[NEW INTEL] EREBUS' Score - Songs from Chaos - Part III - HAZEL HO
The third composer is Hazel Ho, a musician from Singapore, who graduated Summa Cum Laude in Contemporary Writing and Production from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in 2023. The heart of her art lies in live instruments, with rather avant-garde jazz inspirations.
For UNYIELDER and TrueWorld Studios, she stepped away from her usual genre to draw inspirations from rock, metal, and distorted, glitchy production techniques, perhaps marking a new era for Hazel Ho. She handled the themes for SKINNER and PRETENDER. She drew from the roots of Andalusian music to bring her melody: “I was diving into the flamenco genre for SKINNER's theme, so the first few iterations were very flamenco-driven. Imagine: Cajon, castanets, flamenco Guitar, orchestral elements, with Andalusian cadences. No rock or metal elements yet. The reactions were hilarious - the meeting room burst into laughter over this direction for SKINNER (in a good way!), and people were even starting to think about adding cactuses in the arena. I later on added those rock/metal elements to up the aggressiveness! PRETENDER's track has a touch of a bassline in 5/8 in one section that I love! Can't help myself with odd meters sometimes! Also, this entire track is a big step into the production realm for me personally!”
And that’s all from our maestros of chaos! Stay tuned for our next instalment as we speak to the sound designers of Pitstop - the ones who created the satisfying rat-at-tats of the guns!
For UNYIELDER and TrueWorld Studios, she stepped away from her usual genre to draw inspirations from rock, metal, and distorted, glitchy production techniques, perhaps marking a new era for Hazel Ho. She handled the themes for SKINNER and PRETENDER. She drew from the roots of Andalusian music to bring her melody: “I was diving into the flamenco genre for SKINNER's theme, so the first few iterations were very flamenco-driven. Imagine: Cajon, castanets, flamenco Guitar, orchestral elements, with Andalusian cadences. No rock or metal elements yet. The reactions were hilarious - the meeting room burst into laughter over this direction for SKINNER (in a good way!), and people were even starting to think about adding cactuses in the arena. I later on added those rock/metal elements to up the aggressiveness! PRETENDER's track has a touch of a bassline in 5/8 in one section that I love! Can't help myself with odd meters sometimes! Also, this entire track is a big step into the production realm for me personally!”
And that’s all from our maestros of chaos! Stay tuned for our next instalment as we speak to the sound designers of Pitstop - the ones who created the satisfying rat-at-tats of the guns!