September 11, 2001

A moving music tribute to those lost in NYC on 9/11.
Within two days after this tragic event, I could not delete the images of those two planes crashing into the WTC towers. I could not forget the "endless" falling of debris, objects, beams, people, from these towers. Thus, 8 years ago I sat down at my Roland KR-1070 digital grand and composed music about this experience. Over the years, I have wanted others to share my experience, and because the day, September 11, 2001 is immutable in everyone's minds, the passage of 8 years seems like 8 minutes.

For the music, the story was created in my mind. I imagined a young man who worked at the WTC who was just a normal American with a family, friends, and a good life. He just happened to be in his office above the impact of the first plane in the North Tower that morning.

The story begins with music noting the tremendous impact and explosion shaking the WTC tower. Then endless debris rains down and a flowing series of music annotates this horrific image that was in my mind for so long and has never left it. Then we turn to this man in the WTC. He notes that something terrible has struck the building below. He calls his wife on his cell phone and says," Don't worry, honey, I am going to climb the stairs to the roof where the helicopters will rescue me. He begins the long, arduous climb. The music reflects the effort. He is now in contact with smoke which begins to burn his lungs. He realizes that the heat and smoke may kill him before he can reach the top for the rescue. Then a most amazing thing happens. His entire life begins to kaleidoscope before him. His birth, his grandson's birth, his mom and dad and growing up, his marriage and birth of his own children, good times with his family and friends, his colleagues, sounds of nature, beautiful mountains and remembrances of vacations past. The music will be self evident in conveying these moments of ecstasy, and I have selected images, mostly from my own family and friends to convey these thoughts, as our person continues on his tortuous climb up stairways beginning to fill with smoke.

The journey to the top is becoming harder and harder, and his breathing is more difficult now. His heart is pumping, and we are witness to the last 8 heartbeats before our friend succumbs and dies. Why put heartbeats into the music? They symbolize life, vitality, connectivity, an amazing organ that works tirelessly. Think how many hearts stopped beating in NYC, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania on September 11,2001. I can only imagine the pain and suffering of the victims' loved ones, their families, their friends and associates.

For a more detailed account of and download of an mp3 file of my 9/11 Tribute, visit
http://www.botany.utexas.edu/facstaff/facpages/mbrown/Mbrownhome/wtc/default....

Visit this site for a 2002 update on 9/11:
http://www.botany.utexas.edu/facstaff/facpages/mbrown/Mbrownhome/wtc-2002/mus...
Also visit this link for 2003 update on 9-11:
http://www.botany.utexas.edu/mbrown/mbrownhome/wtc-2003/default.html

Thank you,
Malcolm
The song 9/11 was composed by me and is copyrighted.

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[Malcolm255]

I just uploaded this today and hope that the music will be healing for those who have family and loved ones, never forgetting this horrific experience. Eight years of time since I composed it, and at last, the music is online.

Malcolm

May 24, 2009

[sanan350]

its good



[TEEEFA100]

i am muslim but the people is di doing this work realy is not muslim the islam not doing this work because this work is very bad .

the islam mean = love people , keep lives of people and children .

islam says us don,t kill the people because that is bad work .

i don,t know why that people thier name taleban and that bad man his name baladeen doing this work there people is a worse people on the earth

and don,t forget more muslim is deading in 11/9/2011 .

[Blashyrkh22]

I do not know anybody who died in this tragedy, but I can feel your pain. This is composed beautifully.

[Yavor54]

Malcolm- This brought me back to that day so completely... I too lost a friend in the attack.

I'm not sure I can view this again. We have to

take the lessons of 9/11 with us. We have to be

ever vigilante, but we must never live in fear, for

we Americans built our lives upon optimism. Once our grieving passes, we must build our bright future once again on hopes, not fears. Nobody ever surmounted cancer by being afraid of it. The seed change that has recently occurred is that exact shift. Thanks!