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Beautiful ✦ 05. The Currents

V6

[Instrumental, the held E minor chord from before, then a low plucked cello and bass pulse of one note per beat begins, muted dry staccato piano chords on the off beats, 96 BPM, E minor, close microphone, felt hammers audible, 14 bars] [Instrumental, violas enter with a driving ostinato in steady eighth notes built from the first three notes of the motif, repeating every bar, the pulse continues, 14 bars] [Instrumental, cellos double the viola ostinato an octave lower, the piano keeps its dry chords on the off beats, 14 bars] [Instrumental, French horns call from far back in a wide reverb, one long rising note every four bars, the ostinato continues, 14 bars] [Instrumental, violins enter with the motif in long notes above the ostinato, the horns call again, 14 bars] [Instrumental, the strings grow firmer, an accent on the first beat of every bar, driving and not a march, the pulse continues, 14 bars] [Instrumental, the horns lock in with the violas on the ostinato and play the leap of the motif together, the first peak of the track, 14 bars] [Instrumental, the strings drop to the viola ostinato and the plucked pulse alone, the horns rest, 14 bars] [Instrumental, the plucked pulse doubles to two notes per beat, the violins rise to the high register over the ostinato, 14 bars] [Instrumental, the horns return in long rising swells, the violins play the motif in thirds, the ostinato continues, 14 bars] [Instrumental, all strings and horns play together over the ostinato, the highest point of the track, wide and bright, never a wall of sound, 14 bars] [Instrumental, the ostinato thins to violas alone, the plucked pulse returns to one note per beat, the volume falls one step every two bars, 14 bars] [Instrumental, the harmony settles on E and B, the violas repeat one note E, the horns call once far back, 14 bars] [Instrumental, one held open fifth of E and B in strings and piano, nothing else, the volume only falls until the sound ends naturally, 14 bars] [END]