January 14Jan 14 [Updated - May, 2026]A Fire Within - Main title from the 2026 short film "A Fire Within: A Railroader Movie". Find on YouTube starting on May 16th, 2026.Welcome to A Fire Within, a project I started in February, 2025. This film follows the relationship between two friends, Sam and Andy. The main moral of the story is betrayal and hits at the idea that 'even your closest friends can betray you'. This main theme accompanies this tale and welcomes you to their world and acts as a basis for the rest of the soundtrack.The soundtrack for "A Fire Within: A Railroader Movie" will be released to all streaming services starting on May 16th!Creating the score:Set into a large binary form, this work is in E-minor and is one of my most emotional works. It is very personal to me, as the whole story mirrors a small part of my life. I felt inspired by the soundtrack from the 2010 movie, "Unstoppable" and with Barber's Adagio for Strings. It was my goal to capture melancholic emotions and an overcast/ gray atmosphere. If you would like to know more about the score, go to the "About" section on page 4!________________Program Note:A Fire Within is the main theme from the short film "A Fire Within: A Railroader". Published on YouTube in 2026, this indie film is an an original story written by Mason Kistler detailing betrayal between two friends. Based on the composer's own experience with relationships between friends, partners, and colleagues, this title theme acts as a reflection of those turbulent times from his perspective. In context of the film, this work acts as vehicle to display various leitmotifs and acts as the foundation for the entire soundtrack. This story established itself as the first short-film made solely in the video game Railroader, which was released in December, 2023. Join the orchestra as they bring you in towards this cinematic universe and listen as they ignite the Fire Within.[DO NOT REPLICATE] no.10_A Fire Within.mp3 A Fire Within_MainTheme.pdf
January 15Jan 15 Hi again @MK_Piano! A passionate and emotional piece fitting for the theme of betrayal. I tried to find the YT video on your channel that goes with this music but couldn't find it. Perhaps I would understand the music better if I could watch that? Thanks for sharing, great job, and by all means, post the video link in this thread!
January 16Jan 16 Author 3 hours ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said: Hi again @MK_Piano! A passionate and emotional piece fitting for the theme of betrayal. I tried to find the YT video on your channel that goes with this music but couldn't find it. Perhaps I would understand the music better if I could watch that? Thanks for sharing, great job, and by all means, post the video link in this thread! The video is not out yet as the short-film is still in production. It is the first installment of the soundtrack I am making. I was planning ahead in the about section for the day I post the entire Soundtrack and publish the scores. However, you can hear it partially in this 60-second teaser I made on YT last year. It was an earlier draft and is not what I published here: Edited January 16Jan 16 by MK_Piano
January 18Jan 18 Hi @MK_Piano! I think the choice of E minor is really fits for this betrayal/fighting theme. Your music here makes me think of the film music of Kieślowski’s Dobles Lives of Veroniques, the score written by Zbgniew Preisner: Thx for sharing! Henry
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