MUSIC
For each of my books, I like to write little music pieces that capture the atmosphere of the story. Here are some tracks I wrote for Cinders and Sparrows, full of harpsichords, and tinkly celestas, and sinister strings.
Here is a sad string quintet I wrote while in uni. I love cellos, and always wished I knew how to play them.
When I was eleven, my piano teacher and parents conspired to send me to a composing class at the conservatory in Zürich, and I quickly became obsessed. I wrote this piece for a competition when I was twelve. It’s brief and shrill, but performed with much verve by the Camerata Zürich.
A pop song I wrote for the release of A Drop of Night and ended up scrapping because it’s a bit all-over-the-place.
It’s from the POV of our rage-y main character Anouk and is directed at her parents in the first verse, and then her captors at the Palais du Papillon in the second verse.
Lyrics and music: Stefan Bachmann
Vocals: AQA
An excerpt from another piece written for a string writing competition when I was sixteen. The piece is quite long, and in my head it was about an elderly woman who was deathly afraid of her telephone. The famous Nokia ringtone is built in throughout.