Fragmented Reality

Album ANW 4348Fragmented Reality

Paul Dinletir (ASCAP) | Jina Hyojin An (BMI) | Skylar Nam (BMI) | Myles Davis (ASCAP) | Nicholas Steinbach (ASCAP) | Benjamin Knorr (SOCAN) | Jeffrey Emerson Gaiser (ASCAP) | Daniel Tauber (ASCAP) | Roman Gabriel Soto (ASCAP) | Andres Gutierrez Moreno (BMI)

One motif, a multitude of possibilities. Each score cue gets explored through different tonal lenses, from light to driving, neutral to dark, allowing for continuity of key and feel throughout shifting scenes and action.

  1. Madame Leota
    Madame Leota4348/1Dark rumblings as layers of mournful strings scurry, wail and whine, their ages-old tragedies competing with one another to see who has the saddest tale. The pace intensifies as the strings swell to a frantic boom, joined by a dense piano note.
     
    1:37101 BPM
  2. Madame Leota (Driving)
    Madame Leota (Driving)4348/3Frantic strings rush around, generating a feedback whine as a mystical plucked harp smashes into an echoing boom. Weeping strings wander around a hard-pulsing bass. The strings wail as the bass surges, transforming to sharp synth run that booms away.
     
    1:45152 BPM
  3. Madame Leota (Slow)
    Madame Leota (Slow)4348/6Airy dronescape is the stage for a showcase of somber strings. Plucked and moaning layers roll around as a humming synth supports the stringed chorus. Flutters of whining strings echo off the thundering synthscape that crescendos and fades out.
     
    1:47123 BPM
  4. Solarium
    Solarium4348/7Pulsing synth bass runs amid a groaning drone. Haunting piano pings drops in and out. Echoing synth whooshes splash and whine as the bass pounds away, swelling up and booming to a close.
     
    1:49144 BPM
  5. Solarium (Dark)
    Solarium (Dark)4348/8Thumping bass amid a murky dronescape. Whining synth faintly screeches and pings around, looking for its place amidst the bleakness. The bass is unrelenting, vibrating and shoving aside a hint of piano that tries to cry out.
     
    1:38144 BPM
  6. Solarium (Driving)
    Solarium (Driving)4348/9Rumbling drone and skittering synth scampers into a running bass and high, whining wails driving forward as swirling tones reverberate out into the abyss. Layers of faint percussion and an airy rise lay the groundwork for a swelling, final boom.
     
    1:3992 BPM
  7. Solarium (Light)
    Solarium (Light)4348/10Ringing drone probed by somber pinging piano and a synth arpeggios that clear up and roll into a futuristic counterpart to the piano. Shimmering layers whine, as metallic shaking swishes towards a final echoing boom.
     
    1:44144 BPM
  8. Solarium (Slow)
    Solarium (Slow)4348/12Gust of static into pulsing bass and mysterious synth as a groaning drone faintly swells. A soft boom as layers of warbling synth rise to a shimmering whine as an introspective piano and metallic percussion swish upwards to a close.
     
    1:51118 BPM
  9. Rain Check
    Rain Check4348/13Grumbling cello sets an ominous landscape filled with tense percussion swishes, rhythmic clicks, piano strikes, and scraping strings as imposing drums march ahead. The drums clear a path for whining synth flourishes that screech up and cut off.
     
    1:3796 BPM
  10. Rain Check (Light)
    Rain Check (Light)4348/18Hopeful piano rings out in a humming synthscape, choosing each note carefully as the lush, pulsing synth washes around, bouncing off of the recurring thud of the low piano note. Layers of faint synth flutter around as the piano meanders off.
     
    1:21122 BPM
  11. Fireside Chats
    Fireside Chats4348/40Humming drone fades to broodingly picked acoustic guitar, returning to the mystery with plucked cello and eerie screeches. The cello distorts, warping and extending its tendrils before pulling back as the guitar and final drone rumbles and cuts.
     
    1:36128 BPM
  12. Fireside Chats (Dark)
    Fireside Chats (Dark)4348/42Plucked cello and an airy drone and a heartbeat pulse layer with strings that suck back in a rhythmic loop. Rumbling boom clears a path for distorted strings and mutated cello that scamper around the morose landscape before cutting off in a whine.
     
