Elegant, pastoral, yearning, classical. Urgent, trotting string ...Elegant, pastoral, yearning, classical. Urgent, trotting string quartet with insistent cellos and double bass. Across the English countryside, Jane Austen stately homes, Thomas Hardy villages and Victorian cobbled streets. Charles Dickens. London Docks and Brontë sisters' Yorkshire moors. Setting sail across the sea, a voyage of exploration, an excitement marked with some foreboding. 01:00 racing violins. Busy gardens, wedding flowers, the nervous bride.
Elegant, sparse, yearning, classical. Hesitant cellos and double ...Elegant, sparse, yearning, classical. Hesitant cellos and double bass, viola pizzicato from 01:17. Jane Austen, stately homes, Thomas Hardy villages and Victorian cobbled streets. Charles Dickens. Brontë sisters' sunset over the Yorkshire moors. Antique, art galleries, Baroque polished furniture, renaissance. Stilted, dark and mysterious underscore version.
Urgent, busy, winding. Syncopated clarinet, joined by low brass, ...Urgent, busy, winding. Syncopated clarinet, joined by low brass, 00:12-00:19 building strings, racing organ. Out into the busy street 00:32 relative key change, mystery 00:43 return, 00:52 relative key change, the rolling traffic, 00:55 all stop for a bar then return to syncopated woodwind, string build. Piano overlay at 01:02, reflections and shadows dancing, strings leading, building rhythm into offbeats, 3/4 over 4/4, life unending. Strings alone for a beat at 01:32 before another string build then a rolling and syncopated snare, into the carriage, the train, running along city walls, passing tall buildings, winding alleys, the detritus of life, rubbish blowing in the wind, string build, insistent snare, the drama of life. Military too, preparing for war, determined to face the enemy.
Dramatic, urgent, dark and distant. Syncopated woodwinds, joined by ...Dramatic, urgent, dark and distant. Syncopated woodwinds, joined by brass, hesitant and quick, trepidation. 00:40 joined by insistent strings, 00:57 a pause, then 01:02 busy piano overlay, relative key change, rejoined with dramatic strings at 01:21. Woodwinds and piano rhythm jam, urgent and syncopated. Treble piano, high notes racing, quick time, distant kick drum underneath. Minimal underscore version.
Mysterious, a riddle, historical, clandestine. Basic classical ...Mysterious, a riddle, historical, clandestine. Basic classical saxophone joined by echoing trumpets, skulking in the Venetian hallways. Baroque cellos, 00:27 trumpets replaced with violin strings, moody, then alto woodwinds, investigative and winding, messages under lamplight, spies in the cathedral. 01:08 royal trumpets, gothic and foreboding, woodwinds rejoining with a fluttering melody. A moment of quiet, then a building of all the previous layers, the crime uncovered, the story must begin.
A single cello pizzicato, joined after a bar by violins, a dark ...A single cello pizzicato, joined after a bar by violins, a dark bassoon, creeping through the shadows of the cloisters, a hideous purpose, cloak and dagger. 01:36 joined by an insistent, deep double bass, the horns build, the strings pulse and tremble, then only the dark bassoon. Moonlit, cloudy, stripped back underscore version.
Escape, foreboding, dark, classical. Cello riff in a minor key, ...Escape, foreboding, dark, classical. Cello riff in a minor key, rhythmic, pulsing violins, steady and determined. 00:36, woodwind joining, the road at night, a forest full of eyes, pressing through the snow, 01:10 a pause with only strings, then the woodwind rejoins, with subtle distant timpani, deep double bass echoes.
Urgent, combative, grim, classical. Racing piano, offbeat, Egyptian ...Urgent, combative, grim, classical. Racing piano, offbeat, Egyptian mode, rhythmic. 00:39 staccato violin, 00:43 staccato flute, dancing across the ice. 01:00 woodwinds to reinforce the flute, the enemy is in sight. 01:16 drop into quick 1/2 time, joined by sinister horn blasts, the fight begins. 01:35 rhythmic French horns, and syncopated trombone, a running battle in the mist.
Racing piano, Egyptian mode, second piano joins, a dual. Trumpet ...Racing piano, Egyptian mode, second piano joins, a dual. Trumpet pulse, low and subtle. 00:59 piano stops and gives way to string pulse and cello syncopation, the dual has turned into a chase. 01:24 piano rejoins and the chase has turned into a flight. Acutely tense but insistent underscore version.
