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Music inspired by paintings

05 May Music inspired by paintings

Posted at 17:56h in Art, assignment, Music, University by

In November the Film Scoring professor asked for some ideas linked to two different paintings:
The Water Lilies by Claude Monet

and the Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich.

The two paintings are very inspiring, and I had a lot of different ideas: the first one is a sort of a rock-track in 5/8. The flute has the leading part: I wanted it to sound very fresh and bright, but it’s probably missing a more relaxed feel – something quiet and soft that the water lilies suggest.

The second idea is a very homemade recording of my voice in a loop – since it was supposed to be a simple theme I didn’t refine it, but I probably should have XD
Anyway here it is:

I have always been more into dark and more attracted to the unknown, so I enjoyed very much doing this jazzy tune inspired by the wanderer:

I imagined the feeling of being undecided and tried to express it into music – I couldn’t find a better environment than a smokey jazz club, with a trio playing in 6/8.

The last one is the most evocative but the “laziest” since I only used strings in their high registers with a wind sound effect:

 

I really enjoyed this task, and it was great to listen to my colleagues’ ideas – all so different and equally beautiful. It really is a blessing to be able to share music with other people!

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