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First Contact

First Contact

STYE599 · dark Electro-cinematic Underscore · Gabriel Johan David Oberg
A mysterious, haunting fusion of industrial electronic music, film score, ambient textures, distorted beats and orchestral elements. Reminiscent of the soundtrack to the popular TV shows "Billions" and "13 reasons why" as well as films such as Arrival. Dark, moody, haunting, emotional, somber underscores.
Cues10
ReleasedAug 2018

Tracks

10 main mixes
Visual Snow
STYE599 · First Contact · Gabriel Johan David Oberg
3:34·121 bpm·B·3 versions
Underscore, Chillstep13 Reasongs Why, Arrival, Billions

A mid-tempo chillstep underscore at 121 BPM in a bright but unsettled B major, pairing a soft piano figure with processed beats and atmospheric FX. The major-key lift keeps it hopeful under the murk, suiting sequences where a character starts to see clearly after a long stretch of confusion.

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3:34
VHS Window
STYE599 · First Contact · Gabriel Johan David Oberg
3:43·116 bpm·C#m·4 versions
Underscore, Chillstep13 Reasongs Why, Arrival, Billions

At 116 BPM in C# minor this is the album's most percussive cue, with orchestral drums pushing under a synth arpeggio and distorted electronic beat. No piano to soften it, so it reads as forward motion with menace — good for surveillance, pursuit or a case-file build.

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3:43
Cassette Particle
STYE599 · First Contact · Gabriel Johan David Oberg
3:27·87 bpm·Am·4 versions
Underscore, Chillstep13 Reasongs Why, Arrival, Billions

The slowest and most fragile piece here at 87 BPM in A minor, built on piano, arpeggiated synth and wordless female vocal and chant textures floating over a restrained beat. The human voice makes it the album's emotional centre — for grief, memory or a first-contact awe moment.

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3:27
Discovering Colors
STYE599 · First Contact · Gabriel Johan David Oberg
3:28·107 bpm·D·4 versions
Underscore, Chillstep13 Reasongs Why, Arrival, Billions

107 BPM in D major, warmer and more optimistic than its neighbours, with piano over an arpeggiated synth pulse and treated vocal FX drifting through the mix. Suits a discovery beat — data resolving into meaning, a landscape opening up, a slow turn toward hope.

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3:28
Red Green Blue
STYE599 · First Contact · Gabriel Johan David Oberg
3:34·103 bpm·Fm·4 versions
Underscore, Chillstep13 Reasongs Why, Arrival, Billions

103 BPM in F minor with audible distortion on the beat and bass, the grittiest and most industrial of the mid-tempo cues while piano and arpeggio keep a melancholy thread. Works where the tone needs to be bleak and mechanical rather than sad.

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3:34
Only Now
STYE599 · First Contact · Gabriel Johan David Oberg
3:14·145 bpm·Fm·6 versions
Underscore, Chillstep13 Reasongs Why, Arrival, Billions

A fast 145 BPM drive in F minor, the same dark key as "Red Green Blue" but urgent instead of grinding, with piano, arpeggio and wordless female vocal riding a hard electronic beat. Its 3:13 length and constant push make it a clean fit for high-adrenaline cutting.

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3:14
The View From Here
STYE599 · First Contact · Gabriel Johan David Oberg
3:22·147 bpm·B flat·4 versions
Underscore, Chillstep13 Reasongs Why, Arrival, Billions

147 BPM and the quickest cue on the album, in B flat major so the energy comes out expansive rather than threatening — piano and synth arpeggio over a driving programmed beat. Best on aerials, ascent and wide-vista footage that needs speed with uplift.

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3:22
Pulsating City
STYE599 · First Contact · Gabriel Johan David Oberg
3:15·144 bpm·Em·4 versions
Underscore, Chillstep13 Reasongs Why, Arrival, Billions

144 BPM in E minor, a nocturnal city pulse of arpeggiated synth, piano and insistent electronic beat with atmospheric FX washes. Cut for night-drive and skyline time-lapse, or a high-stakes financial-drama sequence where the pressure never lets up.

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3:15
Love Blind
STYE599 · First Contact · Gabriel Johan David Oberg
3:05·110 bpm·F·2 versions
Underscore, Chillstep13 Reasongs Why, Arrival, Billions

110 BPM in F major and the only cue here scored with strings, which lift the piano and synth arpeggio into something closer to a film-score love theme under the electronic beat. Its short 3:05 run and warmer palette suit tender scenes that still sit inside a dark series.

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3:05
Ego Smog
STYE599 · First Contact · Gabriel Johan David Oberg
3:18·131 bpm·Cm·4 versions
Underscore, Chillstep13 Reasongs Why, Arrival, Billions

131 BPM in C minor, distinguished by electric piano instead of acoustic, giving a smoky noir tint to the arpeggio and processed beat. Moody and mid-to-upper tempo — good for a morally compromised character, a boardroom power play or a smog-hung cityscape.

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3:18

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