A patchwork of colorful, jazz-infused harmony and metric shifts, "skip, hop, step, jump" is the culmination of everything that I enjoy about light-hearted but fast-paced video game music - specifically composer Masashi Hamauzu's work on Final Fantasy X and XIII.
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Recorded as part of the 2023 Del Mar International Composers Symposium by Domenic Salerni (Violin), Emily Hu (Cello), and Jessica Xylina Osborne (Piano)

Re-recorded in 2024 (performers listed below)

Violin: Yarden Goraly
Cello: Emile Serper
Piano: Josiah Adrineda

📷: Matthew Adrineda