Remnants by Austin Wintory

Every composer, and indeed every artist in general, faces constant rejection. In my case, the most common form of that is in writing demos or pitches in an effort to work on a given project, only to be told no. The reasons almost always have nothing to do with me specifically, yet it's tempting to take it personally. To equate rejection with failure.

As my career has gone on though, it dawned on me that rejections were actually a much better measure of opportunity. And looking back, I realized just how many opportunities I've had! It didn't matter that so many didn't work out.

100% of the music on this album was bound for the trash. Most of it is rejected pitches, but a few are also cues for cancelled projects and there's even some from projects I was fired from mid-way through.

In the end, I hope you enjoy it and that it's a reminder that rejection isn't defeat, but actually strangely fun and empowering.

Tracklist

1.	A Sea of Skulls	1:42

2.	Squares	2:03

3.	The Forgotten Kingdom	2:47

4.	Wayfaring Seed	2:58

5.	Oxford Riots	1:23

6.	Pomp and Prejudice	2:32

7.	A Guessing Game	0:59

8.	Stars above the Trees	2:02

9.	Asteria	3:10

10.	Beach Monster	2:08

11.	Bones and Organs	2:03

12.	Whiskers and Beams	2:54

13.	Ice and Clouds 1	7:55

14.	Fractures	2:33

15.	Axes upon Shields	1:51

16.	Shields against Axes	1:33

17.	Oases	3:44

18.	Crude Gum	1:03

19.	Praise his name	2:12

20.	Steel Fabric	1:44

21.	Children of Machines	4:00

22.	Gumshoe	3:14

23.	Feathered deliverance	2:24

24.	Ice and Clouds 2	7:40

25.	A Family Lost	1:50

26.	The Tombs of Wanderers	2:01

27.	Death Arisen	1:47

28.	Rings in hand	1:48

29.	Teeth and scales	2:31

30.	Vampiric Easter	1:37

31.	The Faithful	1:33

32.	Diminished Gene Pool	2:51

33.	The Architects	2:41

34.	Whiskey and shrapnel	3:13

35.	Sacred Honor	2:04

36.	The Fire Games	1:20

37.	Barbarians	2:08

38.	The Storm	2:54

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Credits

released August 2, 2019

Music composed and produced by Austin Wintory
Mastered by Steve Kempster

Video directed by Landon Donaho
Featuring Angela Bermudez
Cover photo by Sergio Pinheiro

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