[This song was created prior to this EPQ project but is one of the artefacts being used. The date of this post, 11th March 2016, is the date when this blog was created. Sorry for the inconvenience.]
Name: Soundless Serenity (4AM)
Programme used: Logic Pro X
Instruments used
- Boesendorfer (Bösendorfer) Grand Piano
- Breathless Oboe
- String Ensemble
- Flutes
- Harp
- Turkish Oud Lute (guitar)
- Backwards Bowed Piano
- Vibraphone
- Neo Soul+ (drum kit)
- Cellos
- Clock ticking sound effect
This song is a remixed version of the song called "4AM" listed above, performed by Kazumi Totaka.
When creating this piece, I heavily considered the idea of time and how it can make us feel finite.
For this song, I've decided to keep the ominous repeating notes but create a more relaxing overall feel. The tempo of this song is 185bpm.
Instead of the repeating notes playing at a slow tempo, I have decided to increase the speed of these notes. I feel like this reduces the tension and creepiness created in the original song, and produces a new feeling when listening to the song.
There are deep piano notes during the first section which is meant to build a foreboding feeling. This then develops into deep guitar notes, which is meant to also create the same, foreboding feeling but in a different way.
During the second part of the song, these guitar notes are replaced with reversed piano notes, which is done to create a further feeling of eeriness. Added strings and flutes that play in the background of the song are intended to create a feeling of realisation - the song is almost finished but time continues to tick away.
Throughout the song, there are consistent sounds of maracas and clock ticking, to make the listener feel uneasy and rushed, just like how time ticks away quickly and never comes back. Essentially, the song could be a representation of how time can very easily be wasted and can flow by very quickly but can never come back.
Due to the fast pace of the song, I predict that this song may decrease the time taken to conduct the quiz. It is a possibility that the repeating notes may stimulate a faster productivity time.
A complete overview of the full song.
- Section 1 ends when the harp and breathless oboe are introduced. This is the start of section 2.
- Section 2 ends when the piano notes are reintroduced but this then leads onto section 3, where the string ensemble and flute are introduced.
- Section 3 ends when the harp and breathless oboe are reintroduced. This is the start of section 4.
- Section 4 starts, with a backwards bowed piano (reversed notes) playing instead of the Turkish Oud Lute (guitar) during this part.
- The song then repeats by going back to section 1.
The repeating piano notes in section 1 and 3 of the song
The deep piano notes in section 1 and 3 of the song
The breathless oboe that plays in the background to introduce the repeating harp notes during section 2 and 4 of the song
The string ensemble that plays along with the flute during section 3 of the song
The repeating harp notes in sections 2 and 4.
The Turkish Oud Lute (guitar) notes during section 2.
The reversed notes during section 4.
The simple cello progression that plays during the 1st and 3rd section of the song.
(Please note: the screenshots show a different instrument in the green box to what they actually are. This is an error caused when the instrument is changed after the green boxes are created and the name does not update)
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