The Phantom Pursuit

The wacky adventures of Inspector Looso - New Fetchflix TV Show

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The Phantom is a white collar criminal that Inspector Looso has been following for weeks across the country to find his link with other financial criminals. Even though Inspector Looso installed a twin turbo on his engine, his 1969 Citroen 2CV is no more than a wreck with four donkeys running on cheap scotch under the hood. This morning the Phantom is driving his sumptuous 1939 Lancia Astura specially designed by Pininfarina to go see his partner in crime Maximilian Moneybags. Looso is flooring the accelerator in order to keep up with the Lancia Astura in the twisty roads. However, the road holding of the 2CV is as good as a sandal on a banana peel and thus Looso ends his chase in the ditch with the wheels up and the morale down. What are The Phantom and Mr. Moneybags up to anyway? For sure, Inspector Looso’s boss will not be happy after this new goof.

“This story is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental.”

Music: Syrel
Photography: Syrel, 1939 Lancia Astura shot at the Museo Automovilístico de Málaga 2024

Musical Notes: In scientific research & development borrowing from one author is called plagiarism but borrowing from a dozen is called research LOL. You may recognize at some places The Planets, (Mercury) by Gustav Holst, The Love for 3 Oranges and Lieutenant Kijé by Sergey Prokofiev, Raiders of the Lost Ark by John Williams, The Forest by Bernard Herrmann and probably many others that I do not remember. In DAW we trust.

Very awesome piece and tones of awesome ideas in such a short time.

With the rythm idea starting around 0:36 It seems to come out of no where.

Instead of adding an entirly new idea which the listner needs to adjust to try to use a more transformativ approach by using earlier ideas, 

For example the rythmic idea at around 0:36 could have been "hidden" in the introduction that way it seems more familiar when it is introduced. 

Also I think the idea perhaps in the clarinet in the start is repeated at least 3 times in the same instrumentation?

I am not an orchestration profesional so take it with a grain of salt but perhaps for each repetition change the instrumentation so we get a new sound color for each repetition.

Just an idea. Or perhaps in a question/answer way so first time Clarinet then perhaps English horn then back to Clarinet(maybe an other transpoed clarinet? for slight varity in effect?)

Before the 0:36 perhaps the build up could be a orchestral tutti hit could add a more powerful effect?

Also from quick analysis each instrumentation seems to have each independent roles but what if they sometimes took over eachothers ideas sort of somtimes? Of course not over doing it but it could be used for a "suprise or excitement effect" as it may be predictable long term for the listner to guess what the instrument will do.

 Also for the rythmic idea at 0:36 before changing to arco you could introduce the snare drum a few bars before that way it may blend the transitions a bit.

I also feel like the rythmic idea which i seem to mention quite a lot xD is that some way it may be beneficial to always think in transformativ ways for example Romantic composers like Brahms when ever he introduce an idea it is transformed even at second repetition(for example his piano concerto no2 is what i have in mind)

This could make it more livly in terms of instrumentation rather than a still way if that make sense.

Overall I think you are very far in the composing journey and are really good at making complex ideas very interesting and expressing a complex harmonic ideas.

Very interseting and suspsenful piece.

Thank you so much Bjarke for the kind words.

I agree with you and I understand why you were unsettled. This soundtrack was made like a movie trailer soundtrack where a lot needs to be said in a short time to capture the spectator while using a John Williams style. It follows a screenplay where the first 36 seconds shows the bad guy (The Phantom), personified by the clarinet, reaching to his fabulous vintage car in his garage and then drive at high speed to the remotely opened gate of his estate. At 0:36 Inspector Looso that was hiding in the forest close to the gate starts chasing The Phantom with his Citroen 2CV in the twisty roads of Lake Como as if he was Indiana Jones chasing for the lost diamond of whatever. At 1:09 Looso lose control of his scrafty car, fall in the ditch and the wheels are free wheeling while the car is upside down. At 1:22 The Phantom is not chased anymore and run free to his meeting with Mr. Moneybags leaving Inspector Looso in the ditch at 1:31.

In this concept the clarinet represents the Phantom, The piano theme represents Inspector Looso and the theme borrowed from Luke Skywalker in Star War represents Looso’s youth dreams of being a space soldier (as described in “Inspector Looso's First Investigation”).

The last two themes in this music are a developments of themes used in my orchestral series called “The Wacky Adventures of Inspector Looso”, which you can appreciate on SoundCloud.

I want to thank you for your constructive and valid comments. I will try to apply your recommendations.

In DAW I trust

Syrel