Computer Game "Theme from The Circus" by Yellow Magic Orchestra
Computer Game "Theme from The Circus" by Yellow Magic Orchestra runs at 120 BPM in the key of B minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 120 BPM
- Key
- B minor
- Length
- 1:47
- Genre
- synth-pop
- Mood
- restless
- Vocals
- Instrumental
The prompt
A restless synth-pop track blending techno with explosive energy and a broken-beat feel at 120 BPM. The low end is analog synth bass playing root-note anchored, under a programmed drum machine with a tight and dry snare and tight closed hats. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, rhythmic stabs. The arrangement follows a slow linear build. A lead synth leads, building through repetition. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a slapback delay on the lead. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding melodic lead and low-end weight, built on chromatic and shifting chords, leaving a tense and coiled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- analog synth bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 120
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- tight closed hats
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- synth-pop
- Second genre
- techno
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- rhythmic stabs
- Lead instrument
- a lead synth
- Lead style
- building through repetition
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- restless
- Percussion
- a programmed drum machine
- Rhythmic style
- broken-beat
- Snare
- tight and dry
- Sonic focus
- melodic lead
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- a slow linear build
- Textural detail
- subtle bitcrush
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