Survival Instincts
Drama scores for unscripted TV, the eternal struggle between humankind and nature, danger awaits (MOPM-095)
Wilderness survival shows continue to draw in audiences season after season, decade after decade. While we watch from the comfort of our homes or phones, contestants embody the most basic of human struggles: survival. But you need more than a GoPro to create truly compelling reality television.
Survival Instincts (MOPM-095) is a percussive, pulsating soundtrack for reality TV that amplifies every drop of the on-screen drama. From self-documenting survivalists to alliances held together by lies and ulterior motives, our composer team for this album — Sam Ecoff, David Schoepke, Emerson Booth, Brandon Mathieus and Isabella Nichols — has created a tapestry of tense and dynamic sounds to score every stage of the competition.
This album features flavors of marimba, hand percussion, wooden flutes, orchestral strings, and taiko drums to match the pacing of each episode, with multiple tracks on the record sharing key, tempo, and feel to easily edit together in a cohesive soundtrack for an entire series.
Beyond the clear applications in shows Alone, Survivor, or anything with Bear Gryllis, Survival Instincts also has enough cinematic character to work in nature documentaries or a fantasy series like Game of Thrones. With a soundtrack this immersive, you could get lost in a corn maze with nothing but a GoPro and it’d still be bingeable TV.
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