Wendy Carlos, Bruce Haack, Isao Tomita, Kitaro, Jean Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Crystal Method, Chemical Brothers.
Aaron Copeland, Albinoni, Holst, Bach, Mozart, Tchaikovsky and many other classical greats.
Recent Influcences:
Many of them are mostly unknown to you, however you hear their work more than you may ever know. They make the Motion Picture trailer music you hear.
Stone Lion Music was founded August of 2006 in Kansas City, Missouri. The music catalogue continues to expand into a broad musical spectrum that is well suited for all genres of the motion picture advertising, commercial and video game markets. Out of respect for other artists I've made attempts at not mimicking any other artists work. In that respect some of my compositions are unique and may sound a little off the beaten path. All compositions are written by Steve Ballard in Stone Lion Studios.
Credits :
Out of Darkness * TV show theme
Verdun, Video Game * Composer/Sound Designer
WarBots, Video Game * Sound Designer
Surrounded by Death, Video Game * Composer/Sound Designer
Tru Loved (2008) * Trippin on India, Film Soundtrack placement Harvest Moon (2009) * Raion Taiko, Film Sountrack placement
Stone Lion Music (Steve Ballard)'s Friend Space (Randomized)
Hello Steve!
Welcome to the circle of friends of the Union of Heroes! I hope that you will enjoy reading and watching our superhero-photocomic (www. unionofheroes. com) and I wish you all the best for your music! Keep on rocking!
Best regards from Dortmund, Germany!
Arne
Great work as usual Steve! I’m always pleasantly surprised whenever I visit your profile as you regularly put up new music and it’s refreshingly not tied to one particular style or genre. Me thinks I need to pull my fingers out lol! Great work too with the “Childhood’s End” artwork!
Hello Steve, thanks so much for your friendship your soundscapes are awesome. We are very happy that you joined the inner circle of Flaming Bess, the incredibly beautiful goddess of light. We hope that you enjoy our music. Peace to you and yours and all the best for your future. May God bless you. Flaming Bess Duesseldorf Germany
PS. Please feel free to download “Shelter from the storm” for free, and in case you want to please add some of our music at your page.
Dropping by to say many thanks for your kind words of support re. "Devil May Care" and to catch up on your current projects. It’s all sounding excellent and I’m extremely impressed with the Debussy project! I started out my EM journey listening to the Switched on Bach albums and later on Tomita’s electronic take on Debussy. I must say you’ve perfectly captured that “sound” and importantly you’ve also kept the original spirit of Debussy’s music intact so well done!
Steve, thanks for your comment re Chama Canyon. It means a lot to me as I really like your work and the vibe you put into it. In terms of your work, it sounds like you really live up to the Ravi Shankar quote you've posted and that definitely comes through in the music.
The Debussy pieces sound great. I think it's a fantastic project.
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