FAWM: "Shmeldavin Castle of Locked Dreams"

Shmeldavin Castle of Locked Dreams

Skirmish: Shmeldavin (musical Balde... (@dudachris) Challenge: MADE-UP WORDS

Liner Notes

Thank you for the prompt. It was fun to create some fantasy composition. Thank you for listening and commenting. Music is open to collaborations. Please let me know if you are interested.

#skirmish #Locrian #collaborationswelcome #instrumental #modal-challenge #exotic-scale #challenge #week1 #made-up

'Shmeldavin Castle of Locked Dreams' © 2026 Nadia Cripps. Music, keyboard and demo by Nadia Cripps. Image by Reinhold Silbermann on Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/de/photos/schloss-geb%c3%a4ude-festung-fassade-1483681/

Comments

@fb2studios 2d

ooh this is wonderfully atmospheric - could easily be part of a film score

@dannen 3d

I can see the mist on the Scottish landscape.

@jerrypettit 3d

Had to check this out just to see if it would explain Shmeldavin to me. Nope--but it IS a lovely piece!! ;-) ❤️

@dudachris 3d

As a D&D player this is giving me "Curse of Strahd" vibes. Considering that the final fight scene is in a giant creepy castle where you hunt a vampire it is clear that you've nailed the vibes you were going for. Love it!!

@pippa 3d

Wonderful spacious listening here. And mysterious.

@willow1 3d

Eerie and familiar in its sparkling synths. Did I hear you once in my dreams of the castle? Were you the one dusting the harpsichord with the taxidermed swan wing? You told me the armadillo’s name on the mantelpiece and it was my Grandfather’s middle name.