Timothy A. Helisek

Avant Garde and Michael Jackson

2012-02-09T22:21:00.000-08:00

I have completed the first "phase" of my new avant garde orchestral work, which is untitled as of now. The first "phase" basically means all I have left to do is turn it into sheet music that musicians (and a conductor) will read.

In other news, I have released my orchestral cover of Michael Jackson's "Beat It" as a ringtone. It, as always, is available wherever ringtones are sold. To be honest, I never knew that Beat It could sound so epic until now!

Thanks for reading...

Tim

New This Week!

2012-01-30T13:54:00.000-08:00

New Ringtones This Week are:

The first movement of Beethoven's Eroica Symphony.

And...

The 17th century English folk tune, Lavender's Blue.

They are available wherever ringtones are sold. Enjoy!

New Ringtones this week.

2012-01-16T14:47:00.000-08:00

Two new classical music ringtones will be released this week, Bach: Fugue in C minor, BWV 847 and Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra. In addition, one new jazz ringtone is out, Evans: Waltz for Debby.

Fur Elise, Ars Moriendi, New Work...

2012-01-09T15:55:00.000-08:00

Three things:

My ringtone, "Fur Elise" is currently number 3 on the Classical Ringtone Chart at iTunes.

My orchestral piece, "Ars Moriendi" received an Honorable Mention in the 2012 Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute.

I released an EP back in October with three new electronic pieces of the 21st century classical style. It is available here http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/man-cannot-hit-on-right-time/id473817969

New Album!

2011-03-05T13:40:00.000-08:00

As you can tell, I have completely neglected this portion of my website as it has not been updated since November of 2009. Time flies by me sometimes and this is what happens when it does. But, enough of that, I've released an album!

On January 25, 2011, ‘Animating Existence’ hit the ‘shelves’ of all your favorite digital download stores like iTunes, Amazon and eMusic. This work was written between May 2010 and January 2011 and clocks in at 51 minutes. It is a mixture of musique concréte, algorithmic composition and electroacoustic music. It is about 8 different major points in our lives and I hope that you will take some time to listen to it while contemplating these unique events.

An actual CD has been released as well. You may purchase the physical CD as well as the digital download here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/timothyahelisek

-OR at any place you like buying music-

http://www.amazon.com/Animating-Existence/dp/B004NC34EU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1299022334&sr=8-2

http://www.emusic.com/album/Timothy-A-Helisek-Animating-Existence-MP3-Download/12393050.html

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/animating-existence/id419408975

Best,

Tim

Orchestrations for Dionne Warwick

2009-11-30T15:31:00.000-08:00

Hello all,

I am currently working on orchestrating a tune called Starlight, music by William Goldstein and lyrics by Dean Pitchford, for the Grammy award-winning Dionne Warwick to sing. The full press release can be found here http://www.starlight.org/uploadedFiles/Starlight/whatsnew/PressRelease_HQ_StarlightSong_10-20-09.pdf?n=5758

Best,

Tim Helisek

Website

2009-09-23T23:20:00.000-07:00

So, I have finally gotten around to re-building my website. It is still, however, a work in progress. Well, I guess it has been for about the past 9 years or so.

Any suggestions for me about the site, anything I missed? Let me know what you think. I'm already thinking of all that I missed and getting new ideas......

Best,

Tim

News and Such

2009-09-13T21:30:00.000-07:00

Hello all,

I have decided to move the former news section of the website into a blog format. I have archived all of the previous posts from that section below. Hopefully, from now on, I will be able to update you more often as to what is going on with me.

Thanks!

January 2009 -

I wrote for the movie 'Black Men Can Swim' a few months back. The film is now complete.

December 2008 -

The video game 'Destroy All Humans! Path Of The Furon' has been released. I worked as orchestrator for the award-winning composer Garry Schyman on the game in 2007.

November 2008 -

The "Search Inside the Book" feature from Amazon is now available for my book "Reading Studies for the Beginning Guitarist." Go check it out, (click here).

September 2008 -

I completed working on the romantic movie "A Cup of Love" which is currently competing in several film festivals. Check out the film's website here, http://www.wix.com/acupoflove/A-cup-of-lovE/

August 2008 -

I completed writing the music for the feature film "Black Men Can Swim." More news coming soon.

August 2008 -

My first book "Reading Studies for the Beginning Guitarist" is now available at www.amazon.com, (click here). The book teaches guitarists how to read music and be strong sight-readers. If you are a teacher or store and would like to order multiple copies, email tim@timhelisek.com.

August 2008 -

The DVD for a family-fun project that I wrote the music for in 2007 is now available here.

August 2007 -

I am working on Destroy All Humans: Path of the Furon as orchestrator with the game's composer, Garry Schyman. The orchestra was recorded at Martinsound in Alhambra, CA.

February 2007 -

BioShock has been recorded at Capitol in Hollywood, CA where I worked as assistant to the game's composer, Garry Schyman. The game was released in August of 2007. Garry's music went on to win several industry awards.