How Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Created Painted Sun in Abstract
Explore the modular sequences, Rhodes chords and chiptune arps of A Painted Sun in Abstract in my breakdown of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s The Social Network score.
Category: Soundtrack
Drive Synth Sounds
Explore the iconic synth-driven sounds of Drive, including recreations of A Real Hero and Under Your Spell, freshly updated for the newer Arturia plugins.
How Kavinsky Created Nightcall
Breaking down Kavinsky’s Nightcall, where retro-inspired synths and modern techniques come together to create this electronic classic.
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross’ The Social Network Synth Sounds
Deconstructing the anxious, brooding sounds behind the 2010 masterpiece, The Social Network.
Vangelis’ Blade Runner Synth Sounds
Farewell to the maestro Vangelis, the Greek composer who gave us one of the most innovative film scores with Blade Runner.
New Order’s Elegia Synth Sounds
Deconstructing New Order’s haunting instrumental tribute, “Elegia”, and its rich tapestry of layered Emulator II sounds.
Stranger Things Synths: Eight Fifteen
This past Friday, Netflix released the much awaited second season of its hit series Stranger Things, and season 1 composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein of the Austin-based synthwave band S U R V I V E returned for the second season with another excellent offering of 80’s influenced synth music. The duo tend to favour vintage hardware synths and gravitate towards warm, lush analog sounds and emotional arrangements. Episode One of the new season, ‘MADMAX’, ends with a scene of Hopper and Eleven eating dinner accompanied by an uplifting synth piece called Eight Fifteen, which I’ll break apart in this article.
How Jon Brion Composed the Eternal Sunshine Soundtrack
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind came out in 2004 and is now regarded as one of the greatest films of the 2000s. A memorable aspect of the film is Jon Brion’s soundtrack that combines lush strings, lo-fi nylon string guitars and melancholy piano. Brion’s work on the soundtrack led to him working with Kanye West on the 2005 album ‘Late Registration’, where he providing the strings and brass arrangement, as well as co-producing and helping with the creative direction of the album. Additionally the soundtrack has had a big influence on indie and dream-pop bands as well as hip-hop artists, being directly sampled in several songs: