Sound Archives

Sound Archives John Mills-Cockell sound work in theatre, television, film, and recordings. ( Scroll down to view more songs ) Tillicum Syrinx 1:52 The Killer Stalks 1:25 On the Rez 1:29 Gossip John Mills-Cockell 0:26 Entr’acte #2 John Mills-Cockell 2:13 December Angel John Mills-Cockell 2:20 Medley from Strikers’ Mountain 4:20 Stella in Black and White 2:58…

Do you hear the rushing river?

Composer John Mills-Cockell unveils his most intimate work with Kestrel Music’s release of the new compact disc Do You Hear The Rushing River? Creating a luminous body of instrumental music that is seductive, magical and full of emotion, this influential, style-setting, contemporary composer proves that poetry can be written without words. This collection of music, haunting and…

Concerto of Deliverance

Monart Pon, a longtime follower of my work, hoped that I might be the composer to fulfill his long time dream of realizing musically a utopian vision of deliverance, an uplifting, joyful brilliance that was referenced in the novel Atlas Shrugged.  According to Monart, the Concerto is what he would have created if he were a composer. His commission provided the…

Stella in black and white

A performance piece by John Mills-Cockell & Blake Parker “The tale is a moral allegory. In Stella’s world, animal eyes polished like mirrors stare out of silver windows dissolve in the wash of static gives back a picture of sleek foreign desperadoes with hair-raising underworld connections. In Stella’s world, the photo twins drift down sunset…