Ferre Studios — analog mist and warm light
FERRE STUDIOS · THREE RECORDS · 2010 – 2020
SOUND DESIGN · THEATRE · FILM · AMBIENT
A composer's studio · since 1999

Quiet music,
for moving pictures
and stillness.

Ferre Studios is the working room of Howard Ferré — composer, sound designer and producer of ambient, neo-classical and cinematic music. Original scores for theatre, film and contemplative listening.

Howard Ferré at the console
Plate № 02H. Ferré · console
— § 01 / About

Twenty-five years of writing in the dark — between the score and the silence.

Howard Ferré is a composer, musician and sound designer working out of Ferre Studios in Palm Bay, Florida. For more than two decades he has written original music and built sonic worlds for the theatre — and, increasingly, for film, video and the long-form ambient album.

Across three studio albums — Journey's End, West of the Moon, and Portals Between — his work drifts from beatless ambient through fragile piano, downtempo guitar and Latin-jazz electric piano. Reviewers have placed him in conversation with Enya, Enigma and Tangerine Dream — though he is most himself in the quiet rooms between styles.

At Ferre Studios, every project begins the same way: with a question about the picture, the play, the silence — and a long, patient listen for the right first note.

25+
Years scoring
03
Studio albums
40+
Productions
FL
Palm Bay
— § 02 / Catalog

Three records, a decade apart.

FERRE-001 · 002 · 003 · listen via Apple Music
012010 · LP

Journey's End

Debut · Ambient / Neoclassical

The debut. Beatless ambient, fragile piano, downtempo guitar and Latin-jazz electric piano — a record that closes on a symphonic title track. Reviewed by Hypnagogue and Morpheus Music; placed alongside Enya, Enigma and Tangerine Dream.

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JOURNEY'S END · APPLE MUSIC● LIVE
022013 · LP

West of the Moon

Long-form · Cinematic Ambient

Pastoral, cinematic, slow-burning. October Moon, Rain Blue, The Wind in the Trees, The Long Fields — long forms for long evenings, written in the years after Journey's End.

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WEST OF THE MOON · APPLE MUSIC● LIVE
032020 · LP

Portals Between

Atmospheric · Synthesis

Spacious and faintly sci-fi. Awaken, Annwn, Kepler 186, Beyond Breath — atmospheric synthesis and quiet pulse, written across a decade of theatre work and the long pause of 2020.

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PORTALS BETWEEN · APPLE MUSIC● LIVE
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— § 03 / Services

What the studio makes.

Each engagement begins with a long conversation and a slow first listen. The studio works selectively — usually four to six commissions a year — to keep the writing patient and the relationships close.

I.
CompositionCuesLive-room scoring

Original score · Theatre

Long-form composition for stage productions — from intimate two-handers to full-scale ensemble works. Written in dialogue with directors, designers and the rehearsal room.

II.
Score-to-pictureThemesStems / mix

Music for film & video

Cinematic underscoring for narrative, documentary and visual artists. Score, theme, and source music — delivered to picture, in stems and stereo masters.

III.
TextureEnvironmentsMotion design

Sound design

Texture, environment and detail. Foley-adjacent worldbuilding, ambient beds, motion design audio, and the small noises that hold a scene together.

IV.
Album productionMixingMastering liaison

Records & long-form ambient

Personal records and commissioned long-form ambient works in the tradition of Journey's End — pieces meant to inhabit a room, not interrupt it.

— § 04 / Studio

A small room, with long ears.

A hybrid analog/digital writing and tracking room in Palm Bay, FL — built around a Steinway-class grand, a small but careful collection of analog synths, ribbon microphones and outboard, and a quiet hybrid mixing chain.

Steinway-class
Grand piano
Analog synths
Vintage / modern
Ribbon & condenser
Microphone library
Hybrid mix
Console + ITB
— § 05 / Press

What the listeners heard.

"
A soundtrack-worthy piece with a cool-striding attitude... Journey's End perfectly showcases the wide scope of Ferré's musicianship.
HypnagogueRead ↗
"
Beautifully fragile piano lines take the lead over airy synthetic washes... suggestive of heavenly light and weightless reverie.
Morpheus MusicRead ↗
"
Neo-classical and electronica leanings on par with Enigma, Enya, Tangerine Dream.
Mathew Forss · AirplayDirectRead ↗
"
This Journey's End is clearly just the beginning.
HypnagogueRead ↗
— § 05½ / The Quiet List

An occasional letter — when a new piece is finished, and only then.

No marketing, no newsletters about newsletters. Three or four messages a year, when there is something quiet worth listening to.

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— § 06 / Correspondence

Tell me about the picture, the play, or the silence.

Inquiries about commissions, scoring and long-form work are welcome. A short paragraph about the project, the timeline and the world it lives in is the perfect first letter.

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