Star Burts is the first song Atlas wrote and it took a long time to became something.The song is how Valencia makes Atlas feel a place he chooses to call home. It was Valencia that brought out the music from within him and as place it has an amazing vibe.
The intro was written first based on block chords commonly used in reggateon though the tempo is much higer at 130BPM. It must have been a year before the other elements started to take shape. At that time Atlas did not know enough about music simply draft out a song but he kept listening to that intro. With enough relaxation he could eventually hear the other parts in his mind.
For My Dad (and All Dad's Everywhere) was the first orchestral piece Atlas wrote simply playing around with articulation ideas for each group of instruments in an orchestra. It was finished a week prior to his father moving onto the next dimension of life and happened to be the last thing they talked about.
"I had a dream the night my father crossed over and in that dream he told me he was happy and ready for his next adventure. I have never felt overly sad about my father passing on because I know exactly where he is and that place wher he is, is only boundless joy and boundless bliss. I am happy music was the last thing we shared because by this point I was doing something musical everyday."
Euphoria was the first attempt at writing uplfiting trance and it is and remains a personal favourite. Atlas really explored the music and there are a few versions of this composition and they all sound good. The synth that characterises the song is based on whale song and so the auditory experience is designed to be immersive as though you are fully enveloped by the deep ocean.
Call Her Duty is inspired by Francesca Kirby who is one Atlas's favourite footallers. It turns out she is a gamer too. Her image was always there in his mind's eye as he was writing this song so for this song, Fran is one bad-ass super heroine much like Emily Blunt's "Full Metal Bitch" character in Edge of Tomorrow.
Rise began as a study in poly-rhythms but rather than using a plugin to generate such rhythyms, Atlas wrote them himself.
A Sky full of Stars originally by Coldplay is the second orchestral piece Atlas has arranged and was a real musical challenge. The image opposite was provided by Coldplay's fan management team when Atlas wrote to thank them for writing their song because without it, he would never have learned so much about music generally and orchestration particularly.
“This track takes Coldplay’s original and gives it a whole new vibe with an orchestra. What’s cool about this version is how it transforms the song into something epic.
The orchestral arrangement adds this grand, cinematic feel that just sweeps you off your feet. It’s like being transported to another world where everything is larger than life.
I love how the instruments build and swell throughout the song, creating these beautiful, dynamic moments that just give you chills. And even though there aren’t any lyrics, you can still feel the emotion and energy behind the music.
It’s the kind of track that speaks to your soul without saying a word."
RON MURX
Trancefigurations is based on a song by Crystal Castles called Transgender which Atlas heard through YouTube Music. It started playing through the autoplay feature and Atlas was so impressed by the original especially the vocals. He just knew it would make a perfect trance song and so it came together quite quickly and was written at the same time as A Sky Full of Stars was being arranged.
Atlas contacted Universal Music Publishing Group for release however the original artist respectly declined. No reason was given but there are some serious issues concerning the original band members.
Charlotte Scored a Worldie is an orchestral piece written in the key of F Major in common time at a nice relaxing tempo of 60bpm, for a special footballer who inspires the composer. Some of the melody is arranged in 6:4 time though the time signature does not change.