Tim Story (composer)

Tim Story (composer)
Born	1957 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres	Jazz, chamber music, ambient
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, producer, director
Website	www.timstory.com

Tim Story (born 1957 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American composer, recording artist and producer of electronic and acoustic music. Story has performed on more than 20 solo and collaborative albums and in soundtracks for film and television.

Musical career

Tim Story was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1957. He graduated from the University of Toledo in 1980.^[1]

In the early 1970s, Story began composing music in his home studio. From 1981–1986, he recorded several albums of original ambient music, including Threads (1981), In Another Country (1982), Untitled (1984), Three Feet From the Moon (1985), and Wheat and Rust (1987).

In addition to his career as a composer and recording artist, Story is part-owner of a recording studio, Zeta Recording.^[1]

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Title	Notes
1981	Threads Atem Records (France, unreleased) (FGR 16)	Re-issued (1992) by Eurock Records (USA) (ECD 2008/CD)
1981	In Another Country Dubious Recordings (USA) (DC001/Cassette) Uniton Records (Norway) (U009/LP)	Re-issued (1995) by Eurock Records (USA) (ECD 2012/CD)
1984	Untitled Uniton Records (Norway) (U024/LP Cassette) Polydor (Japan) (3112-56/CD LP)	Re-issued (1988) by Windham Hill Records/Lost Lake Arts (USA) (WD 0094/CD LP Cass)
1986	Three Feet from the Moon Uniton Records (Norway) (U027/LP Cassette) Teichiku (Japan) (30CP-148/CD)	Re-issued (1997) by Eurock Records (USA) (ECD 2014/CD)
1987	Wheat and Rust Cicada Records (Norway) (C008/LP Cassette, CACD 03/CD)
1987	Glass Green Windham Hill (USA) (WD 1061, 11124/CD LP Cassette)
1988	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Windham Hill/Rabbit Ears (USA) (WD 0711) l	Read by Glenn Close; Music composed, arranged and performed by Tim Story
1991	Beguiled Hearts of Space (USA) (HS11027/CD Cass)
1992	A Desperate Serenity Multimood Records (Sweden) (XXXXXX/CD)	Dwight Ashley and Tim Story
1994	In Search of Angels Windham Hill (USA) (11153-2/CD Cass)	Music from PBS Special "In Search of Angels", includes 4 tracks composed, arranged and performed by Tim Story
1994	The Perfect Flaw Hearts of Space (USA) (HS11045/CD Cass)
1996	Abridged Hearts of Space (USA) (HS11066/CD)	Includes "drawn by hand", previously unreleased
1997	Drop Lektronic Soundscapes (Netherlands) (LS 010/CD)	Dwight Ashley and Tim Story Re-issued (2003) by Nepenthe Music (USA) (AMC05003/CD)
2000	Persistence of Memory Seventh Chance (USA) (AT101/Limited Edition CD)	Hans-Joachim Röedelius and Tim Story
2001	Shadowplay Hearts of Space (USA) (11403-2/CD)
2001	Blue Tofu Dubious Recordings (USA) (DCD20012/CD)	Blue Tofu (Andrea Matthews and Tim Story)
2002	Lunz Groenland (UK) (CDGRON3/CD)	Hans-Joachim Röedelius and Tim Story Re-issued (2003) by Narada (USA) (ECD 2014/CD) Re-issued (2011) by Nepenthe Music (USA) (AMC11028/CD)
2004	Lunz Reinterpretations Groenland (UK) (CDGRON16/CD)	Hans-Joachim Röedelius and Tim Story and others 2-CD set featuring original CD and CD of remixes
2005	Caravan Nepenthe Music (UK) (AMC05004/CD)	Soundtrack to the Motion Picture "Caravan"
2005	Standing+Falling Nepenthe Music (UK) (AMC05007/CD)	Dwight Ashley and Tim Story
2006	buzzle Barking Green (UK) (BGM00041/CD)
2008	errata Nepenthe Music (USA) (AMC08019/CD)	Dwight Ashley, Hans-Joachim Röedelius and Tim Story (A.R.S.(e) )
2010	Collected Nepenthe Music (USA) (AMC10025/CD)
2013	Our Room Dubious Recordings (USA) (DCD20023/CD)	Blue Tofu (Andrea Matthews and Tim Story)
2014	Snowghost Pieces bureau b Records (Germany) (BB167/CD)	Dieter Möebius, Jon Leidecker and Tim Story
2014	Lazy Arc Curious Music/Seventh Chance (USA) (Limited Edition CD)	Hans-Joachim Röedelius and Tim Story
2016	The Roedelius Cells Seventh Chance (USA) (Limited Edition CD)	Hans-Joachim Röedelius and Tim Story

Tracks included on compilations

• "Of the Father's Love Begotten", A Winter's Solstice III, Windham Hill (1990)
• "The Seed", The Seed, CUE Records (1992)
• "Gymnopedie 1", The Impressionists, Windham Hill (1992)
• "Asleep the Snow Came Flying", A Winter's Solstice IV, Windham Hill (1993 WH)
• "Theme from In Search of Angels", In Search of Angels, Windham Hill (1994)
• "Angel of the Elegies", In Search of Angels, Windham Hill (1994)
• "Voices in the Liquid Air", In Search of Angels, Windham Hill (1994)
• "Angelos", In Search of Angels, Windham Hill (1994)
• "Woman at the Well", In Search of Angels, Windham Hill (1994)
• "Siciliano", The Bach Variations, Windham Hill (1994)
• "The Death of Ase", The Romantics, Windham Hill (1995)
• "Adagio" from Serenade 10 in B-flat, A Different Mozart, Imaginary Road (1996)
• "The Earth Lay White", On A Winter's Night, Imaginary Road (1997)
• "In the Winter's Pale", A Winter's Solstice VI, Windham Hill (1997)
• "The Silver Swan", A Midsummer Night's Dream, Windham Hill (1998)
• "Caranna", Thanksgiving, Windham Hill (1998)
• "When Comes December", A Winter's Solstice Silver Anniversary Edition, Windham Hill (2001)
• "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear", A Windham Hill Christmas, Windham Hill (2002)
• "Largo", Adagio, Windham Hill (2003)
• "Sanctus", Prayer, Windham Hill (2003)
• "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", A Windham Hill Christmas II, Windham Hill (2003)
• "The Holly and the Ivy", I'll Be Home For Christmas, Windham Hill (2004)
• "The First Noel/What Is This Fragrance?", Christmas Eve, Windham Hill (2005)
• "Squib" & "Last Day", (Moebius/Story/Leidecker), Record Store Day Limited Edition, bureau b (2015)

References

1. alternativemusicpress.com, "Tim Story Biography". Accessed October 5, 2014.