• sounds like Air
  • close miked drums, slow strings, languid bass gtr, breathy vox
  • chorus: big drama orchestral build, vox doubled and harmonised
  • electronic keys in the second verse (rhodes)
  • verbed tambourine hits every 4 bars
  • climbing strings at the end, noise climax – like Beatles ‘I am the Walrus’

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. orchestrate like Air; dry drums, slow strings, languid bass, rhodes keys, breathy vox
  2. climbing melody – shepard tone