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This is the music I composed using logic for out main task. I used ideas prevalent in ambient soundscapes with woven use of samples. The solo piano section has been processed to delay and be distanced in the mix whilst the violin has had the glide increase to create a slightly eastern feel whilst the repetitive motifs are used as a non-progressive structure.

When structuring and replicating the ambient samples of a static-motorized hybrid the issue of volume arose and I had to cut frequencies that has been boosted to an excessive amount and that distorted the sound itself. The panning, or scanner vibrato technique on logic, was introduced by me to add depth to the sound field and widen the stereo horizon to an otherwise standard mix.

Some part of the repetition that I used was influenced by Steve Reich. The irregular time signature of the piece and the phaser used added overtones and dissonance which mimics the human scream in a subtle manor. The human scream would be a good sample to use but to obvious and form modern films like, Saw and the Ring screams are savored for the moments of a dramatic murder or the instances of the big reveal. The suggestion in this instance would have been unnecessary and too cliché.

There is a definite variation in dynamics with a constant wave like flow of forte to piano in a rhetorical and repetitive crescendo and diminuendo. The rhythm would be contemplative of a changing tide and fearful grace in which a victim may move. The supzerforxando at around 2.15 is an indicator of pace and release for the characters.