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George R. Powell

Indie Film / Game Composer

About Me

NAME: George R. PowellNICKNAME: "Taijo"NET HANDLE: Setu FirestormAGE: 25BIRTHDAY: July 7, 1982SEX: MaleSTATUS: SingleORIENTATION: GayRACE/HERITAGE: Caucasian / WelshHOMETOWN: Holiday, FloridaINTERESTS: Music, Art, Angels, Video Games, Anime, FilmmakingLIKES: People with character and honesty, inspiration, horror/action movies, World of Warcraft, Legend of ZeldaDISLIKES: formalities and tradition, People who treat others as expendable asset, aggressively ignorant peopleMOVIES: Hot Fuzz, Goonies, the Saw movies, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Stay, Pans Labyrinth, the Die Hard films, The Crow, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, I Am Legend, Cloverfield, The Back to the Future trilogy, The Indiana Jones trilogyGAMES: World of Warcraft, Legend of Zelda, Grandia, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, Resident Evil 4, Silent Hills 1-3, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, Fable, Guitar Heroes 1&2ANIME: The Vision of Escaflowne, Chrono Crusade, DNAngel, Hellsing, Gravitation, Loveless, Berserk, Deathnote, Record of Lodoss War, AppleseedWORLD OF WARCRAFT CHARACTERS --- *** Official Blizzard servers *** NAME: Raleigh RACE: Blood Elf CLASS: Paladin GUILD: "The Blue Feather" (Guildmaster) SERVER: AnetheronNAME: Fionn RACE: Blood Elf CLASS: Rogue GUILD: "Ashes to Ashes" (GM Alt) SERVER: NathrezimNAME: Arkhael RACE: Undead CLASS: Warlock GUILD: "Ashes to Ashes" (Guild Master) SERVER: NathrezimNAME: Gerwindene RACE: Night Elf CLASS: Druid GUILD: none SERVER: MagtheridonNAME: Andelin RACE: Human CLASS: Priest (shadow) GUILD: none SERVER: Magtheridon*** Project Northrend private server *** NAME: Raleigh (LV70) RACE: Blood Elf CLASS: Paladin GUILD: "Knights of the Sun" (Guildmaster)NAME: Akuramati RACE: Draenei CLASS: Hunter GUILD: "Knights of the Sun" (Knight)NAME: Fionn RACE: Blood Elf CLASS: Warlock GUILD: "Knights of the Sun" (Knight)NAME: Pancake RACE: Troll CLASS: Rogue GUILD: none

