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Tropical Noir

Tropical Noir

STYE806 · polynesian Inspired Modern Score · Jean Marc Patrick Yee
A collection of primal, Polynesian/South Pacific, world music inspired film scores that are both haunting, mysterious, evocative and euphoric. From native flute and percussive instruments to chants, this album sets an extremely unique and memorable tone.
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ReleasedNov 2021

Tracks

10 main mixes
Blue Agave
STYE806 · Tropical Noir · Jean Marc Patrick Yee
1:49·123 bpm·Cm·4 versions
Ethnic, LatinDark, Elegant, Haunting

The fastest cue on the set at 123bpm in C minor, driving tribal percussion and bass under wiry strings, native flute lines and wordless vocal samples, with piano adding a sophisticated edge. Mischievous and propulsive rather than purely dark — luxury-resort intrigue with something predatory underneath.

EthnicLatinSoundtrackDarkElegantHauntingMischievousMysteriousMid TempoWhite LotusSophisticatedPrimalPrimitiveSuspense
1:49
Mai Tai
STYE806 · Tropical Noir · Jean Marc Patrick Yee
2:07·120 bpm·Cm·4 versions
Ethnic, SoundtrackDark, Elegant, Haunting

A 120bpm C minor groove built on layered hand percussion, drums and bass with flute and treated vocal samples over dark elegant strings; no piano, so the texture is drier and more rhythmic. Cocktail-hour poise with an unsettled undertow, good for scenes where charm masks danger.

EthnicSoundtrackDarkElegantHauntingMischievousMysteriousMid TempoWhite LotusSophisticatedPrimalPrimitiveSuspense
2:07
Midnight Invitations
STYE806 · Tropical Noir · Jean Marc Patrick Yee
2:11·110 bpm·Cm·4 versions
Ethnic, SoundtrackDark, Elegant, Haunting

At 110bpm in C minor, kalimba plucks pick out a hypnotic figure against tribal drums, bass, flute and haunting vocal samples — the only cue here with kalimba, giving it a lighter, more curious surface. Suits a night-time invitation, a whispered secret or a plot thread quietly tightening.

EthnicSoundtrackDarkElegantHauntingMischievousMysteriousMid TempoWhite LotusSophisticatedPrimalPrimitiveSuspense
2:11
Night Birds
STYE806 · Tropical Noir · Jean Marc Patrick Yee
2:30·62 bpm·Cm·4 versions
Ethnic, SoundtrackDark, Elegant, Haunting

The slowest and longest piece at 62bpm in C minor, with sparse piano, low strings, distant flute and breathy vocal samples over restrained primal percussion. Nocturnal and eerie, holding tension across two and a half minutes without rushing — ideal under narration or a slow drift through darkness.

EthnicSoundtrackDarkElegantHauntingMischievousMysteriousMid TempoWhite LotusSophisticatedPrimalPrimitiveSuspense
2:30
Siren Call
STYE806 · Tropical Noir · Jean Marc Patrick Yee
2:39·80 bpm·Cm·4 versions
Ethnic, SoundtrackDark, Elegant, Haunting

An 80bpm C minor cue and the longest on the album, with wordless vocal samples used as a lure over sustained strings, piano, flute and slow tribal percussion. Builds a hypnotic, seductive pull that stays mysterious rather than resolving cleanly.

EthnicSoundtrackDarkElegantHauntingMischievousMysteriousSlowWhite LotusSophisticatedPrimalPrimitiveSuspense
2:39
Black Flame
STYE806 · Tropical Noir · Jean Marc Patrick Yee
1:50·100 bpm·Cm·4 versions
Ethnic, SoundtrackDark, Elegant, Haunting

A compact 100bpm C minor cue with insistent percussion and bass, dark strings, piano stabs and flute cutting through vocal samples. Smouldering and mid-paced, short enough to work as a sting or a tight transition into something menacing.

EthnicSoundtrackDarkElegantHauntingMischievousMysteriousSlowWhite LotusSophisticatedPrimalPrimitiveSuspense
1:50
Intimations
STYE806 · Tropical Noir · Jean Marc Patrick Yee
1:60·60 bpm·Cm·4 versions
Ethnic, SoundtrackDark, Elegant, Haunting

At 60bpm in C minor this is the album's most hushed piece, with low strings, sparse bass and flute over faint primal percussion and haunted vocal samples, and no piano to soften it. A slow-burn suspicion bed for footage that needs unease without event.

EthnicSoundtrackDarkElegantHauntingMischievousMysteriousMid TempoWhite LotusSophisticatedPrimalPrimitiveSuspense
1:60
Leopard Print
STYE806 · Tropical Noir · Jean Marc Patrick Yee
1:56·90 bpm·Gm·4 versions
Ethnic, SoundtrackDark, Elegant, Haunting

A 90bpm cue and one of only three in G minor, giving it a slightly rounder, sultrier cast than the C minor material; tribal percussion, bass and drums lock a stalking groove under strings, flute and vocal samples. Feline and mischievous — fits a confident entrance or predatory wildlife footage.

EthnicSoundtrackDarkElegantHauntingMischievousMysteriousSlowWhite LotusSophisticatedPrimalPrimitiveSuspense
1:56
Tequila Sunrise
STYE806 · Tropical Noir · Jean Marc Patrick Yee
2:08·80 bpm·Dm·4 versions
Ethnic, SoundtrackDark, Elegant, Haunting

The only D minor cue and the only one without flute, so piano, strings, bass and percussion carry it at a patient 80bpm with vocal samples floating above. Dawn-coloured but still shadowed — good for a morning-after scene or the calm before consequences.

EthnicSoundtrackDarkElegantHauntingMischievousMysteriousSlowWhite LotusSophisticatedPrimalPrimitiveSuspense
2:08
Spectral
STYE806 · Tropical Noir · Jean Marc Patrick Yee
1:50·70 bpm·Gm·4 versions
Ethnic, SoundtrackDark, Elegant, Haunting

A 70bpm G minor piece with ghostly vocal samples, airy flute and piano over low strings and subdued primal percussion. Spectral and unresolved across just under two minutes, suited to apparitions, memory or something glimpsed and gone.

EthnicSoundtrackDarkElegantHauntingMischievousMysteriousSlowWhite LotusSophisticatedPrimalPrimitiveSuspense
1:50

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