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Braveship
Takes Flight
About
Welcome to Braveship, a sweeping, multimedia fantasy franchise that blends storytelling, music, and gaming into a single world, centered on humanity’s quest to transcend its limits through imagination, invention, and exploration. The epic narrative universe comes to live as a symphonic suite, live show, collector's album, novel, and forthcoming video game (BRAVESHIP: Golden Age of Aeronauts). ​​
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The video game is a third-person puzzle-solving adventure set in the world's golden age of exploration, 500 years before the events of the novel. Set across a desert city and a bioluminescent jungle, the game invites players to build the world's first sentient airship, uncover ancient knowledge, and engage with philosophical themes of consciousness, identity, and creation itself.
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​The novel takes place 500 years after the events of the game, beginning in a dark age. Our hero, young Azra, lives in a fractured world of floating continents. It will be up to him to usher in a new golden age.
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The franchise features contributions from over 150 talented virtuosos, artists, and engineers from 20+ countries across all seven continents. There was even a rehearsal during an Antarctic expedition. Created by Dr. Matt Cook, Braveship is now enjoyed by fans in 130+ countries. ​
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Now, let us brave the winds. Fly with us! ​
MUSIC
The live show of all-original orchestral music has thirteen movements, accompanied by fantastical illustrations and animations projected on screen. In a storytelling format like Peter and the Wolf, Braveship invites audiences on an adventure with an orphan boy who pilots a magic airship to distant lands, discovering the family he never had along the way. Produced at a Disney Studio by a GRAMMY-winning team, the album has received 18 major awards, including Best Independent Album at the Hollywood Independent Music Awards.
Featuring
MIRUSIA
Hailed as the "Angel of Australia" by Andre Rieu and consistently topping classical charts across the globe, Mirusia delivers a breathtaking performance of Fly with Me, the album's epic encore piece.
FLY
WITH
ME
Featuring
DR. EVA
SCHAUMKELL
Award-winning pianist of international acclaim
team
Matt Cook, Ph.D.
Creator (Composer, Author)
Matt is an economist, composer, Los Angeles Times bestselling author, and executive film producer based in Los Angeles. He tells stories through writing, music, magic, and numbers. As an economist, he has worked in entertainment finance and founded a government transparency organization. Drawing from experience in over 160 countries, he enjoys infusing his musical compositions with international intrigue. He was personally honored by President George W. Bush with the Presidential Call to Service Award. Outside of his creative work, Matt is also a PADI divemaster and pilot of land and sea planes.
Dan Merceruio
Producer
Dan Merceruio is a GRAMMY award winning producer (Best Immersive Audio Album, Producer, 2021) and a four-time GRAMMY nominee (Best Immersive Audio Album, Producer, 2018; Producer of the Year, Classical, 2015; Best Surround Sound Album, 2013; Producer of the Year, Classical, 2012), and winner of a Latin GRAMMY (Best Classical Album, 2012). Dan has produced and edited over 200 albums and projects for commercial release and television broadcast, with widely varied instrumentation configurations.
Leslie Jones
Recording/Mixing Engineer
Leslie is a multiple GRAMMY award winning recording engineer who has recorded albums for everyone from Rosemary Clooney to Kronos Quartet. Joining Skywalker Sound in 1997 as the Director of Music Recording and Scoring, Leslie records orchestral scores, mixes film and video elements and records and produces music albums. Leslie also serves on numerous advisory boards including G.A.N.G, the Game Audio Network Guild’s Board of Directors.
Douglas richard
Music Supervisor
Douglas Richard has over thirty years of experience in writing for ensembles of all levels and preparing music for composers, music publishers, recording sessions (feature films, large-scale video games), live nationally-televised events, and performances by major American symphony orchestras and other professional ensembles.
Noah taylor
Associate Music Supervisor
Noah D. Taylor is a composer, orchestrator and arranger for film, television, interactive media and symphonic concerts. He has composed original music for independent films, documentaries, promotional and social media videos. As the staff arranger for the United States Military Academy at West Point, Noah D. Taylor has arranged and produced music that has been featured on prominent television networks, including CBS Sports, Fox News and NBC.