noted.
A place for music, fiction, games and life.
Hassan DuRant—
Writer & Composer
for Media
Creating meaningful experiences with music and narrative.
ninety-second demos
I distilled my sound into two flavors for you to sample: Light and Heavy.
Light
Energetic, upbeat, funky-fresh fare.
Catchy melodies, playful harmony, and
good vibes only in this short mashup of
my most spirited tracks.
Heavy
Dramatic. Heroic. Mysterious.
This is where the action is, where
stories of bravery and bombast
come to life.
Writing and narrative design
Project ESPER
Scenario design and dialogue
In a faraway desert kingdom, a woman seeks refuge from the dreaded Gestahlian Empire. Can Edgar and Locke keep her safe from the Empire’s forces? Find out in this dramatic scene I wrote for Project ESPER. Be sure to follow along with the captions!
Night Shift
Choice-driven narrative
As you're about to leave the hospital for the night, a woman approaches.
She's tall, pale, and looks uneasy on her feet as she clutches her stomach, hands half-hidden beneath a brown vintage coat. Her eyes are dark. At this distance, you can’t tell if she’s tired or crying. Maybe it's both.
Night Shift
AN INTERACTIVE STORY
Memoryhouse
Scenario design and item text
An elderly man with dementia awakens on a warm autumn morning. Today is an important day, but he can’t quite remember why.
Explore the house, interact with objects from your past, and solve puzzles to jog your memory.
More music and sound
Cute indie games
Roguemance | The romantic Rogue-lite
I composed the trailer music and contributed several music tracks for this romantic Roguelike released Valentine's Day 2018. I had a fun time exploring ways to make the music intense, lighthearted, and romantic.
Scary indie games
Echo's Song | Finding hope in darkness
Written on an ultra-tight deadline, the score for Echo's Song is an experiment with harmonic and sound design techniques that explore how it might feel for a bat—a creature that relies on sound for existence—to be caught in an unfamiliar environment.
March of the Hypocrites
Music for a play by Anton Chekhov
Overture and exit music for a production of Anton Chekhov's The Bear—a tale about two people who are just the worst. The lady doth protest too much and the dude is, well...a bear.
I illustrate the hypocritical nature of the characters trying to maintain control while yearning for the exact opposite.
en / coeur
I do classical music too sometimes
In my spare time, I help to manage and participate in a local composer's group. We put on four concerts per year. This performance of a short solo piano piece is from a January 2018 performance.