Re: Chase scene formula

There are several different formulas for chase scene music. Below is a common formula. Attached is one I wrote. And at 7:47 in the link below is one that Hans Zimmer wrote for a video game, Modern Warfare 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG3fL1jF-vY

• Set metronome at 130-150
• Start with percussion ostinato using 16th notes.
• Use high, low and medium percussion pitches, but avoid too many lows, as they can conflict with sound effects in the film, like explosions
• 4/4 rhythm, but occasionally throw in odd meter measures
• Use lots of offbeat accents
• Mimic rhythm with a string ostinato, starting with violas playing 16th notes
• Use minor keys or ambiguous keys which avoid thirds
• Layer in slower moving themes in horns and strings
• Use brass in melody or chords. Rising fifths work well too.
• Use dissonant harmonies, but nothing complicated. E.g., use tritones
• Use note clusters (close harmonies)
• No woodwinds
• Insert a break where everything but drums drop out. The drums never stop.

GreTi was chef more yesterday and heard viola