Score excerpts from the Danish series 'Borgen'

BORGEN 2010

Here’s a preview of my score for Human Universe featuring Professor Brian Cox, which debuts tonight on BBC2.
We’re going to release the soundtrack on iTunes, Spotify and many other digital music platforms shortly.
If you’d like to receive a one-off email when this is released, just leave us a short message at my site here; http://philipsheppard.com/2014/10/07/human-universe-soundtrack/ naming your favourite track.
You’ll get a free download of one of my other film scores by way of thanks.
And, you’ll really be helping us, as the most popular track will become the first track on the album.
Images by the amazing Trey Ratcliff & NASA.

The Atlassian

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Track Notes
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The track title as well as the picture are a nod to one of the games in the popular Assassin's Creed video-game franchise, which is set in a medieval Italian backdrop and features a protagonist named Ezio who ... you guessed it ... is an assassin. I've never actually played the games and this song was in no way inspired by them, but after I composed it I settled on this name because for me the song conjures up images of medieval intrigue/drama, so it seemed fitting.
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Instrument Discussion
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PERCUSSION: tom, hand drum. snare, dayre

I'm continuing a trend I started recently of including 4 different drums in a track. I have a dayre (similar to tambourine) on the far right and a snare drum on the far left to widen the soundstage. Meanwhile a medieval hand drum features toward center, accented by the occasional bassy boom of a tom drum.

WIND: clarinet

The wind instrument that kicks in after the quieter vocal section in the middle of the track (and subsequently features in the outro) is a turkish clarinet.

BOWED: hurdy gurdy (rhythm + drone), tromba marina

The instrument you hear producing the drone and rhythmic buzzing is a hurdy gurdy, which is a popular medieval stringed instrument. The hurdy gurdy is an instrument that can also be played melodically, like a violin, though that feature is something I don't use in this particular track. Needless to say, it's a very versatile instrument :)

The instrument producing a harsh staccato-like sound toward the far right of the soundstage in the latter half of the song is a tromba marina, a positively quintessential medieval instrument that I absolutely love.

PLUCKED: gittern, baroque guitar

The gittern is a type of medieval lute. It is the "guitar-like" plucked instrument that can be heard toward the left side of the soundstage. The baroque guitar meanwhile plays a more supporting role and is panned to the right side of the soundstage.

VOCALS: lead female vocalist (soprano), lead male vocalist (counter-tenor), male vocal shouts

As per usual the vocals were recorded using true legato sampled VSTs, meaning that these melodic lines were composed and recorded by hand and that no pre-recorded phrases were used.

Ezio

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from my album, "Mystical America". Piano and violin.

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By Jacob Lurye. Sheet music at https://cdn.cs50.net/2018/fall/lectures/intro.pdf.

CS50 2018 (Original Soundtrack)

Soul Stories 2

Walk of Hope

There is a slight difference in the attack of the sound of connected notes (legato or sustain).  This provides a slightly more airy "off the bow" sound, great for quick rhythms or runs.

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pocketBlakus SPICCATO - Unconnected phrase, followed by connected.

Three Liz tunes, including one in honor of Tommy of Clancy Brothers' fame, followed by two reels. From the "Double Play" album with John Doyle.

Lament for Tommy Makem / Within a Hen's Kick / The Slippery Slope

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