Calming, evocative icy sparseness

A calming atmosphere with evocative instrumental moments and prevailing icy sparseness. Light, looping synths float alongside nostalgic piano and spacious tuned percussion


FJORD
Reflective, evocative piano with light synth loop & distant whale song.   3:57

FIKA
Pretty piano & synth motifs build with uplifting melody & atmospherics.  2:18

HYGGE
Warm, nostalgic & content piano with calm atmospheric pads.  3:23

CALM DAYS
Nostalgic, emotional piano over bright motif & calm atmospheric pad.  1:58

CLOSER TO HOME
Intimate, emotional & gentle felt piano with ethereal atmospheric textures.   2:18

ICE LANDINGS
Nostalgic, reflective & romantic atmospheric piano over gentle ambient pads.   2:53

NORDIC DUST
Sad piano with reflective guitar, tender strings, calm atmospherics & bells.   3:20

ALTID
Hypnotic synth motif & celestial pads build with hang drum & warm piano.  3:24

NORTHERN GOODBYES
Wistful, gently flowing piano over calm spacious atmospheric strings & pads.    2:49

 

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Posted in Album discography, Album listing, Ambient, Atmospheric, Chill out, Cinematic, Daytime TV, Documentary, Drama, Emotive, Minimal, Minimalist, Neutral, Norway, Panoramic, Pathos, Piano, Positive, Romantic, Scandinavia, Sparse

Dark and sinister horror transitions

A collection of sinister orchestral builds, manic rises and shocking horror climaxes

I WAS MISTAKEN
Sinister building brass with timp roll.     0:08

CAPED ONE
Building excitement with full orchestra, pounding percussion & snare.    0:07

SWIRLING SPIDERS
Rising manic strings, harp, horns, woodwind & cymbal.    0:05

WHAT’S BEHIND YOU
Full orchestra building chord with timp roll.    0:08

ACTION STRINGS
Syncopated strings with harp sting     0:07

WHAT’S AROUND THE CORNER
Trumpets with woodwind building chord, low perc ending with low piano cluster.    0:12

COULD IT BE
Full orchestra building chord with tremolo strings & vibes.     0:05

GROTESQUE DISCOVERY
High string trill.     0:07

HEAR TO THERE
Low brass & rhythmic strings drama sting     0:06

KNIFE
High string fall with piano strike.   0:06

MURDEROUS CLUES
Tense string tremolo.   0:07

GRUESOME TRUTH
Building harp, woodwind & strings.   0:06

OH THE HORROR
Waterphone into full orchestra building chord sectionally to tone cluster.   0:09

RIGHT TEAM
Exciting & dramatic orchestral stabs with percussion.   0:05

SOAP OPERA HORROR
Building orchestra with percussion.   0:06

DARK MOMENT
String, woodwind & solo violin crescendo.   0:04

TIME TO RUN
Low string fall & creepy waterphone.   0:08

WORKSHOP
Percussive low brass with woodwinds.   0:05

SURPRISE TERROR
Trumpet cluster with woodwind, high strings & waterphone.   0:06

 

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Brooding orchestra meets hybrid electronica

Heroic orchestral themes with reflective calms, dramatic builds and triumphant climaxes

EPIC VICTORY
Heroic orchestral hybrid with epic brass, strings & military drums. Builds.   3:11

AGGRESSIVE FORCES
Epic building orchestral hybrid with dramatic strings, brass & percussion.    2:31

MEMORIUM
Epic, tragic orchestral theme with rousing legato string lines.    2:52

ARMAGEDDON
Brooding orchestra with synth fx builds to dramatic & heroic climax.    2:46

DISILLUSIONED
Reflective orchestra with emotional strings, gentle celeste & noble brass.   2:56

RED SEPTEMBER REBORN
Powerful orchestral with filmic strings, snare roll & Russian choral theme.    2:59

 

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Famous dramatic symphonic classical works

The power of the human spirit and the force of nature

VICTORY SYMPHONY – BEETHOVEN
Mighty, iconic opening of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony (1808).   2:39

DAY OF ANGER – VERDI
Furious, violent orchestra & choir (Dies Irae) from Verdi’s requiem (1869)    1:54

LADY OF SORROWS – MOZART
Sad orchestra & choir. Lacrimosa movement from Mozart’s Requiem (1791).   2:40

FATE – VERDI
Enigmatic, mysterious opening to Verdi opera La Forza Del Destino (1862).   2:15

AQUA MUNDI  – SAINT-SAENS
Watery piano arpeggios & string orchestra. Aka Aquarium (1886).   1:59

SCHEHEREZADE – RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Dramatic, sultry, symphonic opening to wistful violin & mighty build (1888).    3:06

HOMELAND – SMETANA
Patriotic, pastoral & stirring orchestral theme. Aka ma vlast (1882).    1:58

TRIUMPH MARCH – VERDI
Grandiose, ceremonial march from Aida (1871).   1:50

SEA OF IONA –MENDELSSOHN
Panoramic orchestral theme from The Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave) (1830).   2:34

