The brightest cue on the set: a 107bpm D major western shuffle with acoustic guitar, walking bass, light drum kit and a flute line carrying the melody over the top. Playful and forward-moving rather than wistful, it suits open-road and open-range footage where the tone is warm and unhurried.
A slow 61bpm A minor sketch for acoustic guitar with slide and lap steel drifting above it, sparse enough that the tension in it reads as heat and distance rather than threat. Short at under two minutes and largely unresolved, it works as a pensive desert bed under narration.
The fullest of the slow cues: 70bpm in A minor with acoustic guitar, slide and lap steel over bass and drums, giving the blues shape a steady pulse. At three minutes it has room to build dramatic weight, suiting scenes of loss or long labour on the land.
Faster on paper at 115bpm but scored only for acoustic guitar with slide and lap steel and no rhythm section, so the motion comes from picking rather than drums. Tagged moody, somber and reflective, it fits wide melancholy vistas and quiet emotional beats.
The comic outlier: a 90bpm country-leaning strut in A flat led by slide and lap steel over bass and drums, quirky and lighthearted where the rest of the set is wistful. Two minutes of grinning saloon character music for mishaps and misfits.