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STYE809 · Dark Sci Fi Film Score · Evan Hodges
Film composer Evan Hodges has a very unique sound and this EP is no different. Dark, Sci Fi, Futuristic film scores fusing sub drone textures, synths, strings and various sfx sounds. The perfect tension based futuristic score.
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ReleasedNov 2021

Tracks

7 main mixes
Steps From Behind
STYE809 · Barracks · Evan Hodges
1:43·85 bpm·Dm·3 versions
Underscore, Film ScoreAnticipation, Birds, Dark

The shortest and most propulsive of the drone-based cues at 85 BPM in D minor, pairing sub-bass texture with sparse piano and intermittent percussion. Titled for a stalking presence, it works as a pursuit beat rather than a full scene bed, and the tags note organic birdlife and jungle atmosphere layered into the electronics. Suits a tracking shot through undergrowth or a subject realising they are being followed.

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1:43
The Numbing Truth
STYE809 · Barracks · Evan Hodges
2:54·58 bpm·G flatm·1 versions
Underscore, Film ScoreAnticipation, Birds, Dark

The slowest and longest cue here at 58 BPM in G flat minor, and the only one built on strings and cello over drone with piano — warmer and more grieving than its synth-led neighbours. Nearly three minutes of pensive, haunted stillness suited to a revelation landing badly. Place it under an interview confession, an autopsy or archive reveal, or the moment a character understands what happened.

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2:54
Welcome To Frozen Hell
STYE809 · Barracks · Evan Hodges
2:23·55 bpm·E flatm·1 versions
Underscore, Film ScoreAnticipation, Dark, Desert

At 55 BPM in E flat minor this is the album's exploration cue — the only one tagged for discovery rather than dread, with drone and synth beneath strings and slow drums. Cold, wide and vast rather than threatening, it opens up where the others close in. Fits a first-contact landing, a frozen or desert landscape approach, or a spacecraft entering unknown territory.

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2:23
Barracks
STYE809 · Barracks · Evan Hodges
2:59·59 bpm·Cm·3 versions
Underscore, Film ScoreAnticipation, Crime Drama, Dark

The title cue and the sparsest arrangement on the record: drone and synth only, no piano, no percussion, 59 BPM in C minor across nearly three minutes. It is a pure tension bed that sits under dialogue and narration without competing, holding one dread-laden atmosphere rather than developing. Ideal for interrogation footage, military or institutional interiors, and long unbroken suspense.

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2:59
Snow, Pain, And Death
STYE809 · Barracks · Evan Hodges
2:12·68 bpm·A flatm·1 versions
Underscore, Film ScoreAnticipation, Crime Drama, Dark

68 BPM in A flat minor, drone and synth with piano and no drums, making it the more brooding and static of the two cues at this tempo. The title points at attrition and cruelty, and the writing stays bleak and unresolved across just over two minutes. Works for aftermath footage, a body discovery, or a cold-case segment.

UnderscoreFilm ScoreSoundtrackAnticipationCrime DramaDarkDesertDocumentarySlowMoodyFuturisticSci FiMysteriousPensive
2:12
The Cold Revisited
STYE809 · Barracks · Evan Hodges
2:01·116 bpm·Cm·3 versions
Underscore, Film ScoreAnticipation, Crime Drama, Dark

The fastest cue on the album at 116 BPM in C minor, with drums driving synth, piano and sub drone to a clear two-minute action shape. It revisits the record's frozen-wasteland material as chase energy rather than atmosphere. Cut it against escape, pursuit, or an evidence-board montage building to a hard stop.

UnderscoreFilm ScoreSoundtrackAnticipationCrime DramaDarkDesertDocumentarySlowMoodyFuturisticSci FiMysteriousPensive
2:01
Dark Corridor
STYE809 · Barracks · Evan Hodges
2:12·68 bpm·A flatm·3 versions
Underscore, Film ScoreAnticipation, Crime Drama, Dark

68 BPM in A flat minor with drone, synth, piano and drums — the same tempo and key as "Snow, Pain, And Death" but with percussion added, giving it forward motion and a claustrophobic pulse. The title frames it as a corridor advance: measured, mounting, never comfortable. Suits creeping through a facility, a horror approach shot, or a suspect being brought in.

UnderscoreFilm ScoreSoundtrackAnticipationCrime DramaDarkDesertDocumentarySlowMoodyFuturisticSci FiMysteriousPensive
2:12

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