The Spiral Staircase4179/1Pensive, anxious strings & piano build with synth pulses & percussion to a dramatic middle phase & sombre resolution2:55
Album ANW 4179The Spiral Staircase
Jerome Leroy (ASCAP)Composer and orchestrator Jerome Leroy has 40+ film credits - cinematic and dynamic, tense and mysterious, enter a thrilling world of adventure with sweeping orchestral strings, programmed pulses, big drums, piano, choir and rapid synth sequences.
7 tracks
- Operation Liftoff4179/2Tense, dynamic orchestral strings build with eerie synth motif, piano & big percussion to a dramatic finale2:52
- Black Box4179/3Exhilarating cinematic adventure. Fast, tense & dramatic orchestral strings with rapid synth sequence & big percussion2:47
- Central Breach4179/4Dramatic cinematic action with tense strings, distorted guitars, pulsing synths & huge hits. Builds to an epic climax2:26
- The Balkans Files4179/5Tense, driving cinematic spy thriller with dynamic strings, cimbalom, synths & timpani. Builds to a dramatic finale2:30
- Zero Dark4179/6Cinematic roller coaster ride with sweeping strings, synths, mysterious piano, big drums & choir. Bookended by eerie music box motif2:48
- Too Many Secrets4179/7Mysterious piano & strings build with programmed pulses & percussion to a tense driving final phase & climactic ending2:45
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