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
Elian
Elian is a lullaby, written, arranged and performed by Karl Ramirez.
Mananatili Ka (Mayday’s Ka Bel OST)
Mananatili Ka is the original sound track of Mayday’s documentary film about the life of labor leader Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran. The song was written by Empiel Palma, arranged and performed by Karl Ramirez.
“Ka Bel” is a production of the Mayday Multimedia Collection in cooperation with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Crispin B. Beltran Resource Center, Sine Patriyotiko, and Kilusang Mayo Uno.
Makibaka Reprise (Higante’t Tutubi OST)
This electronika-acoustic remake of Makibaka was performed and arranged for Higante’t Tutubi, a short animated feature about the Philippine environment produced by the Center for Environmental Concerns - Philippines. Animation by Audrey Ang and Karlene Co, with story written by Lisa Ito and Mykel Andrada.
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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
Free the 43 is a song for the 43 health workers illegally arrested and detained by the military. You can download the MP3 at my wordpress blog.
- Music and Lyrics: Carl Lopez
- Arrangement: Renato Reyes and Aki Merced
- Vocals: Aki Merced
- Guitars and Harmocia: Renato Reyes
- Sound Engineer, Editor: Karl Ramirez
- Recorded at Kodao Productions
- Year: 2010
The Forty-Three (Lyrics)
I got hold of the papers
And reeled from the news:
Forty-three health workers,
Abducted and abused
By military forces
“Protecting the State”,
‘Though they never did nuthin’
To be treated this way.
They were training poor people
To take care of their lives
And, in the eyes of the Law,
‘Twas a horrible crime.
But, when they were at storm-fronts,
Providing free aid,
Nobody even bothered
To ask ‘em their names.
Blindfolded and handcuffed,
Dragged into jail;
Restless, and unknowing
Of what horrors lie in wait.
As though low’r than animals,
They’re fed and made to crawl.
Surrounded by armed men,
They are pinned ‘gainst the walls.
What ever did they do
To deserve such a fate?
Is helping poor people
Treason against the State?
Since you got no proof
Of their “conspiracy”/ This we plainly see
We demand of you now:
FREE THE FORTY-THREE!
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
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Track Name
Martsa Kan Bikolandia Rendition
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Artist
Karl Ramirez
Martsa Kan Bikolandia is a patriotic and revolutionary song popular in the Bicol region. I made an orchestral rendition of this nationalist hymn in 2007.
This is a rock orchestra rendition of Tambisan sa Sining’s Dakilang Pakikibaka which I made in 2007.
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
It was also in 2005 that I made this rock and techno rendition of Joel Ayala’s song Lumiyab Ka.
In 2005 I made a piano and guitar rendition of Sierra Madre, a song in the 2003 album Anak ng Bayan composed by the group Musikang Bayan.
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. :-)
