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Shockwave

STYE822 · Primal Building Trailer Drums · Amir Gurvitz
A fusion of huge tribal trailer drums with clicking bones, sticks, chants and a general barbaric, primal, Viking, primitive feel. The time signature of these tracks keeps getting faster and faster throughout which gives these cues a constant building feel.
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ReleasedJan 2022

Tracks

5 main mixes
Dark Destiny
STYE822 · Shockwave · Amir Gurvitz
3:21·95 bpm·Cm·8 versions
Trailer, SoundtrackAlien, Barbaric, Dark

The most ritualistic cue here: 95bpm tribal trailer drums in C minor with chant-like vocal samples, bone-clicking percussion and a low drone holding under sci-fi impacts. Over 3:21 the pulse accelerates toward a barbaric, pagan climax, making it suited to prophecy or ancient-evil-awakening footage.

TrailerSoundtrackHybridAlienBarbaricDarkFuturisticHauntingMid TempoSci FiTensionPaganPrimalTribal
3:21
Tribal Escape
STYE822 · Shockwave · Amir Gurvitz
2:59·85 bpm·Em·10 versions
Trailer, SoundtrackAlien, Barbaric, Dark

The slowest and most spacious of the set at 85bpm in E minor, driven by hand percussion and drones with wordless oohs and aahs floating above rather than a melodic lead. Its pensive, haunting opening leaves room for narration before the chase-like drum build takes over.

TrailerSoundtrackHybridAlienBarbaricDarkFuturisticHauntingMid TempoSci FiTensionPaganPrimalTribal
2:59
Penetrating
STYE822 · Shockwave · Amir Gurvitz
3:21·90 bpm·Dm·8 versions
Trailer, SoundtrackAlien, Barbaric, Dark

A 90bpm D minor tension bed built on pulsing sub-drone, sharpened stick and skin percussion and abrasive sound design hits. The longest-form build on the album alongside the opener, it stays hostile and forward-driving over 3:21 rather than offering relief.

TrailerSoundtrackHybridAlienBarbaricDarkFuturisticHauntingMid TempoSci FiTensionPaganPrimalTribal
3:21
Shockwave
STYE822 · Shockwave · Amir Gurvitz
2:51·100 bpm·Cm·9 versions
Trailer, SoundtrackAlien, Barbaric, Dark

The title cue and fastest track at 100bpm in C minor, with bass reinforcing the tribal drum stack against pulse and drone. Its short 2:51 runtime and accelerating primal groove make it the most direct trailer-cut option for battle or impact-heavy edits.

TrailerSoundtrackHybridAlienBarbaricDarkFuturisticHauntingMid TempoSci FiTensionPaganPrimalTribal
2:51
Dead Zone
STYE822 · Shockwave · Amir Gurvitz
2:54·90 bpm·Dm·8 versions
Trailer, SoundtrackAlien, Barbaric, Dark

Bleak and desolate at 90bpm in D minor, this one leans on drone, pulse and sound design as much as on the tribal drum layers, matching its wasteland title. At 2:54 it works as a compact, ominous build for barren landscapes and post-apocalyptic reveals.

TrailerSoundtrackHybridAlienBarbaricDarkFuturisticHauntingMid TempoSci FiTensionPaganPrimalTribal
2:54

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