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/5/2005
Band Website: setu-firestorm.newgrounds.com
Band Members: I have experience in composing the following genres:- Film score orchestral - Video Game score orchestral - Alternative Rock/Metal - Techno (Trance/Ambient) - JazzCURRENT PROJECT --- - "Legend of Zelda: Hero of Time" original soundtrack to the full-length feature fanfilm produced by David Blane and directed by Joel Musch of BMB FinishesSome of my past creditable projects include:FILM CREDITS --- - "Le Legende de Zelda: Le pacte de Mudora" a full-length Canadian feature fanfilm by Carl Pelletier. Several of my pieces were used in this film. - "Brotherhood" original soundtrack to the short film by Liaw Wee Liang of SingaporeSTAGE DRAMA COMMISSIONS --- - "Final Invitation" original soundtrack to the stage drama written by Jill Buyea of Calvary Chapel Worship Center - "The Man from Galilee" original soundtrack to the Easter drama of Calvary Chapel Worship CenterVIDEO GAME COMMISSIONS --- - "Purgatory" original soundtrack to the survival horror/puzzle game by Hardi Gosal - "Bastogne: City of Dreams" original soundtrack to the abstract puzzle game by Hardi Gosal - "Boundless Ocean" original soundtrack to the fairy tale puzzle game by Hardi Gosal - "From Here to Neverwhere" original soundtrack to the abandoned horror game project of Hardi Gosal - "Pitch Black II" original soundtrack to the horror game by Nathaniel Major - "Project C" original soundtrack to the horror game by Sean WhiteSELF-PRODUCED --- - "The Adventures of Hoshima" original soundtrack to my RPG Maker XP game - "Neo Krysta III: The Guardian War" original soundtrack to what was once a DOS-based RPG, but is being remade with RPG Maker VX (Vista) - "Legend of Zelda: Mark of the Triforce" original soundtrack to the abandoned RPG Maker XP project - "Neo Krysta" original soundtrack to a DOS-Based RPG from 2000 - "Neo Krysta II" original soundtrack to a DOS-Based RPG from 2002 - "Children of the Sky" original soundtrack to a never-produced animation ideaVSTi LIST --- - Edirol Orchestral - EastWest Symphonic Orchestra silver edition - MusicLab's RealGuitar - XPhrase - Hypersonic - Syntendo - FL Studio Producer's Edition - Steinberg Nuendo 2AUDIO PLUGINS LIST --- - Guitar Rig 2 - Antares Vocal Kit including AutoTune4 - Dynasone Mastering - iSOtope Vinyl (vinyl simulator)
Influences: (open a new tab and type these into your browser)Project Northrend (a free World of Warcraft Server) --- http://www.projectnorthrend.comLegends Places (website for the film scored by George R. Powell) --- http://www.legendofzeldaseries.com/main.php?page=fanmovie.ht mlSpoken Against (A Gay-Straight Alliance Myspace) --- http://www.myspace.com/spokenagainstRPG Shadow Destiny (an RPG Maker XP/VX community) --- http://s10.invisionfree.com/RPG_Shadow_Destiny/Deviant Art --- http://www.deviantart.com
Sounds Like: Contact George R. PowellE-MAIL --- [email protected] --- http://www.myspace.com/georgerpowellNEWGROUNDS --- http://setu-firestorm.newgrounds.comDEVIANT ART --- http://setu-firestorm.deviantart.com
Record Label: None. I don't need no stinking label!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Words of Advice from personal experience

In my experiences as a heavily philosophical and agnostic individual who was raised in the church and places his highest priority on the pursuit of truth, I have reached some rather difficult and hars...
Posted by George R. Powell on Thu, 08 May 2008 04:23:00 PST

Allegory: Light and Dark

You walk into a room well lit. You look around and see many familiar things. You know that at any point you can walk up to any object in the room, be able to identify it, and understand its purpose an...
Posted by George R. Powell on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:29:00 PST

Allegory: The Ocean of Truth

There was once a time when I got up in the morning on a Sunday and thought to myself, "I worked til late last night and I really have no energy in me. Ah well, I can at least stop by 7-11 and pick up ...
Posted by George R. Powell on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:39:00 PST

Philosophy: What page are we on?

This philosophical discussion is more geared toward a certain faction of Christians, more specifically those who live under the idea that we live in an evil world plagued with darkness, but only talk ...
Posted by George R. Powell on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:56:00 PST

Philosophy: Stupidity in Numbers

There is yet another amusing irony I find in the human race: the mob mentality. We see it every day even though oftentimes it doesn't involve a crowd with pitchforks and torches (well, maybe it does i...
Posted by George R. Powell on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:49:00 PST

Philosophy: What do you think is more important?

I've been crazed out of my mind lately. I can't talk about most of it, because I guarantee more than half of you would would smile, back away slowly, and call the nuthouse to come pick me up, so I'd p...
Posted by George R. Powell on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:57:00 PST

Philosophy: Definition of Insanity

We know the definition of insanity to be "the act of doing the same thing but expecting a different result".  Some also believe that history repeats itself. Is it because human patterns tend to c...
Posted by George R. Powell on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 08:20:00 PST

For more blog entries, to to my Newgrounds page

Because Newgrounds updated and now allows its members their own private space (and also the fact that I have more revenue there), I'm posting any news blogs on my page there. For anyone who doesn't a...
Posted by George R. Powell on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:28:00 PST

My Celebrity Look-alikes

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Posted by George R. Powell on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:18:00 PST

My Celebrity Look-alikes

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Posted by George R. Powell on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 03:57:00 PST