Happy Monday; immerse your workday and soundscape in Severance

To aid in your professional merriment, here’s a complete round-up of Severance stuff, from behind-the-scenes discussion of the show’s sound design and score to an eight-hour mix of “music to refine to.”|

Premiere: Vexillary’s “Animalic” 3D music video channels Alien, Venom

Your music video break begins now. From New York’s Vexillary and 3D artist Leo Andrade (genre: “Cyber Horror”) comes a music video channeling Alien and Venom to imagine a dark sci-fi world for this driving techno-pop anthem. Let’s watch:

Peter Kirn - November 15, 2023

Someone recreated the Star Wars theme entirely in Logic Pro and sample libraries

It’s exactly as you might expect: sample libraries are at the point of being able to convincingly recreate entire symphony orchestras, close to original recordings. Composer Simon Passmore has done that with Star Wars and Apple’s Logic Pro.

Peter Kirn - January 2, 2023

Artist uses AI to perfectly fake 70s science fiction pulp covers – artwork and titles

Peter Kirn - February 7, 2022

Xanadu is a meta-metaverse DIY show hosted by a blue alien made in Unreal Engine

Peter Kirn - July 9, 2021

Behind the scenes of a sci-fi 3D music video, as Defasten takes us deep into Notch

Peter Kirn - February 22, 2021

An open call for a compilation of 20-second hand-washing music, and more great choices

Peter Kirn - March 12, 2020

Watch Elsa Garmire’s pioneering laser show from 1972 – futuristic and expressive even now

Peter Kirn - February 6, 2020

Kijimi, key planet in new Star Wars flick, is named after the synthesizer

Peter Kirn - December 21, 2019

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