Dear Franco, loved the soundtrack. The title is appropriate for what's conveyed...

You’ve trule managed to set the vibe here, nice work!

The hiding man

BPM: 108

This instrumental is inspired to the sound of the eighties. I kept the electric bass quite high in the mix, adding some chorus effect over 200Hz to enhance the sound of the string.
I used several tracks of Strat to create the main texture of the composition, using arpeggios and strummed parts through chorus and delay.
The drums are programmed and based on the Downbeat Kit available for AKAI MPC here: https://www.mpc-samples.com/product.php/291/the-downbeat-kit/. 
The drum samples are organized in round robin groups to give a natural feel to the drums part.

You can enjoy the full track also on:

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TRACKS

[01] Drums   Kit-Downbeat Kit-Modern Mix-Cycle
[02] Bass    Ibanez electric bass
[05] Strat   Fender AM Pro Strat
[07] Pad 01  Xpand2!/+03 Siberia  
[10] Pad 02  Xpand!2/+07 All Angels

CHORDS

Chorus
¦¦ Cm7  ¦  G# M   ¦  Fm7 (b9) ¦¦

Verse
¦¦ CM7 ¦ Cm7 ¦ FM 11 ¦ F ¦
¦ Cm7  ¦   ¦¦ {}

Break 
¦¦ Gm7 ¦ Gm7 (13) ¦ Gm7 (b5) ¦ Gm7 (11)¦¦

The hiding man

Tact; Franco Tartaglia, Paul Torpiano, Charles Cassar, Carl Matthew Camilleri
Film by Kenneth Scicluna & Klara Vassallo 
Recorded and Produced at Temple Studios

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I decided to double the guitar arpeggio in the chorus to enhance the sound. The two guitars play the same arpeggio, panned to opposite channels in the stereo field. A combination of stock delay and reverb completes the effect.

For the verse, I chose to use an electric guitar and an electric piano. I composed two arpeggios that blend well together. The guitar has a clean tone, with the usual slight natural overdrive I typically set on the crunch channel of the Marshall amplifier.

I added another verse using guitars and synth bass. I like the simplicity of the sound created by these instruments. The synth bass comes from the Bassline included in the AKAI MPC stock plug-ins, while the Jacaranda and Fender Strat handle the rest.

The title of the song was inspired by the concept of "Mediocristan" as explained by the economist Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Mediocristan represents a world where outcomes are generally predictable and fall within a narrow range, with no extreme deviations. It's a contrast to "Extremistan," where rare, unpredictable events have massive impacts.

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