Dark techno track. Throbbing beats, vocal samples and a wash of deep, heavy rumbling synths, underpin a high pitched synth hook, trap beats and an energetic build. In full swing with syncopated beats, synths and deep, playful vocal samples. Murky, menacing and brazen, strange Burial-style techno, perfect for a fashion film or edgy documentary.
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Battle Tronic
High-octane EDM. Fast-paced build up, laser synths build with increasing tension, action movie-style. Drops to more D’n’B/Trap-style beat with hight pitched synths and a foreboding atmosphere. Danger is never far away with threatening vocal samples and squelchy, murky effects. A frantic synth build before another drop. Tense, dark and dynamic, sounding like the Chemical Brothers doing futuristic electronica for a menacing onscreen fantasy world.
Little Green
Violin instrumental in waltz time. Two violins play an Irish-style repeated folk melody, intertwining, bowing with a rough and ready quality. Plaintive, melancholy and mesmeric, a fusion of Irish and Middle Eastern tonality, perfect for a documentary about either part of the world, or a hypnotic onscreen dance of cultures.
Lyre
Moody lyre instrumental. Sparse improvisatory melody, sounding like a cross between harp and acoustic guitar. Beguiling, melancholy and ancient, a mysterious, questioning, atmospheric soundtrack to strange, anticipatory Film/TV scenes or documentaries about ancient civilisations.
A Night to Remember
EDM with bouncy synths. Anticipatory build with synth whooshes and a sparse melody to begin. Calvin Harris-style beat drops, bouncy synths and regular beats create a driving movement. Spacey laser synths and faster beats spiral to a climax. Fun, colourful and garish, yet driven and determined, perfect for a feel-good advert or for brash reality TV.
Shattering the Ground
Straight up rock ‘n’ roll track. Hand claps and a brazen guitar riff to begin, a break with vocal ‘yeahs’ and a choppy electric guitar break. Later flute brings a jazzy 70s vibe before a full guitar and drum rock out. Bold, brash and powerful, punchy ad music or perfect background hype for a reality TV challenge.
Change Tense (Suite)
Upbeat synthpop instrumental with piano. Arpeggiated, propulsive synths drive the track forward with thoughtful piano chords on top giving a sentimental feel. Expansive, positive and hopeful, perfect electronic pop for a decisive TV scene or quietly victorious and emotional ending.
Lonely Thoughts
Tense electronic track with orchestral strings and female vocals. Gentle electronic melody joined by reverb effects, choppy, threatening strings, subtle bell-like piano and female falsetto vocal. Dark beats add menace and suspense. Eerie vocal breaks and a slow down before tension re-builds with scratchy violins and beats. Nerve-wracking, doom-laden and supernatural, a dark thriller, like wet branches brushing your face on a cold, dark night. Perfect for a sombre documentary, warning about climate change, or a chilling TV scene.
Dark Jungle
Tense drum ‘n’ bass track. Drum ‘n’ Bass breaks over woozy, neon synths. Strange modulations and cold electronics effects create an unnerving and hypnotic atmosphere. Intense, direct and single-minded with a contrasting softness from the synths, would suit a serious documentary about youth or urban issues, or a reality TV montage.
Clarity
Cretan-Irish fiddle track. Droney, sustained fiddle notes, melodic rounds over the drone, becoming more Irish in flavour as the tune progresses, before taking an Arabic turn with percussion and doubled fiddles. Hynotic, meditative, earthy and lively, perfect for a documentary set in the Middle East or Eastern Mediterranean, a beautiful, fluid fusion of musical cultures.