every movie needs a sad scene
from Shapes & Time by Lullatone
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When I was little, I always hated how every film would have a sad scene somewhere right after the middle part. I just wanted more of the bits where people were getting things together and building stuff. Action! Adventure! More of that montage mentality.
Now that I’m older, I realize you probably do need some valleys to make the peaks feel higher. Still, every time a sad scene starts, part of me thinks “Oh no... Here we go again…”
For some reason, I still wanted to try something like that in one of our albums - just to see if I could. So I decided to put a sad song right after the middle point, just like in a film. I used the same instruments as the last song but gave them more space so that they’d feel like they are falling apart. And then, in the next song, things could slowly build back together one loop at a time.
People often call our songs cinematic. I like that, but maybe they just think that because the songs don’t have words. I love the idea of soundtracking everyday normal life and making it feel special though - even if it’s a sad scene.
小さい頃、映画の中盤になると悲しい場面があり嫌いだった。そんなシーンよりもみんなが協力して何かを築き上げるところが見たかった。アクション！冒険！もっとやる気が出るシーンが見たい。
大人になってみると、クライマックスのためには山あり谷ありが必要な事が分かった。けれど毎回悲しいシーンが始まると、「やれやれまた始まった。。。」と思ってしまう。
何故か自分のアルバムでそんな感じの事を試したかった。できるかどうか確かめるためだけに。映画のように、アルバムの真ん中に悲しい曲を入れることにした。前回の曲と同じ楽器を使ったけれど、崩れ落ちる感じを出したくて、音と音の間隔を空けるようにした。それから次の曲は、１ループづつゆっくりと元に戻るようにした。
僕たちの曲を”シネマティック”だとたくさんの人が言ってくれる。嬉しいけど、曲に歌詞が無いからそう感じるのかもしれない。日常の小さなできごとにサウンドトラックを作る、というアイディアはとても好きだ。悲しい場面のサウンドトラックでも。
Now that I’m older, I realize you probably do need some valleys to make the peaks feel higher. Still, every time a sad scene starts, part of me thinks “Oh no... Here we go again…”
For some reason, I still wanted to try something like that in one of our albums - just to see if I could. So I decided to put a sad song right after the middle point, just like in a film. I used the same instruments as the last song but gave them more space so that they’d feel like they are falling apart. And then, in the next song, things could slowly build back together one loop at a time.
People often call our songs cinematic. I like that, but maybe they just think that because the songs don’t have words. I love the idea of soundtracking everyday normal life and making it feel special though - even if it’s a sad scene.
小さい頃、映画の中盤になると悲しい場面があり嫌いだった。そんなシーンよりもみんなが協力して何かを築き上げるところが見たかった。アクション！冒険！もっとやる気が出るシーンが見たい。
大人になってみると、クライマックスのためには山あり谷ありが必要な事が分かった。けれど毎回悲しいシーンが始まると、「やれやれまた始まった。。。」と思ってしまう。
何故か自分のアルバムでそんな感じの事を試したかった。できるかどうか確かめるためだけに。映画のように、アルバムの真ん中に悲しい曲を入れることにした。前回の曲と同じ楽器を使ったけれど、崩れ落ちる感じを出したくて、音と音の間隔を空けるようにした。それから次の曲は、１ループづつゆっくりと元に戻るようにした。
僕たちの曲を”シネマティック”だとたくさんの人が言ってくれる。嬉しいけど、曲に歌詞が無いからそう感じるのかもしれない。日常の小さなできごとにサウンドトラックを作る、というアイディアはとても好きだ。悲しい場面のサウンドトラックでも。
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from Shapes & Time,
released November 11, 2022
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