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Written as my final project during the film scoring intensive at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana during the summer of 2023. This cue, written to a scene from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, won the "best original score" prize, given to one piece at the culmination of the program.
The scene shows the evolution of humanity from monkey-like proto humans to explorers of space. One pre human discovers tool-making in the act of beating another to death with a bone. As the bone, tossed into the air in triumph becomes an orbiting spacecraft, it's implied that progress comes at a cost.
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released August 30, 2023
Composer - Jackson Spargur
Performers - Orchestra Della Toscana
Engineers - Marco Streccioni, Tim Starnes, Mattia Cella
Mix - Tim Starnes, Jackson Spargur
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