Different Trains: America-Before the war by Steve Reich
Different Trains: America-Before the war by Steve Reich runs at 125 BPM in the key of F minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 125 BPM
- Key
- F minor
- Length
- 8:59
- Genre
- cinematic orchestral
- Mood
- hypnotic
- Vocals
- Instrumental
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The prompt
A hypnotic cinematic orchestral track with driving energy and a motorik feel at 125 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a tight and dry snare and sparse dark cymbals. String section carries the harmony, swelling and cinematic. The arrangement follows through-composed. A string section leads, building through repetition. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay 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
- electric bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 125
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- sparse dark cymbals
- Energy
- driving
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- cinematic orchestral
- Harmonic instrument
- string section
- Harmonic style
- swelling and cinematic
- Lead instrument
- a string section
- Lead style
- building through repetition
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- hypnotic
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- motorik
- Snare
- tight and dry
- Sonic focus
- melodic lead
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- through-composed
- Textural detail
- subtle bitcrush
About this page
This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key use acoustic measurement; descriptor claims use the commercially cleared classifier recorded with this analysis. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes. This page does not reproduce its lyrics. This analysis has not been checked by a person. Tempo, key, and genre come straight from the software, so treat them as a starting point and trust your ears.
Planetary Records is not affiliated with Steve Reich. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.