 

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CREEPING IVY
Eerie, sinister toy piano figures with dark brooding pads & string quartet.   2:46

MOVEMENT IN THE SHADOWS
Dark hybrid with kora, East Asian plucked instruments & strings.   2:42

IT ISN’T EASY
Dark, gritty textures with pads, rhythmic glitch FX & distorted guitar.   2:29

ADRENALINE SURGE
Tense electronica with pulsing synth, edgy choir stabs & driving percussion.   1:58

 

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Dark, sinister, haunting crime drama

The forces of law and order

PERFECT CRIME
Haunting piano melody with sad strings & eerie electronic top line.  2:31

DIFFERENT CONCLUSION
Dark piano melody with pulsing synths, string pedal notes & eerie FX.   2:59

DAMAGED
Sinister gongs with brooding strings, piano & menacing electronics.  2:41

WHEN IT’S OVER
Emotive piano weaves into brooding string motifs & subtle airy pads.  2:24

UNLAWFUL
Sparse piano builds with delayed guitar riffs, epic FX & emotive strings.   2:53

MURDER
Murky electronic kit with distant piano, moody pads & emotive strings.   2:41

 

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Ancient and earthy medieval moods

Earthy medieval moods featuring percussion, melodic reeds and recorders

CORNA GROOVE
Ancient groove with lute, whistles, percussion, reeds & hint of electronica.   2:10

SORROWFUL MONK
Dark ambient medieval recorder choir over deep religious-sounding drones.   2:23

DANCE OF WAR
Medieval war march with percussion ensemble, reed motifs & recorders.   2:00

PEASANT DANCE
Lively 16th century courtly dance with recorders, reeds & percussion.   2:01

MEADOW
Earthy medieval dance with lutes, reeds, recorders, perc & drone.   1:38

HURDY BROODS
Ancient groove with lute, medieval whistles, perc, reeds & electronica.   2:16

 

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Orchestral drama fused with electronica

Sinister & menacing orchestral drama with sound design & electronica

DARK CAROUSEL
Whirling magical & sinister waltz with soprano sax & restless strings.   1:52

SINISTER
Mysterious & threatening cello with ominous strings, electronic bass & toms.    2:18

TOXIC
Darkly insistent pulse, threatening distortion, wailing sax & tense strings.   1:56

BLOOD SEX REVOLUTION
Gritty bass & eerie piano over dark strings & rhythmic elements.   1:47

GHOST WRITER
Pumping bass drone, distortion, organ-like reverse sounds & strings.   2:17

BROODING MIND
Tense strings, reverse sounds & marimba over taut pulsing bass.   2:14

DARK BY NATURE
Brooding, unsettled waltz with soprano sax, cello, strings & a hint of mystery.    2:03

PURITY UNDER PRESSURE
Tender & mournful, yet hopeful orchestral theme with strings, flute & piano.   2:45

PRESSURE COOKER
Dark, restless electronic bass with Middle-Eastern inspired cello & strings.   2:56

 

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Epic yet troubling orchestral drama

Foreboding orchestral drama. It all spells trouble

MALINTENT
Menacing string phrases over dark drone, pulsing synths & percussion fx.   2:03

ALTERNATIVE REALITY
Moody sax theme over tense ticking & string bed. A web of lies & intrigue.   2:45

RECLAMATION
Powerful sci-fi theme with melodic strings, electronica & pounding drums     2:57

PERPETUAL QUEST
Bustling marimba pattern with atmospheric strings. Journeying feel    2:30

AGITATE
Pensive soprano sax with anxious strings, reverse fx & percussion.    2:18

STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Insistent tonal loop with tense strings, bass pulses & fx. Rail journey feel.  1:59

DARK INTENT
Mysterious strings with eerie cello over pulsing bass & sparse electronica    2:28

DARKEST HUMOUR
Stealthy, mysterious dramedy with piano, bass clarinet, pizz & arco strings.   2:02

STRANGE MENACE
Dark, tense strings with uneasy soprano sax & pulsing electronic back beats.   2:27

ALTERNATING CURRENTS
Urgent rhythmic guitar harmonics with piano, dark electronica & percussion.   2:54

 

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Mysterious other-worldly orchestral drama…

 

HAUNTING PURITY
Haunting, mysterious waltz featuring soprano sax, cello, strings & fx.     2:47

MOONSTRUCK
Eerie cello melody with spooky celeste & dulcimer over a dark swelling drone.   1:46 

ALTERED MINDS
Melancholy cello & piano with ethereal fx & emotional strings. Builds.   2:52

FLOWING LIGHT
Other-worldly soprano vocal & distant choir with ghostly textures & fx.  2:56

HYPNOTISED
Plaintive cello melody over a reversed pipe organ & airy soundscape.   2:43

FORESHADOWS
Darkly mysterious soprano sax lines over eerie metallic drones & marimba.   2:27

 

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