The Grid by Philip Glass
The Grid by Philip Glass runs at 100 BPM in the key of D# major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 100 BPM
- Key
- D# major
- Length
- 14:56
- Genre
- cinematic orchestral
- Mood
- triumphant
- Vocals
- Instrumental
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The prompt
A triumphant cinematic orchestral track with high energy and a half-time feel at 100 BPM. The low end is upright bass playing root-note anchored, under hand percussion with a clap-layered snare and a ride-driven pattern. String section carries the harmony, arpeggiated. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A string section leads, building through repetition. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a wide stereo chorus on the lead. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding melodic lead and low-end weight, built on chromatic and shifting chords, leaving a tense and coiled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- upright bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 100
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- a ride-driven pattern
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- cinematic orchestral
- Harmonic instrument
- string section
- Harmonic style
- arpeggiated
- Lead instrument
- a string section
- Lead style
- building through repetition
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- triumphant
- Percussion
- hand percussion
- Rhythmic style
- half-time
- Snare
- clap-layered
- Sonic focus
- melodic lead
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a wide stereo chorus
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- subtle bitcrush
About this page
This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key are measured from the audio; instrumentation and production characteristics are classified against a fixed vocabulary. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes, and no lyrics from it are stored. The measurements and classifications are automated estimates, so use them as a starting point and trust your ears.
Planetary Records is not affiliated with Philip Glass. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.