Category : Composition and soundtrack

 You cats have gots to get a serious outro Rock legend, Sean Thompson is the lead guitarist from the heavy metal rock band, ‘Gods of Eden.’ Last year, Sean challenged the HOD about our soundtrack work and the lack of serious rock content.  The challenge was something to the effect of, ‘You cats have gots to get […]

 The top 50 The Leaderboard tracks our community’s financial and professional contributions to development. Each contribution is rewarded with points. Points entitle you to a slice of the pie from the sale of the work.  The foundation for a payout to team members for the sale or production of Sentient is based on who is in […]

 ‘My God, it’s full of stars’ Who can forget Stanley Kubrick’s immortal film ‘2001’ and Commander Dave’s famous last transmission from space? ‘My God it’s full of stars.’ The design of the alien lifeform in Sentient pays homage to and adds to the mythology of the monolith in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001. Run The last scene of the Australian […]

 Commission We tasked US based composer, David James Nielsen with exploring soundtrack concepts for the new Sci-fi TV series, Sentient. Image by Enric Andrian Gener Brief Like all life the, ‘Sentient’ start with water. With their metamorphosis complete they begin their human journey.  About the Composer David James Nielsen entered the musical world playing the piano, starting […]

  Collaboration UK based composer, Dale Sumner and Czech POP princess, Petra Caramela are both well known to the Sentient development community.  Petra created an alluring love song and performed it, ‘as if’ she were, ‘Kayla’, Lt. Commander Michael Dowd’s estranged wife, now possessed by an alien lifeform.  Dale created the haunting soundtrack for Petra’s work.  Like […]

 Haunting When the Sentient enter a space, they scan it. The waves cause materials to RESONATE thus creating that tell-tale, ‘Tibetan singing bowl’ style hum.  Commission Presence Global Entertainment tasked UK based composer, Dale Sumner to explore an alien, ‘first contact’ experience. The brief was simple, ‘Scare us.’ Imagine INT. BALMORAL. FAMILY HOME. LOUNGE – NIGHT Dowd leafs through a stack […]

 Commission Presence Global Entertainment tasked UK based composer, Dale Sumner to create a forty to sixty second soundtrack for the trailer of the new Sci-fi TV series, Sentient. Brief Application This is a trailer track. When do we hear this? It runs after the teaser entry to an episode and is accompanied by the credits. Segue The […]

 Commission We tasked Scotland UK based composer, Jeff Bernstein to explore soundtrack concepts for the new Sci-fi TV series, Sentient. Brief The Australian pilot features a character called Sam. Sam is an idiot-savant teenage girl. She doesn’t speak but her sensory perception and empathic ability is through the roof. Sam arrives at the very end […]

 Commission We tasked U.S. based composer, Aaron Latina, to explore soundtrack concepts for the new Sci-fi TV series, Sentient. Brief When the Sentient enter a room they scan it. The scan causes metallic objects to resonate. The resonance sounds just like the hum of a Tibetan Singing Bowl.  Their presence is a little creepy and […]

 Composers of the Journey are talented individuals from all over the world. We invited a few of them to share their process and experiences. By European correspondent, Elizabeth Leigh Meet the beat Finding, ‘The in’ It’s no easy job to get a gig. Here’s a few tips. Evan Buist’s approach is to be a jack of […]