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 for Suno without naming the record.
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.
Measured
- Tempo
- 100 BPM
- Key
- D# major
- Length
- 14:56
- Genre
- cinematic orchestral
- Mood
- triumphant
- Vocals
- Instrumental
Suno 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.
Planetary Records is not affiliated with Philip Glass. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.