Copyrighted Production Music
VHEX 04 Beijing 2008
VHEX04 Number of tracks：15 Track(s)
Introduction：A small selection of Asian-themed, larger-than-life, Olympic-ready custom cuts created expressly for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Label Name：VHEX
Album tracklist
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Holy shit, is someone proud in China or what? Starting with a Chinese stringed yangchin against a percussive bed (that exits the mix @:09), the cut begins a climbing, crescendoing orchestral climb with brass/strings, pounding toms, and ticking metallic percussion to :29, where a proud, full soaring brass melody makes even the most jaded listener emotionally turgid. Good for news opens, news on the Asian markets and Chinese sports.
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Based on (and varying very little) from "Bloviational" (Disc 35, cut 8), this cut starts with an atmospheric and mysterious bed of delayed metallic Chinese percussion/flute. The cut @:17 begins its climb to the full, overly-positive orchestral mix @:26, suggesting victory and that some overzealous Chinese flute player won't quit trying to solo. A hit-filled section @:59 features atmospheric, overly-reverbed flutes to heavy-handedly remind people we're trying to suggest an Asian feel.
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Okay, so to make this appropriate for the Olympics held in China, we took the track "I'll Be Happy Someday Soon" (Disc 35, cut 4), and replaced the orchestral strings/brass with erhus and the piano with harp-like guzhen. This cut tells the inspirational tale of a struggling athlete in the Chinese Olympics or of Taste of the Panda, a struggling Chinese restaurant on my corner, which is struggling because I keep changing the first 't' into a 'w'. Either way, this is a cut that builds in emotion and positivity until both halves end in warm, uplifting explosions of pride and progress.
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Expansive, proud and optimistic, this cut uses orchestra, a battery of orchestral percussion, Chinese bells and a Chinese stringed instrument called a yangchin, which provides a Chinese identity/undercurrent. Building throughout, the cut starts small and adds strings, horns and a fake-out pause @:29 before adding the brass-driven melodic theme @:31. Good for news opens or proud moments in Asian-oriented Olympics/sports.
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Remixed version of "Giving It All" (Disc 35, Cut 7), with a softer, more intimate mix and an atmospheric Chinese flute melody starting @:10 and :53. Good for suggesting growth and forward movement.
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Neutral-to-positive news open with a Chinese section. Muscular and percussive, this cut opens with a fanfare then evolves into staccato strings and orchestral percussion/toms that provide a teletype-esque background, suggesting movement, progress and news about Asian sports. A Chinese wind instrument (dizu) enters @:18 (and leaves @:46), providing a melodic, more human feel contrasting against the driving newsiness. Feels important and suggests that something big and positive is coming.
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Re-worked version of "Children Are The Future" (Disc 35, cut 6), creating an inspirational, positive cut that employs an erhu as a haunting lead instrument over guitars, percussion, processed drums, guzhen and a processed, child-like vocal loop. The first half is good for suggesting people of the world holding hands in peace - after :30 it gets slightly more mysterious and neutral, returning to the main, slightly happier theme @1:06.
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Positive news bed with Asian flavor. Originally started its life as the VH cut "Framing the Debate" (Disc 33, cut 42), now re-envisioned using erhu and harp-like zheng to create a pulsing, undercurrent of activity as Chinese wooden/metallic percussion and orchestral strings grow in tenor and positivity, climaxing @:29. Occasional melodic passages from a bansuri, and a Chinese flute (@:35, etc), further reinforce the Asian direction. @:32 a more neutral bed of percussion and string activity starts, climaxing @:51 and 1:06. Good for Asian-tinged news, light tension and suggesting progress.
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We removed the strings and orchestral percussion from the original and were left with lilting erhu, guzhens and other traditional Chinese instruments and percussion, creating an upbeat, flowing bed.
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Tired of overblown news opens? Your news team arthritic and/or easily spooked? Starting with a bed of strings and light, teletype-esque metal ticking, this cut feels like your standard network news theme played at half speed. @:09 a percussive hit/pause leads into a proud orchestral build featuring a brass-driven melody and slow, pounding timpani/toms. This determined, positive cut is good for climbing mountains, news, Olympics and watching plants grow. (Also: BG)
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A slow building news bed with the brass melody removed. Very subtle and understated in a good way.
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Expansive, proud and optimistic, this cut begins with a gong and a brooding swirling/swelling bed of brass and strings that gets more positive until it bursts into a full orchestral, mid-tempo pride-fest @:10 with happy winds, laid-back percussion, and an inspirational, call/answer brass melody that will bring tears to your eyes - especially if you've been maced. Fake-out climax @:29 is followed by a fuller, reiteration of the theme until :51 when the mix gets smaller again. Good for news opens, Olympics and slow-moving world events. (Also: BG)
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We removed the brass melody, leaving swirling beds of strings and brass behind steady, mid-tempo batteries of orchestral percussion.
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Stereotypical news music/bed with a hint of sports. A fanfare-like open leads to a newsy, movement-filled bed @:12 with pounding drums, staccato strings and melodic brass flourishes (@:46) suggesting local news or a montage of positive events. Tubular bells and an overzealous triangle player @1:00 suggest a news open (or Christmas, for the holiday-minded). Good as a bed for hard news, news magazines, sports news or news about news. (Also: BG)
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Looking for THE typical American news bed? The brass lead has now been removed, now allowing you to enjoy those kick-ass triangle solos unimpeded.
