Ellsounds - the music of Ellsworth Hall

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Ellsworth Hall is a versatile composer creating soundtracks in a variety of styles for features, corporate videos, and computer games. He has an extensive background in music theory, music performance, and recording.

Ellsworth also produces videos, is involved in feature production, and is a songwriter/keyboardist/vocalist with his progressive rock band Aethellis.

News updated 12/23/11

Northumbria CD Ellsworth's progressive rock band Aethellis has released a new album on the Melodic Revolution Records label, Northumbria, available on CD at CD Baby. It's also available as a digital download from Melodic Revolution Records. The album features 9 tracks of complex vocal harmonies, asymmetrical meters, flashy guitar riffs, ambient textures, extended song structures and some catchy hooks! Not to mention some tasty keyboard playing.

Ellsworth played keyboards and guitar, provided lead and backing vocals as well as recorded and engineered the album. It also features Mark Van Natta on guitars and lead vocals along with Erik Marks on bass. Chris Marks (guitar), Joseph Dwyer (sax) and Mike Harrington (drums) also put in an appearance.

For a sample of the title track "Northumbria" CLICK HERE.

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Ellsworth's epic production Beside The Manor Selby is now available for viewing at Amazon.com and FilmMaker.pro The on-demand version at Amazon.com will be followed by the DVD early in 2012 which will also include an overture, trailer and music video.

Beside The Manor Selby is a Edwardian period drama written, directed and scored by Ellsworth Hall and stars cult film actors Conrad Brooks and George Stover. The story takes place in the Edwardian era and is inspired by the works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Daphne du Maurier, Thomas Paine and Shakespeare.

Starring actor Conrad Brooks' appearances

Actor Conrad Brooks (The Gardener in Beside The Manor Selby) appeared at the 5th annual Nostalgia Convention, September 23-25, 2010 at the Marriot Hotel, Hunt Valley, MD. He was also in attendence at the Chiller Theatre Con in Parsippany, NJ over the Halloween weekend. Conrad sold DVD copies of the "Ultimate Convention Edition" of Beside The Manor Selby which he had available for purchase along with stills from the movie. The "Director's Edition" DVD will be the version available in the near future at Amazon.com.

The production premiere

The epic production premiered at ImagiCon in Birmingham, AL on Friday May 21 at 3 p.m. and was shown again Saturday the 22nd at 3 p.m. in The Film Nook at 115 S. 35th Street Birmingham AL 35222

Produced by Leesa Stanion. Music, sound effects and voice-overs by Ellsworth Hall.

Investigative Satire and Parody. Each TV episode is a deep-dive investigation of a serious, controversial, or hot-button issue - dipped, steamed, deep fried, and drizzled with comedy.

Click here to view the official TV website

Bait and Switch TV is produced by Leesa Stanion of Stanion Studios. Leesa Stanion is a prolific documentary film producer who has had her film and video work aired on ABC, PBS, WGBH, HBO and Lifetime. Ellsworth is the composer and sound effects designer. He also provided motion graphics and voice overs.

The Shubian's Rift soundtrack CD of Ellsworth Hall's orchestral score (with the vibrant sounds of the Czech Philharmonic) is now available at CD Baby .

Hear the stirring opening credits music, the sinister Tuka D'Nuul motif, and the adventuresome Dragon Phoenix theme among many other thematic highlights.

Click here to listen to samples from every track and to order the CD.

Listen to excerpts from the Shubian's Rift soundrack.

And watch the original movie in addtition to the new TV mini-series sequel at

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