The Last Signal
Short Film · Production · Co-Director
RDAPJW
Project settings

Music

A theme belongs to a character or an idea and returns whenever they do. Scene-level intensity shapes how it is performed.

Themes
Maya's theme
Attached to Character — Maya Chen
Instruments
Solo piano + cello
Mood
Lonely, unresolved
Tempo
58 BPM
Motif
Descending four-note figure
Aurora Station
Attached to Location — Aurora Station
Instruments
Bowed metal, sub drone
Mood
Vast, indifferent
Tempo
Free
Motif
Sustained fifth
Countdown
Attached to Project
Instruments
Prepared piano, pulse
Mood
Mounting
Tempo
72 BPM
Motif
Repeated single note
Scene cues
1. Seventy-two hoursIntensity 20/10

Low sustained strings

In: 00:00 · Out: 00:46 · None
2. Routine checkIntensity 15/10

Sparse piano

In: 00:12 · Out: 01:03 · Slow
3. The transmissionIntensity 30/10

Minimal piano + low strings

In: 00:12 · Out: 01:03 · Slow
4. Eriksen doesn't believe herIntensity 0/10

None — room tone only

In: · Out: · None
5. The archiveIntensity 55/10

Detuned cello swell

In: 00:31 · Out: 01:36 · Fast
6. Three days from nowIntensity 80/10

Full string theme — Maya's motif

In: 00:00 · Out: 01:04 · Slow