Untitled #8, 2004 from Josh Azzarella on Vimeo.
The Disquiet Junto this week involved composing a soundtrack for the video by Josh Azzarella shown above. This piece is
part of the permanent collection of the San Jose Museum of Art in San Jose, California. This Disquiet Junto project is the result of an invitation by the Museum for me to develop a sound installation to be displayed on its second floor from October 2014 through February 2015. Tracks submitted to this project will be considered for inclusion in that installation.
I used my MIDI guitar to capture the notes and made a few edits before experimenting with different VST synths. I settled on Lokomotiv again, which was used last week, then added effects including reverb and EQ with further reverb and EQ on a bus. You can see some of the effects in the screenshot above.
It was written and recorded with a view to being looped, like the video, but it jumps an octave and an abrupt start didn't feel right.
P.S. Below is an edit of the video with my soundtrack.