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Another movement from the theatre show I have coming up. This is performed in real time with an OP-1 and a reverb module. Still don't have a replacement laptop so minimal chromebook mixing again. Hopefully still sounds ok!
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Really cool to hear some of the stuff you get out of you OP-1. Always really inspiring. 
Very bleak and moody sounding, seems like you hit the feeling just right.
This and Pray and Obey (siblings!) are really remarkable to listen to together -- formally there are undeniable similarities, but the effect is different.
Short, ill-advised soapbox talk about soundtracks: there's this tendency (particularly in film) these days to ham up sad scenes in particular: in part, I think, because sad music is a lot of fun to write. What I feel is not taken into account is that it often rings false (to me, probably nobody else), because there's already a character in a story I'm invested in, so bad things = my emotions + music = more emotional hints and if the proportions are off, the music KILLS the fucking storytelling, because I'm now spending energy trying to ignore the soundtrack that's dictating emotions a little too heavy-handedly.
Wrote all that to say: this is a brilliant / intelligent / remarkable take on sadness in music -- really a cue, a mood, but something that seems incomplete to associate w/ emotion without the title (or, hopefully, the play). That's the essence of great soundtrack work: rolling a supporting character without whom the team can't win, but not acting like a carry at every given chance. Tip of the hat about your decision here, would really love to see it in context if possible.
Really cool to hear some of the stuff you get out of you OP-1. Always really inspiring.
Thanks and great to hear! Custom sound that one.
Very bleak and moody sounding, seems like you hit the feeling just right.
Cheers!
Love the cautious way you handle the OP-1.
Ah thank you!
This and Pray and Obey (siblings!) are really remarkable to listen to together -- formally there are undeniable similarities, but the effect is different.
Short, ill-advised soapbox talk about soundtracks: there's this tendency (particularly in film) these days to ham up sad scenes in particular: in part, I think, because sad music is a lot of fun to write. What I feel is not taken into account is that it often rings false (to me, probably nobody else), because there's already a character in a story I'm invested in, so bad things = my emotions + music = more emotional hints and if the proportions are off, the music KILLS the fucking storytelling, because I'm now spending energy trying to ignore the soundtrack that's dictating emotions a little too heavy-handedly.
Wrote all that to say: this is a brilliant / intelligent / remarkable take on sadness in music -- really a cue, a mood, but something that seems incomplete to associate w/ emotion without the title (or, hopefully, the play). That's the essence of great soundtrack work: rolling a supporting character without whom the team can't win, but not acting like a carry at every given chance. Tip of the hat about your decision here, would really love to see it in context if possible.
Thanks heaps for the deeper analysis! I totally agree with certain scores/cues are forcing the emotion upon the listener which I feel doesn't work. It has to be a subtle support where it doesn't draw attention to itself yet if you remove the music, the scene falls flat.
I can't share anything currently but once it reaches full production I may be able to. Thanks again!
