JLClodfelter

This verse is a banger. Recorded this on release day cause I liked it so much. https://www.youtube.com/@SamuelDay Soli Deo gloria!

Y'all knew this was coming, right? Soli Deo gloria!

Libraries/FX: @heavyocity @keepforest @eastwestsounds @spitfireaudio DAW: @steinbergmedia Cubase Soli Deo gloria!

This is just how I hear the song.

Short clip from Ex Deo! (It's already a short track.)

Short metal, classical, cinematic track! Soli Deo gloria!

0:00 Fall 0:19 Decontainment 0:54 The Syndicate 1:32 Epoch 1:54 Surveillance Company 2:23 Kjott https://www.jlclodfelter.com/ / jlclodfelter Business Contact Email: JLC.Worship.Media@gmail.com J. L. Clodfelter is a media composer and worship musician with over 10 years of experience in the music industry. He's passionate about telling life-changing stories that honor the Lord and affect the nations. Musically, he blends a multitude of styles with a background in metal, classical, jazz, and contemporary worship. Jacob has a master's degree in professional media composition and a bachelor's degree in music composition. Along with composing for film and games, Jacob has performed with notable acts such as The Eagles and arranged church music for internationally recognized organizations.

Sup, witches?! Thanks for checking out my cover! I wanted to re-create this song with modern sounds because the original has a good story but sounds a little dated at this point. However, it wasn’t until I found out this was a true story about a man named Isaac Bonewits and Mario Murillo that I knew I needed to create the cover and expose the story to a new audience. Below you’ll find links to the original and to the story! I changed the lyrics slightly to more accurately reflect what Mario Murillo actually said in the moment but I wanted to maintain the original integrity of the piece for the majority of it. Let me know what you think! Special shout out to the producer Keith Thomas for creating such an awesome original with Carman Licciardello. Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySscnbaGAy0&t=0s Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKoK5aC_HdM&t=0s Full Cover Video: https://rumble.com/v4rkp38-a-witchs-invitation-carman-cover-j.-l.-clodfelter.html

Sup, witches?! Thanks for checking out my cover! I wanted to re-create this song with modern sounds because the original has a good story but sounds a little dated at this point. However, it wasn’t until I found out this was a true story about a man named Isaac Bonewits and Mario Murillo that I knew I needed to create the cover and expose the story to a new audience. Below you’ll find links to the original and to the story! I changed the lyrics slightly to more accurately reflect what Mario Murillo actually said in the moment but I wanted to maintain the original integrity of the piece for the majority of it. Let me know what you think! Special shout out to the producer Keith Thomas for creating such an awesome original with Carman Licciardello. Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySscnbaGAy0&t=0s Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKoK5aC_HdM&t=0s Instrumental Version: https://rumble.com/v4rkrf8-a-witchs-invitation-carman-cover-instrumental-j.-l.-clodfelter.html . . . . #covers #Carman #Witch #Halloween #Witchcraft #Cinematic #Epic #ChristianMusic #Occult #Pagan #Satanism #Magic #Horror #SpookySeason #Jesus Soli Deo gloria!

It's rare for me to write music from an emotional place, but the emotional and spiritual aspects of music are often what bring people to music in the first place. Here's just a short track written from how I've been feeling lately. I'm aware that my piano playing often feels aimless.

Kjøtt is a four act story (originally composed to film) that illustrates the battle between flesh and spirit. It is a mixture of traditional Scandinavian music with horror, dark fantasy, and modern black metal. Chapters: Seksjon I: 0:00 Seksjon II: 2:27 Seksjon III: 4:41 Seksjon IV: 7:13 . . Soli Deo gloria!

This music tells the story of a person struggling with extreme mental distress after being betrayed and abandoned. The madness of invasive aggressive thoughts, lies spinning around in their head, and overwhelming emotions begin to take over their mind. The healing process takes time but eventually they find their own unique purpose and value. Mental clarity is brought forth in the healing process. They have peace. Chapters: 0:00 Prologue 1:12 Episode: One 2:03 Episode: Two 3:09 Episode: Three 9:35 Episode: Four 16:40 Epilogue . . #Cinematic #Minimalism #AmbientMusic #Brain #Christian Video made with Vizzy.io Soli Deo gloria!

