The Hero’s Journey is a story we all know, and have seen countless times throughout popular culture and ancient mythology alike. A term first coined by Joseph Campbell in his work The Hero With A Thousand Faces (1949), it references the underlying meta-structure and recognisable stages by which the most famous stories follow, from the likes of Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings to classics like Homer’s Odyssey, Beowulf, and even Exodus.

My debut album, releasing in the summer of 2025, is my sonification of this classic narrative structure.

Tracklist:

1. “Intro”
2. “Beginnings”
3. “Snarl”
4. “Power Up”
5. “Threshold”
6. “Friends”
7. “Cave”
8. “The Battle”
9. “Death”
10. “A Moment In Limbo”
11. “Resurrection”
12. “Are We Home Yet?”

Credits:

• Composition: Malcolm Joy
• Instrumentation: Malcolm Joy
• Instrumentation Contributions: Alex Phillips (Bass Guitar 4), Joel Prestedge (Drums 8)
• Production: Malcolm Joy
• Mixing: Malcolm Joy, Owen Kershaw (Lead Mix Engineer 2)

Album Release Date: Summer 2025

• Alex Phillips
• Joel Prestedge
• Owen Kershaw