The War Begins (vocal)

Slow-building cinematic score: low strings in octaves, soft basses and contrabassoon pulses, distant timpani rolls, and sparse piano hits, Texture starts almost whisper-quiet, then gradually layers violas, cellos, and muted brass swells into a thick, quivering tension, Final third adds insistent rhythmic ostinato and swelling tremolos, holding just short of a full explosion to keep it in the “edge-of-storm” zone, low, orchestral