Archive for December, 2011

08 ‘None But Shining Hours’ – Lost and Safe (2005) – The Books

  • elct gtr picking, kick, 4/4
  • 2nd gtr riff joins, in 3s
  • gtr riff in 3s against a 4/4 rhythm
  • vox enters
  • bass enters 2nd verse
  • percussion builds
  • only one spoken word segment in the middle ‘never, never, never etc’
  • sfx – sounds like horses on cobblestones
  • some sfx after break, rhythmic atmos
  • final section, removes melodic inst., leaves heavy percussion and ripping sfx

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. gtr riff in 3s against a 4/4 rhythm
  2. ripping sfx beat, rhythmic atmos

07 ‘Venice’ – Lost and Safe (2005) – The Books

  • spoken word/found sound
    journalist narrates a live painting event
  • backing music kicks in after 8 seconds
  • percussion and 2 chord pattern
  • bass gtr runs, wooden percussion?
  • music cuts right on the final word of narrative

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. score an existing narrative – documentary? news story?
  2. music cuts right on the final word of narrative

06 ‘An Animated Description of Mr. Maps’ – Lost and Safe (2005) – The Books

  • percussive opening, wide image
  • elect gtr plucking, xylophone hits,
  • percussion/drums increase
  • melodic singing, back in mix, room ambience, wordless or unintelligible
  • main vox comes in, interspersed with spoken word samples
  • drum accents match spoken word accents from a certain point
    ‘he is forty two, five feet eight inches tall …’

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. drum accents match spoken word accents
  2. do the above with singing

05 ‘It Never Changes To Stop’ – Lost and Safe (2005) – The Books

  • banjo? acst gtr arpeggios
  • swelling strings, bass enters, chord changes
  • speaking doesn’t enter until 2 mins into track
  • spoken word found sound – american teacher
    voice breaks
  • spoken word – woman talking about how ‘he couldn’t stop’
    she repeats her point
  • music cuts suddenly
  • final spoken word sample, male, dry, slightly distant
    ‘no chorus (laughs)’
  • no other vox

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. voice breaks – keep a flaw/mistake, make it a central point of focus
  2. lyric: repeat a point but worded slightly differently – as i do in everyday speech

04 ‘ Smells Like Content’ – Lost and Safe (2005) – The Books

  • a lot of words delivered very quickly
  • 3/4
  • bird calls
  • 4 chord pattern in 7 bars
    1 / / 2 / / 3 / / 4 / /  / / /  / / /  :

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. a lot of words delivered very quickly
  2. 4 chord pattern in 7 bars
    1 / / 2 / / 3 / / 4 / /  / / /  / / /  :
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