Here is a selection of recently released audio recordings and videos that feature my performances (violin, keys, vocals, or all of the above).
"The Phantom of the Opera" (Orchestral)
solo violin + Instrumental arrangement
MUSICAL ARRANGEMENT AND ALL INSTRUMENTS WRITTEN, PERFORMED AND RECORDED by Koi Anunta
AUDIO MIXING AND MASTERING by Ali Nikou (Blaster Master Productions, Hollywood Hills, CA)
"LAST GOODBYE" In love & War (rock) instrumental DEMO ONLY, written by koi anunta
KEYS & ELECTRIC VIOLIN by Koi Anunta. Violin recorded direct out of Fishman amplifier + LR Baggs DI.
DRUMS by Tom McGeoch, GUITAR by Jake Faun, BASS by Marco Barrientos.
LYRICS by Koi Anunta (No vocals on this recording):
Never wanted to believe this could happen / So many times I've broken down / It's coming back now
So many words were left unspoken / Emotions made to disappear / This is the face for every moment / Nothing left to lose, it's all right here
You can have it all / This is your last goodbye
Always dreamed we could be much better / Never thought you'd be the one to let me down / That I'd be your bait, your trigger
Everything I remember / Looks so different now / And the truth is a language I can't understand / Looking for answers in the face of every man
It's too late to fix this / There's already poison on these lips
Now let it go / Find a way back down / Let it go / You can have it all / This is your last goodbye / If I close my eyes / Will the monsters disappear
"Widowmaker" by the band Fire (Rock)
Featuring ELECTRIC VIOLIN performed by Koi Anunta. Recorded direct out of Fishman amplifier, no DI.
VOCALS by Brett Copeland, GUITAR by Nazim Chambi, BASS by Jordan Hoffman, DRUMS by Tommy Paradise. PRODUCED by Val Garay.
"Battlecry of freedom" - traditional hymn 30,000+ youTube views (soundtrack)
SOLO ELECTRIC VIOLIN by Koi Anunta. Recorded with LR Baggs DI, Fishman amplifier and Rode NT-1 room mic. MIXED by Paul Melio.
"USed to be" (Pop) by aj mitchell
(Released 6/16/17, 7.5 million views as of 3/18)
18TH CENTURY ACOUSTIC VIOLIN by Koi Anunta recorded in-studio with overhead mic. CELLO by Nick Rosen.
PRODUCED by Jess Jackson (Justin Bieber, Tyga)
"Mad Girl's Love Song" - by koi anunta
VOCALS, PIANO, LYRICS, MUSIC performed and written by Koi Anunta. Recorded and mixed by Ali Nikou (Blaster Master Productions).
Featured in the film "The Goodbye Girl" directed by Aidey Pugh, nominated for Best Feature Film at the 2018 Out of the Can Film Festival (UK)
OFFICIAL FILM TRAILER:
Very honored that a song I wrote, sang, and played on piano called "Mad Girl's Love Song" was chosen to be part of the soundtrack for the British film, "The Goodbye Girl" released 3/25/18. Here is the official trailer which features my song throughout! "The Goodbye Girl" is a film written, produced and directed by Aidey Pugh, starring Rik Garrad, Helen Tunnicliff, Millie-Grace Guy, Leon Child, Paul Jonah, Beverley Jacques & Tony Broadbent.
