Here is my reel of songs, music, arrangements & renditions written for radio programs, video documentaries, competitions, campaigns and theater. Need someone to write music? Leave a note at http://www.facebook.com/karlramirezmusic Thanks!
Tracks
Panata sa Bayan is now signed up at Click Music Philippines, a KBP partner music promotion company. Do support the song by loading up and downloading via Load Central at P25/download. Ikaw ano ang iyong panata sa bayan?
Sobra Sobra (featuring Yen of Karatula)
Sobra Sobra is a song written by Yen and the Kabataang Artista para sa Tunay na Kalayaan (KARATULA). Arranged and performed by Karl Ramirez in collaboration with Yen.
Makabayan, Palaban
Makabayan, Palaban was originally recorded in 2010 as a campaign song for Satur Ocampo’s bid for Senate in the last May 2010 elections. This is a new version of the same song. A fitting tribute to an erstwhile patriot and defender of human rights and press freedom. Written, arranged and performed by Karl Ramirez.
Elian
Elian is a lullaby, written, arranged and performed by Karl Ramirez.
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Track Name
Desap
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Album
Desap (Single)
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Artist
Karl Ramirez
Desap is a new single dedicated to the desaparecido, their family, friends, and the search for justice. Written, arranged and performed by Karl Ramirez. For more information, lyrics, chords, and downloads click here.
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Track Name
Makibaka
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Artist
Karl Ramirez/Tony Palis/Walkie Mirana
Makibaka!
- Music and lyrics: Karl Ramirez
- Lead guitar: Tony Palis
- Supporting vocals: Walkie Miraña
Thanks Tony and Walkie for helping me out with this recording! More songs here.
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Track Name
Tagapagtanggol ng Bayan
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Artist
Karl Ramirez
Tagapagtanggol ng Bayan is a song I wrote for the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL), a nationwide voluntary association of human rights lawyers in the Philippines committed to the defense, protection, and promotion of human rights, especially of the poor and the oppressed.
- Written and performed by Karl Ramirez
- Year: 2010
Tagapagtanggol ng Bayan (lyrics)
Ang batas ba kapag pinatutupad bakit kailangang magkakaiba?
Ang batas nga ba ay pwede mo baluktutin katapat ay pera?
Kayrami mo bang tanong?
Nanaisin mo pa bang maging isang tagapagtanggol?
Ang batas ba ay mas panig sa mapang-api kesa sa masa?
Ang batas nga ba mas madalas ay kakampi ng mga mapagsamantala?
Kayraming dapat itanong
At ngayon ang inyong panahon
Kailangan ng ating sambayanan
Ang buong pusong tagapagtanggol ng bayan
Ang katarungan ay para sa lahat
Sa lahat kasama ang api at mahihirap
Sila ay madalas tinatapaktapakan lang
Sila ang madalas inyong pagtatanggol ay kailangan
Kanilang kailangan
Kaya halina at maglingkod
Maglingkod tayo sa nangangailangan
Nangangailangan ang karamihan
Sa kayraming sulok ng ating bayan
Kapag may inaapi
Tayo’y kanilang kakampi
Tagapagtanggol ng bayan
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Track Name
Alagaan ang Kalikasan/Pansinin ang Kalikasan
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Artist
Karl Ramirez
Alagaan ang Kalikasan (Pansinin ang Kalikasan) is the official theme of CDRC’s 30-minute disaster preparedness segment airing at Radio Veritas DZRV 846 khz every Friday 7:30am. It has been a year since I’ve written and recorded this song and I think the best way to celebrate its timely message is to sing and record it one more time. A jazzy fun beat this time around. :-) Have fun listening!
- Written, arranged, and performed by Karl Ramirez
- Year: 2009
Alagaan ang Kalikasan (lyrics)
Napapansin nyo bang nagbabago
Ang ikot ng ating mundo
Tuyong tuyo ang tag-ulan
At binabaha naman ang anihan
Nagagalit ang kalikasan
Dahil sa problemang dala ng kasakiman
Ano ba ang pwede ko at pwede nating gawin?
Kabuhayan ba’y maari pa bang sagipin?
Paano pa ba makaliligtas
Kung tubig baha sa amin, oy kay taas
Pambihirang kalagayan nga ba ang ating binabanga
Makaligtas pa ba… ano kaya?
Nagpapapansin ang kalikasan
Halina at ating balikan
Sama sama nating alagaan
Upang panganib ay ating malampasan
Nagpapapansin ang kalikasan
Halina at ating balikan
Sama sama nating alagaan
Upang panganib ay ating
Panganib ay ating
malampasan
Makabayang Himig is an orchestral piece inspired by and partly a rendition of Danny Fabella’s song “Ngayon Na!” for the Makabayan Coalition. Makabayang Himig was composed in September 2009 and was used as musical score in Makabayan’s electoral platform video.
Video ID for Kodao Productions’ Satur: A People’s Tribute series.
- Year: 2009
Disconnected was composed in 2007 and was used for Kodao’s documentary The Philippines Revisited: Measures Measured.
- Music: Karl Ramirez
- Year: 2007
Some of the music for Agham’s video documentary Prometheus Bound was actually composed and recorded earlier than the video’s production phase. This is the original version of the music used for the opening billboard.
- Year: 2006
Patalastas is my first original musical score. Recorded in 2003, this short composition was an attempt to familiarize myself with digital audio and multi-track editing. The process I was following then was a very crude one. In fact, I used Adobe Premiere 6, a video editing software to arrange my compositions that year. Everything changed after bumping into Cakewalk in 2004. :-)
