The Keyboard Wizard is Chicago-based composer Michael Walthius, whose compositions have been featured on the internet, radio, and television for more than 20 years. Michael's clients include Yamaha Corporation, WebTV, Advanced Micro Devices, Creative Labs, and British Petroleum. A past receipient of an award for the best music on the internet from The Microsoft Network, Michael's original compositions have been featured on America Online and the internet since 1994. His original synthesizer videos on YouTube and Vimeo have bee
Michael's music is an eclectic mix of genres, including jazz, rock, electronic, dance, pop, classical, new age, and world music. His favorite composers and recording artists include Dave Grusin, Miles Davis, Weather Report, John McLaughlin, Thomas Dolby, William Orbit, Claude Debussy, and Aaron Copeland. Michael is a classically-trained pianist and composer. His state-of-the-art electronic music studio includes a variety of hardware and software instruments, including the Access Virus TI, DSI Prophet '08, DSI Mopho, Moog LP Tribute, Yamaha Motif, Roland Fantom XR, MOTU Ethno, MachFive2 Sampler, Absynth 4, and Arturia ARP2600V.
Beautiful music, uplifting and dreamy with kalimba and light melody and percussion. Native scenes of budding romance, documentary, travel opening credits, cultural documentary. Atmospheric, youthful and contemporary African music. Broadway, opening credits, playful fun happy sunny and bright. Instrumental, African, African Contemporary
Short classical theme with woodwind orchestral sounds - for arrival, departure, establishing, segue, underscore, transition. Imagine busy people milling about, things getting done. Action, Impending Pending Music
A relatively simple, melodic, new age instrumental, with guitars, flute, bells, accordion and choral sounds, perfect for scenes with family or children. New Age, Contemporary Instr
An infectious, pristine, high-energy synthesizer dance track featuring all analog synthesizers. Features broad themes, lots of texture changes, pulsating synth bass, crisp drums, vintage synth effects, and all kinds of generally cool-sounding stuff. Dance, Hi NRG
Imagine driving rhythms, spacial choirs, screaming synth leads, woodwinds, exotic percussion, ethnic instruments, wind chimes, and electronic do-dads all woven into a single composition with an infectious world beat. Electronic, Ethnic Electronica
Haunting chords and melodies set against a syncopated groove. Airy pianos, nylon guitars, mellotron strings, bells, and more. Perfect for a main theme, credits, documentary. New Age, Contemporary Instr
Hard core funktronic groove with snappy drums, wicked trombone, sizzling organ, wormy synth leads, old school brass, funkomatic piano, jazz guitar and more woven into a organic whole. RnB, Funk
Catchy instrumental tune with guitars, keyboards, drums, woodwinds, bells, and violin. A light, folky, with a variety of different sections. Interesting composition that melds, new age, folk, rock, all around a recurring theme. New Age, Contemporary Instr
Repeating, haunting, sustained, electric piano. Thoughtful, undecided music for critical moments. Reflective and somewhat gloomy. Dramatic, Contemplative Music
Mystical new age instrumental with bells, guitars, piano, pan flute, and more. A haunting, retrospective composition with a variety of interesting sections. New Age, Contemporary Instr
Wormy synth leads wind through acid lines, square bass, electronic percussion... questioning music motifs inquire against luminescent sound sheets and rhythmic gadgets, with a Middle Eastern accordion thrown in for good measure. Electronic, Progressive Electronic
Heartland is an optimistic contemporary instrumental with an American heritage feel. A broad string theme soars over traditional instrumentation of guitar, piano, drums, and bass. A solo violin gives it a bit of a country feel. Strong theme for film, tv, documentaries, credits, etc. New Age, Contemporary Instr
Hyptnotica is an uptemo concoction featuring shimmering filter sweeps, dripping wet synth leads, and breathy pads against infectious trance/house beats. Perfect for countless applications including documentaries, credits, science and travel programs, corporate presentations, etc. Electronic, Progressive Electronic