FULL LENGTH AUDIO TRACK OF "MAD GIRL'S LOVE SONG" ON SOUNDCLOUD:
LYRICS:
There’s a violence in my heart / The demons inside are taunting me / In the east, the sky is falling / I wait for the dream won’t come / And it’s killing me
I’m singing a mad girl’s love song / I’m crying a mad girl’s love song, a mad girl’s love song, a mad girl’s love song
The stars laugh with glittering teeth / My skin crawls but my flesh is weak / I shut my eyes, all the world drops dead / I think I made you up inside my head
I’m singing a mad girl’s love song / I’m crying a mad girl’s love song, a mad girl’s love song, a mad girl’s love song
Tell me a story, or two or three / I love the beautiful way you speak / And when your tale is finally complete
I’ll love the ground beneath your feet / I’ll shred your beauty with my teeth
I’m singing a mad girl’s love song / I’m crying a mad girl’s love song, a mad girl’s love song, a mad girl’s love song
"SOMEONE TO LOVE" by KOI ANUNTA
(VOCAL + PIANO-ONLY DEMO)
VOCALS, PIANO, LYRICS, MUSIC performed and written by Koi Anunta. (Live, one-take scratch recording)
LYRICS:
Here we go again / It takes a while / Maybe a thousand times / A thousand tries
Every night I have / Takes me away upon a wild ride / The thousandth time /I die inside
Sometimes I think I want someone to love
The strangers on the streets / I look for you in everyone I meet / It could be real / When I'm between your sheets / I have to take to drink to try and heal
The sacrifice of lost ideals
Sometimes I think I want someone to love
But when the night dissolves / To seize the day / I no longer feel that way
Sometimes when I'm not feeling very strong / Sometimes I want you to hold me all day long / And when the dark descends we'll start all over again
Sometimes I'll love you as best I can
I know I must be doing something that drives you away / Maybe I'll find out what it is, one day
"DEEPER" - BY KOI ANUNTA (DEMO)
VOCALS, KEYS, ELECTRIC VIOLIN, LYRICS, MUSIC performed and written by Koi Anunta. Violin recorded direct out of Fishman amplifier.
LYRICS:
The sky has fallen and I can't hear the stars anymore / The days gone by have stolen the time that was once yours and mine / We have fallen down
The sun is gone and the cold is so near to my heart / And I can feel the dark closing in as I go deeper, deeper...
I long to be back where I was free, locked in your arms / The light in your eyes I thought would never die, like a beacon in the night
But the shadow's taken over / And I can't recognize /What we have become now
The sun is gone and the cold is so near to my heart / And I can feel the dark closing in as I go deeper, deeper...
...Into this dream, half-forgotten / What might have been on the road not taken / Staring at the sea is where I want to be
The wild and endless ocean is calling out to me / And its promises have become lies
But we're not going down this road again / We're not going down this road / We're not going down / We're not going
"Sotto voce" by Rome da luce
Featuring ELECTRIC VIOLIN SOLO by Koi Anunta recorded in-studio using LR Baggs DI only. VOCALS, PIANO, LYRICS, MUSIC by Rome da Luce.
"MORE THAN A LOVE SONG" - In love & War (ROCK)
instrumental DEMO ONLY, written by Koi Anunta
KEYS & ELECTRIC VIOLIN by Koi Anunta. Violin recorded direct out of Fishman amplifier + LR Baggs DI.
DRUMS by Tom McGeoch, GUITAR by Jake Faun, BASS by Marco Barrientos
LYRICS by Koi Anunta (No vocals on this recording):
You and I were once upon a time a pretty picture / But silence won’t suffice my dear / I need much more to be satisfied
And the light has gone from your eyes / You are the one who had my heart / You are the one to take it apart
I used to believe it was meant to be / So of course it would be all right / Then I woke up from this pretty dream / And nothing was as it seemed
All the fights / All the lies / I told myself to get through tonight
You and I were once upon a time / But I need more than a love song baby
"SCREAM" - IN LOVE & WAR (ROCK)
INSTRUMENTAL DEMO ONLY - WRITTEN BY KOI ANUNTA
KEYS & ELECTRIC VIOLIN by Koi Anunta. Violin recorded direct out of Fishman amplifier + LR Baggs DI.
DRUMS by Tom McGeoch, GUITAR by Jake Faun, BASS by Marco Barrientos
"Hold on" - how to destroy angels remix (electronic/industrial)
ELECTRIC VIOLIN by Koi Anunta recorded direct, no DI or amplifier.
ELECTRIC GUITAR by Matti Jade, KEYS & PRODUCTION by Damiano LeRoy.
"LOVE SONG" by Rachel Quinn & the california Country Band
Featuring ELECTRIC VIOLIN by Koi Anunta recorded in-studio with LR Baggs DI. VOCALS, LYRICS, MUSIC by Rachel Quinn.
"KILLING FIELDS" by Veiled (electronic rock)
Featuring ELECTRIC VIOLIN SOLO and KEYS by Koi Anunta. Violin recorded direct, no amplifier. VOCALS, LYRICS, MUSIC by Charlie Kim.