Καρπός is about machines. The music was originally score to a sci-fi film and it represents the philosophical debate of artificial intelligence. These artifacts are a product of men. Righteous men and evil men alike, the fruit of their labor will likely be as such. These machines can produce great things for us, but they can also take away our humanity. To progress technologically, we need to be wise as serpents but innocent as doves. . . For thematic reasons and because it’s a relevant topic right now, I wanted to use this piece of music to talk about AI art. I began using AI art because it was the most efficient way to produce high quality visual content to go with my music. There has been a significant delay between the completion of my music and the release of it because I feel the need have matching visuals with the audio. I have scoured the internet for quality art resources that I can purchase the rights to and manipulate for my own commercial use. I have reached out to an artist and offered to commission some work, but I received no content. Anything that you have seen me release that was not AI art up to this point has been free-use content that I edited to my own taste. This has always been time consuming, and I’ve wanted to outsource it for a long time. The piece of art you see here was the same way. I have had a very difficult time finding artists who could create digital materials for my music. However, in transparency, price is definitely a concern as well. I am a believer that artists should be paid for their work. But if I am unable to pay professional level prices, I recognize that and would want to find someone who is less experienced (who I can afford to pay) and needs the money. That is how the music industry works and one could expect the same in the digital art world. Shockingly, this has also been extraordinarily difficult to find. (If you’re reading this and would want to work with me, feel free to send me a DM!) But now we need to address the issue of AI. It has been brought to our attention that AI art (#Midjourney as the obvious example) is referencing other people’s artwork without their permission to create visually similar materials, some of which are extremely high quality. The copyright laws of art (and music) are grey. They aren’t grey in a good way and they aren’t grey in a bad way. They’re just grey and cannot cover every area (and I’m not even convinced we want them to). If someone listens to a pop song on the radio and it influenced their backbeat, then they listen to the words of a rock song and it influenced their lyrics, then they listen to a reggae hit and it influenced their bass line, have they done anything morally wrong? It’s the constant debate of copying vs influence. With AI artwork, is the AI copying anything or just being heavily “influenced” on a massive scale (the likes of which we have never seen)? Will AI art simply become a tool for more efficient product creation (like other software we use) or will it completely take over and destroy the career of artists? I am not sure, but I know that I don’t want to continue using it until things have settled a little bit more. Maybe that’s when laws change or companies get sued, or maybe it’s just when it becomes old-hat and human artists have far surpassed anything that AI could create. I think the best artists right now are much better than AI. However, I also think that AI is better than the vast majority of people trying to become full-time artists. I don’t say that with joy. It’s actually quite concerning, and I hope a year from now all of this is sorted out in some way or another. But remember that new technology has a tendency to bring both positive and negative things. Social media allows us to be connected to others more than ever. But it also lets us be advertised to (and arguably manipulated) constantly because we use it daily. Some people do not like digital audio workstations because they don’t require you to have any skill playing an instrument. However, DAWs have opened up the world of music creation to many people and have been one of the most important developments in the world of music. As with most new technology, I think we should be open-minded about AI art but also be cautious. Let us be wise as serpents but innocent as doves. #Newmusic #Synthmusic #Filmscore #Scifimusic #Suspensemusic #AI #Artificial intelligence #Christianmedia #Christianmusic #Midjourney #Cinematicmusic #Trailermusic #Gamescore #Industrial #DNDmusic #Robots #Machines #AIArt Video made with Vizzy.io Soli Deo gloria!

