice of Jenifer Thigpen and it's amazing as usual. I just cannot stop asking myself how is it even possible to compose such a masterpiece? 

It seems I was not alone with this question because Thomas revealed how he write these songs: 

A lot of people have asked me how I produce my music. It's not a simple answer, but it usually starts with an accident :) By that I mean I accidentally hit upon some notes that seem to make more sense than the others I've been playing for the last couple of hours, and so a new piece is formed. I'm sure other artists can relate to this..

On top of that there's nothing that scares me more than a blank page waiting to get filled.. starting off a piece of music is like pushing a car off a cliff. It's %$#ing heavy at first but then once you gain moment it just starts rolling and eventually it all just flows in the right direction. Of course it crashes and burns at the end, but hey, that's kinda what my music does too :)

Many people ask me what sounds I use and assume that it's all East West/Hollywood Strings etc. True, I use some of those sounds too, but I have developed my own very advanced and highly playable custom set of sounds over the last 10 years, and they are unique to my studio and my music. I have recorded orchestras and unique instruments and voices all over the world. What you hear in the "Tower of Mischief" cue is mostly produced using my own proprietary orchestral sample set. Almost everything in the Two Steps catalogue uses some elements of real orchestras, however. "Illusions" will also have that. I write my music in Steinberg's amazing sequencer Cubase.

Hoy, hoy! Some 'likes' are still missing on Thomas J. Bergersen's Facebook page to hit 2000 but the Beatles of the trailer music world (© Paul Dinletir) still boost the thrill, while we are waiting for 100+ more people to like his page, with fresh, outstanding music:

"Tower of Mischief" is a song composed by Thomas from Two Steps from Hell's upcoming title Two Steps From Heaven. The 15th album will be featuring "longer, more orchestral score-like music". Somehow this track reminds me of The Devil Wears Nada.

Two Steps From Hell made available for the public a full-length track from their upcoming album, Eclipse. If you liked To Glory (also from this album), you will adore United we stand, divided we fall, featuring Merethe Soltvedt's vocal. Here it is the official FB announcement:

"  It's time to give back to our fans for being so amazing!! "United We Stand, Divided We Fall", a tribute to our fanbase and the love for epic music! This track was composed by Thomas Bergersen for the upcoming Two Steps album "Eclipse" and features vocals by the wonderful Merethe Soltvedt ! "

What else should i add? It is amazing TSFH decided to publish a track from a non-commercial album. By the way did you know Thomas Bergersen got a fan page on FB?

Thomas Bergersen has cleared up the situation with Teddy Bear Music in his blog:

The “Sinners” thing seems to have confused some people out there It’s not very complicated, though. Alex is a dear friend of mine and I wanted to help him gain some more recognition for his work so we repackaged his Sinners album for distribution through Extreme Music.

Best,
Thomas

Also, Illusions coming early 2011.

Here is a bunch of news i collected lately for you, guys:

• Whoa! A NEW ALBUM FROM TSFH!! No, chill... It is not exactly.

If you want to see the things clearly, visit Teddy Bear Music. Now you see TBM  no longer exists as is. Instead, TBM's former album is now belongs to TSFH (wtf?) . However, it is not yet stated at TSFH's site, but it is at Extreme Music, since Sinners is a part of TSFH's library. 

• New album by Corner Stone Cues, Casa Verdugo

Still not exactly what we all adore, however some nice melodies, from genres of pop, r&b, family and romance. Buyable via iTunes.

• New music label by Paul Dinletir, Hipalicious music

Since " Hipalicious Music is a fusion of diverse cultures that awakens the mind to new enlightenment" , it strongly reminds me of City of the Fallen with its ethnic sounding of music. Listen to it here.

Hello everyone! Some of you may have noticed that I've been absent from this site for quite a while now. Shortly after the Aleksandar Dimitrijevic interview some things happened, and I had to step away from this site for a time, until a couple weeks ago. As for the past two weeks, well, er.. I've just been incredibly busy. I apologize for the absence, as I know some of the things I was working on were left unfinished. I hope to finalize those things over the next few days, so I can move on and help contribute to this site with bigger and better things.

I noticed that there was a poll below, asking who you'd like us to interview next.  Well, I have some updates on that.

First, I contacted Thomas Bergersen a month or two ago about doing a video interview with him and Nick Phoenix, similar to the interviews I've done in the past with Immediate Music, and Ninja Tracks (Full Tilt). Sadly, a video interview will not be possible, but he mentioned it might be possible to do a short text based one at the end of the year. He said they were far too busy at the moment. I know that's a disappointment, but at least there might be something to look forward to at the end of the year.

Second, I've been in touch with Armen Hambar of Future World Music, with the hope of setting up a video interview sometime. He said that he would be unable to take part in the near future, due to an injury, but perhaps something could happen in September. Hopefully, he has a smooth recovery, and while I can't make any guarantees, this is something that may happen in the next few months.

Finally, I plan to get in touch with some other composers, with the hopes of doing video interviews. Since I'm leaving California for the month of August, I won't be able to actually film anything during that time. Rest assured, there will more video interviews this year. Of course, we will continue to pursue text interviews, which are much easier to set up.

I suppose that's all I have time to say right now. I expect I'll be posting another article tomorrow, that will tie up some loose ends. I'll have to read up on what I missed. I just want to say that I'm back, and I will once again be dedicating myself to this site and its readers.

...of Darkness, yeah, it is finally on ExtremeMusic, after several weeks of waiting. Someone did not want this album to be put on this site since PoD is out for weeks now. However, we are happy it is out now. Probably the most epic album by TSFH, contains 32 tracks. Whats your favourite?

Finally Invincible has arrived to Amazon and iTunes as well. However strange to say there are several differencies in the pricing... In contrast to CDBaby (17.99 $) , iTunes release costs 9.99 $ 11.99 $ , Amazon release costs 8.99 $. In addition you can buy there separate tracks for 0.99 $.

If you have any idea about the reason of different pricing, do not hesitate to share it with us..

Hoy, hoy! There are many lists all around the net so why would be trailer music an exception. Let's start with five things we like about Thomas Bergersen's music. Credit goes to TMN's crew, friends and family.

• Unpredictable: You never know what will you hear in the next moment. When you think a song has reached its climax, nitro, and it reaches a new level. For example "Merchant Prince" @1.44, "Army of Justice" @0.44, or "Promise" @1.58.
• Innovative: In most trailer music the same old fashioned 'O Fortuna' style of choir can be heard. Thomas, on the other hand, has used Bulgarian folk choir, which is very different not only in language, but also in style from the typical choir. It fits into the structure of trailer music very well. For example: "Starvation".
• Uses Epic Lead Vocals. His songs featuring leading vocals are outstanding pieces as well, and offer some relaxing tune for our ears after 24hr of listening to epic choir music. For example: "Friendship to Last", and "Enigmatic Soul".
• Wide-ranging. Even if we depart from epic/action style Thomas excels. Just think of the horror compositions of Ashes or the song "Professor Pumplestickle" which is a great comedy track.
• Publicity. "Do you know what Nemesis [2] means?"

Finally, the wait is over.... Prepare for the ultimate eargasm... What we have waited for.... Is here... the POWER ... OF.... DARKNESS.....  ( actually only the demos but hey, do not be insatiable )

So listen to the demos here and tell us your opinion.

p.s.  regarding to TSFH's website PoD features 32 tracks, extrememusic.com stated 35.