This music was inspired by the recent premiere and CANNES 2023 OFFICIAL SELECTION:  CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT.  You can see the film September 24th at Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX and late September at Beyond Fest in Los Angeles, CA.

While this track is not in the movie, the instrumentation, sound palette and feel is directly inspired by the film.  

I composed the film score with a hybrid palette in mind, using organic instruments, percussion as well as found sound, audio manipulation and vintage analog synthesizers.   I was posed with the question - what would the score sound like if they composed it in 1979-1980 using the above sound palette with modern-listener and viewer sensibilities?

Absolute Power Corrupts

𝘓𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘴:  

𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰:  𝘪 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦,
𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯  
𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦,  

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 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦: 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥? 
𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 
𝘪 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴, 
𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴, 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦...  
𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 
𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 
𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥  
𝘴𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦: 
𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴... 
𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵, 𝘪 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦. 
𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘭 𝘪 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴.  
𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘱, 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 
𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 
𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 
𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦  
𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪, 
𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶...  

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𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥! 
𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 
𝘪 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 
𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴, 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦...  
𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 
𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 
𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥  
𝘴𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦: 
𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 ... 
𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵, 𝘪 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦.  
𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘭 𝘪 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 
𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘱, 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦:  
𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 
𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 
𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦  
𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪,  
(𝘧𝘦𝘸) 
𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘸   
(𝘧𝘦𝘸) 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶   
(𝘧𝘦𝘸!)  
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴...  

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 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘰:  𝘪 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦: 
𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 
𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, 
𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯.
𝘪 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦: 
𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯  
𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘩𝘮 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘩𝘮𝘮.  
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BATTLEFIELDS.

Shit Was Crazy (Prod by C Dvon)

Run Away

Cement Shoes 3:56

Shane Laurila: Synthesizer (Moog Sub 37),
Digital Drums & Percussion (Roland TR-8S),
Keyboards and Electronic Devices,
MIDI Programming and Sequencing

Louis Simão: Electric Piano (Fender Rhodes),
Electric Bass, Percussion, Digital Piano, Synthesizer,
Keyboards and Electronic Devices,
Additional MIDI Programming and Sequencing

Ultraviolet Noir

Cement Shoes

Purchase

#afrobeat #amapiano #afrofusion #indie #pop #country #africa

Down town

#pittslim #pittsburghslim #nirvana #lithium #grungevibes #grunge #hiphop #grungehop

Lithium (Nirvana cover)

downtown countdown

downtown countdown (soziale romantik II.)

Grab ahold of Your lies

2024 09 02 Song 981

Voice
Cyber Songman II (Vocaloid)

Lyrics
Lyrics created in collaboration with an AI assistant

I lost something, but I don’t know what (feat. Cyber Songman II)

Reborn | Her - The American Dawn(Instrumental)

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I lost something, but I don’t know what (feat. Cyber Songman II)

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