Music for a Large Ensemble by Steve Reich
Music for a Large Ensemble by Steve Reich runs at 74 BPM in the key of F minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 74 BPM
- Key
- F minor
- Length
- 14:51
- Genre
- cinematic orchestral
- Mood
- wistful
- Vocals
- Instrumental
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The prompt
A wistful cinematic orchestral track with high energy and a half-time feel at 74 BPM. The low end is upright bass playing root-note anchored, under minimal electronic percussion with a clap-layered snare and sparse dark cymbals. Grand piano carries the harmony, arpeggiated. The arrangement follows a slow linear build. A grand piano leads, building through repetition. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a short room reverb on the lead. Mixed in a clean and spacious style, foregrounding percussive detail and melodic lead, built on lush ninth and eleventh 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
- 74
- Chords
- lush ninth and eleventh
- Cymbals
- sparse dark cymbals
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- cinematic orchestral
- Harmonic instrument
- grand piano
- Harmonic style
- arpeggiated
- Lead instrument
- a grand piano
- Lead style
- building through repetition
- Mixing style
- clean and spacious
- Mood
- wistful
- Percussion
- minimal electronic percussion
- Rhythmic style
- half-time
- Snare
- clap-layered
- Sonic focus
- percussive detail
- Secondary focus
- melodic lead
- Space
- a short room reverb
- Structure
- a slow linear build
- 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.