First of all: THANKS so much for a) holding these chats and open them up to everybody!!! My toes are tingling with anticipation... Second first of all: What a frickingly amazing track!!! I love the original but I've never heard this version before, it's a very stunning piece. No wonder you want to vid it...So, thanks for sharing!
I'll just free associate a bit, since I'm completely useless with music theory . The song starts of with what on my headset (the rest of my household does not appreciate to have to listen to the same song 10 times in a row) sounds like a single synthesizer tone repeated rhythmically on the left track throughout the song. To me it sounded quite artificial, not human, I was imediately thinking of a heart-monitor. It's not as sharp and beepy as they normally are, but it's the same endless repetitiveness. It sounds to me like a sad heart monitor. When the vocals set in they sound equally sad and mournful and are rather soft. Visually I was thinking of a lot of soft transitions and overlays to match the languid, evocative vocals. At the beginning the piano notes are mirroring the voice (sad, lingering(??? minor) in that they but around 0:40 there are some piano notes that are very distinct,clear and sharp (???major), they seem to demand attention, so I'd try to capture that visually somehow.
When the piano bridge kicks in around 1:40 that's a dramatic change in the tone. The piano changes from single notes to chords and becomes richer, more forceful and vibrant, and when the vocals return they seem to have been "kick-started" as well, they're are suddenly stronger and sound more optimistic.
The metallic sounding percussions are adding a further layer and richness to the music and the "heart-monitor" gets increasingly drowned out (but is still preset). The percussions remind me of energy pulses..
Then there are those lovely weired alien noises, very transcendent, which in my brain evoked elevating, twirling images and made me think of a soul being lifted up (poetic me) or a spaceship starting (nerdy me).
Hope there's something useful in there...
I'll also post the music I'm planning to use for my next vid. It's much less complex and layered than your song, not sure whether that's a blessing or a curse. Unfortunately the way my brain works is that it comes up with the idea and the key visuals first and then I have to search for a piece of music that fits, which is a bitch...
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Date: 2009-11-07 11:46 am (UTC)Second first of all: What a frickingly amazing track!!! I love the original but I've never heard this version before, it's a very stunning piece. No wonder you want to vid it...So, thanks for sharing!
I'll just free associate a bit, since I'm completely useless with music theory . The song starts of with what on my headset (the rest of my household does not appreciate to have to listen to the same song 10 times in a row) sounds like a single synthesizer tone repeated rhythmically on the left track throughout the song. To me it sounded quite artificial, not human, I was imediately thinking of a heart-monitor. It's not as sharp and beepy as they normally are, but it's the same endless repetitiveness. It sounds to me like a sad heart monitor. When the vocals set in they sound equally sad and mournful and are rather soft. Visually I was thinking of a lot of soft transitions and overlays to match the languid, evocative vocals. At the beginning the piano notes are mirroring the voice (sad, lingering(??? minor) in that they but around 0:40 there are some piano notes that are very distinct,clear and sharp (???major), they seem to demand attention, so I'd try to capture that visually somehow.
When the piano bridge kicks in around 1:40 that's a dramatic change in the tone. The piano changes from single notes to chords and becomes richer, more forceful and vibrant, and when the vocals return they seem to have been "kick-started" as well, they're are suddenly stronger and sound more optimistic.
The metallic sounding percussions are adding a further layer and richness to the music and the "heart-monitor" gets increasingly drowned out (but is still preset). The percussions remind me of energy pulses..
Then there are those lovely weired alien noises, very transcendent, which in my brain evoked elevating, twirling images and made me think of a soul being lifted up (poetic me) or a spaceship starting (nerdy me).
Hope there's something useful in there...
I'll also post the music I'm planning to use for my next vid. It's much less complex and layered than your song, not sure whether that's a blessing or a curse. Unfortunately the way my brain works is that it comes up with the idea and the key visuals first and then I have to search for a piece of music that fits, which is a bitch...
http://www.sendspace.com/file/bw4ty0