Our submission for the Spitfire Audio Westworld scoring competition 2020.
This was a very rewarding piece to create. we attempted to capture the twisted reality that the character Caleb - played by Aaron Paul - is experiencing while under the influence of the drug Genre. There is a juxtaposition of heroic melody against an unstable and glitchy soundscape backdropped by driving synthesisers and percussion.
Due to the restrictions of quarantine because of the COVID-19 outbreak this piece was composed in a bedroom with a laptop, a mini midi keyboard and a ukulele (see if you can spot it!). This created some interesting challenges as it is our first time relying so heavily on software instruments; it was fun to find ways of working around this. The great thing about these instruments is the amount of creativity that can go into each patch, with many voices, modulations and automations possible.
Anyway, please enjoy our entry to the competition. There have been some amazing entries so big congratulations to everyone who took this on.
Finally, don't forget to cheer for the true hero of this scene... the robot bike!!
Thank you for watching.