Timelapse

I'd created a timelapse film of the tidal estuary of Ravenglass on the Lake District coast in Cumbria, UK.
I wanted to show the changing landscape, and as it turned out it also showed the changing weather!  So I created this soundtrack to complement the film, using Garageband on a Mac.

You really should watch the film to see how it fits in with it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oSrCR0TBxk

Hopefully though it stands up as a music track in its own right?

Ravenglass Timelapse soundtrack

Mysterious soundtrack with the time travel theme.

Original Neo-classical soundtrack (2002), re-recorded and background co-composed by William Harker, arranged and recorded at Studio HS9 (2008 Harker Studio 9), post edited by me to have a more surreal feel, like going back in time to an era that everything was not fast paced (2010).

Lenard Vie - Last Timelapse

Music for my short movie "Dobi & I" (2010). Movie: http://youtu.be/IQbBCwf-kA0

Dobi & I

This is track from my timelapse YouTube video: http://youtu.be/XzxGUQlQOpw. Someone requested the mp3 so I am giving out WAV file as a free download. Please comment if you like it or not and enjoy!

YouTube timelapse video background track [free download]

Alrighty, so this piece was written for a client out in Atlanta, Georgia...hopefully their client likes it as well haha! But I wanted to shared this piece because it was truly a fun piece to write!!! Sure I had less than a weekend to write 8 minutes of music. I wrote up a quick 1:30 demo to them and the director liked it but hadn't heard back from their client as for a green light yet but said I should go on anyway. So Friday, Saturday Night (because of work eating up my entire day) and all day Sunday up until about 3 am and even this morning I was writing this piece....The toughest part about this piece was trying to keep the momentum going for 8 minutes long and still retain that feel and style

When I was first approached about the project, I saw the video and instantly thought of two composers - Hans Zimmer's "Time" and "One Simple Idea" from the Inception soundtrack and also Philip Glass' Metamorphosis album. So I went to town with a simple piano segment which then was introduced to the guitars with their repetitive patterns. The strings were going to be a major factor in this piece as well. I also wanted to add in some electronica elements as well but at a minimum so that the listeners could be sucked into with the strings and piano.

Some obstacles along the way aside from trying to keep the momentum going for 8 minutes was the many modulations and key changes to get to a certain key I wanted. There is a 30 second bit found at 6:03 that frustrated me for a good hour on how to land it in a certain key....the key where the guitar and drums come in. That whole modulating segment took a great deal of time because there were many variations to go but none of them went as smooth as the one you hear.

Some other tidbit information to listen for: at 5:12, the guitar segment there.....I didn't realized it at first because I thought it sounded cool, but those three notes that play there are actually similar to the three notes you hear on the Spiderman cartoon theme haha!!! Also at 6:26, that key change from a G major to a B major was an idea that I had hard on a few Danny Elfman soundtracks.

The drumming found at 6:35 was a lot of fun to do! In the film, it's just clips of a time lapse sequence of downtown Atlanta at night....really cool looking, so to give a feeling of excitement and thrill of downtown I decided to try out this Coldplay kind of feel. It wasn't easy as I'm not a drummer by any means, so I had to figure out what a real drummer could do while I performed the recording on the keyboard haha!!! That last segment is also my favourite due to that sense of accomplishment you feel...I dunno if it's the drumming or the strings or what, but somehow it just feels like this motivation to keep doing the best you can.

Anyway, so there you go! Unfortunately due to this project, it will not be a downloadable piece. But feel free to comment or ask or anything!!! Since this is still being under review, there might be changes needed....if anything I'm assuming the last segment where the drums come in at 6:36. So until then, enjoy the piece!!!

Also check out my youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/jscottrakozy

Also check out my blog as well: http://theinsightfulcomposer.blogspot.com/

Also check out my website (in production): http://jscottrakozy.com/

If you want to ask me about my compositions in how I write them or anything, feel free to send me a message via soundcloud, and for any director or producer wanting to contact me to discuss projects, feel free to contact me as well via soundcloud!

Thanks again and hope you enjoy the piece!!!

~ J Scott Rakozy

T I M E | L A P S E

Missioned to compose a musical theme for this short time-lapse movie created by Agis Kothalis, a passionate amateur astronomer and mastermind of The Astronomy Club of northern Greece.

The whole video is filmed in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. The purpose of this, is to highlight the natural beauty of this place with scenes inspired from daily views and also hidden scape. So that, playing with time and light, to see another version of reality.

Working with Agis was an excellent experience and great opportunity to experiment with IDM elements and electronic ambient  atmospheres combined with Greek traditional percussion instruments, rhythm patterns and shamanic vocal parts.

Hope to enjoy it!
https://vimeo.com/56008529

Timelapse

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