    1:37128 BPM
  13. Fireside Chats (Slow)
    Fireside Chats (Slow)4348/47Somber acoustic guitar plucks away as faint howling drone swells up. Distorted cello plucks buzz, warble, and hum, forming a plodding mutated bass. Layers of synth reverses and strings injected with low end edge swirl around and are abruptly cut off.
     
    1:32100 BPM
  14. Days in Darkness
    Days in Darkness4348/48Muddied imposing synth thunders and finds a howling counterpart that swells, accented by a rattle before pounding towards warmer, pinging synth and glitchy, jagged boom-claps that blend with the ominous landscape before a final surge of pulsing bass.
     
    1:59120 BPM
  15. At What Cost
    At What Cost4348/65Eerie breath of wind blows across imposing drums, howling synth wails, somber bells and a booming cymbal crash. Screeching synth swells give way to a cacophony of choir that builds on the shoulders of tense strings to a epic conclusion.
     
    1:31116 BPM
  16. At What Cost (Dark)
    At What Cost (Dark)4348/66Somber piano looks on as rumbling synthscape rolls in, darkening and ushering in a swishing cut. Strained howls bring forth a far more morose piano as neon flutters and pulsing bass shove aside droning whines, plodding towards a doomed future.
     
    1:49115 BPM
  17. At What Cost (Slow)
    At What Cost (Slow)4348/72Ambient, piercing dronescape spreads out, finding sparse, reflective piano to wander along with bells that sound off with the piano. Tense synth whines and rises almost to a howl, before a single bell ring sends it away, fading out.
     
    2:19109 BPM
  18. At What Cost (Tension)
    At What Cost (Tension)4348/73Airy whine hums, broken up by sparse pinging piano that sounds off into the abyss. The piano gains confidence and is joined by frightened strings that never fully come to fruition as a final bell pings out and fades everything away.
     
    1:25113 BPM
  19. Empire of Corruption
    Empire of Corruption4348/74Cascades of drum crash into howling electric guitar and tumbling synth as strings blaze into a neon showcase, joining all elements together in a symphonic cacophony injected with urgency. A careening crescendo that fades to a solo synth end.
     
    2:06136 BPM
  20. Vormir
    Vormir4348/91Pounding piano darkly drives a running bass and thundering percussion. Moaning strings and eerie piano plunks tumble around an ominous, mysterious landscape that swells and echoes in a hammering finale.
     
    1:09100 BPM
  21. Vormir (Dark)
    Vormir (Dark)4348/92Buzzing, distant dark drone fades out and returns as an evil whine. Eerie piano pings and ominous strings fill the world with an evil ambience, accompanied by various haunting tones eventually driven forward by a resounding drum.
     
    1:56100 BPM
  22. Vormir (Driving)
    Vormir (Driving)4348/93Hammering tribal drums echo, joined by subtle neon synth, build up to a momentary break until somber strings swell up before bowing to the imposing drums. Rising synth whines try and take over but are cast aside as the drums pound a monstrous finale.
     
    1:4387 BPM
  23. Vormir (Light)
    Vormir (Light)4348/94Whooshing synth layers sway around an airy landscape as an eerie reflective piano joins in, ushering in a tint of darkness that spreads, turning the synth to a harsh whine that swells in a gust of bleakness and fades back.
     
    1:40118 BPM
  24. Vormir (Neutral)
    Vormir (Neutral)4348/95Warm ringing synth tones find a partner with a sparse piano, pulsing synth bass and rings and pings, anchored by rhythmic ticking. Faint howling and electric, futuristic synth gurgles bounce and fade, letting the piano guide the way to the end.
     
    1:50150 BPM
  25. Vormir (Slow)
    Vormir (Slow)4348/96Brooding piano pounds out as its eerily ringing counterpart makes way for haunting strings that howl and groan. Thundering drums push towards darkness, and the piano agrees as an evil synthscape swells up and pushes to a final boom.
     
    1:37100 BPM
  26. Vormir (Sparse)
    Vormir (Sparse)4348/97Faint ticking shoved aside by rumbling dark strings and whining synth that seeps into a morose landscape. Howling drone bleeds into garbled piano plunks. The ticking continues, but is drowned out by the ugliness as evil hisses fade to a close.
     
    1:41123 BPM
  27. Vormir (Tension)
    Vormir (Tension)4348/98Thundering tribal drums echo out in layers that roll and tumble to a brief silence. Low, tense strings scurry around a pulsing bass and whining drones that clear the way for a tense, epic cascading drum finale.
     
