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Beautiful ✦ 05. Finding the Signal

V6

[Instrumental, 60 BPM, 16 bars, the long low D rings on from the last piece, warm radio static and soft crackle arrive around it like a room filled with noise, G major] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the static bed is warm and thick, a thin whistle sweeps through it like a dial being turned, the low D beneath] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a worn music box enters with a repeating three note cell, band limited as if heard through an old radio, its pitch wavering once per bar] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the music box cell repeats, a warm band limited analog pad opens beneath it, the melancholy settles in] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the static begins to thin and the pitch wavering steadies, the music box rings truer] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a close microphone concert harp breaks through the static, bright and exact, a few single notes at a time] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the harp plays rolling arpeggios around the music box cell, the static thinner still] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a solo cello enters on one long bowed note on G, rounded warm tone, the whistle gone] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the cello plays the melody, two steps up then a leap up, falling to stop one note short of home, the harp supporting] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the music box now rings true as a bell, the pad brightens, only a thin trace of static remains] [Instrumental, 16 bars, warm violas and violins enter in long bowed chords beneath the cello, the signal strong and close] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a large warm string section opens beneath the cello melody, never a wall of sound, the static gone] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the peak, radiant and broad, the cello melody rises high over the whole string section, the harp sweeping, all layers sounding, the signal at its brightest] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the peak continues, the violins take the melody and the cello answers, the music box rings like a bell above] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the violins leave, the string section softens to violas and cellos, a thin hiss returns at the edges] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the harp leaves, the static grows thicker around the cello and violas] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the cello plays the melody once more as the static thickens, the pitch wavering returns] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the violas leave, the music box returns band limited and wavering, the static fills the room again] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the cello holds one long note on E, the music box cell and the static become the whole sound] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the volume only falls, one held cello note on E rings on inside the warm static and crackle to the end] [END]