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• distant distorted ambience, slightly left
• shaky acst gtr plucking (dbled), vox is dry
• chorus; piano thumping and low drums (no cymbals)
• melodic, in contrast to other tracks
• simple 1 2 3 4 beat
• 2nd verse ends with riff fading out under vox
• 2nd chorus: vibrato elc gtr, one note riff – becomes low note/chord
• big climax: heavy gtrs
• final chord sustains, feedback and distortion sustained (looped?) for a long time
• ends with subtle static

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. one note riff – simple beat 1234 – changes texture (ie., becomes low note/chord)
2. loop final note/chord and sustain for a long time

• moody ambient loops, drifting from right to left and back again.
• main theme on acst gtr over the top, verbed – 2 mins of this intro
• some of the loops drop out the moment the acst gtr strumming comes in, dbled and hard panned
• then heavy gtrs, bass and drums come in, cutting out the acst strumming, plus screaming and spoken word
• wobbly piano plays theme over it all
• majority of this section (screaming vox, gtrs and drums) sounds muffled, like a bad demo tape
• spoken word, hard left, is clear and hi fi in comparison
• stops suddenly

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. muffled, like a bad demo tape – as effect when contrasted either with previous section or with instrument on top
2. sudden cuts and edits between sections and sudden ending

• quiet ambient noise loop to start
• plinky synth rhythm joins
• drums and machine loops enter suddenly
• vox and bass enter – bass is just one long note hold/throb/hum
• chorus features big gtr chords, then (relative) pause – repeated 4 times
• return to intro before 2nd verse
• instrumental break before 2nd verse vox enters
• middle section features loop from film strk (woman gasping, grunting)

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. bass enter – bass is just one long note hold/throb/hum
2. middle section features loop of ambient ‘other place’ sound (from film strk)

• long instrumental intro before vox enter
• starts with odd rhythm loop and murmuring sounds
• heavy drums enter, gtr riff enters – build in intensity and volume
• when vox enter it is sudden and everything changes – like 2 tracks stitched together
• chorus brings back heavy drums
• crunching gtrs join at the same time
• noise builds up in climax – sudden end/cut to quiet ambient noise loop

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. long instrumental build
2. when vox enter it is sudden and everything changes – like 2 tracks stitched together

• instrumental, beautiful and moving.
• pretty, almost sickly so, melodic/harmonic content made interesting through textural production
• distant humming throbbing chords (like a guitar rapidily but softly jangled)
• ascending melody on the same wobbly piano as previous tracks
• descending chord progression against ascending melody
• main chord progression, then 2 chord key change before returning to main chord progression is this new 2 step down key
• Dm C Bb F (Ab Eb) Cm Bb Ab Eb – IIIm IV V I (2 step down key change) V I – IIIm IV V I

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. pretty, almost sickly so, melodic/harmonic content made interesting through textural production
2. descending chord progression against ascending melody / track in 2 halves, same progression but in different keys