    1:53106 BPM
  28. Hatchaway
    Hatchaway4348/99Imposing percussion marches into darkly epic string flutters and bells, charging forward as the bell pings inject strings that leap to the fore, going solo for a moment before falling back into the group that drives to a tense, momentous finale.
     
    1:10114 BPM
  29. Hatchaway (Build)
    Hatchaway (Build)4348/100Cymbal crash right into a quick, pulsing synth bass and distorted buzzing. Eerie synth organ joins the group as hammering drums swell with a glitching synthscape to a break. Creepy bells ring out in vast emptiness and fade back with a gurgling synth.
     
    1:00101 BPM
  30. Hatchaway (Dark)
    Hatchaway (Dark)4348/101Washing synthscape lulls into a sense of ease. A resounding boom and bell ping transforms the landscape to one of doom. Plodding bells and warbling synth bass roll in as creepy clanging drops in, riding a final synth swell up cutting abruptly.
     
    1:27120 BPM
  31. Hatchaway (Light)
    Hatchaway (Light)4348/102Harmonic layers of bells ring, dark and light, as a shimmering synthscape washes over, drenching everything in hope. The bells can't decide on a tone, and the brightness is tinted with a hint of eeriness before fading out.
     
    1:43104 BPM
  32. Hatchaway (Neutral)
    Hatchaway (Neutral)4348/105Humming drone sprawls and reverberates outwards. A howling synth in the background challenges the hypnotic dronescape, sliding into a tense whine and, joined by a few similar layers, finally overcoming the drone before fading away.
     
    1:55122 BPM
  33. Hatchaway (Slow)
    Hatchaway (Slow)4348/106Waves of warm tones wash around as an ethereal synthscape. Eerie pings and bells drop in, permeating the land with tension. A soft boom ushers in a foreboding chorus of howling drone, rumbling synth, and the unrelenting, soft creepy tubular bells.
     
    1:42103 BPM
  34. Hatchaway (Tension)
    Hatchaway (Tension)4348/107Wash of warm synth swells spiral down, each wave darker and more despondent. Haunting dronescape sprawls out, enveloping the synth and neutralizing the darkness as a final crescendo showcases a synthscape brighter than where it started.
     
    1:37111 BPM
  35. Nature's Form
    Nature's Form4348/108Swelling strings and bright pings wash around a lazy synthscape. Humming synth reverberates out, bringing back a faint chirping and swirling partner. The strings echo up and fade out, leaving only a momentary chime of a bell at the close.
     
    1:53119 BPM
  36. Nature's Form (Dark)
    Nature's Form (Dark)4348/110Eerie drone switches to rumbling, distorted buzz, and back again, filling the landscape with tension and brooding. The buzzing begins to dominate, as electric zings try and penetrate the darkness, only to be tossed back by a rolling final boom.
     
    1:3187 BPM
  37. Nature's Form (Light)
    Nature's Form (Light)4348/113Shimmering drones accented by hopeful pings and tumbling synth. Gracious strings weep before the synth and pings bring them back up. Hint of dark drone is overwhelmed by an overlooking, reflective piano, satisfied to fade with a washing synthscape.
     
    2:0795 BPM
  38. Poncherello (Dark)
    Poncherello (Dark)4348/120Howling drone fades to anxious strings and foreboding piano. The drone howls as the piano walks somberly towards a doomed destination, first with strings, then alone, before ominous strings and rumbling synth push the piano to a dark solo finale.
     
    1:5998 BPM
  39. Poncherello (Tension)
    Poncherello (Tension)4348/123Echoing boom right into pulsing percussive bass and swelling somber strings. More booms usher a softly thudding piano that falls to the side for synth layers that whine and rumble as the persistent booming and strings fade, leaving a solitary whine.
     
    1:44130 BPM
  40. Eternity Unfolding
    Eternity Unfolding4348/130Rolling retro-futuristic synth anchored by pulsing bass finds airy layers that swirl, and bounce around as electric strings boom in with tense piano chords. The piano drives the strings and synth, injecting tension and swelling up to an abrupt cut.
     
    1:33110 BPM
  41. Glass Mountain
    Glass Mountain4348/142Sweet, pinging piano wanders around an airy synthscape, softly booming into swaying plucked strings and flutters of hopeful synth. Another gentle boom finds a beautiful balance for everything, swelling up to a soft conclusion.
     
