Beds / Underscores

A collage passage for a night time fearful walk through an underpass suspecting malevolent forces. Use of natural synthesised rhythms against a haunting voice part.

Underpass Threat

Suitable for a mischievous political comedy or scene. Instrumentation includes pizz strings, harmonium off beat chords in tango rhythm, muted trumpet solo, small accelerando towards the ends with added maracas.

Political Mischief

Short incidental music for spider creating web using a single acoustic guitar. Suitable for other scenes linked to hurriedness ending with relief.

Spider

Strong courageous music with bold theme. Use of repeated timpani and brass using a marching rhythm.

Brave New World

A reflective piece on solo piano suitable for loneliness scenes or scenes involving abandonment.

Foraging for a Meaning

A piece divided into four separate sections to suit a TV series that uses a range of music to depict romance, illicit following scenes and illumination scenes. A balance of live sounding instruments with some wet blended synthesised sounds. Choral background as well as oboe solo in one section. A percussive section mainly with small percussion accompanied by cellos and a high "pop" sound working form simple to more complex.

Drama

A persistent fluttering flute line of music appropriate for angelic movement of flight of fluttering creatures. Suitable for a nature or angelic scene.

Celestial Beings

A drone bed which enhances an imagined threat from a sense of 'something wrong' to high 'fight or flight'. Suitable for horror / thriller TV or film scenes to highlight malevolent forces.

Thriller Drone

Drone bed - Eerie

An almost literal representation of rain falling using three musical instruments; mbira, pizz violin and synthesized water drops

Pitter Patter Rain Drops

An 'out of this world' tropical soundscape suitable for scene setting for arrival on a tropical-like planet. Features semi-real bird sounds and distant string instrument

Tropical Planet

Two section of music with a build of tension indicating arrival of alien or enemy craft. The second section indicating their departure.

Alien Invasion

Alien arrival departure

A low 'bed' suitable for science-fiction or horror films indicating an approaching living alien being

Low Level Drone Rise

Low level drone rise

A faintly descriptive 'bed' to highlight ethereal elements of eternity; physically and otherwise. Suitable for a science fiction film dealing with other new life forms that are ethereal and glowing

High bed Eternity

High Bed Eternity

A cinematic track suitable for approaching large forces of a threatening nature. Similar to epic scale alien invasion films.

Approaching Creatures

A 'build' that starts with a piano solo and develops into a modest orchestral arrangement suitable for reflective, emotional or peaceful scenes.

Thought

Second Thought

An electronic but natural sounding piece using blown sounds as a base. Suitable for science fiction or space exploratory themes.

Eternal Space

A cold lonely track with some emotional intensity scored for strings in harmonics, viola solo and pizz. bass

Inspector

A medium speed trio with calm ballad-type piano accompaniment and yearning cello and violin suitable for any emotional scene.

Just Another Thought with Violin

Just Another Thought With Violin

Simple Ballad-type piano with accompanying yearning, emotional cello melody

Just Another Thought

A building mischievous track lightly played developing into naughtiness! Suitable for production music.

Mischievous

Highly experienced performance musician and educator/trainer of 30+ years standing. A regular singer of sacred music as part of Hereford Cathedral Voluntary Choir and concert organiser. He enjoys composing to the moving image and exploring new sounds and timbres. A graduate of London University and Master of Arts. Experienced pianist, organist and conductor.  aboutme.paulcooper-james

Beds / Underscores

Paul Cooper-James