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Potions & Pills

Potions & Pills

STYE729 · Noir Magical Fantasy Orchestral Score · Jean Marc Patrick Yee
Potions & Pills is an animated orchestral fantasy magical album that's inspired by the imaginative quirkiness of Tim Burton films. A touch of film noir for that vintage fantasy sound! Composed by the extremely talented Jean-Marc Yee.
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ReleasedDec 2020

Tracks

10 main mixes
Escapades
STYE729 · Potions & Pills · Jean Marc Patrick Yee
2:25·160 bpm·C·1 versions
Orchestral, Film ScoreAnimation, Noir, Playful

A 160bpm C major chase in full orchestral animation style, with scurrying strings, punched brass accents, orchestral drums and a theremin gliding over the top for a vintage spooky-fantasy flavour. Bright and mischievous rather than threatening, it runs a fast two and a half minutes and lands cleanly.

OrchestralFilm ScoreTrailerFantasyAnimationNoirPlayfulTim BurtonUpbeatMagicalStringsBrassOrchestral DrumsTheremin
2:25
Suburban Bliss
STYE729 · Potions & Pills · Jean Marc Patrick Yee
2:15·130 bpm·C·1 versions
Orchestral, Film ScoreAnimation, Comedy, Noir

Comic mid-fast orchestral cue in C major at 130bpm, pairing pizzicato-leaning strings and cheeky brass stabs with theremin for an off-kilter picture-postcard suburbia. Whimsical and tongue-in-cheek, ideal for scenes where an ordinary neighbourhood hides something odd.

OrchestralFilm ScoreTrailerFantasyAnimationComedyNoirPlayfulQuirkyMid TempoMagicalTim BurtonWhimsicalStringsBrass
2:15
Sly Fox
STYE729 · Potions & Pills · Jean Marc Patrick Yee
2:10·80 bpm·C·1 versions
Orchestral, Film ScoreAnimation, Noir, Playful

A slinking 80bpm C major sneak cue where flute and harp trace a curious melody over low strings and soft orchestral drums, brass punctuating the scheming. Playful noir tiptoe music for a character plotting something they shouldn't.

OrchestralFilm ScoreTrailerFantasyAnimationNoirPlayfulTim BurtonMid TempoMagicalStringsBrassOrchestral DrumsFlute
2:10
Potions And Pills
STYE729 · Potions & Pills · Jean Marc Patrick Yee
2:16·160 bpm·Cm·1 versions
Orchestral, Film ScoreAnimation, Noir, Playful

The title cue: 160bpm in C minor, driven by piano figures and racing strings with a wordless choir adding a storybook-gothic weight. Quirky and dark at once, it works as the album's signature spell-brewing set piece.

OrchestralFilm ScoreTrailerFantasyAnimationNoirPlayfulQuirkyTim BurtonMid TempoMagicalChoirPianoStrings
2:16
Shadow Puppets
STYE729 · Potions & Pills · Jean Marc Patrick Yee
3:29·80 bpm·Am·1 versions
Orchestral, Film ScoreAnimation, Mysterious, Noir

The longest of the slow cues at 3:29, an A minor 80bpm piece where choir, strings and woodwinds move over timpani and orchestral drums with a mysterious, faintly romantic pull. Suits a tender but shadowed moment between two odd characters, with room to build across its length.

OrchestralFilm ScoreTrailerFantasyAnimationMysteriousNoirRomanticTim BurtonMid TempoMagicalChoirStringsWoodwindsTimpani
3:29
Picket Fences
STYE729 · Potions & Pills · Jean Marc Patrick Yee
2:32·65 bpm·C·1 versions
Orchestral, Film ScoreAnimation, Noir, Playful

Slow and deliberate at 65bpm in C major, with woodwinds and a lone trumpet peeking over careful strings and light orchestral drums. Quirky picture-perfect Americana with a noir shadow behind it — good for slow reveals and deadpan comic timing.

OrchestralFilm ScoreTrailerFantasyAnimationNoirPlayfulQuirkyTim BurtonMid TempoMagicalStringsWoodwindsTrumpetOrchestral Drums
2:32
Hexes
STYE729 · Potions & Pills · Jean Marc Patrick Yee
2:56·70 bpm·Cm·1 versions
Orchestral, Film ScoreAnimation, Haunting, Mysterious

Haunting 70bpm C minor cue built on wordless choir, dark strings, woodwinds and sparse percussion, holding an uneasy mystery for nearly three minutes. Curse-and-incantation music that stays creepy without tipping into horror.

OrchestralFilm ScoreTrailerFantasyAnimationHauntingMysteriousNoirQuirkyMid TempoMagicalTim BurtonChoirStringsWoodwinds
2:56
Ordinary Wonders
STYE729 · Potions & Pills · Jean Marc Patrick Yee
2:26·70 bpm·Gm·1 versions
Orchestral, Film ScoreAnimation, Noir, Playful

Gentle 70bpm G minor cue where flute carries a curious melody over strings, with brass and orchestral drums adding weight as it moves. Playful but shaded, suited to small everyday marvels seen through a slightly gothic lens.

OrchestralFilm ScoreTrailerFantasyAnimationNoirPlayfulTim BurtonMid TempoMagicalStringsBrassOrchestral DrumsFlute
2:26
Submerged
STYE729 · Potions & Pills · Jean Marc Patrick Yee
3:46·70 bpm·Gm·1 versions
Orchestral, Film ScoreAnimation, Haunting, Mysterious

At 3:45 the album's longest cue, a 70bpm G minor underwater drift with choir, sustained strings, woodwinds and an exposed cello line. Haunting and slow-moving, it stays suspended rather than arriving anywhere definite.

OrchestralFilm ScoreTrailerFantasyAnimationHauntingMysteriousNoirQuirkyMid TempoMagicalTim BurtonChoirStringsWoodwinds
3:46
Keeping Up
STYE729 · Potions & Pills · Jean Marc Patrick Yee
2:03·160 bpm·Cm·1 versions
Orchestral, Film ScoreAnimation, Comedy, Noir

The shortest and most frantic cue at 2:02, 160bpm in C minor, with galloping strings, comic brass and flute darting above busy orchestral drums. Breathless slapstick pursuit music for someone falling hopelessly behind.

OrchestralFilm ScoreTrailerFantasyAnimationComedyNoirPlayfulQuirkyMid TempoMagicalTim BurtonWhimsicalStringsBrass
2:03

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