The Riots A Distraction Commentary
[Spoken]
For track 1, "The riot's a distraction", it's essentially a cue where Kane and the rest of the team are trying to abduct Pike. This is one of our typically driving percussive cues. Jason Rothenberg, the showrunner is very fond of keeping the motor running and ratcheting up the tension as we go. So we're shifting meters from seven-eight to straight time through-out. There's some odd meter changes to accommodate picture cuts along the way as well. You hear battle drums, an Egyptian oud, which is a string instrument that I play a lot of throughout the series. A Persian daf, which is just like a frame drum with rings that give you this great over-tone. I play a lot that as well throughout the series. And then I'm playing some chunking kind metal guitar chords underneath, it helps, I think a lot with these action sequences. So I thought it was kind of fun to come right out of the gate here with something of a little high energy.