Other Frank Van Essen
Iron Man action cue

This is an action cue I wrote for Berklee Uni - Composing for Film & TV.
It is all about tension - rhythmic, harmonic, melodic - no more beautiful triads but lots of dissonant minor 2nds and tritones (augmented 4ths). Uneven meters all over the place - 11/8, 5/8, 7/8 and an occasional 4/4 and 6/8.
A cue like this is very complicated to make, it took me many hours to write and orchestrate this, but it is only just over 1 minute long...