    1:52116 BPM
  42. Glass Mountain (Driving)
    Glass Mountain (Driving)4348/144Vibrant light synth spirals up and down with a piano counterpart, tumbling along as a pulsing bass sits in the back allowing the joyous layers to swirl around, accented by faint woodwinds, giving a magical tint to the bright, rising conclusion.
     
    1:12104 BPM
  43. A New Generation
    A New Generation4348/149Ambient rushing synth arpeggios accented by spritely stabbing strings booms into layers of bright piano and synth pulses that wash, sprawl, ping, and crash around a futuristic, hopeful landscape that exudes positivity.
     
    1:21138 BPM
  44. A New Generation (Driving)
    A New Generation (Driving)4348/151Sprinting pulse launched by brisk strings and arpeggiated synth layers that push forward with progress and anticipation. Eerie pings lead to a dark swell as powerful strings dominate, only to be taken over by a final rush of tense strings and synth.
     
    1:35102 BPM
  45. Cloud Meadow (Calm)
    Cloud Meadow (Calm)4348/165Bright synthscape gives way to joyful bells that ring out in angelic ambience. Ethereal drone rises with faint strings. More bells drop in and duck out for a swelling drone before returning in a steady rhythm. A wondrous blend of all elements.
     
    1:5390 BPM
  46. Cloud Meadow (Dark)
    Cloud Meadow (Dark)4348/166Faint guitar plucks echo in a shimmering, ethereal synthscape that mutates into a rumbling gurgle and rolls away. Pulsing bass accented by hollow plunking bells compete against a dangerous, swelling groan that surges upwards and swallows everything.
     
    2:17107 BPM
  47. Cloud Meadow (Driving)
    Cloud Meadow (Driving)4348/167Rushing bells and clicking synth anchored by pulsing bass and light wooden percussion. Howling drone and trembling strings break then rush forward, fighting the steady pulse as the bells clink around, swelling up before a fading out.
     
    1:57160 BPM
  48. By Your Side
    By Your Side4348/174Warm bells ring out against a washing synthscape. Cheerful piano pings around a hopeful environment as rapid hollow synth bass and crying strings well upwards into the heavens. The piano reflects by itself and fades out.
     
    2:0196 BPM
  49. By Your Side (Driving)
    By Your Side (Driving)4348/176Hurried synth rushes with a subtle clock, driven by pulsing bass, tense piano and whooshing towards a cascade of drums. A squall of percussion washes around, pounding, clinking, and charging to a rapid, suspenseful echoing conclusion.
     
    1:20144 BPM
  50. By Your Side (Light)
    By Your Side (Light)4348/177Eerily bright bells ring out as strained strings whine. A clock ticks away, quickening the warm synthscape and tinting it with urgency. The bells merge with faint piano, filling out and pinging away until the close.
     
    1:21103 BPM
  51. By Your Side (Slow)
    By Your Side (Slow)4348/179Raindrops of neon synth fall into warm drone and somber piano. Tense, whining strings find solace in a rising synthscape of hope. The piano guides the way, grabbing the spotlight and leading everything to a peaceful close.
     
    1:37128 BPM
  52. Unforgotten
    Unforgotten4348/180Hushed booms back shimmering synthscape and introspective piano that slowly crawls out, only to be cut off. Layers of low male choir and vocals, pinging piano, washing synth, and a pulsing bass swirl around, rising up, booming outward, and fading.
     
    1:37120 BPM
  53. Unforgotten (Dark)
    Unforgotten (Dark)4348/183Ominous, airy drone hums, sprawling out across a pulsing synth bass covering everything with a sense of rising panic. Layers of howling drone squall, sounding off in the vastness and returning as a screeching, metallic finale that swells and cuts.
     
    1:41120 BPM
  54. Unforgotten (Driving)
    Unforgotten (Driving)4348/184Anxious piano scurries around, joined by frantic strings and pulsating high synth. Another layer of determined strings demands the spotlight, accented bright piano pings. A swell up as the strings and synth sprint towards a tense finish.
     
    1:21116 BPM
  55. Unforgotten (Tension)
    Unforgotten (Tension)4348/189Quick boom drops a pulsing synth that finds an anxious piano. The synth plods as layers of fluttering neon swirl around the piano. Electrified tones that hint at harpsichord accent the pulsing synth and piano that dominate the landscape until close.
     
    1:32120 BPM