Uploaded November 2018 | Updated September 2026, 37 minutes ago
This snippet from "The Arctic & Antarctica" film is all about the journey to the frozen lands. I tried to put different feelings into this this soundtrack. Of course, the obvious one is the anticipation of seeing the snowy world but I also added the melancholy of leaving your home. It turned to be a fusion of Latin jazz and some French vibes with a bit odd mixture of instruments. Cajon drives the adventurous rhythm, occasional sci-fi synths underscore the dangerous waters on the way to the alien lands, a bass guitar and an accordion add a bit of sweet nostalgia and a saxophone sings "Sailing Tango" of the epic journey.
You might've paid attention that all the soundtracks got musical-themed titles - it, actually, was intentional as this film doesn't have any narration but is very musical instead. So, it is opened with "Frozen Song", followed by "Icicles Staccato", "Sailing Tango", "Penguins Swing", "Misty Ballad", "Birds Blues", "Seals Rag", "Wind Elegy", Underwater Nocturne", "Exotic Vocalizzo", "Icy Requiem" and ends up with "Farewell Groove".
If you missed the first snippets, below is a copy of what these snippets are all about ;-)
Coming this Saturday! The soundtrack album for the first documentary that I scored. The film was directed and produced by our friend, Liss Ross, who visited both frozen lands: Arctic and Antarctica.
arcticantarcticafilm.com
Nature themes can be heard in my music quite often, yet it was intriguing and challenging to write music about the Arctic and Antarctica – places I’ve never been to myself. What music could suit those frozen deserts? Ambient, haunting and cold are the first epithets coming to one’s mind, yet this relatively short film was packed with different, often contrasting moods. Of course, there was a place for the haunting and ambient atmosphere but it was so much more: the adventurous journey, playful encounters, diving into mysterious deeps, edgy life-threatening situations and a sweet nostalgia when it was the time to bid farewell.
These were the scenes and the moods I aimed at writing the music for: different emotions, different styles, different instruments – the whole world of music coming together to meet at the Earth poles. There was a soaring vocal ballad inviting you to the Arctic and Antarctica. There was a Latin tango of the journey to those distant lands, driven by ethnic percussion, groovy bass, sweet accordion and a singing sax. There was a humorous swing and rag with tribal ethnic drums, percussion and... tuba! Tuba always sounds a bit funny and cartoon-ish to my ears – so were the penguins and seals, playful and clumsy. There was a dark mysterious ambient synth taking you to the freezing underwater. There was a tribal vocalization, primeval and shamanistic, and there was an ethereal elegy with an exotic eastern touch. A song and a tango, a swing and a blues, a groove and a rag, a ballad and an elegy, a nocturne and a requiem – all those were inspired by watching Liss’s film.
These days with the permission of Liss I am posting some snippets from the film, accompanied by the music I composed for it. I hope you will be inspired as much by watching and listening to it!
The album is available for preorder with the immediate download of the main theme song:
Bandcamp: milana.bandcamp.com/album/the-arctic-antarctica
iTunes: itunes.apple.com/album/the-arctic-antarctica-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1397137281
Amazon: amazon.com/gp/product/B07DMRVF2X
This snippet from "The Arctic & Antarctica" film is all about the journey to the frozen lands. I tried to put different feelings into this this soundtrack. Of course, the obvious one is the anticipation of seeing the snowy world but I also added the melancholy of leaving your home. It turned to be a fusion of Latin jazz and some French vibes with a bit odd mixture of instruments. Cajon drives the adventurous rhythm, occasional sci-fi synths underscore the dangerous waters on the way to the alien lands, a bass guitar and an accordion add a bit of sweet nostalgia and a saxophone sings "Sailing Tango" of the epic journey.
You might've paid attention that all the soundtracks got musical-themed titles - it, actually, was intentional as this film doesn't have any narration but is very musical instead. So, it is opened with "Frozen Song", followed by "Icicles Staccato", "Sailing Tango", "Penguins Swing", "Misty Ballad", "Birds Blues", "Seals Rag", "Wind Elegy", Underwater Nocturne", "Exotic Vocalizzo", "Icy Requiem" and ends up with "Farewell Groove".
If you missed the first snippets, below is a copy of what these snippets are all about ;-)
Coming this Saturday! The soundtrack album for the first documentary that I scored. The film was directed and produced by our friend, Liss Ross, who visited both frozen lands: Arctic and Antarctica.
arcticantarcticafilm.com
Nature themes can be heard in my music quite often, yet it was intriguing and challenging to write music about the Arctic and Antarctica – places I’ve never been to myself. What music could suit those frozen deserts? Ambient, haunting and cold are the first epithets coming to one’s mind, yet this relatively short film was packed with different, often contrasting moods. Of course, there was a place for the haunting and ambient atmosphere but it was so much more: the adventurous journey, playful encounters, diving into mysterious deeps, edgy life-threatening situations and a sweet nostalgia when it was the time to bid farewell.
These were the scenes and the moods I aimed at writing the music for: different emotions, different styles, different instruments – the whole world of music coming together to meet at the Earth poles. There was a soaring vocal ballad inviting you to the Arctic and Antarctica. There was a Latin tango of the journey to those distant lands, driven by ethnic percussion, groovy bass, sweet accordion and a singing sax. There was a humorous swing and rag with tribal ethnic drums, percussion and... tuba! Tuba always sounds a bit funny and cartoon-ish to my ears – so were the penguins and seals, playful and clumsy. There was a dark mysterious ambient synth taking you to the freezing underwater. There was a tribal vocalization, primeval and shamanistic, and there was an ethereal elegy with an exotic eastern touch. A song and a tango, a swing and a blues, a groove and a rag, a ballad and an elegy, a nocturne and a requiem – all those were inspired by watching Liss’s film.
These days with the permission of Liss I am posting some snippets from the film, accompanied by the music I composed for it. I hope you will be inspired as much by watching and listening to it!
The album is available for preorder with the immediate download of the main theme song:
Bandcamp: milana.bandcamp.com/album/the-arctic-antarctica
iTunes: itunes.apple.com/album/the-arctic-antarctica-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1397137281
Amazon: amazon.com/gp/product/B07DMRVF2X
