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The Static Angel: How HBO perfected its sonic identity

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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The Chestra Is a Very Special Piece of Music

Each section of the chestra was recorded separately. The ensemble we came up with was meant to mimic, to an extent, what a traditional film scoring session would look like. So this piece starts out, it's very soft and gentle. There's a piano that references the first part of this h b o melody. And throughout we sort of build a little bit at a time. We introduce more orchestral elements, more synthetic electronic elements. We have this big climax at the end.

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