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Solo guitar single released in 2024, the first of a series of laments for electric guitar. This song happened almost spontaneously, at the beginning of the year. It’s a brutal portrait of what I was feeling, unadorned. It is hope that tries to persist during the war only to be shattered at the end. It’s …
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Progressive metal single released in 2023, the first of a series of singles based on tales from the “dream cycle” by H. P. Lovecraft. His terror-sci-fi style influenced me a lot, but I reckon this author has some visions I do not agree with, so I tried to be mindful choosing non-racist texts to be …
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Matheus Manente‘s mostly acoustic and calm album featuring arrangements based on compositions by various video game and movie soundtrack composers: Yasunori Mitsuda, Nobuo Uematsu, Howard Drossin, Austin Wintory, Joe Hisaishi and Ennio Morricone. “Rhythm of Wind, Sky and Earth (from “Chrono Trigger”)” was co-produced with Dean Nguyen. CREDITS:All tracks – Editing, mixing, mastering.“Rhythm of Wind, …
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Matheus Manente‘s progressive metal album featuring arrangements based on compositions by various video game soundtrack composers: Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata, Darren Korb, Akira Yamaoka, Gryzor87, Yasunori Mitsuda, Masato Nakamura and Koji Kondo. CREDITS:All tracks – Editing, mixing, mastering.“Silver Dragon (from “Final Fantasy IX”)” – Partial production, partial arrangement, electric bass, electric …
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Medley based on compositions by Hitoshi Sakimoto and Masaharu Iwata, featuring The ETHEReal String Orchestra (strings), Ian Martyn (keyboards) and Rob Martino (drums). CREDITS:Ultima’s Perfection / Dycedarg’s Theme / Ultima’s Transformation – Production, arrangement, electric bass, electric guitars, mixing, mastering. Listen on streaming apps
Single based on a composition by Yasunori Mitsuda, featuring Marcela Estelië (voices). CREDITS:Awakening (from “Xenogears”) – Production, arrangement, electric bass, electric guitars, drums, keyboards, mixing, mastering. Listen on streaming apps
Single based on a composition by Nobuo Uematsu, co-produced with Fredrik Häthén. The orchestra features game music composers and musicians from all around the globe: Alex Hill, Andrew Stern, Austin Hart, Bassoonify, Damian Nguyen, Daniel Romberger, Dean Nguyen, Gabriel Vizcarra, Gregory Orosz, Jackie Berg, Joe Chen, John Robert Matz, JohnStacy, Josué Ferreira de Oliveira, Keadrin …
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Written under comission for a play in 2007, later rearranged for a DVD soundtrack in 2012, finally reworked and released as a single in 2021. Featuring Arcanepixels (artwork). CREDITS:“Hyperspheres” – Composition; production; arrangement; engineering; all instruments; mixing; mastering. Official Website Hyperspheres [Single] by Matheus Manente
Recorded live at Mousikê, São Paulo, Brazil, November 2019, as part of the Illusions Dimension 5th anniversary commemorations. This is a live recording, featuring Leandro Fonseca (Bass) and Leo Miyata (Drums). CREDITS:“Kinetic Disturbances [Live]” – Composition; production; arrangement; engineering; electric guitars; mixing; mastering; artwork. Official Website Kinetic Disturbances [Live] by Matheus Manente
Matheus Manente‘s first solo progressive metal album, featuring Gryzor87 (keyboards for track 9 “Pamukkale” and piano for track 4 “Inner Peace“). The remastered version was released in 2017 by VmbrellA records. CREDITS:All tracks – Composition; production; arrangement; engineering; all instruments; mixing; mastering; artwork; lyrics. Official Website Illusions Dimension [Remastered] by Matheus Manente
