Track 12 from the
Local Hero Soundtrack. This
track has
always struck me as particularly cool. Its
exactly 90
seconds long (if you
trim out the
dead air) and has
musical cues out the
wazoo.
Timeline: (in
seconds)
00-12
fade in bass synth tone,
ominous.
12-34 high synth
melody with
subtle harmony,
spacey.
34-37 bring in
much stronger harmony,
regal.
37-59
repeat melody, change bass to add to harmony,
quasi-
percussion,
overpowering/
regal.
59-60 all sound stops, slight
reverb for a half second,
shocking.
60-64 bring bass back,
mid-range synth melody,
resolving.
64-67
hold last
note of previous melody,
tense.
67-82 high & low paired three-note
progressions, repeated twice,
retrospective.
82-89 fade up to a rather loud volume (compared to previous parts of the song),
overpowering.
89-90
fade out.
Allthough that
description doesn't do it justice, this is
would make an excelent movie/
game trailer song. I can't find a
MIDI anywhere but
CDNOW has a decent
WMA (
ick!) clip of it from 40-70
abouts.