Broken Reflection is a track featured from the Silent Hill tribute album "Monochrome Dreams" by Pixel Mixers. I haven't played any of the Silent Hill games--psychological horror just isn't for me 😅 but when I was perusing the tracks to see if I could work with something to participate on the album, this one track immediately jumped out to me. The simple, plaintive melody that the synth/guitar picks out over the rhythm guitar's ostinato, got stuck in my head! I could "hear" an adaptation of the soft-rock vibe into a more melancholic version, both more placid and more intense, featuring two cellos and a piano (many thanks to Flávio Teles for his performance on keys). The feeling I was attempting to capture is the sense of solitude and self-reflection, and the intense, spiraling self-doubt, fixation, and turmoil that can come from being alone with your own thoughts for too long.

Cover Album Information
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Name: Monochrome Dreams
Label: Pixel Mixers
Director: Hashel (@Hashel)
Album Mastering Engineer: Erika Richards (@ERichards)
Album Artist: Leo Val (@MindWaker)
Url: [ Ссылка ]

Cover Track Information
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Arranger: Chromatic Apparatus
Mixing Engineer: Chromatic Apparatus
Spotify: [ Ссылка ]

Performers:
Cello: Chromatic Apparatus
Piano: Flávio Teles

Links:
Chromatic Apparatus
Web: [ Ссылка ]
Spotify: [ Ссылка ]
YouTube: [ Ссылка ]
Flávio Teles
Instagram: [ Ссылка ]

Gear Notes:
Mixing done by Chromatic Apparatus in Studio One 6.5.0
Album mastering done by Erika Richards in Studio One 6.5.0
Cello:
- 2007 Romanian Euro "Standard Antique" (Peter Prier & Sons)
- Recorded using two AKG C414 XLS in mid-side configuration through a Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 Gen 3
Piano:
- Recorded on a Roland FA-08
- Studio One 6.5.0 Stock VSTi, Presence: Acoustic Piano

Source Track Information
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Game: Silent Hill 2
Developed by: Team Silent
Published by: Konami
Source Album: Silent Hill 2 - Original Soundtracks
Track:
Name: Promise
Disc: 1
Track: 30
Composer: Akira Yamaoka
VGMdb: [ Ссылка ]
Spotify:
Album Url: [ Ссылка ]
Track Url: [ Ссылка ]

Video Credits
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Editor: Chromatic Apparatus
Assets:
- Type: Video
Name: Black Crow on a Wooden Fence
Creator: John Barnard
Url: [ Ссылка ]
License: Pexels Free Content License ([ Ссылка ])
PexelsId:
- Type: Image
Name: Chinatown, New York, United States
Creator: Public Domain image from Wikimedia Commons
Url: [ Ссылка ]
License: CC0
RawPixelId: 3291941

Tool Chain
- "Euro Standard Antique" cello (2007)
- 2xAKG C414 mics (mid-side)
- Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 Gen 3 interface
- Presonus Studio One v6.5.0 audio mixing software
- Panasonic Lumix DC-S1 camera
- HitFilm Pro 16 video editing software

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