One of the ideas from the original Storyworld Bible for this project was that of invoking magic realism in the installation. Music can be a big part of this. I immediately thought of the film Amelie, not only as a great example of magic realism in film, but because I loved the Satie-like version of Amelie’s valse in the soundtrack.

I’ve always loved Satie. He’s the original rebel and the grandfather of experimentalism. A dropout of the Paris Conservatoire, he played piano in cafes for a living and wrote music that is so simple but has such a distinct voice. Here’s the Satie piece you all know that Yann Tiersen is imitating in the above version of the valse:

So I’ve been working on some 3/4 chords and a melody which will be for the Gun Room where the theme is “family”.

More to come soon.