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I was first introduced to Erik Satie's music in school as an example of neoclassical music. I recall being quite taken with it, somehow conveying so much emotion and yet it was seemingly a very simple and plaintive composition. Translating the first Gymnopedie to a Cello does change some of the feel of the music but really allows the performer to give some interesting interpretation of the phra...

Radioactive was was one of the very first tranche of music I arranged for performance. Despite Imagine Dragons not having the clout they once had, I still think this song is pretty great! Image by Dan Meyers on Unsplash

I recall playing this many times for a school event called Supper Club where various students would perform Jazz numbers in groups of various sizes. I've always loved to play Girl from Impanema, with its catchy melodies and syncopated rhythms. This arrangement has had various iterations and reworks to arrive at the version you hear here. It was difficult to pin this one down and getting it soun...

While I was growing up, this was a song many were obsessed with. I was always stuck by its wonderful simplicity and yet surprising depth. Bittersweet and joyful in equal measure, I always find myself moved when listening or performing 100 Years. Image by Lukas Tennie on Unsplash.

Fast Car is probably one of the greatest songs ever written, with equal parts melancholy, jubilation and bitter sweetness. Helpfully, Chainsmoker's Closer is an identical chord progression which lends to a seamless mashup of the two tubes. This is the first of many mashups in my repertoire that I am sharing here. In arranging these tunes as a mashup, I aim to capture both the spirit of the orig...

I can confirm that this was genuinely recorded during a heatwave (and mixed during the several since). The Australian sub-tropical summer has certainly been delivering over the last few months! Glass Animals' song Heatwaves is quite a tune and I have greatly enjoyed compiling this cover of the song. Image by Seb Mooze on Unsplash - an absolutely stunning picture of an Australian pelican!

By far my favourite carol is Silent Night and what better instrument to play on than a cello! The simple lilting waltz has so much light and dark, and puts you in mind of a freezing, snowy night (despite me being drenched in sweat whilst recording this in the Australian December heat!). Image by Kieran White on Unsplash. VST used: EWQL Bösendorfer Piano, 8dio Liberis Angelic Choir and EWQL Spac...

One of my favourite pieces of music, performed here with cello and piano. Mancini was a wonderful and iconic composer, and has captured an incredibly tender sequence of notes here. Originally performed by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Performed this recently at a friend's wedding for the walk down the aisle. This self-made arrangement for solo cello and accompanying strings gives the song a flowing and stately feel. Original artist: Ed Sheeran Album: Divide (2017)

Arranged, Performed, Recorded and Mixed by Ben Rankin. Music by Ruelle on Album Ode to Shadows (2016). Photo by Massimo Sartirana on Unsplash (2018).