This week we explored the practice of Spectral music/spectralism. Spectral music is where the harmonics from a single sound are used as the basis for a new microtonal scale. This interested me as it made me think about how sounds within films and other media can be used to then generate chords or tones which…

This week we explored how orchestration and the cello are used in films to create different effects through various techniques. We then picked a short clip with no music from a film and scored them. I chose ‘No Country for Old Men.’ Originally, I attempted scoring it from scratch without seeing the film. Whilst knowing…

With the inclusion of these two new techniques for scoring, I wanted to take ideas from them and use them where I felt they fitted most relevantly within the clip. When it came to using mickey-mousing, I felt that it may have not fitted with the overall aesthetic of ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ and instead I…

For this short score I wanted to make use of some of the techniques discussed in lesson whilst remaining on theme with some of the aspects used by Joe Hisaishi when scoring Howl’s Moving Castle and other films. I did this through thinking about certain musical elements Hisaishi uses.  One of these can be heard at the…

This module has expanded the way I think about music. Having been introduced to a lot of new artists or artists who I had only heard of was very eye opening.  One of my favourite weeks was week 5 in which we were put into groups and assigned one of four different artists that we…

Breakcore as a genre originated in the mid 90s. It takes influence from jungle, drum and bass, happy hardcore as well as taking samples from many other more mainstream genres such as pop, RnB, metal and even classical. Breakcore arose as an anti-fascist and capitalist through its often confusing and extreme sound. Original Breakcore uses…

Chapter 4 David Toop’s fourth chapter of his book Ocean of Sound titled ‘burial rites’ offers a new perspective on music and death, conflict and darkness. Toop shows how these themes and sounds have been heavily linked since as early as Ancient Rome through descriptions of Emperor Nero ‘using five thousand noise makers’ to dictate public opinion.…

‘Muslimgauze’ was the alias of Manchester producer and musician Bryn Jones. Jones was not religious. However, he was a very political figure whose sound was heavily influenced by the Middle Eastern world and the conflict within it. Following the recent events in Palestine it is interesting to see how Jones’ work transcends the era it…

 ‘Hakuna Kulala’ (meaning “no sleep” in Swahili) is a sub label of Nyege Nyege Tapes (2023). Based in Kampala, Uganda Hakuna Kulala outputs music for artists who exist within the underground of African electronic music. Due to Hakuna Kulala’s existence within both electronic and African music its artists are unique, merging more traditional African dance…

Burial- Untrue Burial, born as William Emmanuel Bevan is a producer and artist from South London, United Kingdom. Untrue went on to be nominated for a mercury music prize in 2008, causing Burial to reveal his true identity. Burial’s workflow is unique to himself which is what contributes towards his iconic sound.  Untrue was created using a sound processing…