Inside Story3625/1Urgent string & marimba ostinati build with driving synth pulse & percussion. Positive with a news/current affairs feel2:03
Album ANW 3625Pulse
Philip Guyler (PRS)Having previously enhanced projects for the London Philharmonic and Spike Jonze, Pulse finds composer Philip Guyler exploring mood-setting percussion. Urgent string and marimba ostinato mingle with positive piano, driving synths and mallet patterns.
7 tracks
- Revealing Discoveries3625/2Thoughtful, enigmatic interweaving marimba, strings & piano patterns build in urgency with synths & percussion 2:21
- Thought Motion3625/5Thoughtful marimba patterns over an insistent pulse build with strings & percussion to a tense & dramatic climax2:33
- Cryptosphere3625/6Slow menacing pulse builds with mysterious strings, mallets, synths & drums to a tense climax2:23
- Towards Eternity3625/7Gentle ambient piano motif builds in optimism with pulsing synths, strings & percussion to an inspiring cinematic climax2:38
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