Tree Colors is a music project by Galway-based musician Turlough Moore, Moore, as Tree Colors, recorded and mastered the album ‘Fishing for Hooks’ over the last couple years, focusing on an adult contemporary, instrumental sound. The album features a variety of influences from rock and pop to classical and has a distinctive keyboard-based sound. The 15 instrumental tracks conjure up dramatic, cinematic images and bring the listener through a wide range of emotions. This adult contemporary album should appeal to people who like dramatic, melodic soundscapes, built around catchy hook lines and swirling synthesizer sounds. His focus on an adult contemporary, easy-listening sound may come as quite a surprise to those who know Moore from his days with guitar band The Little Fish, who were prominent on the Irish rock scene in the early 1990s.
A specially remastered melodic Christmas instrumental which captures the mood and atmosphere of that time of the year.
A slightly revised version of this loud and proud dramatic track which captivates from the start and sets the tone for an uplifting electronic adventure.
Rise is the perfect instrumental back drop to a cinematic emotional scene. Full of melody and catchy hooks, with its twists and turns bringing the listener along on very satisfying emotional journey.
Hypnotic, but understated, captivating keyboards provide the soundtrack to the first downbeat track on the album.
Loud and proud, this dramatic track captivates from the start and sets the tone for an uplifting electronic adventure.
Another piece with cinematic qualities, this pulsating number builds up to a dramatic crescendo.
Funky and simple, expressing a carefree attitude, this is another track with a catchy hook which evokes cinematic images.
Bombastic and dramatic. Take yourself back in time to the kind of dramatic soundtrack which provided the backdrop to science fiction movies in the 1980s. Swirling synthesizers evoke memories of Snake Pliskin negotiating crime-ridden streets in ‘Escape from New York’.
Another cheerful rocking tune, built around swirling synthesizers and twin guitar harmonies.
Powerful, with a hint of menace. Rolling keyboards provide the soundtrack for one of the most flamboyant tracks on the album.
Festive, simple, and fun, a track which does what it says on the tin, the third piece of music on the album evokes images of a fairground in high summer.
Get your fists in the air for this upbeat track, which evokes images of stadium rock n roll pomp.
There is a big ‘prog rock’ influence on this number, with keyboards and synthesizers conjuring up evocative images in dramatic style.
A little different from the rest of the album, this is a cool tune with loads of far eastern influences.
The album closes with a downbeat, melancholic number, complete with gentle keyboards, strings and a catchy hook.
Powerful drum-beats and evocative keyboards provide the backdrop for this no-nonsense anthemic instrumental.