Orchestral Trailer Music

Movie Trailer Music

Song written by: Ashley Ow
Also edited by: Axel(rap) and Raizel(chorus)
Chorus melody: Raizel
Vocals: Axel & Raizel
Keyboardist(Bass, piano, drum, organ, synth patches): Ashley Ow
Vocals recording location: T2026(Axel), Studio F1(Raizel)
Mics used for both vocals: Shure SM58

Lyrics:
[Rap Verse 1]
Hey you,
Sick and tired of the people around you
With those ice-cold hearts, they planned to hurt you
And those tears that they faked were used to deceive you
But I’m right beside you
Here to protect you

In the world, full of chaos
You‘ve been facing
Drowned in the sea of doubts
That made you cave in
You’re waste of space
Waste of time
You think, to your-self.
But think again
Turn that frown upside down

[Chorus]
Without you
My world doesn’t turn
My stars won’t ever shine
Skies stained with grey
It‘ll rain everyday
One day I hope you’ll understand 
To me you are heaven sent
If you’ll just take my hand

[Rap Verse 2]
Without you
Life will never be the same
My best friend
My sister
A hole in my brain
The gap in my heart, never recover
Just another broken soul
Move along as I suffer

Fighting demons in your head
The never-ending cycle
Feeling like you’re in a cage
Got you going psycho
Your plight
Your pain
Your agony and heartache
Speaks to me of that fate of yours that you hate

[Chorus 2]
Without you
My world doesn’t turn
My stars won’t ever shine
Skies stained with grey
It‘ll rain everyday
One day I hope you’ll understand 
To me you are heaven sent
If you’ll just take my hand

[Bridge]
There’s just so much more
That you could live for
Clear your mind
You got this right
These enemies will let you to grow in your life
Don’t let these people end your life

[Last chorus]
Without you
My world doesn’t turn
My stars won’t ever shine
Skies stained with grey
It‘ll rain everyday
One day I hope you’ll understand 
To me you are heaven sent
If you’ll just take my hand

PROD - Demo 5 - Ashley Ow - To you

Midi played and written by: Ashley
thanks amelia who suggested the chords for intro which led to this :')

Summary:
Created to have a chill and laid back vibe, this short piece is a electric piano centric piece. With minimal tracks, a simple and slower groove, and a very simple arrangement, the calming and laid back feel is conveyed within this ambient piece. The space within the piece is not very huge as it is more of an ambient, in the background type music, and having too much space would make it sound even more spatial and distant. The difference is that this short piece is very simple and recorded with very minimal tracks and instruments. The slightly jazzy feel suspended within the song is what sets it apart. 

alternative version:
https://soundcloud.com/ashley-ow-743791930/elevator-music

Prow - week 12

Summary:
this piece is centric around the idea of the journey of a relationship. This reminds me strongly of people i would not let go of. Like in any relationship, the start can be quite awkward, and sudden, then the middle is kinda smooth sailing as we get to know each other better, then the ending is semi sad, or like open to the unknown, like the type that plays at the end of a movie when they anticipate the future, like a friendship or relationship, which we can't tell what the future brings. The piece overall has some melancholic feeling to it, where the fear of losing the people you care about. With the piano and cellos playing together at the same time, with different melodies, it represents the two people.
The piece is kept short and with sudden moments that represents the thoughts of the person and the memories with their loved ones in their heads.
I ended it with the thought of what the unknown may bring to the future of the rs, and that shows that i will not and never let go of the relationships i cherish

differentiation factor:
anyone can relate

credits:
Ashley
Christina Chow(who helped with ideas)

Prow Piece #3 - melancholy

Summary:
I tried my hand at making a Chinese instrumental piece, starting from the idea of the intro in mind, ending up with a sad scene with two homeless people begging on the streets in mind. The piece conveys a sad feeling, with no one whose willing to help them. As the slowly die a painful death of hunger, the grand ending of the piece signifies their death and funeral, with no the irony that no one cared about them, yet the music is grand since to these people, their death is huge to them as they realised the people aren’t as nice as they thought. It serves to make people feel sad.
Diff factor: the irony presented in the piece, where the part where the music is grand signifies the end of their lives. 