Action, military, determined, classical. Single horn speeding up, ...Action, military, determined, classical. Single horn speeding up, joined by an oboe in syncopation, clarinets that wind through major and minor. 00:33 a pause then an augmented brass section that offers an earnest dissonance, 00:55 horns 3/4 time, all the woodwinds line up behind them. 01:12 drop into military snare and a single horn blast then immediately rejoined with strings coming forwards, horns and brass calling over the top. Tuba and French horns blast deep on the offbeat, military pipers join. Snare increases in velocity and crescendo.
Stormy, threatening, foreboding classical. Pulsing violins, ...Stormy, threatening, foreboding classical. Pulsing violins, syncopated. 00:14 replaced by 3/3 time cellos, violas syncopated pulse. The armies form up lines. 00:56 single cello strikes followed by 00:56 worried violin. 01:19 deep and threatening horn blasts on the offbeat. The view of the battlefield, rejoined by violins towards the end. Driving, ominous underscore version.
Mystical, yearning, Celtic, medieval. Bouncing Celtic harp, joined by ...Mystical, yearning, Celtic, medieval. Bouncing Celtic harp, joined by slow yearning violin, minor progression harp bass notes. 01:00 pause and return with slower pace, strolling. The woodland clearing, light through the trees. 01:55 return to bouncing rhythm.
Mystical, sparse, journeying, Celtic, medieval. Bouncing Celtic harp, ...Mystical, sparse, journeying, Celtic, medieval. Bouncing Celtic harp, subtle minor bass and treble notes like stars emerging in the night sky. 01:00 pause, then incidental notes. Clearing, breathing free, slow. 01:55 a return to the bouncing rhythm, trotting through the misty trees. Harp only underscore version.
Preparing, exciting, joyful, Regency, classical. Excited woodwinds, ...Preparing, exciting, joyful, Regency, classical. Excited woodwinds, quick march time, major pentatonic. 00:12 -30 joined by a court orchestra, cello, strings, bassoons, oboes. 00:25 clarinet comes forward, then recedes 00:30. A change to a relative minor 00:37, then back to major pentatonic after a bar. Courtly, grand and regal. Stately, Victorian palace. 01:36 winding, minimal, towards to end.
Pulsing, excited and winding, Regency, woodwind. Cello only, urgent ...Pulsing, excited and winding, Regency, woodwind. Cello only, urgent major pentatonic, joined by major pentatonic strings, quick march. Woodwind far back in the mix. 00:44 woodwind, specifically oboe and bassoon come forward in a relative minor, strings cease. Continued woodwind only in a pulsing relative minor key. Mostly woodwind, stripped back underscore version.
Summery, joyful, pastoral, regency. Swinging, folk, waltz, staccato ...Summery, joyful, pastoral, regency. Swinging, folk, waltz, staccato double bass, major key, summery. 00:12 oboe refrain, bassoon bass notes, call and return. 00:34 into relative minor progression. Pizzicato strings as texture. 00:50 return to major key. 01:14 horns section, subtle, accentuating waltz timing. 01:27 sudden strip down to just cellos and bowed bass. 01:30 woodwinds in a relative minor, horns return. Staccato major key, pizzicato bass. Ends in major key.
Pulsing, excited and winding, Regency, woodwind. Cello only, urgent ...Pulsing, excited and winding, Regency, woodwind. Cello only, urgent major pentatonic, joined by major pentatonic strings, quick march. Woodwind far back in the mix. 00:44 woodwind, specifically oboe and bassoon come forward in a relative minor, strings cease. Continued woodwind only in a pulsing relative minor key. Mostly woodwind, stripped back underscore version.
Action, fight music, dueling, cinematic, classical. Dramatic strings ...Action, fight music, dueling, cinematic, classical. Dramatic strings descending in a minor scale. 00:02 hand drums military, and rattling snare underneath deep and ominous pulsing strings, lydian mode. 00:21 pause snares and hand drum, minor descending woodwinds, echoed by louder strings straight afterwards. 00:24 Horns descending, hand drums return joined by action timpani. 00:37 drop, then 00:39 dramatic strings descent, joined by syncopated hand drums, then stop, then syncopated hand drums. Horns and snares punctuating, insistent conga drums, strings pulsing, timpani underlying. Strings, then 01:00-01:02 hand drums alone, high velocity. 01:02 Heavy timpani, syncopated snare, staccato strings.
Menacing, action, urgent, cinematic, classical. Descending minor key ...Menacing, action, urgent, cinematic, classical. Descending minor key cellos and double bass, staccato. 00:25 timpani on the offbeat. 00:39 pause, cello alone, timpani insistent. 00:50-00:58, cello on the offbeat, timpani building. 00:58 - end urgent strings and occasional timpani. Strings and timpani only underscore version, menacing.
