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• 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

• starts with treated vox sample (apparently a male porn actor orgasming)
• short sharp to the point
• drums start, bass joins, vox and gtrs join.
• rapid fire drumming contrasted with relatively slow gtr chords
• return of key line ‘nothing can stop me now’

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. rapid fire drumming contrasted with relatively slow gtr chords
2. return of key line ‘nothing can stop me now’