Powers of Ten + Chicane…
…equals AWESOME. (Unbiased opinion from me, even though I made this.)
This is the core of the short film Powers of Ten (1977) by Charles and Ray Eames. I cut the opening titles and end credits in order to have a nicely-framed union with the music (i.e., neither extend beyond the other’s boundaries except to the closing title card). Other than trimming it and a slight fade-in at the beginning, no other edits were performed; no change to the tempo/frame rate, etc. (Despite appearances, I manipulated the music, not the other way around). The original audio of the film was removed which consisted of narration and some rather dated music. Please see the original film (copies are available elsewhere on YouTube) as it describes much of what you are seeing and (at the extremes in particular) probably not taking in unless you are well-versed in multiple science disciplines.
The music is a somewhat expanded mix of Empires by electronic artist Chicane (aka Nick Bracegirdle). I extended the track in several spots to get it to fall on the visual cues (e.g., it goes down-tempo as the pull-back winds down, etc.). I’m new at this so there are a few noticeable splices in the mix where I built bridges out of scraps sampled from elsewhere in the original track, but there are a couple spots where I hear splices in the original recording, and these are in areas that I didn’t even touch, so good luck guessing which are mine if you’ve never heard this piece before.
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