Robert Hope

In 2020, after recording and releasing my first instrumental work, I was looking for what to do next with my newfound knowledge. I had been researching music theory online, but I work best when I have a strong idea to work backwards from. My eldest son was into writing, something I had also done in my youth, and was working on something he called the Zombie Chronicles, a lengthy story with his sister and cousins as characters. One night at dinner I looked at him and said out loud that I would write a soundtrack for the film if it was ever released. I’m not sure he necessarily liked the idea.

I, on the other hand, now had a story to work with, and structure to follow. In addition, I wanted to model that sometimes you can take a personal creative project, conceive it, execute it, and publish it, for no other reason than you are excited and happy to do the work.

I wrote this quickly; the speed with which I work is always an indicator of how strong my idea is or how much clarity I have with my goal. I wrote, recorded, and released the Zombie Chronicles in roughly 5 months, by far the shortest time it’s taken me to execute a concept.

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