The Syndicate was inspired by the Orzhov (black and white) guild of Magic: The Gathering. The piece of art actually came first and then I was motivated to write something that represented the haunting sounds of a guild built upon religious deceit. They showcase their beauty with stained glass windows, priests, angels, and wealth in abundance. But something unholy is underneath the surface. Musically, it was inspired by traditional church music with modern sound design, doom metal, and industrial rock. #Newmusic #Composer #Actionmusic #Filmmusic #Doommetal #Industrial #Trailermusic #Horrormusic #MediaMusic #Filmscore #Gamescore #Magic #MagicArena #magicthegathering #MTG #MTGMusic #Orzhov #Angels #Orchestral #Twitchmusic #DNDMusic #Epicmusic #Cinematicmusic #Worshipcomposer #Worshipmusician #Worship #ThinkSpaceEducation #Christianmusic #Cubase #Fantasymusic #Midjourney #Vizzy Art and video made with Vizzy.io and Midjourney Soli Deo gloria!

Surveillance Company was written for a sci-fi cyberpunk short film. I hope you enjoy and thank you for listening! #Newmusic #Composer #Actionmusic #Filmmusic #Trailermusic #MediaMusic #Filmscore #Gamescore #Scifi #Cyberpunk #Spy #Intelligence #Synthmusic #Orchestral #Twitchmusic #DNDMusic #Epicmusic #Cinematicmusic #Worshipcomposer #Worshipmusician #Worship #ThinkSpaceEducation #Christianmusic #Cubase #Arturia #sciencefiction #Midjourney #Vizzy Art and video made with Vizzy.io and Midjourney Soli Deo gloria!

"Fall" is a score for a dramatic short film about youth giving into their flesh and acting on their immature instincts. This slow expanding ambient score contrasts most of the other music you've heard from me as it is quite long in form and minimalist in nature. I do not own the rights to the original film but I hope you enjoy the music regardless! #Newmusic #Composer #Ambientmusic #Filmmusic #Trailermusic #MediaMusic #Filmscore #Gamescore #Minimalism #Industrial #Shortfilm #Indiefilm #Foreignfilm #AdamandEve #Vocal #Synth #Twitchmusic #DNDMusic #Epicmusic #Cinematicmusic #Worshipcomposer #Worshipmusician #Worship #ThinkSpaceEducation #Christianmusic #Cubase #Arturia #Fantasymusic #Midjourney #Vizzy Art and video made with Vizzy.io and Midjourney . . . I wanted the art for this one to portray aspects of the film while also staying true to its own character. What you see is my interpretation of Eve standing in the midst of modern society. The flowers and trees represent the garden of Eden. The cityscape represents the sinful world that has been corrupted since the fall of man. But there is beauty after the fall.

New music to be released soon! This one was inspired by some Midjourney art and the Orzhov guild from Magic: The Gathering. It's about a corrupt religion that looks immaculate from the outside, but has a more sinister objective beneath the surface. You're hearing some doom metal and industrial influence, both of which I am very excited about. I streamed some of the composition process for this last night on Twitch.tv/JLClodfelter. Let me know what y'all think! Also, if you didn't hear my last piece "Decontainment", go check it out on YouTube! Link in bio! Like, comment, subscribe, follow, and all other beautiful things to help my algorithm. Thank you! #Composer #Cinematic #Midjourney #MTG #Orzhov #Magicthegathering #Epicmusic #Actionmusic #Mood #Christianmusic #Worship #Worshipmusician @wizards_magic @mtgarena @midjourneyartwork #doommetal #industrial #Distortion #Angels #Church #Horror #Newmusic #Mediamusic #MediaComposer #Filmscore #Gamemusic #videogamemusic #Trailermusic #Cubase #Arturia #aiart #shorts Art created with Midjourney and video partially created with Vizzy.io! Soli Deo gloria!

Hello everyone, I’ve got new music for you! Check out “Decontainment” if you’re down for some action/trailer music. Also, can you tell what scores I’ve been listening to this year? There were three different composers that I referenced while writing this. Any guesses? I hope you all enjoy and thank you for listening! #Newmusic #Composer #Actionmusic #Filmmusic #Trailermusic #MediaMusic #Filmscore #Gamescore #War #Armageddon #Orchestral #Twitchmusic #DNDMusic #Epicmusic #Cinematicmusic #Worshipcomposer #Worshipmusician #Worship #ThinkSpaceEducation #Christianmusic #Cubase #Arturia #Fantasymusic #Midjourney #Vizzy Art and video made with Vizzy.io and Midjourney . . . I typically do not like to write out the meaning for a piece because I believe people can make their own interpretations. But I think the name is sort of interesting with this one. So, if you actually scrolled down this far, you get my secret interpretation! The piece is called “Decontainment” because the sound and imagery represent the final battle mentioned in Revelation. Souls are being torn out of their mortal bodies as the war progresses. They are no longer contained and must move on to the next stage of their existence. Soli Deo gloria!

Recently @SONUSCORE offered a limited time bundle to help the children of Ukraine. All proceeds were given to charity, so it seemed like an obvious purchase choice. I thought it would be fun to write a piece of music using ONLY the libraries presented in that bundle. It was quite the creative challenge because I was essentially only working with piano, harp, ukulele, and violin. Everything in this piece was produced using three libraries: ha•pi Concert Harp, Origins Vol.5: Ukulele & Muted Piano, and Lyrical Violin Phrases. I hope you all enjoy! #compser #filmmusic #mediamusic #gamemusic #Sonuscore #Cubase #indiemusic #virtualinstruments #samplelibrary #Ukraine #twitchmusic #filmscore #Christianmusic #Christiancomposer Soli Deo gloria!

This was the first piece I composed as part of a composing speedrun challenge that I stream live on Twitch.tv/JLClodfelter. The entire composition took about 2.5 hours live on Twitch with about 2 hours offline for mixing/touch-ups. With these projects, I am not given a brief and I am able to freely compose whatever style I prefer in the moment. However, viewers are allowed to make suggestions and requests. The French horn and the steel pans were specifically requested by viewers. Because there is no brief, the music is not naturally programmatic, but I hear this piece as a futuristic/sci-fi church building with colorful stained glass and bright lights. I hope you all enjoy! #twitch #twitchmusic #twitchmusicians #filmscore #gamemusic #shortfilms #gamedev #composer #newmusic #scifimusic #scifi #filmcomposer

Silver, Moonlit Captain was commissioned by a Twitch streamer who wanted pirate/tavern theme music for his channel. The piece contains a blend of reel instruments (pun intended) mixed with sample libraries. This is definitely one of my favorite pieces, so I hope you all enjoy! #composer #twitch #twitchstreamer #twitchmusic #twitchmusicians #videogamecomposer #filmcomposer

This piece was a re-score of the intro for a television documentary about time. The commission was to write for a full live orchestra and create a realistic mockup for them to work with. I do not own the rights to the actual video, but I hope you enjoy the music! #composer #filmcomposer #tvcomposer #videogamecomposer #orchestra #orchestralmusic

I scored an independent short film about a relationship but I do not own the rights to the film itself (because it was a re-score), so I have combined the tracks into one video for you with some images that tell the story in their own way. I hope you enjoy! #indiefilm #filmscore #indiemusic #composer #filmmusic

This is a sample of adventure game music with three layers increasing in tension as well as a sting example for when the player opens a door into new territory. Layer 1: Exploring the Depths Layer 2: Human Remains and Machinery Layer 3: Insectoid Systems Engaged #composer #gamescore #gamecomposer #interactivemusic #interactivemedia

Intentionally composed to be off-kilter, uncomfortable, and unclear. These tracks were written for that obscure film maker or game designer that wants something a little foggy, messy, and disorienting. I used random number generators to determine some meters and synth choices and everything written was intended to starkly contrast what is presently available in current library music (while keeping a consistent theme throughout the tracks). Bonus tracks and reduced versions: https://youtu.be/bpTSxAyTdiI Please contact me if you would like to use any of these tracks in your project. Photo/Art Credit: Matthew Frolick (MFMediaRox) https://www.instagram.com/mfmediarox/ #aleatoric #random #composer #music #thinkspace_education #hybrid #oddmeters #irregularmeters #filmusic #gamemusic #gamecomposer #mediacomposer Soli Deo gloria