I’ve been making music using computers since the late 1980s. I began with the humble Commodore Amiga 500 and a program called SoundTracker. This was used to compose the music for the film Zombie Genocide. Even though the technological drawbacks of the computer meant that the music had to be restricted to a mere four single-fingered instruments playing simultaneously, this soundtrack has been highly praised in many of the film’s reviews.

In the late 1990s I had some success getting music published in computer games. The Amiga titles The Strangers, Uropa 2: The Ulterior Colony, The Final Odyssey, Blockhead II, Bertie’s Animal Kingdom and Wasted Dreams all feature my work. I also put together studio-quality remixes of three tracks for a professional soundtrack CD called Immortal, published by Monteiro Music.

By the year 2000 my studio consisted of a PC equipped with a Yamaha SW1000 sound card and a Technics P30 digital piano. This signalled a new level of professional sound quality, which can be heard on the music of Encounter at Black Ridge and Saul’s Pupils.

In 2002 I shifted to the Apple Macintosh platform. I now use an iMac G4 with the programs GarageBand and Arturia Storm. Don’t Look in the Attic was the first film to utilize this new equipment.

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MP3 Downloads

Miscellaneous music:

• Warrior [3:52]
• Burning Bright [5:04]
• Five Past Midnight [4:30]
• Princess [1:58]
• Newborn Baby [0:58]

Music for films:

• Zombie Genocide 2004 [1:17]
• Dark Light — Opening Theme [4:52]
• Encounter at Black Ridge — Suite [6:23]
• Saul’s Pupils — Opening Theme [3:05]
• Saul’s Pupils — Demon Attack [1:35]
• Saul’s Pupils — Body Disposal [2:13]
• Don’t Look in the Attic — Suite [8:21]

Music for videogames:

• The Strangers [2:42]
• The Final Odyssey [1:44]
• Blockhead II [3:46]

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Interviews

• Interview at Mac Idol [Nov 2005]
• Interview at Amiga Music Preservation [2005]

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Reviews

“The music score is atmospheric, brooding and full of portent.”
– The Rumour Machine (on Don’t Look in the Attic)

“The young filmmakers managed to create some suspense largely through Darryl Sloan’s eerie soundtrack and the ‘there’s a monster behind you!’ type of audience-baiting.”
– Film West magazine (on Zombie Genocide)

“The credits loomed alongside a superb soundtrack reminiscent of past X-Files episodes.”
– Portadown Times (on Dark Light)

“Congratulations go to the film’s director, Andrew Harrison, and to Darryl Sloan who not only gives a fine, if somewhat scary, performance in the film but also produced the excellent soundtrack.”
– Portadown Times (on Saul’s Pupils)

“This feature begins with a banging Fulci-esque score.”
– The Rumour Machine (on Dark Light)

“If you’re well versed in the soundtracks of Tangerine Dream (Sorcerer, Firestarter, Thief) and Christopher Franke (Babylon 5, Universal Soldier), the music on this album bears similar, but not blatant, resemblance to those works … Dark Light opens with an early highlight – the 5 min opening theme that resembles the military regality of Christopher Franke’s Babylon 5 soundtracks, that sets the scene for sub-techno works, dramatic musical landscapes and sudden short bursts – the bits that make you jump! … If it’s heartracing drama you’re after, this album is well worth it.”
– Simon Slator (on the soundtracks to Dark Light and The Wages of Sin)

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Buy CD

Immortal is a CD compilation of game music from the Commodore Amiga era, professionally remastered by the original composers. It features three tracks by me, alongside videogame legends Allister Brimble, David Whittaker, Bjorn Lynne and others. Published by Monteiro Music. Click the picture below to visit the album’s official website.

Also available to purchase online from:
synSONIQ Records and LynneMusic.