credits: ashley
thanks to: amelia and angela who gave opinions

prow piece #4: Chinese Drama Ost Sounding Song Thingy

Credits:
Lyrics writing & co-producer: Amelia
Melody of song: Ashley
Arrangement: Ashley
Sax arrangement: MJ
Midi keys & bass: Ashley
Drums: logic drummer
Sax: Sean — Shure SM57 @ Studio D
Vocals: Raizel — her own mic @ home
E guitar: Gary — DI
Busy street sound effect recorded with iPhone from: https://youtu.be/QnRbZ57wYfw

Lyrics:
Verse
staring out the glass
remembering every memory of us

holding up the shards
Slicing every inch that’s between us

Pre-chorus:
i dont know what i can do
but baby u sure have me thinkin’ ‘bout you

i dont know what i would do
But baby would u let me see the truth

Chorus:
oh red wine
brings the rose to my face
with just one glance

oh red wine
I cant slow down the pace
No
Mmhmm 

Verse 2:
the dryness of the taste
that lingers on my tongue
wont go away

I’ll never take a break
Empty every bottle
i can take

Pre-chorus:
i dont know what i can do
but baby u sure have thinkin’ bout you

i dont know what i would do
But baby would u let me see the truth

Chorus:
oh red wine
brings the rose to my face
with just glance

oh red wine
i cant slow down the pace
No
Mmhmmm



Summary:
This song is about someone who wants to be with someone they love, yet is unable to. And in the process of trying to forget the person, the main character drowns their sorrows away in red wine.

Differentiation factor:
R&B with saxophone that is meant to be more in your face, like the racing thoughts of the the person, instead of the typical very very chill R&B.

Delivery strategies
Arr:
With the song starting with a busy street sound effect in the song, it represents the character’s inability to focus on their surroundings. With the song progressing, after the first chorus, the main character is still thinking about the person and is unable to forget. With the saxophone harmonising, it’s the main character’s thoughts, being loud and in your face to the persona like the sax to the audience, as the person tries to get distracted from their thoughts but is seemingly unable to. With the other instruments kept flat and unchanging and less busy, this represents everything within the character’s mind. As the song fading away  to an end, the person is back to their surroundings, yet still babbling on their thoughts, while the instruments fade away. The persona is kinda zoning out again.
The melody can be quite busy representing the thoughts of the drunk persona.

Lyrics:
Meant to have double meaning within lines like ‘holding up the shards/Slicing every inch that’s between us”. It could mean that the person is heartbroken and is trying to forget the person and end their connection/relationship, or the person is trying to be closer to their loved one, slicing every inch between them, yet is hurt from the broken shards of glass(hurt by the person somehow). The person is j ust drinking in the song.

Mix:
The song is made to be in a large area, to show the person’s loneliness and sorrow so I added reverb.

Prow Piece #5 R&B - Red Wine

With the recent rise of many conflicts around me, it sounds chaotic, and the alien sounding patches represent the foreignness of them. Its intentionally chaotic, with the clashy patches chosen along w strings. The tension in the piece is high. And unresolved. Just like certain conflicts in real life. Using probability jammer, the randomness of the notes given the instrument gives the piece its uniqueness. Since the settings are adjusted during the recording. However the amount is still controlled, not to control every single setting and only specific settings as it gives rise to the tension and the various patches clashing with each other.

Prow Piece 6 W Prob Jammer

Summary: This piece was created with the idea of game music in mind, where the character passes or fails certain levels, and proceeding to the next level, eventually to the ‘boss’ level.

Delivery:
This piece has a general ABCD progression, excluding the ‘main menu’ which is the first theme in the first section of the piece. I had a the few game sounding regions copied and pasted to achieve repetition which is to represent it’s the same level of the game, and I had the music for different stages to achieve the contrast in sections of the piece. 

Diff factor:
This piece was created with pd, the time step midi divider, ultra beat time sequencer.

Ashley Ow

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