Ethnic wind instruments, latin percussion, timpani, rhythmic synthesizers, and mystical strings can all be found in this haunting, global piece. Kalahari Dreams evokes the mysteries of the desert and the jungle - perfect for documentaries, travel pieces, film, credits. Electronic, Ethnic Electronica
Crunchy synthetic guitar, Miami Vice drums, soaring ambient synth sweeps, driving bass... it's all here in MACHINE. This is a diverse composition with contrasting moods - a true sonic adventure. Rock, Rock Fusion
New age, feel-good, enchanting soundscape with flutes, strings, bells, guitars, piano, sparkling percussion, and more. A nice, medium-tempo transitional piece suitable for film, tv, documentaries, etc. New Age, Contemporary Instr
Lots of interesting percussion and rhythms in this jazzy piece, which is at times reminiscent of the music of Weather Report. Tropical flavors with sizzling leads, electric violin, funky bass, punctuated themes, and groovy electric piano. Instrumental, Corporate, Corporate Pop Electronic
Piano, violin, synthesizers, guitars, drums, all highlight this upbeat, yet thoughtful instrumental piece. Lots of contrasting sections - a magical adventure in 6/8 time. New Age, Contemporary Instr
An engaging piano solo that speaks wistfully of the memories of the past, while also looking forward to another day. A simple song that manages to sparkle pianistically with plenty of dynamics. New Age, Solo Piano
Millenium Dawn features a determined groove with broad themes, haunting choral evocations, and soaring leads. At once thoughtful and optimistic, this piece is perfect for documentaries, television, film, credits, and presentations. New Age, New Age Electronic
An up-tembo rhythmic synthesizer piece that contrasts electronic and acoustic sounds. Techno drums fuse with woodwinds and kalimbas in an uplifting dance club anthem with new age overtones. Exciting yet thoughtful. Electronic, Progressive Electronic
Orion is a cinematic new age piece that mixes acoustic and electric sounds to form a shimmering soundscape of broad themes and reflective textures. Repeating bells, soaring trumpets, ethereal choirs, rhythmic marimbas, distant timpani, and cool jazz piano are all in Orion. New Age, Contemporary Instr
Mechanoid, metallic fuzzboxes percolate around an infection groove. Panic Attack has a unique quality that separates it from so many other pieces in this genre. Think science, technology, futuristics, quantum mechanics, and string theory set to music. Dance, House
A lively contemporary instrumental piece with complex orchestration: piano, guitars, bass, drums, winds, strings, flutes and lots of miscellaneous instruments. Perhaps an English countryside vibe with a bit of classic rock tossed in. New Age, Contemporary Instr
A mechanoid analog synthesizer groove with a catchy beat and interweaving funkomatic electronic whizbangs. A dream for robots and the people who invent them. Electronic, Progressive Electronic
An upbeat, positive electronic concoction with lots of pulsating beats and synth diddlies. Soaring synthesizer leads against infectious rhythms with lots of different sections. Excellent for documentaries, science, news, travel, discovery. Pop, 80's Pop
A rhythmic groove with echoing synthesizers, bouncing marimbas, dance piano, and funky bass all centered around an infectious beat. Excellent for 1,001 applications from documentaries to corporate presentations. Deliciously mystical, lively, and hip. New Age, Contemporary Instr
A lounge-swing groove with haunting piano themes, and a reflective, hypnotic feel. Synthacon Five is right out of the Mondrian Hotel in Los Angeles. Perfect for technology, documentaries, film, websites, etc. Electronic, Electro
State-of-the-art software, digital, and analog synthesizers were used to orchestrate this sonic voyage from the stark, crystalline mood of digital environs into the relative warmth of analog technology. Airy choirs are punctuated with digital effectrons and acid bass. Not to be missed. Electronic, Progressive Electronic
Thoughtful, repeating, contemplative dual electric piano loop - this version has an additional overdubbed piano part. Indecision on a rainy day. New Age, New Age (pending cat.)
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